Welcome back to the British Genre Fiction Focus, Tor.com’s regular round-up of book news from the United Kingdom’s thriving speculative fiction industry.
I don’t know about you, but I’ve been on the edge of my seat hoping to hear more about The Time Traveller’s Almanac for most of 2013—and last week, the promised day came. In case you weren’t aware, the aforementioned almanac is the next major anthology project from the team behind The Weird. I’ve got the final cover art, an all-star list of contributors, and a mini-interview with editor Ann VanderMeer.
Do stay tuned for two covers in Cover Art Corner this week. Not unusual in itself, but what is is that they’re both for the same book: House of Small Shadows by Adam Nevill, which the publishers recently rebranded. For better or worse? I can’t quite decide...
And finally, the Focus spreads its wings a bit, because “a collective of dedicated fans within the Irish science fiction community has announced its intentions to launch a bid to host the 77th Worldcon in Ireland in 2019.” I hope you’ll join me in wishing them the very best.