The haters and the detractors bitching about GRRM overseeing the production of the pilot for the HBO AGOT TV series was the inspiration behind this silly survey. . .
Let's see how the vote goes!;-)
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Chippendales for you ladies!
Thanks to Erica for sending this along. I suspect that she is one of those clowns having fun with the Yeard on Westeros. . .
I laughed so hard I had coffee coming out of my nose! That hurts!
So without further ado, on with the show with TG, the noble goats, and the chicken-that's-not-a-chicken.
Enjoy!
When I first sat down with Émilie to talk about Japanese animated features last September, to my dismay I realized that I had seen one of Hayao Miyazaki's masterpieces. It was also Émilie's favorite Miyazaki film. Indeed, in the summer of 2005, my good friend Géraldine (who went to film school) took me and two other friends to see Howl's Moving Castle. Back then, the movie didn't make that much of an impression on me, and all I could remember was that the film was based on a book by Diana Wynne Jones.
Hence, I was keen to see it again, if only to put it in perspective with the other works by Hayao Miyazaki I've seen so far. And since the tale has been taken from a children's book, I wanted to watch it with my goddaughter. Which we did not too long ago.
Here's the blurb:
Hayao Miyazaki, the Japanese animation director who wowed audiences worldwide with his award-winning film Spirited Away, brings another visually spectacular tale of imagination to the screen. Sophie is an 18-year-old girl who toils in the hat shop opened years ago by her late father. Often harassed by local boys, one day Sophie is unexpectedly befriended by Howl, a strange but flamboyant wizard whose large home can travel under its own power. However, the Witch of the Waste is displeased with Sophie and Howl's budding friendship, and turns the pretty young woman into an ugly and aged hag. Sophie takes shelter in Howl's castle, and attempts to find a way to reverse the witch's spell with the help of Calcifer, a subdued but powerful demon who exists in the form of fire, and Markl, who protects the four-way door which can instantly take visitors to other lands and dimensions.
Howl's Moving Castle generated more than 231 million dollars worldwide, and the film was nominated for an Academy Award in 2005. But for some reason, this one wasn't enthralling the way Princess Mononoke or Spirited Away were. And though its story was aimed at a younger audience, it failed to capture the imagination the way My Neighbor Totoro did.
Visually, Howl's Moving Castle is grandiose. I thought that Spirited Away could not be beaten in that regard, but Miyazaki's adaptation of Diana Wynne Jones' novel takes the cake. It's a veritable feast for the eyes. And considering Miyazaki's body of work, that's really saying something! The soundtrack was again produced by Joe Hisaishi, and the music is perfect on every level.
Sophie, Calcifer, Howl, Markl, and Turnip Head are endearing characters. It's a pleasure to follow Sophie's attempts to regain her youthful appearance. Once more, Disney did a great job with the English dub.
The main problem with Howl's Moving Castle is that it's overlong. The pace become extremely sluggish in several portions of the movie, and the running time of 120 minutes is simply too much. It doesn't kill the film, mind you, but you are forced to go through a few boring parts along the way. Too bad, as adequate editing would have taken care of that problem and would likely have made Howl's Moving Castle Hayao Miyazaki's signature work.
The good thing is that you can basically find Howl's Moving Castle everywhere. Yet if you are new to Hayao Miyazaki's body of work, I would suggest watching Spirited Away first. . .
Here's the trailer:
For more info about this title: Canada, USA, Europe
Hence, I was keen to see it again, if only to put it in perspective with the other works by Hayao Miyazaki I've seen so far. And since the tale has been taken from a children's book, I wanted to watch it with my goddaughter. Which we did not too long ago.
Here's the blurb:
Hayao Miyazaki, the Japanese animation director who wowed audiences worldwide with his award-winning film Spirited Away, brings another visually spectacular tale of imagination to the screen. Sophie is an 18-year-old girl who toils in the hat shop opened years ago by her late father. Often harassed by local boys, one day Sophie is unexpectedly befriended by Howl, a strange but flamboyant wizard whose large home can travel under its own power. However, the Witch of the Waste is displeased with Sophie and Howl's budding friendship, and turns the pretty young woman into an ugly and aged hag. Sophie takes shelter in Howl's castle, and attempts to find a way to reverse the witch's spell with the help of Calcifer, a subdued but powerful demon who exists in the form of fire, and Markl, who protects the four-way door which can instantly take visitors to other lands and dimensions.
