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FANTASTIC FICTION at KGB reading series, hosts

Ellen Datlow and Matthew Kressel

present:

John Kessel, who in the last nine months has co-edited three anthologies with James Patrick Kelly, Kafkaesque, the Nebula Awards Showcase 2012, and Digital Rapture: The Singularity Anthology. Kessel is currently at work on a novel set in the Society of Cousins, the setting for his Tiptree Award-winning novella "Stories for Men."


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S.G. Browne is the author of the novels Breathers, Fated, and Lucky Bastard, as well as the eBook short story collection Shooting Monkeys in a Barrel. His novella I Saw Zombies Eating Santa Claus: A Breathers Christmas Carol will be released this November. He is currently at work on his fourth novel, Big Egos.


Wednesday October 17th, 7pm at
KGB Bar, 85 East 4th Street (just off 2nd Ave, upstairs.)
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Readings are free
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Books will be available for purchase from Word Bookstore

Sponsored in part by Cemetery Dance Publications

I'll be attending, signing books, and being on panels at the free Baltimore Book Festival Friday September 28-Saturday September 29th. (the festival is through Sunday but I leave Saturday night).

They expect 50,000 people. I hope to see some friendly faces while I'm down there.

The Childrens Bookstore will be selling copies of After edited by me and Terri Windling. This should be its first public appearance (the book will be officially out October 9th)

Friday, September 28
6pm Once Upon a Slightly Different Time
Five authors and editor Ellen Datlow offer their thoughts on the recreation and retelling of fairy tales for a modern audience.
Panelists include Shannon Hale, Goose Girl, Ellen Datlow, Troll's-Eye View: A Book of Villainous Tales, Michael Buckley, The Sisters Grimm Book 9: The Council of Mirrors, Adam Gidwitz, In a Glass Grimmly, Jessica Day George, Princess of the Midnight Ball, and Sarah Beth Durst, Vessel.
Childrens Bookstores Stage


Saturday, September 29

The rest of my events take place under the aegis of SFWA. They will be selling a selection of OP titles that I'm shipping today and include hardcover copies of YBFH #6, 10, 11, 16, 17, and 20 plus Inferno, Off Limits, Blood is Not Enough Naked City (op in hardcover), Black Swan, White Raven, and a couple of trade paperbacks.

12-noon: autographing SFWA to sell books

1-1:50 Steampunk and gaslight fantasy: It’s Hot and on Top. Come talk with our steampunk/gaslight authors and editors about this immensely popular new genre

4-4:50 YA Dreams: The young adult genre is booming in both books and movies

6-8 RECEPTION/AUTOGRAPHING: COME MEET OUR AUTHORS:

From Open Road Media to publicize my three ebooks:

Here's my profile for those who haven't yet seen it
http://www.openroadmedia.com/search/?q=datlow

and this one has just been released:

This one is about science fiction vs fantasy and features me and several writers in the field of sf/f
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCO4aNK9JdI

I missed posting about it yesterday, as I'm down in Florida with my mom, who shockingly wants to go out instead of waiting for me to post, answer emails, etc.

So...Open Road Media has released Alien Sex, Off Limits, and Sirens as ebooks as of yesterday. They're available for the nook and kindle and probably other formats. I spot checked and you can buy them on amazon.uk. I reread all three books prepping for the two day long interview/shoot with me right before Worldcon and most of the stories (even the old old reprints) don't feel dated. And some are even more relevant today than they were when they were first published.

Alien Sex half originals/half reprints sold well when it came out and was translated around the world. My favorite edition is the Italian, illustrated by Italian cartoonist Manero-the illos are totally comic style and deal with each story literally. They NSFW (you can find some of them online).

Off Limits was mostly originals with only a few reprints. The stories are powerful and most are not "feel good" but they give a wide variety of takes on relationships between/among the genders. I'm very proud of the anthology and would love to see it get more play.

