Kevin J. Anderson | July 30, 2011
We’ve had a very busy month, meeting a lot of fans. A LOT of fans. In June we spent two weeks with Supanova in Australia, the pop-culture convention, where we signed a lot of autographs in Sydney and Perth. Then, after a couple of weeks at home, we headed off to San Diego for Comic [...]
Kevin J. Anderson | July 28, 2011
Returned home from another exciting, crowded, and fruitful San Diego Comic Con. I would have posted photos earlier, but we forgot to bring the download cable for the camera! We arrived on Wednesday, were picked up from the airport by Comic Con staff, and brought to the Omni hotel, right across from the Convention Center. [...]
Kevin J. Anderson | July 21, 2011
For those of you trying to track me or Rebecca down at San Diego Comic Con, here’s where you can find us: THURS: Noon: Kevin Panel, “Putting the Epic in Epic Fantasy” rm 6A (with George RR Martin, Brandon Sanderson, Patrick Rothfuss, Christopher Paolini, Peter Orullian, KJ Taylor) 1:30 Autographing in Sail Pavilion (following panel) [...]
Kevin J. Anderson | July 19, 2011
Bill Ransom, Frank Herbert’s coauthor on the Pandora Sequence (The Jesus Incident, The Lazarus Effect, and The Ascension Factor) is an accomplished and respected novelist in his own right, and WordFirePress is pleased to offer Bill’s backlist of gritty, near-future thrillers which have been unavailable for many years—ViraVax, Burn, and Jaguar (all for $2.99), as well [...]
Kevin J. Anderson | July 17, 2011
I have a short story about the Frankenstein Monster in Christopher Golden’s upcoming anthology, The Monster’s Corner, which will be released by St. Martin’s Books at the end of September. My story is titled “Torn Stitches, Shattered Glass” and is set during kristallnacht, at the beginning of WWII. Other authors included are Kelley Armstrong, Simon [...]
Kevin J. Anderson | July 15, 2011
We have gotten a new cover, designed by Neil Jackson, for my high-tech oil-spill disaster novel, ILL WIND, written with Doug Beason. The eBook is available in all formats from WordFire Press. Doug Beason and I have also replaced the eBook text of our Nebula-nominated nanotechnology thriller ASSEMBLERS OF INFINITY. The text previously available as [...]
Kevin J. Anderson | July 14, 2011
We’ve finally received word from NASA, and now we can announce that our first two Star Challengers novels, MOONBASE CRISIS and SPACE-STATION CRISIS were flown aboard the previous Space Shuttle flight—the 25th and final flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavor. Due to weight restrictions, both books were flown in digital form on a WordFire flashdrive. [...]
Kevin J. Anderson | July 13, 2011
Tor continues to release the new DUNE novels with revamped paperback covers, still using the original Stephen Youll art. Next up is HUNTERS OF DUNE. Stephen is simply one of the best cover artists out there.
Kevin J. Anderson | July 11, 2011
We continue to bring back into print classic and long-unavailable works in all eBook formats, all for under $5 US, available worldwide. Three new titles are now available from WordFire Press: Immortal aliens have observed Earth for centuries, making full sensory movies of wars, natural disasters, and horrific human activities . . . all to [...]
Kevin J. Anderson | July 10, 2011
When you walk into a US bookstore to pick up a paperback, you expect to pay between $7.99 and $9.99. If you buy a hefty new-release hardcover, which looks admittedly impressive on the library shelf, you’ll pay between $25 to $35. Books are more expensive in Canada, the UK, and Australia; even so, customers know [...]
