The Week in Review

Welcome to the week in review! Every Friday, we comb through the links and images we found and shared this week, and pull the very best for this post. Consider it concentrated genre goodness from all around the web.

 

• A ten second teaser of the Ender’s Game movie trailer has been released! Plus, here’s an interview with Brandon Soo Hoo, who plays Fly Molo.

• Congratulations to Hank Phillippi Ryan, whose novel The Other Woman won the Mary Higgins Clark Award! And congratulations as well to Ralph Peters, whose Cain at Gettysburg won the W. Y. Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Military Fiction!

• Kotaku brings up the possibility of…an EVE Online tv show. What do you think?

• Want to get trivia and exclusive info on Brandon Sanderson? Sign up here or text EPIC to 555111.

• Author Hilary Davidson chose her favorite independent book stores while out on tour. Did any of your favorites make the list?

• D. B. Jackson, the author of Thieftaker, has set up a fundraiser to benefit the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing.

• Over on Tor.com, Emily has been knocking it out of the park lately. Her recent article on the endurance of Lt. Uhura is another great example.

• I’m sure I’m not the only one who found this both disturbing and fascinating: they’ve found evidence of cannibalism at the Jamestown colony.

 
And, just to make Friday that much sweeter, here’s a list of sweepstakes and sales we have going on!

• The Ultimate Urban Fantasy Sweepstakes (Ends 5/31)
• Goodreads First Reads: Sold for Endless Rue by Madeleine E. Robins (Ends 5/6)
• Goodreads Giveaway: A Dog’s Journey by W. Bruce Cameron (Ends 5/7)
• Goodreads First Reads: Sandstorm by Alan L. Lee (Ends 5/13)
• Goodreads First Reads: Requiem by Ken Scholes (Ends 5/15)
• Goodreads First Reads: The Navigator by Michael Pocalyko (Ends 5/22)
• Goodreads First Reads: The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson (Ends 5/22)
• Goodreads First Reads: Sea Change by S. M. Wheeler (Ends 5/29)
• Goodreads First Reads: Solstice by P.J. Hoover (Ends 5/29)
• Goodreads Giveaway: The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson (Ends 5/29)
• eBook Sale: The Hum and the Shiver, by Alex Bledsoe, is on sale for $2.99 (Ends 6/7)
• eBook Sale: Lamentation, by Ken Scholes, is on sale for $2.99 (Ends 6/14)
• eBook Sale: Building Harlequin’s Moon, by Larry Niven and Brenda Cooper, is on sale for $2.99 (Ends 6/21)

The Other Woman by Hank Phillippi Ryan wins the Mary Higgins Clark Award!

The Other Woman, by Hank Phillippi Ryan, wins the Mary Higgins Clark Award!

About the Mary Higgins Clark Award: In recognition of their 25 year partnership in crime with best-selling author Mary Higgins Clark, Simon and Schuster has sponsored an award in her name to be given annually for ten years, starting in 2001. The announcement of this unique award honoring the Queen of Suspense was made at the 55th Annual Edgar Allan Poe Awards®, where Ms. Clark was inducted as a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America. Nominated books are chosen from those sent to the MWA Edgar Awards® Committees for Best Novel, Best First Novel, and Best Paperback Novel. The winner is selected by a special MWA committee for the book most closely written in the Mary Higgins Clark tradition, according to the following guidelines set forth by Ms. Clark.

About The Other Woman by Hank Phillippi Ryan: Jane Ryland was a rising star in television news…until she refused to reveal a source and lost everything. Now a disgraced newspaper reporter, Jane isn’t content to work on her assigned puff pieces, and finds herself tracking down a candidate’s secret mistress just days before a pivotal Senate election.

Detective Jake Brogan is investigating a possible serial killer. Twice, bodies of unidentified women have been found by a bridge, and Jake is plagued by a media swarm beginning to buzz about a “bridge killer” hunting the young women of Boston.

As the body count rises and election looms closer, it becomes clear to Jane and Jake that their cases are connected…and that they may be facing a ruthless killer who will stop at nothing to silence a scandal.

Dirty politics, dirty tricks, and a barrage of final twists, The Other Woman is the first in an explosive new series by Hank Phillippi Ryan. Seduction, betrayal, and murder—it’ll take a lot more than votes to win this election.