Sirens was edited by Terri and myself and is the only one that really is erotic. There are some fine stories by excellent writers.

http://www.openroadmedia.com/search/?q=datlow

and here's a video about me: beware, if you're afraid of dolls. This will not comfort you
http://tinyurl.com/9y7zdav

I hope you'll pass on the news that these books are available again.

Thursday August 30

4:30-6pm autographing- I will be bringing some of my OP titles with me to sell-specific requests welcome


Friday August 31

9:00 -10:00 Walk with the stars- Big Front Door of the Hyatt (8:55 Main Entrance, Atrium Lobby, Green Level, East Tower


3:00-4:30-Filling the Magazines Crystal A

Current and former magazine editors discuss how to be an effective magazine editor, and how the job has been changing as dead-tree magazines give way to web-based electron-based venues. And why can't an e-zine have as many stories as they want since there isn't a page count?
Ellen Datlow, Gordon van Gelder, Jason Sizemore, John Joseph Adams, Neil Clarke, Stanley Schmidt


Saturday September 1

10:30-12 noon Creating Exciting Anthologies Crystal C
We're in a golden age of science fiction and fantasy anthologies with clever new ideas coming out monthly from major and minor publishers. But where do they come from? How do editors interest publishers and writers in their ideas?
Ellen Datlow, Jennifer Brozek, Joan Spicci Saberhagen, John Helfers, John Joseph Adams, Richard Gilliam


3pm Kaffeeklatsch- Fan Lounge KK#2

5pm SFWA autographing-at the SFWA table--again if anyone wants to buy OP titles here, let me know


Sunday September 2

10:30-noon Short Stories to Order- Wright
The editor comes up with a great theme anthology idea: Dark Tales of Flaming Death from the Sky, and looks for authors who are willing to write a story based on that theme, Hugo-Award winning editor Ellen Datlow leads a discussion about how writing to a theme is different from writing on spec.
Christopher Rowe, E. Lily Yu, Ellen Datlow, Pat Cadigan, Robert Reed

12:00- The Future Evolution of the Short Story- Columbus EF-asked to get off this one
What role is the short story playing in reading lives today? It used to be a proving ground in SF, is that still true? Why/not? What are our favorite venues for short stories lately? What's the right price point for short stories? Electronic or print? Anthology or single sale? This would be a great panel for lots of audience participation
Barbara Galler-Smith, Donald J. Bingle, Ellen Datlow, Eileen Gunn, Mike Rimar

Excerpts from the review:
The scenarios ... vary widely—from ecological catastrophes to alien invasion, political revolutions to supernatural uprisings, religious tyranny to socioeconomic collapse— less emphasis on the mechanics of the disaster than on coping with the aftermath. Graphic violence and destruction are avoided in favor of pointed allusions and carefully selected images; although many are creepy or even nightmarish, most conclude on a note of hope.... the concluding bibliographical essay by the editors is in many ways the highlight of the volume, succinctly tracing the history, appeal and best current examples of the genre.

A fine selection for new readers looking to sample this type of fiction or for dedicated fans seeking fresh voices. (Science fiction/short stories. 12 & up)

Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers

edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling

Introduction

My Lady of the Hearth by Storm Constantine
The Faerie Cony-catcher by Delia Sherman
Broke Heart Blues by   Joyce Carol Oates
Wolfed by Tanith Lee
Ashes on Her Lips by   Edward Bryant
Mirrors by Garry Kilworth
Midnight Express by     Michael Swanwick
No Human Hands to Touch by Elizabeth Wein
Attachments     by Pat Murphy
In the Season of Rains  by Ellen Steiber
Bird Count by   Jane Yolen
A Wife of Acorn, Leaf, and Rain by Dave Smeds
Tastings by Neil Gaiman
The Sweet of Bitter Bark and Burning Clove  by Doris Egan
Heat by Melissa Lee Shaw
The Eye of the Storm    by Kelley Eskridge
O For a Fiery Gloom and Thee by Brian Stableford
The Light that Passes Through You       by Conrad Williams
Private Words by Mark W. Tiedemann
The House of Nine Doors by Ellen Kushner
Persephone by Wendy Froud
Taking Loup by Bruce Glassco

