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Zeno Clients Featured in SPACE OPERA Anthology…

Posted on Wednesday, February 19th, 2014

Along with their novels, many of our clients also ply their craft in the form of short stories. This April, Prime Books will be publishing SPACE OPERA, a new anthology of science-fiction stories, edited by Rich Horton. Prime Books is perhaps best known for the Year’s Best anthologies, released across genres.

Included in the anthology’s 22 stories are five from our clients. The stories are (original source in parentheses)…

“Cracklegrackle” by Justina Robson (The New Space Opera 2)
“Isabel of the Fall” by Ian R. MacLeod (Interzone)
“Two Sisters in Exile” by Aliette de Bodard (Solaris Rising 1.5)
“Lode Stars” by Lavie Tidhar (The Immersion Book of SF)
“The Tear” by Ian McDonald (Galactic Empires)

Here’s the book’s official description:

More than five-hundred pages, over one-quarter of a million words… Space Opera spans a vast range of epic interstellar adventure stories told against a limitless cosmos filled with exotic aliens, heroic characters, and incredible settings. A truly stellar compilation of tales from one of the defining streams of science fiction, old and new, written by a supernova of genre talent.

Author Spotlight: Justina Robson

Posted on Monday, February 10th, 2014

‘A novelist of real vision.’ — Zadie Smith

At the end of last year, we had a detailed look at Justina Robson‘s most recent novel, a Transformers tie-in, THE COVENANT OF PRIMUS. Today, in the first of a new series of Author Spotlight features, we turn our attention to Justina’s backlist. Justina is a British Science Fiction author, whose novels have been lauded far and wide, and who has been nominated for major awards 17 times; including her debut, SILVER SCREEN, making the shortlist for the Arthur C. Clarke award in 2000.

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UNBOXING Justina Robson’s TRANSFORMERS: COVENANT OF PRIMUS

Posted on Friday, December 13th, 2013

Justina Robson‘s Transformers tie-in novel, THE COVENANT OF PRIMUS, was published this week by 47 North. And it’s comes in a rather fantastic limited edition packaging. The book is nestled inside an Autobot ‘shield’ (their emblem). Although, we prefer to think of it as in a robot’s head… The hardcover book contains 20 newly-commissioned illustrations, and many never-before-seen images from the Hasbro archive. Not only that, but the ‘three-part interlocking manual opening system’ features ‘three classic Transformers audio effects’! So, being the people we are, here is us unboxing THE COVENANT OF PRIMUS…

The Initial Packaging Stages…

More bleedin’ Packaging…

Nestled nicely in the box…

That’s one big Robot Head… What to do with it?

Ah. Of course…

Uncovering the Treasure inside…

Opened, with the Book unveiled…

Some interior artwork…

And, as we mentioned at the top, there are sound effects! Check out this video…

After all that, here’s the synopsis…

THE COVENANT OF PRIMUS delves into the depths of Transformers mythology to reveal the backstory that’s previously only been hinted at.

Encased in an interlocking Autobot emblem that when pulled open emits Transformer sounds, this tome is a gift to humans from Alpha Trion, one of the ancient Thirteen Primes—the first of the Transformers. Little is known about Alpha Trion, and the rest of the Thirteen Primes have been shrouded in mystery—until now. The Covenant of Primus reveals the stories of these ancient heroes for the first time. It chronicles the saga of Optimus Prime and Megatron and covers the full history of the Transformers. Never-before-seen illustrations depict battles, portraits of the Thirteen Primes, and detailed scenes of the Transformers’ world. Offering insight into their origins, the Golden Age of exploration, the great civil war between the Autobots and Decepticons, and much more, this book is the definitive in-world history of the Transformers.

In case you wondered the dimensions of THE COVENANT OF PRIMUS, here it is next to the paperback of Justina’s GOING UNDER…

Justina Robson Sells New Collection….

Posted on Monday, December 6th, 2010

We’re delighted to announce that we’ve just concluded a deal with Australian publisher Ticonderoga Publications for a collection of Justina Robson‘s short fiction.

Entitled HELIOTROPE, the collection will be published in both trade paperback and as a limited edition hard cover and is due to be released in time for Justina’s guest of honour appearance at Swancon 36 – the 2011 Western Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention which is being held in Perth next April.

See here for the publisher’s press release.