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DISPATCHES FROM THE BORDER

Events and News from Borderlands Books

NOVEMBER, 2004 

Chapter One - Event Information, News, and Special Feature

Saturday, November 20th 2 PM to 3 PM, THE JAMES TIPTREE AWARDS ANTHOLOGY 1 signing with Karen Joy Fowler, Pat Murphy, and Debbie Notkin

Saturday, November 27th, 12 PM to 8 PM, Borderlands 7th Anniversary Sale

Monday, December 6th to Friday, December 10th from 2 PM to 6 PM, Alan Clark and Jay Lake STIRRING THE FEAR WITHIN

Friday, December 10th at 7 PM, Reception for Alan Clark and Jay Lake
 
(for more information check the end of this section)

News

The winners of the World Fantasy Awards were announced on October 31st in Tempe, Arizona.  They are as follows -

Life Achievement: Stephen King and Gahan Wilson

Novel:  Jo Walton TOOTH AND CLAW (Tor)

Novella:  Greer Gilman "A Crowd of Bone" (TRAMPOLINE: AN ANTHOLOGY, Small Beer)

Short Fiction:  Bruce Holland Rogers "Don Ysidro" (POLYPHONY 3, Wheatland)

Anthology:  Rosalie Parker, ed. STRANGE TALES (Tartarus Press)

Collection:  Elizabeth Hand BIBLIOMANCY (PS Publishing)

Artist:  (tie) Donato Giancola and Jason Van Hollander

Special Award: Professional:  Peter Crowther For PS Publishing

Special Award: Non-Professional:  Ray Russell/Rosalie Parker for Tartarus Press

Borderlands congratulates the winners and their publishers on this achievement.

Book Club Info

The Gay Men's Book Club will meet on Sunday, November 14th, at 5 pm to discuss MANY-COLORED LAND by Julian May. The book for December is SINGULARITY SKY by Charles Stross.  Please contact the group leader, Christopher Rodriguez, at cobalt555@earthlink.net, for more information.

The Classic Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Club will meet on Sunday, November 21st at 6 pm to discuss ALL TOMORROW'S PARTIES by William Gibson. The book for December is FUTURES PAST by A.E. van Vogt.  Please contact Jude at jfeldman@borderlands-books.com for more information.

Upcoming Event Details

Saturday, November 20th 2 PM to 3 PM, THE JAMES TIPTREE AWARDS ANTHOLOGY 1 signing with Karen Joy Fowler, Pat Murphy, Debbie Notkin

Meet three of the four editors of this collection of works selected by the judges of the Tiptree Awards and hear them discuss the origin of this unique award.
 
From the Tiptree Award website ( http://www.tiptree.org/ )  - "In February of 1991 at WisCon (the world's only feminist-oriented science fiction convention), award-winning SF author Pat Murphy announced the creation of the James Tiptree, Jr. Award, an annual literary prize for science fiction or fantasy that expands or explores our understanding of gender.  Pat created the award in collaboration with author Karen Joy Fowler.  The Tiptree Award is pleased and proud to have Karen and Pat as its 'founding mothers.'"

Saturday, November 27th 12 PM to 8 PM, Borderlands 7th Anniversary Sale

Borderlands will be celebrating our 7th anniversary on Saturday, November 27th by having a big one-day sale.  Buy any two used books and get a third one of equal or lesser value for free!  Collectable books are not included in this deal but they will be 10% off all day long, and finally, everything else in the store will be 20% off (artwork excluded).  We'll be giving out door prizes until they run out.  The sale will only run for one day, and this sale only happens once a year, so mark your calendars for Saturday, November 27th.  THANK YOU all for your support. 

Monday, December 6th to Friday, December 10th from 2 PM to 6 PM, Alan Clark and Jay Lake STIRRING THE FEAR WITHIN

Where can you watch an award-winning painter and an award-winning artist collaboratively produce an illustrated work of fiction in just one week?  Borderlands, of course!  Once again we're pleased to have artist Alan Clark (creator of THE PAINT IN MY BLOOD and winner of the World Fantasy Award) and author Jay Lake (author of AMERICAN SORROWS and winner of this year's John W. Campbell Jr. award) set up shop in the middle of our store for a week of spontaneous creative work.  They'll be working from two 'till six every day and are always happy to chat with visitors about their work, creative processes, and the field in general.  If you are an aspiring artist or author or if you just like to chat with creative people do not miss this chance to visit with two of the most pleasant people in the field.

Friday, December 10th at 7 PM, Reception for Alan Clark and Jay Lake

This reception will wrap up our week with Alan and Jay.  They'll present the finished product of the week's work and sign copies of their books.  Refreshments will be provided.

