Hello all, I recently received the following email, probably from someone who got my email from the on-hiatus BASFA fanzine. I pass it on for the consideration of the membership.
-Alison --- Jonathan Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 11:26:15 -0800 > Subject: Book selections question > From: Jonathan Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Dear BASFA, > > I am curious about how you go about selecting > titles for your book > clubs. My second novel, Machina, is a unique enough > work that it wound up > cross-listed in science fiction and philosophy. It > has been nominated for > the Philip K. Dick Award; the James Tiptree Jr. > Award; and the Gaylactic > Spectrum Awards. > > Obviously, my publisher, Double Dragon > Publishing, and I would love to > see Machina selected for your club's reading list. > And as a Bay Area author, > I hope you'll consider > selecting my work. > > Thanks! > > Jonathan Lyons > Oakland, CA 94611 > _____________________________ > Machina: A philosophical, metaphysical work of > speculative fiction by > Jonathan Lyons | A Philip K. Dick Award Nominee! > "Compelling, challenging, and satisfying ... I > couldn't put it down. > Possibly the best book that I've read all year. > Jonathan Lyons has written a > truly excellent novel. Machina is even better than > Burn, and Burn was > great." - Dan L. Hollifield, Aphelion Magazine > > "As he proved in his first novel Burn, Jonathan > Lyons is masterful at high > tech pulp fiction -- its atmosphere palpable, its > plotting intricate, his > writing sparking like downed power lines. He deftly > runs the slicing blade > edge of taut and gritty SF." - Jeffrey Thomas, > Sturgeon Award-winning > author of Monstrocity and Everybody Scream! > > BURN: A Technoir by Jonathan Lyons | > http://www.the-foundry.net > "Burn is a powerful computer/technological science > fiction thriller that > leaves room for us to grieve for lost humanity. > Great first effort! " - > Midwest Book Review. > > "Burn is Lyons' first novel, and it is an involving, > gripping experience." - > Science Fiction Chronicle > > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Easier than ever with enhanced search. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250
