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Blog postLoads of news and links to share, with more coming as I ramp up publicity for THE MIDDLING AFFLICTION. Here goes:
My co-editor Tarryn Thomas and I were interviewed in the current issue of Clarkesworld magazine. We talked about The Rosetta Archive anthology of translated fiction we put together, but also name-dropped The Middling Affliction a few times, because of course we did.The book is also mentioned in Transfer Orbit’s list of books to check out in May!My Onio -
Blog postAs we release date approaches, there will be many, many #Conradverse posts. Brace yourselves.
First, we have an updated cover. The awesome art by Tulio Brito is still the same, of course, but but the book now has the series title and a very kind blurb from the bestselling author of the Nightside series, the Deathstalker series, and the Drood books Simon R. Green (who, along with Mike Resnick, is largely responsible for how the young-me processed and the not-so-young me eventually wrot -
Blog postI’ll be at Heliosphere in New Jersey this Saturday and Sunday. Here’s my schedule: https://heliosphereny.org/?speaker=alex-shvartsman
Saturday, March 26
11:30am-12:45pm – Books-n-Brews: Alex Shvartsman and Mike McPhail
1:30pm-2pm – Autographs – Session 2
2pm – 3:05pm – Readings with Keith DeCandido, Alex Shvartsman, and Chris Burke
Sunday, March 27
10am-11:15am – Judging a book by its cover panel
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Blog postThere’s a fabulous review of THE MIDDLING AFFLICTION over at Publishers Weekly and I’m so very stoked. It’s a treasure trove of great pull quotes to paste onto books, marketing materials, and possibly my forehead:
“Shvartsman delivers a laugh-out-loud, snarky adventure, throwing out pop culture references and wry observations with dizzying frequency.”
“Shvartsman takes a kitchen sink approach to urban fantasy, packing enough plot into this volume to span a whole series.”
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Blog postThrilled to announce that the audio rights to THE MIDDLING AFFLICTION were picked up by Orange Sky in a deal negotiated by Susan Velazquez of Jabberwocky Literary.
I’m being told the audio will likely be published alongside other formats on May 31!
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Blog postThe Rosetta Archive anthology has been published! Edited by Alex Shvartsman and Tarryn Thomas of Future Science Fiction Digest, it features a selection of notable science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories, which were translated into and first published in English in 2020. This anthology features the winning entry and the stories shortlisted for the Science Fiction and Fantasy Rosetta Awards. Cover art and design is by K.A. Teryna.
The following stories are included:
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Blog postMy latest translation is up at Tor.com and while this story is new to the Anglophone readers, it was written and published in Russian over 100 years ago! It also happened to have inspired Zamyatin’s We and launched the anti-utopian genre!
If you like this story, there are two more Zozulya translations forthcoming this year. “The Living Furniture” at F&SF, and “Cain and Abel” at Galaxy’s Edge.
Read it here:
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Blog postWhile we all anxiously await the publication date for The Middling Affliction (which is currently May 31, mark your calendars!) a brand new Conradverse story was published today! This story appears in Silence in the City, an anthology edited by Shaun Kilgore.
“A Dark and Stormy Night” is chronologically set after book 2 in the series (Kakistocracy, which is written and I’m revising now, and you will likely get to read in 2023) and gives you a sneak preview of one of the many problems -
Blog postHere’s where to find me at Worldcon this week!
Thursday
2:30pm – Signing – Autographs 3
Friday
10am – Legal and Actuarial Supernatural Hypotheticals panel – Forum Room
11:30am – Reading – Capitol Room
1pm – Lost (or Gained) in Translation? VIRTUAL panel – Older
4pm – Translation Slam panel – Cabinet Room
Saturday
11:30am – Finances of Running a Small Press panel – Forum Room
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Blog postThe latest issue of Future SF is live!
Contents:
“A Mountain of Dust” by Wanxiang Fengnian (tr. Judith Huang) (China)
“Echoes of a Broken Mind” by Chirstine Lucas (Greece)
“Three Times Dad Saved the World, and One Time He Didn’t” by P.G. Galalis (USA)
Our stories are always free to read on the web. The lead novella is live now and the rest will be unlocked by the end of the month. Please support this endeavor via our Patreon page!
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