Borderlands event policy - all events are free of charge.  You are welcome to bring copies of an author's books purchased elsewhere to be autographed (but we do appreciate it if you purchase something while at the event), except for some special events.  For most events you are welcome to bring as many books as you wish for autographs.  If you are unable to attend the event, we will be happy to have a copy of the author's book signed or inscribed for you.  We can then either hold it until you can come in to pick it up or we can ship it to you.  Just give us a call or drop us an email.  If you live out of town, you can also ship us books from your collection to be signed.  Call or email for details.

Chapter Two - Book Listings

THE STUPIDEST ANGEL by Christopher Moore (William Morrow, Other Hardcover, $14.95) - It's another lonesome Christmas in the sleepy little tourist town of Pine Cove, where the angel Razael has arrived to find a child and perform a Christmas miracle.  Of course, being the stupidest angel, he botches it completely, and the town is overrun by brain-eating zombies.  This "heartwarming tale of Christmas terror" by Borderlands' fave funny dude Christopher Moore is just sick enough to cure the holiday blues. - Recommended by Cary
"If you're buying this book as a gift for your grandma or a kid, you should be aware that it contains cusswords as well as tasteful depictions of cannibalism and people in their forties having sex.  Don't blame me.  I told you." - The Author's Warning

FOR THOSE WHO FELL by William C. Dietz (Ace, Hardcover, $24.95)

FURIES OF CALDERON - CODEX ALERA VOL. 1 by Jim Butcher (Ace, Hardcover, $23.95)

PHOENIX AND ASHES by Mercedes Lackey (DAW , Hardcover, $24.95)

DISAPPEARING ACT by Margaret Ball (Baen, Hardcover, $22.00)

SIEGE PERILOUS by Nigel Bennett (Baen, Hardcover, $22.00)

ASTONISHED EYE by Tracy Knight (Five Star, Hardcover, $25.95)

BLUE GIRL by Charles DeLint (Viking, Hardcover, $17.99)

THE SHADES OF TIME AND MEMORY - WRAETHTHU HISTORIES VOL. 2 by Storm Constantine (Tor, Hardcover, $27.95)

CRISSCROSS by F. Paul Wilson (Tor, Hardcover, $24.95)

CURIOUS NOTIONS - A CROSSTIME TRAFFIC NOVEL by Harry Turtledove (Tor, Hardcover, $23.95)

THE BOY WHO WOULD LIVE FOREVER by Frederick Pohl (Tor, Hardcover, $25.95)

TO LIGHT A CANDLE - OBSIDIAN TRILOGY VOL. 2 by Mercedes Lackey (Tor, Hardcover, $27.95)

THE SHADOW ROADS - SWANS’ WAR, VOL. 3 by Sean Russell (Eos, Hardcover, $25.95)

BLACK BRILLION by Matthew Hughes (Tor, Hardcover, $23.95)

THE FINEST CREATION by Jean Rabe (Tor, Hardcover, $24.95)

GAUDEAMUS by John Barnes (Tor, Hardcover, $24.95)

THE BOOK OF BALLADS by Charles Vess (Tor, Hardcover, $24.95)

THE GODS AND THEIR MACHINES by Oisin McGann (Tor, Hardcover, $19.95)

THE FAMOUS FLOWER OF SERVING MEN by Deborah Grabien (Thomas Dunne, Hardcover, $22.95)

THE RUNES OF THE EARTH - THE LAST CHRONICLES OF THOMAS CONVENANT VOL. 1 by Stephen R. Donaldson (Putnam, Hardcover, $26.95)

BANEWREAKER - THE SUNDERING VOL.1 by Jacqueline Carey (Tor, Hardcover, $27.95)

THE WIZARD - WIZARD KNIGHT VOL. 2  by Gene Wolfe (Tor, Hardcover, $25.95)

SHADOW OF SAGANAMI - SAGANAMI ISLAND VOL. 1 by David Weber (Baen, Hardcover, $26.00)

TO HOME AND EHVENOR - GUARDIANS OF THE FLAME VOL. 3 by Joel Rosenberg (Baen, Hardcover, $24.00)

TURN THE OTHER CHICK edited by Esther Friesner (Baen, Hardcover, $20.00)

A WOLF AT THE DOOR AND OTHER FAIRY TALES edited by Ellen  Datlow (Simon and Schuster, Hardcover, $16.00)

THE ALGEBRAIST by Iain M. Banks (Orb, Hardcover, $33.42)

THE DISCWORLD ALMANAK FOR THE YEAR OF THE PRAWN (2005) by Terry Pratchett  (Doubleday, Hardcover, $19.18)

RIVER OF GODS by Ian McDonald (Simon and Schuster, Hardcover, $33.42)

POLARIS by Jack McDevitt (Ace, Hardcover, $24.95)

CALLY’S WAR by John Ringo (Baen, Hardcover, $25.00)

THE LORD OF THE RINGS - THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION by J.R.R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin, Hardcover, $100.00)