Howl's Moving Castle generated more than 231 million dollars worldwide, and the film was nominated for an Academy Award in 2005. But for some reason, this one wasn't enthralling the way Princess Mononoke or Spirited Away were. And though its story was aimed at a younger audience, it failed to capture the imagination the way My Neighbor Totoro did.
Visually, Howl's Moving Castle is grandiose. I thought that Spirited Away could not be beaten in that regard, but Miyazaki's adaptation of Diana Wynne Jones' novel takes the cake. It's a veritable feast for the eyes. And considering Miyazaki's body of work, that's really saying something! The soundtrack was again produced by Joe Hisaishi, and the music is perfect on every level.
Sophie, Calcifer, Howl, Markl, and Turnip Head are endearing characters. It's a pleasure to follow Sophie's attempts to regain her youthful appearance. Once more, Disney did a great job with the English dub.
The main problem with Howl's Moving Castle is that it's overlong. The pace become extremely sluggish in several portions of the movie, and the running time of 120 minutes is simply too much. It doesn't kill the film, mind you, but you are forced to go through a few boring parts along the way. Too bad, as adequate editing would have taken care of that problem and would likely have made Howl's Moving Castle Hayao Miyazaki's signature work.
The good thing is that you can basically find Howl's Moving Castle everywhere. Yet if you are new to Hayao Miyazaki's body of work, I would suggest watching Spirited Away first. . .
Here's the trailer:
For more info about this title: Canada, USA, Europe
You wanted the best and you got the best! The hottest band in the world: KISS!!!=)
Ah, simply one of the best rock 'n roll songs ever!
I recently posted the cover art for the UK paperback edition of Newton's Nights of Villjamur (Canada, USA, Europe). Considering the lack of reaction, I reckon that most of you didn't have a problem with this new cover.
On the other hand, elsewhere the comments have been flying, especially on A Dribble of Ink. Not surprisingly, as Aidan has spent the last year or so either bitching about or singing the praise of this or that SFF cover. What's interesting is the editior such as Simon "Doctor Evil" Spanton, Julie Crisp, and Lou Anders all gave their two cents.
Taking all that into account, Newton offers his own two cents in this blog post. Here's an excerpt:
I thought I’d clear a few things up about cover art, which have been touched in those comments, but I felt needed airing full, and putting in context.
* There is an audience of readers who don’t spend much time online, on review sites or blogs or forums.
* In the bookstore-world reality, that audience spectacularly outweighs the number of online fans.
* Online fans are, therefore, a vocal minority. A core market of fans that are very passionate (and one that I personally belong to).
* As Simon Spanton says (in the comments): “… much as it may be uncomfortable to hear, our job as publishers is to make that core market an increasingly small part of the author’s readership – for an author to sell big numbers we have to get their book in the hands of those people who maybe buy just one or two genre books a year, not just the dedicated fans who buy maybe 20 books a year. And that, essentially, is where the cloaked figures come in.”
* As Julie Crisp says: “The top three reasons for buying an SFF book are: read the previous in the series, read other by author and saw in shop. Most readers will experiment with a new author because it reminds them of someone they’ve read previously and enjoyed. I’m guilty of it myself. They want that simple association – something that’s immediately comparative. And we would be remiss if we ignored that… As an aside, it’s not just SFF – you look at most genres and there’s a certain style of covers associated with a certain genre of book.”
* So. I am a new author. The majority of people, particularly the offline world, will not have heard of Nights of Villjamur. They might not read the lovely reviews. All they have to go on is this:
What the book looks like.
Do check it out! Anyone who has ever bitched about why SFF covers look like they do might learn a thing or two. . .
With the Holidays just around the corner, I invited publishers to come up with special prize packs for the biggest giveaways of the year. In the next couple of weeks, you'll see similar contests cropping up, all of them a mix of autographed copies, bestselling titles, and Advance Reading Copies. The idea is to offer something that everyone will want to win. Tor Books, Orbit US, Del Rey and Bantam Spectra have all confirmed their participation, and I'm waiting to hear from a number of other SFF publishers.
