We’ve just returned from Cape Cod where my family holidayed with the Goldens – had a wonderful time, and I’ll post a picture or two over the next few days. Meanwhile, here’s an update of what happened when I was away:
Audio Realms Inc will soon be releasing an audiobook version of BERSERK. Go here to check out details and download the first chapter to listen to – it’s wonderful, and I can’t wait to hear the whole book.
There’s a new interview with me on the SF Site, you can go here to read all about it.
Workwise, Chris Golden and I are on the home stretch with the Secret Journeys of Jack London script for Fox 2000.
And there are a few other projects I’m working which I won’t say much about right now – early stages – but they include a TV series and a new screenplay.
More soon!
Here’s a nice review of The Thief of Broken Toys from UK writer Wayne Simmons.
And a scorcher for The Chamber of Ten.
Taking a ten day break from posting here now (What, you say, not as if you do it regularly anyway!) As a man once said, I’ll be back.
The Guardian gave 30 Days of Night: Fear of the Dark a great review last Saturday, part of which said:
After a glut of vampire novels, even fans of horror must be feeling sated by now, but Lebbon’s vampires are not the angst-ridden beasts that are currently prevalent; nor are they the garlic – fearing creatures of tradition. Rather, they are down – to – earth monsters in a hardcore horror tale by one of the UK’s leading exponents of the genre.
Nice!
Now then … It’s an incredibly busy time for me right now, and I’m aware that this website needs a good deal of updating. The Library page is missing a couple of books, the Films page needs updating to reflect progress in various projects, and there are other tweaks that need making. I plan on spending a day doing this early September … so if there’s anything you’d like to see on this site – or any obvious omissions – let me know.
There’s a new interview with me over at the Cemetery Dance website – click here to check it out.
Also thriled to see my mate Richard Parker on the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger Award shortlist! Richard’s book STOP ME is a great debut thriller, and I’d recommend you all pick it up. You can see more about the shortlist here.
I write a brief piece for the new Mind Meld column over at SF Signal. The question is “How do you define the sub-genre of “Swords and Sorcery”?”
Check it out!
Bantam Spectra are celebrating 25 years by focussing on a novel for each year, chatting about it, and speaking with the authors. For 2008 that novel is MIND THE GAP, by me and the splendid Christopher Golden.
Go here to read about when we interviewed each other, and to see some comments from our editor Anne Groell. It’s a nice feature, and reminds me again – as if I needed reminding – what a great series the Hidden Cities is to be working on.
There’s a nice article here about THE NEW DEAD (titled ZOMBIE in the UK).
There’s also a long essay/review about Swords and Dark Magic here. Not sure I agree necessarily with everything that’s said, but it’s an in-depth, thoughtful analysis.
Here’s a great new interview I’ve just done with books.torontoist.com, check it out. it’s concerning The Thief of Broken Toys.
I hope to see you at Alt.Fiction in Derby on Saturday, I’m on a dark fantasy panel at 11am, and a horror panel at 2pm. Feel free to come along and ask questions, heckle, and throw rotten fruit. And if the venue is serving decent beer, mine’s a real ale.
“During a 15-year career, award-winning horror author Lebbon has received many alms of praise. But perhaps none are more emphatic than the words of genre colleague Joe R. Lansdale, who, in introducing this collection, calls Lebbon a “magical and damned great writer.” The 19 tales sumptuously showcased here make a compelling case that Lansdale is right on target. In the title story, a despondent alcoholic learns the whereabouts of his long-lost daughter from a series of portrait paintings that transfer intimate moments from the lives of their subjects. The father of an abducted child in “Pay the Ghost” comes face-to-face with the ghoul behind the abduction on a genuinely haunting Halloween night. “Old Light” recounts the fate of a man given an ancient torchlight that shines on a sometimes unwelcome future. Lebbon’s prodigious gifts include a compelling narrative voice and an uncanny understanding of the human psyche. This first-rate collection is guaranteed to win new fans and provide older ones with much to savor.”
— Booklist
Here’s a wonderful review of LAST EXIT FOR THE LOST, over at Subterranean.