MASTER OF THE CAULDRON - LORD OF THE ISLES VOL. 6 by David Drake (Tor, Hardcover, $25.95)

WOLF CAPTURED by Jane Linkskold (Tor, Hardcover, $27.95)

THE GIRL WHO LOVED TOM GORDON POP-UP BOOK by Stephen King (Simon and Schuster, Other Hardcover, $24.95)

GOBLIN COMPANION, THE - A FIELD GUIDE TO GOBLINS by Brian Froud (Pavillion, Other Hardcover, $12.34)

CHELSEA MORNING by Joni Mitchell, illustrated by Brian Froud (Milk and Cookies Press, Oversized Hardcover, $17.95)

BRIAN FROUD’S GOBLINS! by Brian Froud (Abrams, Oversized Hardcover, $25.00)

LIVE GIRLS by Ray Garton (e-reads, Trade Paperback, $19.95)

HIDDEN STARS by Madeline Howard (Eos, Trade Paperback, $14.95)

THE SNOWMAN’S CHILDREN by Glen Hirshberg (Carroll & Graf, Trade Paperback, $13.00)

FUZZY DICE by Paul Di Filipo (ibooks, Trade Paperback, $11.95)

THE ROAD TO THE DARK TOWER - EXPLORING STEPHEN KING’S MAGNUM OPUS by Bev Vincent (New American Library, Trade Paperback, $14.95)

SMOKING POPPY by Graham Joyce (Washington Square Press, Trade Paperback, $14.00)

THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF BEST NEW HORROR VOL. 15 edited by Stephen Jones (Carroll & Graf, Trade Paperback, $12.95)

GREAT GHOST STORIES edited by R. Chetwynd-Hayes and Stephen Jones (Carroll & Graf, Trade Paperback, $12.95)

UNLOCKING THE AIR AND OTHER STORIES by Ursula K. Le Guin (Harper, Trade Paperback, $13.00)

THE TWO SAMS - GHOST STORIES by Glen Hirshberg (Carroll & Graf, Trade Paperback, $14.00)

EXILE’S VALOR - A NOVEL OF VALDEMAR by Mercedes Lackey (DAW, Mass Market, $7.99)

DOG WARRIOR by Wen Spencer (Roc, Mass Market, $6.99)

ABSOLUTION GAP - REVELATION SPACE 3 by Alastair Reynolds (Gollancz, Mass Market, $13.56)

THE DARKEST PART OF THE WOODS by Ramsey Campbell (Tor, Mass Market, $6.99)

IMPOSSIBLE ODDS by Dave Duncan (Eos, Mass Market, $4.00)

GRANTVILLE GAZETTE - SEQUELS TO 1632 edited by Eric Flint (Baen, Mass Market, $6.99)

THERE WILL BE DRAGONS by John Ringo (Baen, Mass Market, $7.99)

LOST BOY LOST GIRL by Peter Straub (Ballantine, Mass Market, $7.99)

TO WAKE THE DEAD by Richard Laymon (Leisure, Mass Market, $7.99)

SINEATER by Elizabeth Massie (ibooks, Mass Market, $6.99)

HYBRIDS - THE NEANDERTHAL PARALLAX, VOL. 3 by Robert Sawyer (Tor, Mass Market, $7.99)

DRAGON VENOM by Lawrence Watt-Evans (Tor, Mass Market, $7.99)

DEBT OF BONES by Terry Goodkind (Tor, Mass Market, $2.99)

Small Press Features

THE BANQUET OF THE LORDS OF NIGHT AND OTHER STORIES by Liz Williams (Night Shade Books, Hardcover, $27.00 and Limited Edition (100 numbered copies) Hardcover (which includes an extra story), $45.00)

SWIFTLY: STORIES THAT NEVER WERE AND MIGHT NOT BE by Adam Roberts (Night Shade Books, Hardcover, $27.00 and Limited Edition (100 numbered copies) Hardcover (which includes an extra story), $45.00)

RAKOSHI by F. Paul Wilson (Borderlands Press, Signed and Numbered Limited Edition (1000 copies) Hardcover, $60.00) - Originally published as THE TOMB, this is the author's preferred edition.

THE TURTLE BOY by Kealan Patrick Burke (Necessary Evil Press, Signed and Numbered Limited Edition (450 copies) Hardcover, $35.00)

THE SHAPE UNDER THE SHEET: THE COMPLETE STEPHEN KING ENCYCLOPEDIA edited by Stephen J. Spignesi (Overlook, Oversized Signed and Numbered Limited Edition (350 copies) Hardcover, $175.00) - Signed by Richard Matheson, Stehen J. Spinesi, Rick Hautala, David King, Stan Wiater, Stephen R. Bissette, Tyson Blue, Donald M. Grant, Katherine Flickinger, Dave Lowell, Barry Hoffman, Chris Chesley, Richard Christian Matheson, Joe R. Lansdale, Jim Cole, George Beahm,  J.N. Williamson, Michael R. Collings, Douglas E. Winter, Craig Goden, James Van Hise, Dave Fernandez, Tom Schultheiss, Patricia Curtis, Kenny Ray Linkous, Steve Fiorilla, and David Hinchberger.  This leather slip-cased edition also includes a signed & numbered limited edition pamphlet by Stephen J. Spignesi, and a fold-out illustration by Stephen Bissette.

