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NANP: Process of Names
Posted by AJ
Joining me on the blog today for Names: A New Perspective is the latest author to join the ranks of Angry Robot’s elite, Marianne de Pierres. Marianne is an author of long standing with a big portfolio of work that includes critical hits and award-winning novels such as the Sentients of Orion series and the Parish Plessis series. Her new novel Peacemaker is the one that Angry Robot will be publishing soon, at the end of April, and it one of the many books that I’m very excitedly looking forward to reading this year. Post-apocalyptic fiction is one that I’m beginning to enjoy of late, and I think Marianne’s upcoming will slot right in and prove to be a good one. Fingers crossed! In the meantime here is what Marianne has to say on the topic of names.
Posted in Debut Authors Guest Series, Guest Posts
Tags: 2014 Release, Angry Robot Books, Debut Authors Guest Series, Fantasy, Guest Posts, Marianne de Pierres, Names, Names A New Perspective, Post-Apocalyptic Fiction, Science Fiction, The Importance of Names, The meaning of Names, The Significance of Names, Young Adult
Most Anticipated Books of 2014
Posted by AJ
For two years now, my goal has been to read as many different kinds of novels as I can. I’ve tried out several different genres/subgenres that I normally would not, and the experience has helped me in becoming a better reader and a reviewer. Being a prolific reader and reviewer is all about diversity, in all its different forms. And that’s what I’ve come to value most.
Still, its not that easy, dealing with the diversity, or just the sheer volume of all the reading. When I put together the 2013 list of my most anticipated books (link), I intended to read all of them. But sadly that never happened and somewhere along the way I just lost track. The 2013 list had 51 books on it. The 2014 list has 41 books on it. A much more manageable number I dare say.
We’ll see how the year pans out and whether or not I will indeed be able to get through all them. I remain hopeful as ever. And there will be some more lists going up in the next couple weeks, so stay tuned for those.
Posted in 2014 Reading Challenge, Book Lists, Challenges
Tags: 2014 Debut, 2014 Reading Challenge, 2014 Release, A Darkling Sea, Abaddon Books, Age of Monsters, Age of Shiva, Alex Bledsoe, Alternate History, Amalie Howard, Amish Tripathi, Andy Remic, Angry Robot Books, Anna Kashina, Anne Bishop, ®Evolution, Binary, Black Dawn, Black Jewels Trilogy, Black Library, Black Plague, Blades of the Old Empire, Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, Brian McClellan, Brian Staveley, C. L. Werner, Chronicles of the Unhewn Throne, Daedalus, Daughter of the Blood, Dave Hutchinson, David Edison, Debut Author, Dirty Magic, Eddie LaCrosse, Emilie, Emilie and the Sky World, Epic Fantasy, Eric Brown, Europe In Autumn, Evie Manieri, Fantasy, Fortune's Blight, Gaie Sebold, Gareth Powell, Gav Thorpe, Gotrek & Felix, Graham Edwards, Graham McNeill, He Drank And Saw The Spider, Heaven's Queen, Heirs of a Demon King, Hindu Mythology, Historical Fiction, Hive Monkey, Honor's Knight, Horus Heresy, James L. Cambias, james lovegrove, Jani and The Greater Game, Jaye Wells, Joseph D’Lacey, Josh Reynolds, Julianna Scott, Kaiju Rising, Karen Lord, Last God Standing, Laura Lam, Legacy of Caliban, Majat Code, Marianne de Pierres, Martha Wells, Master of Sanctity, Mentats of Dune, Michael Boatman, Michael J. Martinez, Most Anticipated Books, Mystery, Mythology, Nick Kyme, Night Shade Books, Orbit Books, Pantomime, Paradox, Peacemaker, Powder Mage, Prospero's War, Rachel Bach, Ramona Wheeler, Rebirth, Religion, Salamanders, Sarah Cawkwell, Science Fiction, Shadowplay, Shanghai Sparrow, Shattered Kingdoms, Skyhorse Publishing, Space Opera, Steampunk, Steampunk Fantasy, Stephanie Saulter, Strange Chemistry, Talus and the Frozen King, The Almost Girl, The Book of The Crowman, The Crimson Campaign, The Doom of Dragonback, The Emperor's Blade, The Enceladus Crisis, The Galaxy Game, The Iron Wolves, The Oath of The Vayaputras, The Pilgrims, The Rage of Kings, The Seers, The Serpent Queen, The Shiva Trilogy, The Waking Engine, Three Princes, Thriller, Time of Legends, Tor Books (Macmillan), Uprising, Urban Fantasy, Vengeful Spirit, Warhammer, Warhammer 40k, Warhammer Fantasy, Will Elliott, Wolf of Sigmar, World of Fire
“Names: A New Perspective” 4th Edition
Posted by AJ
A little over a year ago, I started a guest post series on the blog where I invited two authors every week to talk about names in fiction. I gave them a fairly open brief for it, to talk about what kind of naming conventions they used, what the names of their characters, etc meant, whether they went for certain resonance or what have you. The result was dramatic and outstanding. Every single guest post proved to be well-worth the read, to say the least, and I received tons of feedback from all of you, saying that you liked it.
In August, I posted the last guest post and then took a long break since I had kind of run out of authors to contact at the moment and just wanted to take some time off in general to let the whole idea gestate for a new version down the line. The result of that is this new edition of the series. I’ve spent more than three weeks getting all of this together, and despite some delays at my end, the authors have all been rather understanding, which has been great.
Enjoy the schedule!
Posted in Debut Authors Guest Series, Guest Posts
Tags: Alex Bledsoe, Debut Authors, Debut Authors Guest Series, Freya Robertson, Guest Posts, Jason M. Hough, Jaye Wells, Jennifer Williams, John Jackson Miller, Joyce Chng, Juliet E. McKenna, Kenny Soward, Laure Eve, Liz de Jager, Marianne de Pierres, Mhairi Simpson, Michael J. Sullivan, Names, Names A New Perspective, NANP, Patty Jansen, Ros Jackson, The Importance of Names, The meaning of Names, The Significance of Names, William King