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Darwin’s Paradox by Nina Munteanu

Nina Munteanu — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 07:40:00 +0000

Well, it’s Friday again and time for my Friday Feature. First of all, a little sharing…Folks, my book, Darwin’s Paradox will be arriving at bookstores all over the world on November 15th, less than two weeks from now and I can tell you that I am unabashedly excited by it. Besides Amazon (e.g., in the U.S.: http://www.amazon.com/; in Canada: http://www.amazon.ca/; in the U.K.: http://www.amazon.co.uk/; in Germany: http://www.amazon.de/; in France: www.amazon.fr/; in Japan: http://www.amazon.jp/) where Darwin’s Paradox is available for pre-order, the book can be found throughout North America (both at stores and through their online webstores) at:

Barnes & Noble

Chapters-Indigo

White Dwarf Books (Vancouver)
The Sentry Box (Calgary)

various online bookstores (as an ebook)

You can also buy or order the book at Target (www.target.com), one of the major department stores in the U.S. as well as India and Malaysia, Wallmart, or purchase it online at Buy.com, another major retail store.

And those are only the ones I know about (the writer tends to know paltry little when it comes to publishery stuff). If you’ve enjoyed my blog articles and short stories and enjoy thoughtful and provative science fiction (with a kicking plot) and are inclined to purchase Darwin’s Paradox, then here are a few things that I unabashedly, shamelessly exhort you, dear reader, to do:

If purchasing through Amazon, purchase my book on the day of release (November 15, 2007) to drive sales that day into such significant figures to make my book noticeable on the Amazon radar (which will place the book so that more people will see it)

go to your local bookstore and ask them to order Darwin’s Paradox

And if you’re interested in an audiobook (with voice artist Heather Dugan) we’ll be arranging that too, hopefully.

So, today’s Friday Feature, is run by the incredibly talented and energetic Karen Mason and dedicated to my book, “Darwin’s Paradox”. And through no major stretch of the imagination, it’s also called “Darwin’s Paradox“.

What wonderful items can you find there? Well, here are a few juicy bits:

Chapters One through Thirteen of the book (available in eight different languages: French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese, Korean and Chinese)

podcasts of chapters One to Thirteen (so far) done by voice artist Heather Dugan

schedule of my appearances (including conventions and booktours)

select interviews

writing tips

media kit (including press release, media material, etc.)

I am so indebted to Karen for tirelessly running this site and for her astute advice on blogging, internet navigation, media design, logic, human behaviour (remember, I’m an alien) and good wine.

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Literary Mind Meld

Nina Munteanu — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 03:19:00 +0000

In a literary “Mind Meld” of universal proportions publishers Brian Hades and Gwen Gades announced on August 11, 2007, that three publishing imprints, EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing, Tesseract Books and Dragon Moon Press, have merged to form Canada’s largest genre publisher of Science Fiction and Fantasy. This triumvirate publishing house now has more than 90 titles in print.

In a recent presentation at Calgary’s annual convention of Science Fiction and Fantasy fans, Brian Hades, publisher of EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing, and Gwen Gades, publisher of Dragon Moon Press, expressed their delight with the merger: “We are both committed to producing quality books which feature today’s best Science Fiction and Fantasy authors. We know readers will find a wonderful variety of both short fiction and novel length books to choose from … including works by some of the world’s finest writers.”

About Dragon Moon Press: Since the first printing of “Daughter of Dragons” in 1997, Dragon Moon Press has established itself as a leading Canadian publishing house whose dedication to first time authors and writers of literary excellence earned the company a place in the hearts of readers around the globe. The company has produced a number of books over the years, including the very popular”Complete Guide” series, which includes three guide books on writing Fantasy and a soon-to-be-released guide book about writing Science Fiction. Oh, and, of course, one of my favorites (:D) “Darwin’s Paradox”.

About EDGE Science Fiction Publishing and Tesseracts Books: Since its award winning publication of Marie Jakober’s “The Black Chalice” in 2002, life has been on high speed for this Calgary publishing company. It quickly gained recognition from readers and writers alike for its critical selection of engaging speculative fiction. EDGE’s authors come from Canada, the USA, New Zealand and Australia. EDGE authors have garnered world wide recognition by winning a number of awards – including the Canadian Aurora Award, the Australian Aurealis Award and the ForeWord Magazine Award (USA).

About Tesseract Books: In 2003, EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy acquired Tesseract Books – the publisher of the highly respected and extremely popular “Tesseracts”anthology of Canadian short speculative fiction.

About the Tesseract Anthology Series: Since its inception 22 years ago, the Tesseracts anthology has featured 344 short works and more than 200 Canadian authors, editors and translators –including such well known writers as Margaret Atwood, Robert J. Sawyer, Spider Robinson, and William Gibson, to name a few.

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Darwin’s Paradox available for pre-order at Amazon

Nina Munteanu — Tue, 01 May 2007 07:04:00 +0000

The cover of my new book, “Darwin’s Paradox” is out and it’s BEAUTIFUL! Don’t you agree? A large part of the story takes place within the self-contained megalopolis, Icaria (formerly Toronto), where people live contentedly inside and connect via underground trains and giant malls (sound familiar?) Note that most of the buildings are in a state of ruin, overrun with vegetation; only some of the larger buildings remain in good shape. They are Icaria, thrusting up through the decrepit chaos of the past like a rising phoenix that soars into a blushing sky. The cover art was done by the accomplished Croatian illustrator, Tomislav Tikulin (www.tomtikulin-art.com/), whose art work I find transporting, evokative, eerie and thoughtful. I am honored that “Darwin’s Paradox” is graced with his vision.

“Darwin’s Paradox” is now available for pre-order at Amazon.ca or Amazon.com.

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Alien Musings

Nina Munteanu — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 06:25:00 +0000

OK…so I’m a science fiction writer. I’ve written a few novels (my newest is coming out this November from Dragon Moon Press, called “Darwin’s Paradox”…more on this later). I’ve published a few SF short stories here and there. I’ve even had some of them translated and reprinted in magazines abroad (e.g., into Polish [Nowa Fantastika], Hebrew [Bli Panika] and Greek [the Dramaturges of Yan]). I also review SF movies and books (check them out on Gotta Write Network or Strange Horizons). But here’s my question…What is SF? I’ve got a crazy discussion going on with fellow romance writers right now on one of my other listserves. We’re having a hard time defining it. Is it speculative fiction? Or is that a sub-genre? And who the @%*& cares, you might ask? Well, the bookshop owners care, that’s who. They’re the ones who stock the bookshelves so you, the book buyer, can find them better. AHH!! But that’s all going by the wayside now, you say, because we now have online bookstores like Amazon.com and Chapters.ca and Fictionwise, etc. who’ve dispensed with those mortar and brick bookshelves by using virtual bookshelves. Well, I don’t know about you, but I still like to browse in a real bookstore, flip and smell the pages, glance at all the glossy covers, lose myself in a maze of paper. And in a place like that, you need categorization. Categories. Genres. So, we’re back to SF and what is it? Or, more to the point, WHERE is it?

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