DEATHREALMS - SELECTED TALES FROM THE LAND WHERE HORROR DWELLS edited by Stephen Mark Rainey (Delirium Books, Signed and Numbered Limited Edition (350 copies) Hardcover, $50.00)

PROJECTIONS - SCIENCE FICTION IN LITERATURE & FILM edited by Lou Anders (Monkeybrain Books, Trade Paperback, $15.95)

LIFE by Gwyneth Jones (Aqueduct , Trade Paperback, $19.00)

DARKLINGS by Ray Garton (Bloodletting Press, Signed and Numbered Limited Edition (300 copies) Hardcover, $45.00)

MY DEATH by Lisa Tuttle (PS, Signed and Numbered Limited Edition (500 copies) Trade Paperback, $16.00 and Signed and Numbered Limited Edition (300 copies) Hardcover, $40.00)

MIRROR ME by Yvonne Navarro (Overlook, Signed and Numbered Limited Edition (500 copies) Hardcover, $44.95)

AFTERAGE by Yvonne Navarro (Overlook, Hardcover, $39.95)

CHANGELING by Nancy Jane Moore (Aqueduct , Trade Paperback, $8.00)

WITH HER BODY by Nicola Griffith (Aqueduct , Trade Paperback, $8.00)

THE GRAND CONVERSATION by L. Timmel Duchamp (Aqueduct , Trade Paperback, $8.00)

WORMWOOD:  LITERATURE OF THE FANTASTIC, SUPERNATURAL, AND DECADENT, VOL. 3 edited by Mark  Valentine (Tartarus, Trade Paperback, $14.51)

THE DARK COUNTRY by Dennis Etchison (Babbage Press, Trade Paperback, $17.95)

EDWARD LEE’S FLESH GOTHIC by Edward Lee (Necro Publications, Signed and Numbered Limited Edition (450 copies) Hardcover, $45.00)

HORROR PLUM’D:  AN INTERNATIONAL STEPHEN KING BIBLIOGRAPHY AND GUIDE 1960 - 2000 by Michael R. Collings (Overlook, Trade Paperback, $39.95)

THE NEWBURY COAT by John Meade Falkner (Ash-Tree Press, Limited Edition (500 copies) Hardcover, $46.00)

TALKING IN THE DARK by Dennis Etchison (Infrapress, Trade Paperback, $16.50)

MORNINGSTAR by Peter Atkins (Infrapress, Trade Paperback, $14.99)

THUMBPRINTS by Pamela Sargent  (Golden Gryphon, Hardcover, $25.95)

PRINCE OF CHRISTLER-COKE by Neal Barrett Jr. (Golden Gryphon, Hardcover, $25.95)

BRIAN LUMLEY’S FREAKS by Brian Lumley (Subterranean, Signed and Numbered Limited Edition (750 copies) Hardcover, $35.00) - Contains the following stories: "In The Glow Zone", "Problem Child", "The Ugly Act", "Mother Love", and a brand new story, "Somebody Calling".

DARKER AGES by Paul Finch (Sarob, Signed and Numbered Limited Edition (180 copies) Hardcover, $45.00)

HOWLING HOUNDS - THE HAUNTING TALES OF PHIL LOCASCIO by Phil Locascio (Sarob, Signed and Numbered Limited Edition (180 copies) Hardcover, $45.00)

THE HOUSE OF THE TEMPLE by Brian Lumley (Endeavor Press, Signed and Numbered Limited Edition (300 copies) Hardcover, $45.00)

THE PAINT IN MY BLOOD - ILLUSTRATION AND FINE ART by Alan M. Clark (IFD Publishing, Oversized Softcover, $29.00 and Oversized Signed and Numbered Limited Edition (500 copies) Hardcover, $49.00)

THE GOLEM by Gustav Meyrink (Tartarus, Limited Edition (300 copies) Hardcover, $55.00)

GREAT GHOST STORIES - TALES OF MYSTERY AND MADNESS edited by R. Chetwynd-Hayes and Stephen Jones (Cemetery Dance, Hardcover, $40.00)

This newsletter is distributed monthly free of charge and may be redistributed without charge so long all the following information is included.

Dispatches from the Border
Editor - Madeline Ruegg
Assistant Editor - Alan Beatts
Contributors - Jude Feldman, Cary Heater

All contents unless otherwise noted are the property of

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