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Brum Group News the Monthly Newsletter of the BIRMINGHAM SCIENCE FICTION GROUP MAY 2021 Issue 596 Honorary President: CHRISTOPHER PRIEST Brum Group News The Monthly Newsletter of the BIRMINGHAM SCIENCE FICTION GROUP MAY 2021 Issue 596 Honorary President: CHRISTOPHER PRIEST Committee: Carol Goodwin (Chair); Pat Brown (Treasurer); Dave Corby (secretary); Theresa Derwin (Publicity Officer); Carol Goodwin (Newsletter Editor); Ian Morley (Membership Secretary); Novacon 50 Chair: Alice Lawson & Tony Berry website: Email: www.birminghamsfgroup.org.uk [email protected] Facebook: Twitter: www.facebook.com/groups/ @BirminghamSF BirminghamSFGroup Carrie Vaughn May 14th at 7:45 pm One of the advantages of an online meeting is that we are far less restricted by geography. This month therefore we have an international guest and are delighted to welcome the award-winning Science Fiction and Fantasy author Carrie Vaughn. Carrie Vaughn's work includes the Philip K. Dick Award- winning novel BANNERLESS, the New York Times bestselling Kitty Norville urban fantasy series, and over twenty novels and upwards of 100 short stories, two of which have been finalists for the Hugo Award. Her most recent work includes a June 11th - 50th Birthday celebrations – details to be confirmed Kitty spin-off collection, THE IMMORTAL CONQUISTADOR, and a pair of novellas about Robin Hood's children, THE GHOSTS OF SHERWOOD and THE HEIRS OF LOCKSLEY. She's a contributor to the Wild Cards series of shared world superhero books edited by George R. R. Martin and a graduate of the Odyssey Fantasy Writing Workshop. A bona fide Air Force “brat” (her father served on a B-52 flight crew during the Vietnam War), Carrie grew up all over the U.S. but managed to put down roots in Colorado, in the Boulder area, where she pursues an endlessly growing list of hobbies and enjoys the outdoors as much as she can. She is fiercely guarded by a miniature American Eskimo dog named Lily. When she was about eight years old, her mother gave her Heinlein's RED PLANET. Shortly after that, her father sat her down to watch 2001. So, really, this is all their fault. Information taken from author website www.carrievaughn.com CG ONLINE MEETING – HOW TO JOIN IN The May 14th meeting will take place on Zoom. We will send an email with all the info you need to all members nearer the time. To login either copy the link into your web-browser or if you have Zoom, use the Meeting ID and Password. Reminder - There’s a video that shows how easy it is to join a meeting. The video is accessible via the Group website or directly on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpeYaUHDU5w AND WHAT DID YOU THINK? THE LETTER COLUMN OF ‘BRUM GROUP NEWS Anything to say about the Group, meetings or SF in general? Email your opinions or queries to me at [email protected] RED FLAME PUZZLE VERNON BROWN After a hard day’s bargaining about his next commission Red went out for the evening. He spent one-seventh of his money on two bottles of wine to collect later, then he lost four-fifths of the remainder playing cards. After collecting his wine and buying another bottle he paid four-sevenths of what was left on a taxi back, leaving six silvers in his purse. How much did he start with? (Answer on a later page). VB BRITISH SCIENCE FICTION AWARDS The winners of the BSFA Awards were announced online on April 4th at the virtual Eastercon (ConFusion). 2 Best Novel: THE CITY WE BECAME by N K Jemisin (Orbit) Best Short Fiction: “Infinite Tea in the Demara Cafe” by Ida Keogh (In LONDON CENTRIC anthology (Newcon Press). Best Artwork: Ian Clarke for “Shipbuilding Over the Clyde” art for Glasgow in 2024 Worldcon bid. Best Non-Fiction: IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD: BUT WHAT ARE WE REALLY AFRAID OF? by Adam Roberts (Elliot & Thompson) FORTHCOMING BOOKS (NB Prices given are Recommended Retail Price and may be available at cheaper prices). At the moment, given the situation, many publishers are changing the release dates on new books at short notice. The publication dates given below are correct to the best of my knowledge, but may change. DAY ZERO (Sea of Rust prequel) by C Robert Cargill / Gollancz / 304 pgs / £16.99 paperback / ISBN 978-1473212812 / May 20th. SF. When a robot revolution threatens humanity, a young nanny-bot must choose whether to protect his human charge or join the revolt. BLACKHEART KNIGHTS by Laura Eve / Jo Fletcher Books / 400 pgs / £18.99 hardback / ISBN 978-1529411912 / May 27th. In a city where celebrity knights compete on motorbikes in televised fights, a young, magical bastard unexpectedly becomes a king. SHARDS OF EARTH (Final Architecture 1) by Adrian Tchaikovsky / Tor / 560 pgs / £18.99 hardback / ISBN 