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Greetings:
And welcome to the latest issue of the Pyr® newsletter. This month we'll look at more about David Louis Edelman's MultiReal, report on ApolloCon, and maybe even glance into the future.
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A Multitude of MultiReal News...
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 As I said last month, David Louis Edelman's new novel, MultiReal, (the second volume of his Jump 225 trilogy, following on the critically-acclaimed predecessor Infoquake), has the distinction of being our 50th title. In celebration of it's release, Dave has announced "the Jumbo Mega-Bonanza Giveaway contest," in which he is giving away four sets of "the entire David Louis Edelman oeuvre to date" (the Solaris mass market paperback edition of Infoquake; the Pyr trade paperback edition of MultiReal; The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction, Volume Two (which contains his story, "Mathralon"); and Overlook Press's edition of Mervyn Peake's Titus Alone (for which he wrote the introduction).
Meanwhile, reviews of MultiReal are starting to come in, and very pleasing they are:
"...one of the most fascinating singularity technologies
in years." Publishers Weekly
"...a Matrix fans' delight, and a worthy successor to Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game. ...high-octane action, deep thinking, and eloquent writing." Grasping for the Wind
"The Matrix meets Boston Legal... A true page-turner
that I could not put down... Highly, highly recommended." Fantasy Book Critic
Not bad, huh? And remember - Dave's refashioned website has copious background articles and extras, including audio excerpts of both books - MP3, Ogg Vorbis, and Windows Media audio versions of the first seven chapters of Infoquake, plus the first five chapters of MultiReal. Check it out.
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Houston, We Have Landed...
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Last weekend, it was my extreme pleasure to be the Editor Guest of Honor at ApolloCon, held at the DoubleTree Houston Intercontinental
Airport Hotel in Houston, Texas. Pyr authors Chris Roberson and Alexis Glynn Latner were there as well, as was our friend and frequent cover artist John Picacio. Zane Medler of Edge Books held court in the dealers room, with plenty of Pyr titles in evidence, as well as a selection of the anthologies that I've edited over the year.
In short: Great weekend.
 In long: Friday kicked off pre-con with a fascinating conversation with Fan GoH Anne K. G. Murphy, pictured here with John Picacio.
Anne is an utterly brilliant person and has some very interesting ideas
both for convention promotions and for online fiction, and dialoguing
with her throughout the weekend was definitely one of my convention
highlights.
 Another highlight was dinner with Author Guest of Honor Allen Steele,
courtesy of the very generous John Husisian, who saw us milling around
the restaurant lost and offered to treat us both to the buffet. Thank
you John H! Also got to spend some real time with John DeNardo of SFSignal
(and a little time with JP as well). Both great guys who do good work.
 I judged the masquerade contest Saturday night, along with Artist Guest of Honor and very funny man Brad Foster and artist Victory.
The highlight here was actually the music provided by Bradley Denton's opening band, though I
am proud to have named the "Best Hagrid" Award, given to the, well, the
Best Hagrid. What else?
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hear the convention had 414 registered attendees come Saturday night,
and I was surprised to see people buying day passes as late as 11am
Sunday morning, so they must have done all right. For a relatively new,
relatively small convention, it was very well run, very smooth, and I
had a wonderful time. The staff at the Doubletree were also very
friendly and helpful. The complimentary cookie was delicious, and signs
proclaiming "We Proudly Brew Starbucks Coffee" should be made a
requirement of all con hotels, on a par with "a good bar."
Thank you all! I am honored to have been there!
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Joe Abercrombie Speaks
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 Jon Armstrong (author of the magnificent Grey) is currently interviewing all his fellow nominees for the John W Campbell Best New Writer Award, and this past week Jon uploaded his interview with The Blade Itself author Joe Abercrombie. Here's the link to the interview on his blog, If You're Just Joining Us. The interview is also available for download on iTunes.
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That's it for this issue. As ever, be sure to see the coupon at the bottom of this newsletter, and please feel free to check out our entire catalog and drop by our blog.
Happy Reading,
Lou Anders
Editorial Director, Pyr®
an imprint of Prometheus Books
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