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Place is Alive: Annihilation, Jeff VanderMeer

Posted on 07/02/202118/02/2021 by publishingplanet

Jeff VanderMeer writes the natural environment of Annihilation with such attention to its every vein and sigh; it truly feels alive.

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Once Upon A Time… in Retellings

Posted on 31/01/202117/02/2021 by publishingplanet

There is the long-established custom of intertextuality in the literary world in which writers adapt tales from centuries past to reflect their contemporary society.

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Time Travel Top Picks

Posted on 22/01/202108/02/2021 by publishingplanet

Here’s our list of recent books about time travel that we recommend and DIDN’T fit into issue two. The list also includes recommendations from you (we asked on Twitter, you answered) – so thank you for that.

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Time Dilation in The Forever War

Posted on 21/01/202121/01/2021 by publishingplanet

Haldeman makes a sharp commentary about the Vietnam War in many ways throughout The Forever War, but his treatment of time dilation is both elegant and elaborate.

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Publishing Planets: Smashbear Publishing

Posted on 18/01/202118/01/2021 by publishingplanet

We had a chance to talk to Samantha Atkins, whose debut YA novel, The Wing Thief, arrives in late January.

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Review: The Midnight Library

Posted on 14/01/202121/01/2021 by publishingplanet

The Midnight Library is absorbing, inspiring and every bit as compelling as its premise.

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Unravelling Time Travel

Posted on 11/01/202110/02/2021 by publishingplanet

Meddling with time travel often raises a myriad of questions. So, rules often have to be made and followed – then maybe broken.

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Review: The Psychology of Time Travel

Posted on 09/01/202121/01/2021 by publishingplanet

Kate Mascarenhas manages to do many things in The Psychology of Time Travel, published by Head of Zeus. It’s captivating, original and above all, convincing.

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Interview: Comma Press

Posted on 23/12/202023/12/2020 by publishingplanet

This hard-working, powerful press with a small team of five are quite impressive. They know their stuff. They care deeply about their work. Here’s Zoe answering all of our questions…

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2020 Books: Fantasy Picks

Posted on 18/12/202020/12/2020 by publishingplanet

Fantasy has reached new heights this year, with many incredible stories from black authors…

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🌈 LGBT+ HISTORY MONTH - 2021 SF & Fantasy Picks 🌈 LGBT+ HISTORY MONTH - 2021 SF & Fantasy Picks 🪐

Celebrating this LGBT+ history month, we’re rounding up some of 2021’s most exciting novels with queer characters or from queer writers. Intergalactic wars, gently-invasive alien entities and an afterlife love affair make up just some of the epic writing on the way this year 📚

TBR notebooks at the ready... read the article on our website 🔗
📖 AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT 📝 We had the joy of incl 📖 AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT 📝

We had the joy of including our first #AuthorSpotlight in our third issue thanks to Rym Kechacha! In this fascinating article, Rym dives deep into her research and inspiration behind her climate conscious novel Dark River published by @unsung.books 📚

Read the full piece on our website now 🪐
🌍 PUBLISHING PLANETS 🌍 We had the pleasure 🌍 PUBLISHING PLANETS 🌍

We had the pleasure of chatting to the amazing Eyrie Press in issue three. Future plans and schemes, the Frank Penny trilogy and challenges posed by 2020 feature in this FULL interview on the website 📚

Read now and enjoy 🔗
Happy publication day to #TheActuality 🍾🎈 T Happy publication day to #TheActuality 🍾🎈

To celebrate, here’s our review of this striking, intelligent and beguiling debut novel up on our website now 📚

“Braddon’s ability to write about this rough and brutal futuristic world through the eyes of such an elegant and honest character is beguiling.”

Get your hands on the beautiful hardback today 📖
🌍CLIMATE FICTION TOP PICKS 🌍 In issue three 🌍CLIMATE FICTION TOP PICKS 🌍

In issue three, our writers picked out some of our favourite climate fiction reads, from The Ministry For The Future by Kim Stanley Robinson to The Terranauts by T. C. Boyle...

Read the full list on our website 🔗
REVIEW: Frank Penny and The Last Black Stag 🪄 REVIEW: Frank Penny and The Last Black Stag 🪄

Jeremy Elson’s third novel in the Franky Penny series shows that he means business taking on this genre and that “this is a series with character at its heart...”

Frank and his friends must continue their perilous journey into the land of Kzarlac as things start to heat up - both in the dangers they face and the relationships between Frank and his friends.

Published by @eyriepress, one of our wonderful featured publishers in issue three 🪐

Read our review on the site now 🔗
🌍 CLI-FI HIGHLIGHTS 🌍 Our writers (Rory McN 🌍 CLI-FI HIGHLIGHTS 🌍

Our writers (Rory McNeill and Isabel Hassan) dive into selected books with an attention to our planet’s climate crisis...
▪️The New Wilderness, Diane Cook
▪️Future Home of The Living God, Louise Erdrich

“The New Wilderness is fearless and absorbing, making us ponder whether humans will ever be able to exist alongside nature.”

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“Future Home of The Living God speaks to themes of female agency, biology, reproductive rights and evolution...”