978-1529051889 / May 27th. SF. 3 A forgotten war hero finds an artefact of the vanished Architects, who destroyed Earth 80 years ago and then vanished. THE HOUSE OF STYX (Venus Ascendant 1) by Derek Künsken / Solaris / 500 pgs / £18.99 hardback / ISBN 978-1781088050 / May 27th. SF. The la colonie families live on floating “trawlers” in the acid clouds of Venus. Discovery of an impossible wind on the planet means riches to those clever enough to survive the extreme surface conditions. TEN LOW by Stark Holborn / Titan Books / 336 pgs / £8.99 paperback / ISBN 978-1789096626 / June 1st. SF. A convict and a stranded general work together to escape an alien moon of aliens and criminals. THE GOOD NEIGHBOURS by Nina Allan / Riverun / 304 pgs / £16.99 hardback / ISBN 978-1529405173 / June 10th. Two women reinvestigate an old murder, linked to the local myths of fairy folk. BLACK WATER SISTER by Zen Cho / Macmillan / 384 pgs / £14.99 hardback / ISBN 978-1447299998 / June 10th. A graduate returning to Malaysia must contend with the ghost of her irrepressible Grandma, an angry local deity and family secrets. JACK ASHER by Neal Asher / Tor / 448 pgs / £20 hardback / ISBN 978- 1529049978 / June 10th. SF. A Polity standalone. Jack Four is a clone created for experimentation by the alien Prador. But Jack Four knows far more than a clone should and he wants revenge. CG 4 HUGO AWARD NOMINATIONS The finalists for the Hugo Awards and the Astonishing Award for Best New Writer have been announced. The finalists for Best Novel are given below. (Full details of all categories are at www.thehugoawards.org/). BEST NOVEL NOMINEES THE CITY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT by Charlie Jane Anders (Titan) THE TEN THOUSAND DOORS OF JANUARY by Alix E Harrow (Orbit) THE LIGHT BRIGADE by Kameron Hurley (Angry Robot) A MEMORY CALLED EMPIRE by Arkady Martine (Tor UK) MIDDLEGAME by Seanan McGuire (Tor.com Publishing) GIDEON THE NINTH by Tamysn Muir (Tor.com Publishing) B O O K R E V I E W S (REVIEWERS please note: - all reviews should be emailed direct to me at [email protected] Deadline for each issue is 14 days prior to the date of the monthly meeting. EPISODES by Christopher Priest Gollancz / 354 pgs / £14.99 trade paperback / ISBN 978-1473200623 Reviewed by Chris Morgan When Chris & Nina paid their last visit to the group in July 2019, I bought this copy from Chris––and then forgot about it. It turned up recently, and what an enjoyable volume it is. I'm talking about a collection of 11 stories covering the whole of Chris's writing career, the last fifty years. What's different and most fascinating about this collection is that for each story Chris has provided 'Before' and 'After' notes. He explains how stories came to be written, how they compare with the novels he was writing at the time, and what happened to the story afterwards. His theory is that most stories (not just his but all those within SF/fantasy/horror) are quickly forgotten even if they make a splash at the time. It's a theory that almost falls at the first fence with "The Head and the Hand". The gruesome tale tells of a man who, for reasons of huge monetary gain, has parts of his body cut off in public performance. Once you've read it you can't forget it. It's a story written in 1970, from which a movie was planned but never executed. It should be reprinted in any 'Best of...' horror anthology. Several of the stories included here fall into the horror category, yet are elegantly told, fully demonstrating the power of Chris's style. 5 Two of my favourite Priest stories are here: "Palely Loitering" and "An Infinite Summer", both of which are SF with fantasy trimmings and feature in his collection An Infinite Summer (which I recommend strongly but which is now 43 years old). Both are, in different ways, love stories. "Palely Loitering" was nominated for a Hugo but had to settle for a BSFA Award. I remember it, but how many of you do? Several of the later stories in the volume were new to me–– especially those with surreal elements. They had one appearance in an anthology (sometimes a very obscure one) and have not been seen since. In his 'Before' note to "futouristic.co.uk" (sic) Chris mentions Robert Sheckley's humorous social satire, and that is, indeed, a story Sheckley would have been proud to have written. Yet it was broadcast on Radio 4 and this seems to be its first printed appearance. "Shooting an Episode" is a fine piece of OTT future technology that has only appeared in a slightly obscure anthology, 2084 edited by George Sandison. And the final story is the unsettling "The Sorting Out" a very subtle suggestion of horror that not even I have in its original anthology, The New Uncanny edited by Ra Page.
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