The first to step up to the plate was Subterranean Press, and here's what Santa has in store for the big winner! The prize pack includes:
- Collected Stories by Lewis Shiner -- limited edition
- Thousandth Night and Minla's Flowers by Alastair Reynolds -- signed hardcover
- The Terror by Dan Simmons -- limited edition
- Nick and the Glimmung by Philip K. Dick -- trade hardcover edition
- Crimson Shadows by Robert E. Howard -- signed (by the artists) limited edition
- Crystal Nights and Other Stories by Greg Egan -- trade hardcover edition
- The Last Colony by John Scalzi -- signed limited edition
- A Pleasure to Burn by Ray Bradbury (ARC)
- Songs of a Dead Dreamer by Thomas Ligotti (ARC)
- Mirror Kingdoms by Peter S. Beagle (ARC)
Now that's more than 500$ worth of collector's edition books! How cool a prize is that!?!=)
The rules are the same as usual. You need to send an email at reviews@(no-spam)gryphonwood.net with the header "SUBTERRANEAN PRESS." Remember to remove the "no spam" thingy.
Second, your email must contain your full mailing address (that's snail mail!), otherwise your message will be deleted.
Lastly, multiple entries will disqualify whoever sends them. And please include your screen name and the message boards that you frequent using it, if you do hang out on a particular MB.
Good luck to all the participants!
The first to step up to the plate was Subterranean Press, and here's what Santa has in store for the big winner! The prize pack includes:
- Collected Stories by Lewis Shiner -- limited edition
- Thousandth Night and Minla's Flowers by Alastair Reynolds -- signed hardcover
- The Terror by Dan Simmons -- limited edition
- Nick and the Glimmung by Philip K. Dick -- trade hardcover edition
- Crimson Shadows by Robert E. Howard -- signed (by the artists) limited edition
- Crystal Nights and Other Stories by Greg Egan -- trade hardcover edition
- The Last Colony by John Scalzi -- signed limited edition
- A Pleasure to Burn by Ray Bradbury (ARC)
- Songs of a Dead Dreamer by Thomas Ligotti (ARC)
- Mirror Kingdoms by Peter S. Beagle (ARC)
Now that's more than 500$ worth of collector's edition books! How cool a prize is that!?!=)
The rules are the same as usual. You need to send an email at reviews@(no-spam)gryphonwood.net with the header "SUBTERRANEAN PRESS." Remember to remove the "no spam" thingy.
Second, your email must contain your full mailing address (that's snail mail!), otherwise your message will be deleted.
Lastly, multiple entries will disqualify whoever sends them. And please include your screen name and the message boards that you frequent using it, if you do hang out on a particular MB.
Good luck to all the participants!
SFF authors Mark Charan Newton and Dan Abnett had a conversation about tie-in fiction, work for hire, and original fiction, the stigmas associated, and why such snobbery only seems to exist in genre fiction. Newton hopes that they can change people’s opinions about what seems to be the black sheep of the literature family.
It's a very interesting conversation, one that most of you should find interesting. I told Mark to send me what he considers Abnett's best work my way, and I'll give it a shot in early 2010.
Here's an extract from their discussion:
Mark: It’s interesting you mention the money as a perceived incentive, and you’re quite right. But I suppose without naming names, there have been writers who have been strapped for cash and wanted to do tie-in fiction because they thought it was easy money. Hang around at a convention bar and you’ll hear those stories. So, as an aside – you’ve written both original fiction and tie-in fiction, so which do you find is easier?
Dan: I actually think it’s harder to write for franchises in many ways, as you’re constantly checking (or you damn well should be!) that you’re remaining true to the source, in terms of detail, fluff, character and style. It’s quite demanding to be so engaged, so ‘on’, permanently policing your actions within the boundaries of someone else’s property. In your own work, you only have to check with yourself about where the edges are. This labour is OF COURSE counter-balanced by the creative efforts involved in original invention – let me just say that before anyone has an indignant spasm. It is, however, worth pointing out that in many franchises (and Warhammer 40K is one of them) there is an immense amount of creative elbow-room for a hired gun, despite the quantity of IP already generated. I know I’ve generated as much new stuff, concepts and other fallout in my 40K books as I would have in an original piece of combat SF. Naturally, the same isn’t true of a very ‘tight’ franchise like Who or Trek. Maybe that creative variation is something we can come back to.
Anyway! What I’m basically saying is that if a hired gun’s doing his or her job properly and responsibly, it should be hard graft. You’re obliged to understand and work within an established universe, and create something that is both completely appropriate and sympathetic, while also being creative and innovative, without breaking the furniture or staining the carpet.