Congratulations to Hank Phillippi Ryan and to her editor, Kristin Sevick Brown!

The Week in Review

Welcome to the week in review! Every Friday, we comb through the links and images we found and shared this week, and pull the very best for this post. Consider it concentrated genre goodness from all around the web.
 

 

• A Memory of Light hits number one on the New York Times bestseller list!

• Audible.com is offering John Scalzi’s “The B-Team” audio for free if you like their Facebook page.

• Wednesday was National Appreciate a Dragon Day. To celebrate, Tor.com is offering a free download of Todd Lockwood’s cover for A Natural History of Dragons, by Marie Brennan.

• Nightmare Magazine has an interview with editor Ellen Datlow, the queen of anthologies.

• Jo Walton, the author of Among Others, asks if there’s a right age to read a book. What do you think?

• You can take a detailed tour of the international space station on io9. It’s a long video, but entirely worth it.

• Congratulations to Forge authors Rebecca Cantrell and Hank Phillippi Ryan, whose books A City of Broken Glass and The Other Woman have been nominated for the Mary Higgins Clark Award!

 
And, just to make Friday that much sweeter, here’s a list of sweepstakes and sales we have going on!

• Goodreads First Reads: The Mad Scientist’s Guide to World Domination edited by John Joseph Adams (Ends 1/31)
• Goodreads First Reads: Firebrand by Gillian Phillip (Ends 1/31)
• Goodreads First Reads: Blood’s Pride by Evie Manieri (Ends 1/31)
• Goodreads First Reads: Deep Down by Deborah Coates (Ends 2/13)
• Goodreads First Reads: The Nightmare Affair by Mindee Arnett (Ends 2/13)

Two Forge Titles Nominated for Mary Higgins Clark Award

 

Both A City of Broken Glass by Rebecca Cantrell and The Other Woman by Hank Phillippi Ryan have been nominated for the Mary Higgins Clark Award!

Here’s the full list of Edgar Award and Mary Higgins Clark Award nominations.

About the Mary Higgins Clark Award:
The winner will be selected by a Special MWA Committee for the book most closely written in the Mary Higgins Clark Tradition according to guidelines set forth by Mary Higgins Clark. • The protagonist is a nice young woman whose life is suddenly invaded. • She’s self-made and independent, with primarily good family relationships. • She has an interesting job. • She is not looking for trouble–she is doing exactly what she should be doing and something cuts across her bow. • She solves her problem by her own courage and intelligence. • The story has no on-scene violence • The story has no strong four-letter words or explicit sex scenes.

Congratulations to the authors!

The Week in Review

Welcome to the week in review! Every Friday, we comb through the links and images we found and shared this week, and pull the very best for this post. Consider it concentrated genre goodness from all around the web.

• Via Dragonmount, some fun re-imaginings of the wardrobes of Wheel of Time characters from a fashion blogger. Some are spot on (like all three of our ta’veren boys), but others are a bit off. What do you think?

• Tor.com has some really exciting news: Ann VanderMeer has joined the site as a Consulting Fiction Editor.

• The Huffington Post picked their favorite apocalyptic titles, including Brian Evenson’s Immobility!

• Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, died this weekend. RIP, Mr. Armstrong. You will be missed.

• The blog For Books’ Sake has a great two part list of the best women writers of fantasy fiction. The list includes authors like Ursula K. LeGuin, Elizabeth Bear, Robin Hobb, and many more. Who do you think is missing?

• The next season of Doctor Who starts this weekend! In celebration, Tor.com looks at the patterns behind the Doctor’s regenerations, from one to eleven.

• Speaking of Doctor Who, have you been watching the Pond Life, the mini-series introducing season seven? Delightful!

• A fun (if incorrect) Sandworm Size Chart!

And, just to make Friday that much sweeter, here’s a list of sweepstakes and sales we have going on!

