On behalf of Eric’s family and friends:
To the Stars and Back
Stories in Honour of Eric Brown
The anthology written to honour Eric, edited by Ian Whates, is now available for pre-order at the Newcon Press website. Publication date is set for 24th May 2024, Eric’s birthday.
Here’s what the publisher says:
Eric Brown was one of the UK’s finest SF authors. His work won him awards, his storytelling won him readers; more than that, though, he was a special person, and that won him many friends.
Containing all new stories from some of the UK’s finest genre writers, this volume, released to mark what would have been Eric’s 64th birthday, is dedicated to Eric and his family. It is our way of celebrating someone whose work inspired us and whose friendship made a difference.
Eric Brown: (24 May 1960 – 21 March 2023)
Contents:
Introduction
Rodeo Day – Philip Palmer
Last Orders – Una McCormack
The Scurlock Compendium – Alastair Reynolds
President Max – Josh Lacey
Untold – Keith Brooke
The Peaceable Kingdom – Chris Beckett
The Guardian – Kim Lakin
A Sea Change – Donna Scott
May You Rise – James Lovegrove
The Neglected Bookshop – Phillip Vine
Masterchef on Mars – Ian Watson
Peppercorns – Rebecca Rajendra
Bartering with Ghosts – Ian Whates
The Place of the Mice – Justina Robson
Eric and the Kethani – Tony Ballantyne
About the Contributors
To the Stars and Back is available as a paperback, an eBook, and as a limited edition hardback, individually numbered and signed by all the authors and cover artist Jim Burns. The hardback is limited to just 100 copies.
Available now for pre-order at the Newcon Press website.
To the Stars and Back: Stories in Honour of Eric
From today’s Newcon Press newsletter:
To the Stars and Back: Stories in Honour of Eric Brown. An impressive line-up including many of the UK’s top SF authors are writing brand new stories in honour of a great author and friend, whose passing is still keenly felt. The book is due to appear in May, on what would have been Eric’s 64th birthday. Full details to follow.
I think this might be the first public announcement of this anthology. More news to follow, but I do know that it will have a fabulous line-up of contributors, and the one piece I’ve read from it so far is a beautiful, and very moving, story.
Publication date: 24 May 2024.
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Readers’ Choice nomination for Wormhole
Twice per year since 1992, Salt Lake County Library staff have cultivated a list of nominees from all book genres for County Library patrons to vote on. We’re delighted to see that Wormhole (co-written by Eric with Keith Brooke) has been shortlisted for the first Readers’ Choice award for 2024.
https://www.slcolibrary.org/we-recommend/readers-choice
New Wormhole review
There’s a lovely new review of Wormhole, by Eric and Keith, from Patrick Mahon at SF Crowsnest:
“An excellent cross-genre novel mixing Science Fiction and crime… The world-building here is top class.
…an impressive SF/crime crossover novel which I thoroughly enjoyed from first page to last.””
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Helix: a new edition
Published October 2023: a new edition of Eric’s landmark novel, Helix. Includes a new introduction by Stephen Baxter.
The description from the publisher:
Helix is a fast-paced action adventure novel following the plight of four humans when they crashland on what they think is a desolate, ice-bound planet. Daylight brings the discovery that the planet is one of thousands arranged in a vast spiral wound about a central sun. They set off to discover a more habitable, Earth-like world and come across strange races of aliens, and life-threatening perils, on their way.
Links:
- The Helix page at Solaris, the publishers
- Helix at Amazon
Note: the new edition only appears to be available in ebook format at the moment, although the print edition will follow.
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Assets
“Assets” (written in collaboration with Keith Brooke), originally published in Night, Rain, and Neon, edited by Michael Cobley (2022) has been reprinted as the opening story in Best of British Science Fiction 2022, along with a lovely tribute to Eric from editor Donna Scott.
Wormhole
My latest novel, Wormhole, written with Keith Brooke, is out now from Angry Robot.
“That’s not a cold case. That’s an archaeological dig…”
Detective Inspectors Gordon Kemp and Danni Bellini are pulled off their routine cold case investigations and ordered to investigate a murder from 2109. Eighty years ago…
Sebastian White, a leading expert in suspension technology, killed by a single stab wound. Three suspects: his deputy, his business partner and his wife. Three perfect alibis. Simple as that? Not quite.
Ten years before White’s death, the first Earth-compatible planet was discovered orbiting the star Mu Arae. In 2110 a starship was sent on the eighty year journey to the planet, its crew held in stasis by the tech designed by White. A short way into the voyage the ship blew up, killing the crew and ending all hope of a new world.
Who killed White? What happened to the ship? Why re-open the case now?
A collaboration from two of the genre’s most respected names, Wormhole is a multi-layered, twisting SF murder mystery that spans decades and light years, the hope of the world and the lies of the few.
“Brown and Brooke offer a compelling genre blend of hard science fiction and murder mystery that will appeal to fans of Jeff VanderMeer and Peter F. Hamilton.” – Library Journal.
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NewCon Press Sale
Several of my titles at NewCon Press are now available, for a limited period, at discount prices.
Check here for more details:
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Kon-Tiki Coda & the Enigma Quartet
Click here to read about Kon-Tiki Coda, written with Keith Brooke, from PS Publishing…
Here I am, on the right, with Keith Brooke, a few years ago at a convention in Harrogate. I’m looking happy – it’s always grand to see Keith, but sadly these days it’s not that often. What with the lockdowns, and living around four hundred miles from each other… That doesn’t stop us collaborating, though.
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