So people do that for money. It’s nice to be paid to write a Doctor Who story, but for many of us, it’s also nice to write a Doctor Who story. That’s a big part of the appeal, and perhaps one of the reasons that ‘named’ authors such as you mentioned at the start are drawn to this work. It’s fun. It’s cool. There’s a considerable geek thrill to be had from legitimately working on a franchise that you might have admired or even loved for years. You want to do a good job no matter what the level of remuneration (and, let’s be fair, the likes of Jodi and Jon probably got paid a better than scale rate for their work. Probably. I don’t know, I’m just guessing).
Isn’t it interesting how the top end is swinging around just now? In the last year, we’ve had a ‘new’ James Bond, a ‘new’ Hitchhiker’, a ‘new’ Pooh, and a ‘new’ Wild Things, all by writers who were hardly unheard of beforehand. What was it that appealed to them, do you think? Did they get that electric geek thrill of legitimate participation that said you’ve got to be part of this because you love it SO much, or were they hired guns in the bad old sense of the phrase? To paraphrase the classic Mrs Merton interview question, “What was it that first attracted you to the multi-gazillion selling franchise of Douglas Adams?”
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The enigmatic author John Twelve Hawks became a hit with the release of the international bestseller The Traveler (Canada, USA, Europe) and its sequel, The Dark River (Canada, USA, Europe). Having enjoyed both dystopian installments, I was looking forward to discovering how the author would close the show. Especially with the cliffhanger ending that brought The Dark River to a close, I was dying to know what happened next!
Here's the blurb:
John Twelve Hawks's previous novels about the mystical Travelers and the Brethren, their ruthless enemies, generated an extraordinary following around the world. The Washington Post wrote that The Traveler 'portrays a Big Brother with powers far beyond anything Orwell could imagine . . .' and Publishers Weekly hailed the series as 'a saga that's part A Wrinkle in Time, part The Matrix and part Kurosawa epic.' Internet chat rooms and blogs have overflowed with speculation about the final destiny of the richly imagined characters fighting an epic battle beneath the surface of our modern world.
In The Golden City, Twelve Hawks delivers the climax to his spellbinding epic. Struggling to protect the legacy of his Traveler father, Gabriel faces troubling new questions and relentless threats. His brother Michael, now firmly allied with the enemy, pursues his ambition to wrest power from Nathan Boone, the calculating leader of the Brethren. And Maya, the Harlequin warrior pledged to protect Gabriel at all costs, is forced to make a choice that will change her life forever.
A riveting blend of high-tech thriller and fast-paced adventure, The Golden City will delight Twelve Hawks's many fans and attract a new audience to the entire trilogy.
Although another page-turner, The Golden City fails to live up to the potential created by its predecessors. I don't know if John Twelve Hawks did it on purpose and left many doors open for various sequels, but this conclusion doesn't bring the trilogy to an end with an exclamation point. Quite the contrary, the lackluster ending was a bit of a letdown.
In terms of worldbuilding, the author's depiction of the other realms was a bit on the lame side, which took a lot away from the entire reading experience. Especially the half gods' storyline, which turned out to be a major failure to launch.
I particularly enjoyed the character growth of both Maya and Hollis. And revelations about Nathan Boone were a nice touch which allow the reader to understand why he act the way he does. Yet both brothers, Michael and Gabriel, the two Travelers at the heart of the struggle between the Travelers and the Brethren, have basically lost all of their appeal. John Twelve Hawks doesn't appear to have much sense of direction in this one, and at times you wonder where the story is going.
The pace is crisp and the relatively short chapters keep you turning those pages. Though the fascination I felt reading the first two volumes of The Fourth Realm trilogy is absent, the story is nevertheless interesting enough to keep you going and make short work of this novel. Yes, the door is definitely open for more to come, but The Golden City ends in a way that will satisfy few readers. The lack of resolution truly makes for a drab ending.
Sadly, this final volume falls short of the kind of conclusion which was heralded by the quality and the intrigue of both The Traveler and The Dark River. Too bad, as the stage was set for a compelling finale. . .
The final verdict: 7.25/10
For more info about this title: Canada, USA, Europe
Here's the blurb:
John Twelve Hawks's previous novels about the mystical Travelers and the Brethren, their ruthless enemies, generated an extraordinary following around the world. The Washington Post wrote that The Traveler 'portrays a Big Brother with powers far beyond anything Orwell could imagine . . .' and Publishers Weekly hailed the series as 'a saga that's part A Wrinkle in Time, part The Matrix and part Kurosawa epic.' Internet chat rooms and blogs have overflowed with speculation about the final destiny of the richly imagined characters fighting an epic battle beneath the surface of our modern world.