• Cory Doctorow Collection Sweepstakes (Ends 9/4)
• The Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan (Ends 9/5)
• Midst Toil and Tribulation by David Weber (Ends 9/5)
• The Other Woman by Hank Phillippi Ryan (Ends 9/7)
• Midst Toil and Tribulation, by David Weber, is also available on Goodreads (Ends 9/10)
• Ironskin by Tina Connolly (Ends 9/13)
• Three Parts Dead by Max Gladstone (Ends 9/13)
• Merge/Disciple: Two Short Novels from Crosstown to Oblivion by Walter Mosley (Ends 9/14)
• Pirate Cinema by Cory Doctorow (Ends 9/14)
• Earthseed by Pamela Sargent (Ends 9/20)
• The Eye of the World: Graphic Novel, Volume 1 by Robert Jordan (Ends 9/21)
• The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan (Ends 9/25)

The Week in Review

Welcome to the week in review! Every Friday, we comb through the links and images we found and shared this week, and pull the very best for this post. Consider it concentrated genre goodness from all around the web.

Creepy, isn’t it?

• We’ve always known the blogger behind Cake Wrecks was wonderfully geeky, but this is just fantastic: a collection of truly strange and messed up Darth Vader cakes!
• Over on Wired.com, there’s a collection of fun self-portraits from the Mars Curiosity rover. Also, NASA has officially named the rover’s landing site: Bradbury Landing. How perfect!
• Happy birthday, Kenny Baker (aka R2-D2)!
• There’s no such thing as inertia in space: io9 has a list of 10 myths about space travel from science fiction.
• You can read the first five chapters of Steven Erikson’s new novel Forge of Darkness on Tor.com!
• Speaking of Steven Erikson…he’s going on tour in the US in September! Check out the dates and locations to see if he’ll be near you.
• I would love to have one of these beautiful blown glass retro-style rockets.
• The Science of Allomancy series continues on Tor.com. This time, Lee Falin looks at iron and steel.
• A long, but incredibly interesting (and scary), look at the coming civil war over general purpose computing, from Cory Doctorow.
• Tor Publisher Tom Doherty remembers his friend Harry Harrison. RIP, Mr. Harrison. You’ll be greatly missed.

And, just to make Friday that much sweeter, here’s a list of sweepstakes and sales we have going on!

• Forge of Darkness by Steven Erikson (Ends 8/28)
• The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan (Ends 8/29)
• Cory Doctorow Collection Sweepstakes (Ends 9/4)
• The Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan (Ends 9/5)
• The Other Woman by Hank Phillippi Ryan (Ends 9/7)
• Ironskin by Tina Connolly (Ends 9/13)
• Three Parts Dead by Max Gladstone (Ends 9/13)
• Merge/Disciple: Two Short Novels from Crosstown to Oblivion by Walter Mosley (Ends 9/14)
• Pirate Cinema by Cory Doctorow (Ends 9/14)
• Earthseed by Pamela Sargent (Ends 9/20)
• The Eye of the World: Graphic Novel, Volume 1 by Robert Jordan (Ends 9/21)

Goodreads Giveaway: The Other Woman by Hank Phillippi Ryan

Enter for a chance to win a copy on Goodreads!

About The Other Woman: Jane Ryland was a rising star in television news…until she refused to reveal a source and lost everything. Now a disgraced newspaper reporter, Jane isn’t content to work on her assigned puff pieces, and finds herself tracking down a candidate’s secret mistress just days before a pivotal Senate election.

Detective Jake Brogan is investigating a possible serial killer. Twice, bodies of unidentified women have been found by a bridge, and Jake is plagued by a media swarm beginning to buzz about a “bridge killer” hunting the young women of Boston.

As the body count rises and election looms closer, it becomes clear to Jane and Jake that their cases are connected…and that they may be facing a ruthless killer who will stop at nothing to silence a scandal.

Dirty politics, dirty tricks, and a barrage of final twists, The Other Woman is the first in an explosive new series by Hank Phillippi Ryan. Seduction, betrayal, and murder—it’ll take a lot more than votes to win this election.

Enter for a chance to win here!

(Ends 9/7)

Also, don’t forget to check out our other sweepstakes!

The Week in Review

Welcome to the week in review! Every Friday, we comb through the links and images we found and shared this week, and pull the very best for this post. Consider it concentrated genre goodness from all around the web.

• BBC America has released the trailer for Series Seven of Doctor Who!
• Brandon Sanderson has finished A Memory of Light!
• Want to know what a publicist does? Check out this interview with Tor Publicity Manager Alexis.
• Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross are going on tour in September! See where and when they’ll be over on Tor.com.
• Check out what released this week over on our Tor Books Facebook page.
• The Curiosity Rover is landing on Mars Sunday night or Monday morning, depending on your time zone. io9 has all the details on how to watch it.
• Check out Sight, a beautiful short science fiction film.
• The DRM-free ebook of Hannu Rajaniemi’s The Quantum Thief is on sale for $2.99 until September!

