Fantasy Book Critic: Winners of the Dan Simmons/Drood!!! Plus Misc. News...

Congratulations to Alan Saxon (South Carolina), Anna Shown (New Mexico), and Bill Marguccio (New Jersey) who were all randomly selected to win a SIGNED COPY of Dan Simmon’s new book “Drood” thanks to Little, Brown, and Company!!! “Drood” was officially released in the U.S. on February 9, 2009. For more information on the book, please read Fantasy Book Critic’s review of “Drood” HERE.

In news, just a few tidbits. First off, congratulations to Jasper Kent’s “Twelve” which is now number 11 on Borders UK’s overall paperback fiction bestseller list—all the more impressive because it is competing directly with every recently published—and much cheaper—mass-market paperback title, sale for sale. “Twelve” (Reviewed HERE) is a fantastic novel and deserves all the success it gets. And hopefully U.S. publishers will take note...

Moving on, Wilder Publications is pleased and excited to announce that Marty Halpern has accepted a position as a freelance Acquisitions Editor for Wilder Publications’ genre imprint, Fantastic Books. Marty brings close to a decade of editorial experience with him. He has twice been nominated for the World Fantasy Award, bringing the number of World Fantasy Award nominees currently on staff to two. Books edited by Marty have won the prestigious Hugo Award, World Fantasy Award, and have been selected to Publisher's Weekly's Best of the Year List.

Lastly, PS Publishing has posted their latest news update HERE which includes information on their newest acquisitions, a Lovecraftian horror anthology edited by leading Lovecraft scholar S T Joshi, Stephen King’s “One for the Road”, a limited edition of Ray Bradbury’s “The Martian Chronicles”, and a new novella from Richard Matheson!