Archive for the ‘News’ Category
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e-book reminder! Dragon Keeper, $1.99
NB! I have edited this post. Shaman’s Crossing is no longer on sale for $1.99, but Dragon Keeper and some of the other books are. So very sorry!
HarperCollins is currently doing an e-book promotion with a number of novels priced at less than $2! Dragon Keeper is listed here. There are great reads here for as little as 99 cents!
So if you got a new e-reader as a holiday gift, you can easily stock up a pretty great library of e-books rather quickly and very inexpensively! For about $15 you can pick up sample the books of 9 HC authors
My secret tip? If you haven’t sampled Helen Lowe’s work yet, check her out with The Heir of Night. Oh, and there’s a Raymond Feist novel there as well. And a little bit of Steampunk, and perhaps a vampire . . .
This promotion won’t go on forever! Act now.
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RT BookLovers Convention
I just added another event to my calendar for 2012; this one is for April.
I’ll be attending the RT Booklovers Convention! I’ve never been before, so I’m very excited to be there this year.
The gathering is at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois. Dates are from April 11 to the 15th. If you want to locate me easily, I’ll be on a panel on the FANTASY track called Beyond Unicorns & Elves: Writing Extraordinary Fantasy Fiction
Captain/MODERATOR: Ann Aguirre PANELISTS: Jenna Black, Yasmine Galenorn, Robin Hobb, Shawntelle Madison, Sarah Zettel (aka Marissa Day)Right now this is scheduled for Friday 11:15-12:15, but it may change. If so, I’ll try to post here.
Hope to meet a lot of you!
Robin
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The Inheritance (in Hardcover!)
I will be doing personalized signings of The Inheritance for my friend Shawn Speakman. Shawn operates The Signed Page, a wonderful site for bibiliophiles who long to possess autographed first editions.
I’ve blogged here before about the beautiful Subterranean Press edition of The Inheritance, with interior art by Tom Kidd. In an extremely generous gesture, Subterranean Press donated one hunded copies of The Inheritance to Shawn to help defray his medical expenses. So by going through Shawn’s site, you will have a chance to own a copy of the book with a personalized signature as well has helping Shawn’s financial picture.
While you are on The Signed Page site, check out the other autograph opportunities there, including Brian Herbert signing Sisterhood of Dune!
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Happy New Year!
A little less than ten hours to go here. Think I’ll wander out to First Night in Tacoma, and check out the world’s shortest parade. I’m so glad that my city decided to continue this tradition. Giant puppets, music, free admittance to the city’s museums . . . I love it!
I wish all of you peace and prosperity in the coming year. I hope we will all make resolutions to be better and do more good, and I hope that I will succeed at keeping mine better than I have in previous years!
Farewell 2011, Hello 2012!
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Mysterious Galaxy in March!
I’ve just added another stop to my book visits!
March 8, 7:30 PM, Mysterious Galaxy! At the new Redondo Beach Store at 2810 Artesia Blvd Redondo Beach, CA 90278.
Signing at specialty stores is always a wonderful experience. The staff and the customers are there because they love the genre and are always so knowledgeable about it. That makes for great conversation and good advice on what to read next.
This will be my first visit to the new Redondo Beach store!
More details as I know them!
Robin
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Merry Christmas! And a Happy New Year!
Christmas is what I will be celebrating in a few days! I expect to be rather busy between now and the New Year, so I’m taking this opportunity to wish all of you well.
And if you do not share my holiday, well, I hope that you enjoy your own celebration in these dark days of winter! And may 2012 bring a greater measure of peace and prosperity to all of us!
Robin
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Schedule updates!
Well, the New Year is just around the corner, and already I am getting information about conventions and events for 2012.
I will share those updates as they come in, and of course, keep my Appearances on robinhobb.com up to date as well.
The first event of the New Year (after First Night in Tacoma, of course!) will be Confusion. Confusion is a convention held at the Detroit Marriott in Troy, Michigan from January 20 to 22.
This year I will be attending, and will definitely be at the following events at the convention, as well as wandering about in between!
Opening Ceremonies on Friday night at 8 PM
I’ll be doing a reading on Saturday at 1 PM
A panel on Care and Feeding of the writer on Saturday, 4 PM. Heads up! ELIZABETH BEAR, Jim Hines, Catherine Schaffer and Gretchen Ash are also part of this panel.
The MASS AUTOGRAPH session on Saturday at 5PM
At 8 PM Saturday, a panel called Reviews and Criticism. Gretchen Ash, Howard Andrew Jones, Jason Sanford and Christine Purcell are also panelists.
And on Sunday at 11 AM, Small Stories in Epic Fantasy panel, with Bradley Beaulieu, PATRICK ROTHFUSS, Jason Sanford and BRENT WEEKS. Caps are yes, excited shouting.
So that is for ConFusion in January!
Now, a bit more distant in the year is the Tucson Festival of Books in March. I have rumors to share! I know of two panels that I expect to be on. The first is called The Return of High Fantasy. My co-panelists include Terry Brooks, Judith Tarr, Dennis McKiernan and Naomi Novik. The second panel is called World Building Workshop, and my fellow panelists will be Jeff Mariotte, Sam Sykes, Maxwell Alexander Drake and Dennis McKiernan.
And an entirely new rumor to share! There is a chance that I will be at RT Booklovers Convention held April 11 to 15th at Rosemont, Illinois. The Chicago Comic Con is the same weekend. Would love to drop in on that! But as of now, these are not confirmed quite yet. Do let me know if you’d come by and see me at either event!
And now back to my regularly scheduled holiday craziness.
Robin
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Just in time for the Holidays! Shaman’s Crossing$1.99
I’m so pleased to be able to share this news today!
We have Shaman’s Crossing on sale in e-book form for $1.99!! NOTE: Yesterday’s link did not work! So today’s link actually goes to a site where you will find TWELVE of HarperCollins e-books, all on sale for less than $2!
So, if you haven’t finished your holiday shopping, and want to introduce a friend to one of my books, I’d be honored! Or if you want a fireside read for yourself over the holidays or if you suspect one of those ‘surprise’ gifts for you might be an e-reader, this is an opportunity to step into my world for $1.99 and see what you think of it.
Merry Christmas!
Robin Hobb
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Opportunity for Collectors: The Gypsy on CD
Back in 1992, Steven Brust and I (writing as Megan Lindholm) co-wrote an urban fantasy called The Gypsy. We had a lot of fun writing it together, in fact, I’d say it was one of the most enjoyable writing experiences of my life.
The finished book incorporated snatches of song lyrics that Steve had co-written with Adam Stemple, then part of Boiled in Lead. A few years after the initial publication, Steve and Boiled in Lead put out a lovely multi-media CD. It not only contained the complete text of The Gypsy, but also included all the songs as performed by Boiled in Lead. It was, if you would, Steve’s first venture into the realm of E-books.
Now, if you would care to possess a copy of that CD, you have an opportunity. A group of friends of editor Terri Windling have put together an online auction for her benefit. One of the items available there comes from the collection of Ellen Kushner and is a copy of The Gypsy on CD.
You’ll need to act fast as the auction only goes until December 15th! Good luck on your bidding.
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Back on Reddit for Dragon Keeper
Today, November 30th, I’m over on Reddit again!
This time I’m answering questions for the Fantasy Book Club on Reddit. The book under discussion is Dragon Keeper, volume one of the Rain Wilds Chronicles. Please drop in and visit!