In The Golden City, Twelve Hawks delivers the climax to his spellbinding epic. Struggling to protect the legacy of his Traveler father, Gabriel faces troubling new questions and relentless threats. His brother Michael, now firmly allied with the enemy, pursues his ambition to wrest power from Nathan Boone, the calculating leader of the Brethren. And Maya, the Harlequin warrior pledged to protect Gabriel at all costs, is forced to make a choice that will change her life forever.
A riveting blend of high-tech thriller and fast-paced adventure, The Golden City will delight Twelve Hawks's many fans and attract a new audience to the entire trilogy.
Although another page-turner, The Golden City fails to live up to the potential created by its predecessors. I don't know if John Twelve Hawks did it on purpose and left many doors open for various sequels, but this conclusion doesn't bring the trilogy to an end with an exclamation point. Quite the contrary, the lackluster ending was a bit of a letdown.
In terms of worldbuilding, the author's depiction of the other realms was a bit on the lame side, which took a lot away from the entire reading experience. Especially the half gods' storyline, which turned out to be a major failure to launch.
I particularly enjoyed the character growth of both Maya and Hollis. And revelations about Nathan Boone were a nice touch which allow the reader to understand why he act the way he does. Yet both brothers, Michael and Gabriel, the two Travelers at the heart of the struggle between the Travelers and the Brethren, have basically lost all of their appeal. John Twelve Hawks doesn't appear to have much sense of direction in this one, and at times you wonder where the story is going.
The pace is crisp and the relatively short chapters keep you turning those pages. Though the fascination I felt reading the first two volumes of The Fourth Realm trilogy is absent, the story is nevertheless interesting enough to keep you going and make short work of this novel. Yes, the door is definitely open for more to come, but The Golden City ends in a way that will satisfy few readers. The lack of resolution truly makes for a drab ending.
Sadly, this final volume falls short of the kind of conclusion which was heralded by the quality and the intrigue of both The Traveler and The Dark River. Too bad, as the stage was set for a compelling finale. . .
The final verdict: 7.25/10
For more info about this title: Canada, USA, Europe
Shame on me for writing such beloved, best-selling books!
- ROBERT STANEK, in a recent blog post.
WTF?????????
In case you're wondering, Robert Stanek is the writer who photoshopped himself in a picture with Brian Jacques. What went wrong? Well, the guy forgot to put his legs in the pic. . .
Stanek defends himself in this blog post. There are two new pictures of him and Brian Jacques, and this time he did remember to photoshop his legs, a coffee, and some random trash in the table in front of him. Funny how Jacques is totally ignoring him. . . Do read his last two posts, as they make for entertaining reading!
And if Stanek is such a bestselling author, how come his Facebook Group only has one member other than himself???
This guy is either fantasy's best-kept secret, or a total dumbass. You decide which. . .
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Thanks to the kind folks at Transworld, these five winners will get their hands on the 10th anniversary edition of Steven Erikson's Gardens of the Moon. For more info about this title: Canada, USA, Europe.
The winners are:
- Matthew Hodgetts, from Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Samuel Blake, from Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Marcin Bajer, from Dobczyce, Poland
- Grant Peters, from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Greg Wogan-Browne, from City Beach, Western Australia, Australia
Many thanks to all the participants!
And you could win the opportunity to read Guy Gavriel Kay's Under Heaven (Canada, USA, Europe) before everyone else!
From brightweavings.com:
Okay, off to your quill pens. Yielding to flattery and blandishments, Dr. Neil Randall of the University of Waterloo, judge emeritus, has indeed returned for another go, and has proposed that this year’s poetry competition be a work in ballad form.
The form has variations, and you are very much allowed to research and explore them, but for his purposes the following are the norms, what is expected – varying should have a purpose.
Ballads are narrative poems. They alternate iambic tetrameter with iambic trimeter, ie. 4 beats, then 3 beats, then 4 beats, then 3...
The rhyme scheme tends to be a/b/c/b d/e/f/e
In other words 2nd and 4th lines rhyme, then 6th and 8th, etc. The three beat lines.
They tend to be written in stanzas of 4 lines (quatrains). Neil has set the competition boundaries as a ballad of between 12 and 16 lines – 3 or 4 stanzas. Themes to be taken (as usual) from any of my published books, either a single one, or some form of across-titles idea. Remember that he did say they tend to be narrative poems. You can find examples all over. Look up “Sir Patrick Spens” as one that I’ve always loved. (And you’ll see some meter variations in there, used very well.)
