KJA | June 24, 2009
From Publishers Weekly: The Winds of Dune Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson. Tor, $27.99 (448p) ISBN 978-0-7653-2272-2 Set immediately after Frank Herbert’s Dune Messiah (1969), this satisfying tale from Herbert’s son and Anderson (Paul of Dune) follows Jessica, the mother of galactic emperor Paul Atreides, as she returns to the desert planet Dune for [...]
KJA | June 19, 2009
A decade ago, Books on Tape produced an unabridged audio edition of House Atreides, House Harkonnen, and House Corrino on cassette, which has long been difficult to find (and difficult to use, unless you have an old cassette player around the house). At last we have entered an arrangement with Tantor Audio (who produced the [...]
KJA | June 18, 2009
After overwhelming fan response and surveys, Tor Books has decided to adapt the UK version of the WINDS OF DUNE cover for the US release. Most of the feedback I’ve received from readers who compared the two was that they found the UK version much more striking. Stephen Youll has done an incredible job for [...]
KJA | June 11, 2009
It’s already been a busy season with reviews, interviews, and articles. Broken Frontier just ran a profile feature, which you can read here: http://www.brokenfrontier.com/lowdown/p/detail/andersons-allies And here are two reviews of The Edge of the World: http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/fantasy/the-edge-of-the-world/ http://fantasybookcritic.blogspot.com/2009/06/edge-of-world-by-kevin-anderson.html My best review ever from Uzbekistan! (In fact, the Orbit Books publisher Tim Holman wrote to say this [...]
KJA | June 8, 2009
Terra Incognita, both the novel and the CD, has inspired the greatest outpouring of fan energy I’ve ever seen for one of my projects. Here’s a computer-animated book trailer done by Seth Lickiss http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl1CHFrtN_s and a Roswell Six video done by Lauren Lang http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp4BrvltK3I Thanks, Seth and Lauren!
KJA | June 5, 2009
Announcing this month’s contest winners, names drawn from those who have posted the Terra Incognita widget and/or included Roswell Six songs on their profile. These three have received autographed hardcovers—Lauren Lang (Colorado, Paul of Dune), Jennie Posthumus (Virginia, Enemies & Allies), and Teresa Williams (Alabama, Last Days of Krypton). Congratulations. Also, the third sample chapter [...]
KJA | June 2, 2009
Part 4. Going Public Shortly before the major release of the Terra Incognita novel THE EDGE OF THE WORLD and the crossover music CD from Roswell Six, BEYOND THE HORIZON, Rebecca and I attended the LA Times Festival of Books. I was there on behalf of Orbit Books (for Terra Incognita) and HarperCollins (for my [...]
KJA | June 1, 2009
TERRA INCOGNITA: ANATOMY OF A BOOK RELEASE This is the third of a four-part series about the release of Terra Incognita: THE EDGE OF THE WORLD (novel. Orbit Books) and Terra Incognita: BEYOND THE HORIZON (rock CD, ProgRock Records) on June 2. Part 3. Paying Attention to the Readers and Fans As we built toward the release of the [...]