Read on our website now 🔗
REVIEW: Goldilocks by Laura Lam 🌍 Earth is on REVIEW: Goldilocks by Laura Lam 🌍

Earth is on fire. Population numbers are out of hand. Humanity is soon to meet its end. Their last hope? Naomi and the crew of Atlanta - the ship they’re taking to the planet Cavendish to give humanity a chance of survival. Oh, and they’ve stolen the ship to do it.

“This noble turned horrifying journey to save the Earth is both riveting and revealing...”

Read our full review on the website 🪐
🌍 PUBLISHING PLANETS 🌍 This might be our fa 🌍 PUBLISHING PLANETS 🌍

This might be our favourite feature of the newsletter... talking to publishers every month? Yes please.

In issue three, we spoke to TWO publishers. The first, of course, was @sandstonepress 📚 We chatted to the lovely Kay Farrell about their exciting projects.

Including:
📖 The Actuality, @paulbraddon 
📖 Kings of a Dead World, Jamie Mollart
📖 Celestial Bodies, Jokha Alharthi
📖 Sweet Fruit, Sour Land, Rebecca Ley

And you can read the FULL interview on our website 🔗
🌍 Place is Alive: Annihilation, Jeff VanderMeer 🌍 Place is Alive: Annihilation, Jeff VanderMeer 🌍

In issue three we dove into the environment of Annihilation, which is deliciously alive. Area X is filled with organic structures that appear to breathe, vines and wild foliage that thrive in their spaces and four humans who don’t belong there.

Read our article on the website now 👩‍💻
🌍 ISSUE THREE HAS LANDED 🌍 Grab a hot drink 🌍 ISSUE THREE HAS LANDED 🌍

Grab a hot drink, refill your oxygen tank, and take a seat. We've got:
🗞️ Articles and reviews on powerful eco-literature
🗞️ TWO publishing planets @sandstonepress (feat. phenomenal debut The Actuality) @EyriePress (feat. the enchanting next instalment of the Frank Penny series)
🗞️ ONE author spotlight 
🗞️ More contributors than any issue so far

You know what to do 🔗
Once Upon a Time: in Retellings... 📖 The word Once Upon a Time: in Retellings... 📖

The word timeless has never had such power! In issue two, Fine Mayer explored how writers recast well-known fairytales and stories through time, to major dramatic and magical effect 🪄

“There is a long-established custom of intertextuality in the literary world in which writers adapt tales from centuries past to reflect their contemporary society.”

Check out Fine’s bookstagram - @bathtubbibliographies 📚

Catch up on the website 🪐
Got time and space for more books? No? Well here’s our time travel top picks anyway 😁📚

Some of this list was selected by you! We asked on Twitter and you answered. We chiselled it down to 7 books (it was tough) and there are plenty that aren’t on the list. 

Maybe we’ll go back in time and change the list, YOU’D NEVER KNOW!

Read on the website 🪐
Golden hour: the perfect time to read about Time D Golden hour: the perfect time to read about Time Dilation in The Forever War 🪐

Joe Haldeman’s hard science fiction is the perfect remedy for January blues. In fact, while you’re there, you could read our previous and subscribe to catch issue three ☄️
Publishing Planets: @smashbearpublishing 🪐 In Publishing Planets: @smashbearpublishing 🪐

In issue two we had the pleasure of chatting to @samantha.v.atkins about her upcoming debut novel The Wing Thief. Catch up on our conversation on our website now! And here’s a sneak peak 📚
In another life, maybe my reading list contains fe In another life, maybe my reading list contains fewer than 10 books... who knows?

The Midnight Library by @mattzhaig from @canongatebooks is "absorbing, inspiring and every bit as compelling as its premise." 🪐

Catch the full review from issue two on our website 📖
Catch up on issue two on our website! The opening Catch up on issue two on our website! The opening article Unravelling Time Travel looks at how recent books explore time travel!

Includes:
The Psychology of Time Travel
This is How You Lose The Time War
Before The Coffee Gets Cold: Tales From The Cafe
And more 📚

We’ve also got a time travel top picks list on the way with selected titles chosen by us and you! 🪐
We reviewed Kate Mascarenhas’ intricately realis We reviewed Kate Mascarenhas’ intricately realised The Psychology of Time Travel ⏱

“It’s captivating, original and above all, convincing ... the realism of the world Mascarenhas has built and how time travel is imagined within it is utterly compelling.”

Read on our website now 🪐
ISSUE TWO HAS LANDED 🪐 Sent through time (sort ISSUE TWO HAS LANDED 🪐

Sent through time (sort of) and space (not really), our second issue is in your inboxes. Filled with time-bending articles and book reviews, you'll want to sit down for this one!

Here’s a sneak peek:
• Unravelling Time Travel
• Time Dilation in The Forever War
• Publishing Planets: @smashbearpublishing 
• Review: The Psychology of Time Travel
• Once Upon A Time... in Retellings by @bathtubbibliographies 
• Review: The Midnight Library

Huge thanks to all contributors joining the team with this issue!

Read it now & subscribe if you enjoy > link in bio 📚
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Comma Press 🪐 We managed IN CONVERSATION WITH: Comma Press 🪐

We managed to interview @zoelizturner from @commapress about the impressive and hard-working press. We loved every word. Here’s a sneak peak, and you can read the full interview on our website - link in bio 📰
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