Other than that, the ballad world is your oyster. Deadline is December 15th, so you have a bit more than a month. Initial efforts can come in this thread and nearer the deadline we’ll create a ‘Final entries’ thread (again, as usual) where you can re-submit your best efforts, final drafts. Competition entries limited to 2 per person, but feel free to post more than that in this first thread to get feedback and offer pleasure.
Prize is a galley of UNDER HEAVEN, or a hardcover if preferred.
Enjoy. I always do.
GGK
This is the sixth Bright Weavings poetry contest. The thread can be found on the Forums, under Miscellaneous, "The Balladof Brightweavings".
Good luck!
Dallas Cowboys: 7
vs
Green Bay Packers: 17
Crappy game, and that's putting it mildly. But the Colts' comeback against the Patriots in the final seconds of their game was unbelievable!
Thanks to the generosity of the folks at Subterranean Press, I have a copy of the limited edition of Alastair Reynolds' Thousandth Night & Minla's Flowers up for grabs! I'm currently reading this double volume, and it's terrific so far! For more info about this title: Canada, USA, Europe, and Subpress.
Here's the blurb:
Thousandth Night, the genesis for the epic novel House of Suns, is quintessential Reynolds. A visionary account of intrigue, ambition, and technological marvels set within a beautifully realized far-future milieu, it combines world-class storytelling with a provocative meditation on the mystery, grandeur, and inconceivable immensity of the universe.
The masterful novella Minla’s Flowers features Merlin, a familiar figure to Reynolds’s readers. Diverted by technical difficulties to a planet known as Lecythus, Merlin finds himself forced to play a part in the moral and military dilemmas of a world on the verge of extinction.
Minla's Flowers can also be found in The New Space Opera anthology (Canada, USA, Europe), while Thousandth Night was first published in One Million A. D. (USA).
The rules are the same as usual. You need to send an email at reviews@(no-spam)gryphonwood.net with the header "FLOWERS." Remember to remove the "no spam" thingy.
Second, your email must contain your full mailing address (that's snail mail!), otherwise your message will be deleted.
Lastly, multiple entries will disqualify whoever sends them. And please include your screen name and the message boards that you frequent using it, if you do hang out on a particular MB.
Good luck to all the participants!
This lucky winner will receive a full set of James Barclay's Chronicles of the Raven, compliments of the cool folks at Pyr. The prize pack includes:
The winner is:
- Val Kondrich, from Wickliffe, Ohio, USA
Thanks to all the participants!
In hardcover:
Brandon Sanderson and Robert Jordan's The Gathering Storm debuts at number 1. For more info about this title: Canada, USA, Europe.
Charlaine Harris' A Touch of Dead is down three positions, ending its fourth week on the charts at number 15. For more info about this title: Canada, USA, Europe.
Charlaine Harris' Dead and Gone maintains its position, ending its 26th week on the bestseller list at number 22.
R. A. Salvatore's The Ghost King is down eight spots, finishing its fourth week on the prestigious list at number 27. For more info about this title: Canada, USA, Europe.
Joe Schreiber's Star Wars: Death Troopers is down eight positions, ending its second week on the bestseller list at number 28. For more info about this title: Canada, USA, Europe.
Dacre Stoker and Ian Holt's Dracula the Un-Dead is down ten spots, finishing its third week on the NYT list at number 33.
In paperback:
Keri Arthur's Bound to Shadows debuts at number 6.
Karen Traviss' Star Wars 501st: An Imperial Commando Novel debuts at number 8. For more info about this title: Canada, USA, Europe.
Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith's Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is down one position, ending its 31st week on the bestseller list at number 18 (trade paperback).
Max Brooks' World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War is down four spots, finishing its third week on the prestigious list at number 20 (trade paperback).
Stephen King's Just After Sunset is down eleven spots, finishing its sixth week on the NYT list at number 20.
Only a single one of Charlaine Harris' eight Sookie Stackhouse novels is on the paperback bestseller list, ranking at number 24.
Stephen King's Just After Sunset is down eleven spots, finishing its sixth week on the NYT list at number 20.
Only a single one of Charlaine Harris' eight Sookie Stackhouse novels is on the paperback bestseller list, ranking at number 24.
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