And, just to make Friday that much sweeter, here’s a list of sweepstakes and sales we have going on!

• Forge of Darkness by Steven Erikson (Ends 8/7)
• Forge of Darkness by Steven Erikson, also on Goodreads (Ends 8/24)
• The Eye of the World Graphic Novel, Volume 1 by Robert Jordan (Ends 8/8)
• The Other Woman by Hank Phillippi Ryan (Ends 8/10)
• In a Fix by Linda Grimes (Ends 8/10)
• This Case is Gonna Kill Me by Phillipa Bornikova (Ends 8/10)
• The Other Woman by Hank Phillippi Ryan (Ends 8/10)
• The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan (Ends 8/15)
• The Eye of the World Graphic Novel Volume 2 by Robert Jordan (Ends 8/23)
• The Rapture of the Nerds by Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross (Ends 8/24)
• Fallen Masters by John Edward (8/22)
• Jane: The Woman Who Loved Tarzan by Robin Maxwell (Ends 8/24)
• Cory Doctorow Collection Sweepstakes (Ends 9/4)

The Week in Review

Welcome to the week in review! Every Friday, we comb through the links and images we found and shared this week, and pull the very best for this post. Consider it concentrated genre goodness from all around the web.

• Rest in peace, Sally Ride. You inspired a generation of women (and men). Thank you for everything you did.
• John Scalzi invites you to join the B-Team and you’ll get to read a free short story set in his Old Man’s War universe!
• NPR put together a list of the best-ever teen novels, and they’re asking for reader votes. Go choose your ten favorites!
• Orson Scott Card talks about all things Ender with Publishers Weekly.
• Artist Dan Dos Santos discusses how he created the cover for Jay Lake’s upcoming novel Kalimpura.
• Tor.com thinks that Anne Hathaway might be the best Catwoman to date. What do you think?
• Steven Erikson introduces his new novel, Forge of Darkness. You can also read an excerpt on Tor.com.

And, just to make Friday that much sweeter, here’s a list of sweepstakes and sales we have going on!

• Kitty Steals the Show by Carrie Vaughn (Ends 7/31)
• The Eye of the World Graphic Novel, Volume 1 by Robert Jordan (Ends 8/8)
• The Other Woman by Hank Phillippi Ryan (Ends 8/10)
• In a Fix by Linda Grimes (Ends 8/10)
• This Case is Gonna Kill Me by Phillipa Bornikova (Ends 8/10)
• The Other Woman by Hank Phillippi Ryan (Ends 8/10)
• The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan (Ends 8/15)
• Urban Fantasy Sweepstakes (Ends 8/3)

Starred Review: The Other Woman by Hank Phillippi Ryan

“Ryan, the Anthony and Agatha Award-winning author of the Charlotte McNally mysteries (Drive Time; Prime Time), employs her investigative reporting and political background to craft a dizzying labyrinth of twists, turns, and surprises. Readers who crave mystery and political intrigue will be mesmerized by this first installment of her new series.”

Hank Phillippi Ryan’s The Other Woman gets a starred review in Library Journal!

Here’s the full review, which is in the July 1 issue:

 When several young women are found murdered near bridges in Boston, the media incite panic by suggesting a serial killer is at work. Det. Jake Brogan must handle the fallout. Meanwhile, Jane Ryland, a recently discredited investigative TV journalist-turned-newspaper reporter, uncovers a possible scandal involving a Senate contender. The plot thickens as story lines entwine and Jane’s career and life are endangered. Can Jane’s investigative prowess prevent further scandals and deaths? Will Jake track down the Bridge Killer before more women die? Is there more than just a professional connection between Jane and Jake?

VERDICT Ryan, the Anthony and Agatha Award-winning author of the Charlotte McNally mysteries (Drive Time; Prime Time), employs her investigative reporting and political background to craft a dizzying labyrinth of twists, turns, and surprises. Readers who crave mystery and political intrigue will be mesmerized by this first installment of her new series. [See Prepub Alert, 3/21/12.]    —Mary Todd Chesnut, Northern Kentucky Univ. Lib., Highland Heights

The Other Woman publishes September 4th.