Shine Arrives
Filed under My Writing • 04-03-2010 •
Two paperback copies of the Shine anthology have just been delivered to my door, direct from the publisher. And they look great.
Shine is an anthology of “optimistic” near-future science fiction edited by the formidable Jetse de Vries, and featuring a cover by the award-winning artist, Vincent Chong (who also designed the cover for my novel, Silversands).
Shine is a book of short stories with an upbeat outlook on the future, a book that says no matter how bad things get, there’s always the possibility of hope. It contains 16 stories, including a 10,000 word story that I co-wrote with Aliette de Bodard, called The Church Of Accelerated Redemption.
It also contains stories by Alastair Reynolds, Kay Kenyon, Jason Stoddard, Holly Phillips, and others.
Shine is published by Solaris Books.
Tags: Aliette de Bodard • Gareth L Powell • jetse de vries • Shine Anthology
Darn, now I’m envious. Awaiting mine…
Not as envious as I am!
I’m going to have to -gasp- buy a copy.
Hope it gets good reviews from all and sundry.
Wow. That cover looks fantastic.
It is a great cover. The small pic here doesn’t really do it justice. It looks even more luminous in person.
Thanks for the cover kudos: I originally commissioned it from Vincent Chong for promotional purposes, but the new Solaris Books team decided to take it for the cover, which is great.
Aliette–
You’re not alone: your humble editor is also awaiting. International postage is sometimes slow…
Ah-ha, my copies have shown up! Gorgeous. Already broke one of them open and started to read the stories.
Hope yours arrive soon, Jetse!
Looks good – am looking forward to reading it.
See you all in a few weeks?
Thanks Neil – yes, I’ll be there. See you at Heathrow.
Neil: Yup, will be there as well. See you at Eastercon!