Table of Contents:

Off Limits: Tales of Alien Sex edited by Ellen Datlow

Foreword  by Robert Silverberg

Introduction      by Ellen  Datlow

Foreword  by Robert Silverberg

Introduction      by Ellen  Datlow

The Reality Trip by Robert Silverberg
The Tattooist    by Susan Wade
Dolly Sodom    by  John Kaiine
The Lucifer of Blue       by  Sherry Coldsmith
The Queen of the Apocalypse by Scott Bradfield
Oral     by Richard Christian Matheson
Grand Prix by   Simon Ings
The House of Mourning by Brian Stableford
Fetish   by Martha Soukup
Red Sonja and Lessingham in Dreamland by  Gwyneth Jones
The Future of Birds by Mike O'Driscoll
Captain China   by  Bruce McAllister
Background: The Dream by Lisa Tuttle
Aye and Gomorrah by Samuel R. Delany
Ursus Triad Later by     Kathe Koja and Barry N. Malzberg
Sextraterrestrials  by     Joe Haldeman and Jane Yolen
The Dream-Catcher by Joyce Carol Oates
His Angel by Roberta Lannes
Eaten    by Neil Gaiman
In the Month of Athyr by  Elizabeth Hand

Table of Contents:

Off Limits: Tales of Alien Sex edited by Ellen Datlow

Foreword  by Robert Silverberg

Introduction      by Ellen  Datlow

Foreword  by Robert Silverberg

Introduction      by Ellen  Datlow

The Reality Trip by Robert Silverberg
The Tattooist    by Susan Wade
Dolly Sodom    by  John Kaiine
The Lucifer of Blue       by  Sherry Coldsmith
The Queen of the Apocalypse by Scott Bradfield
Oral     by Richard Christian Matheson
Grand Prix by   Simon Ings
The House of Mourning by Brian Stableford
Fetish   by Martha Soukup
Red Sonja and Lessingham in Dreamland by  Gwyneth Jones
The Future of Birds by Mike O'Driscoll
Captain China   by  Bruce McAllister
Background: The Dream by Lisa Tuttle
Aye and Gomorrah by Samuel R. Delany
Ursus Triad Later by     Kathe Koja and Barry N. Malzberg
Sextraterrestrials  by     Joe Haldeman and Jane Yolen
The Dream-Catcher by Joyce Carol Oates
His Angel by Roberta Lannes
Eaten    by Neil Gaiman
In the Month of Athyr by  Elizabeth Hand

The above three titles are being released as e-books by Open Road Media September 11th. I'm excited, not just to have these three books out in the world again, but because Open Road actually has a marketing plan. I will be followed around for September 28th and 29th by a video crew--I'm not sure exactly how it'll go (and I admit I'm nervous) but I plan to take a walk on the Highline and perhaps some other favorite places in my neighborhood and talk about the books.
Here is the cover and TOC of Alien Sex:

Alien Sex

Edited  by Ellen Datlow

Foreword by William Gibson

Introduction by Ellen Datlow

Her Furry Face by Leigh Kennedy

War Bride by   Rick Wilber

How’s the Night Life on Cissalda  by Harlan Ellison

The Jamesburg Incubus by Scott Baker

Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenix by Larry Niven

The First Time by K. W. Jeter

The Jungle Rot Kid on the Nod by Philip Jose Farmer

Husbands by    Lisa Tuttle

When the Fathers Go by Bruce McAllister

Dancing Chickens by    Edward Bryant

Roadside Rescue by Pat Cadigan

Omnisexual by Geoffrey Ryman

All My Darling Daughters by  Connie Willis

Arousal by Richard Christian Matheson

Scales  by Lewis Shiner

Saving the World at the New Moon Motel by Roberta Lannes

And I Awoke and Found My Here on the Cold Hill’s Side by James Tiptree, Jr.

Picture Planes   by Michaela Roessner

Love and Sex Among the Invertebrates by Pat Murphy