io9: Hannu Rajaniemi

All The Science Fiction and Fantasy Books We're Dying to Read in 2012

Kelly Faircloth — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:05:11 PST

Science fiction and fantasy books are bigger than ever. A Dance With Dragons and Stephen King's time-travel saga rule the bestseller lists. Literary authors all flock to write about zombies, apocalypses and time travel. And by all indications, 2012 is going to be an even greater year for genre books. More »

China Miéville's Embassytown makes the Duran Duran Book Club

Charlie Jane Anders — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 09:30:00 PDT

If you like the 1980s pop group Duran Duran, you'll also love China Miéville's latest novel, Embassytown. At least, Embassytown is the latest pick from Duran Duran's Simon Le Bon, who writes a passionate (and awesome) defense of reading science fiction: More »

Ask Hannu Rajaniemi anything you want about The Quantum Thief

Annalee Newitz — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 08:20:00 PDT

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In June, the io9 Book Club read Hannu Rajaniemi's The Quantum Thief. Now Rajaniemi is coming to answer your questions about the book tomorrow, July 1. More »

The io9 Book Club is in session! Let's talk about Hannu Rajaniemi's The Quantum Thief.

Annalee Newitz — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:03:36 PDT

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Welcome to the monthly meeting of the io9 Book Club. In June we read Hannu Rajaniemi's novel The Quantum Thief. Jump into comments to get started talking about it! More »

In "The Quantum Thief," posthuman gamers and privacy absolutists fight to survive on Mars

Annalee Newitz — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 18:11:52 PDT

Hannu Rajaniemi's far-future thought experiment novel The Quantum Thief is about to get an American edition, and now's a good time find out why everybody is talking about this book. More »

How Hannu Rajaniemi turned a single chapter into a three-book deal

Sam Bandah -- SciFiNow — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 15:30:00 PDT

It isn't every day that a brand-new author lands a three-book, five-figure book deal on the back of a single chapter. SciFiNow's Sam Bandah talks to Finnish author Hannu Rajaniemi about how it happened. More »

Tor signs Finnish scifi author Hannu Rajaniemi for a three-book deal

Cyriaque Lamar — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 12:55:02 PDT

Tor has made a three-book deal with The Quantum Thief author Hannu Rajaniemi. In addition to publishing The Quantum Thief in May 2011, Tor will publish two further books from the author. More »

Are You 24 Pages Away From a Multi-Book Contract?

Alex Carnevale — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:15:15 PDT

When the struggling writer is pitching a book to an agent, he or she had better have a book, right? Well, Finnish SF author Hannu Rajaniemi sold three of them to classy UK-based Orion imprint Gollacz based on a mere 24 pages. Could you also be 24 pages away from selling your book? Find out how Rajaniemi managed the feat. More »