U.S. Braces For Angry Robot Invasion

Charlie Jane Anders — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:52:22 PST

HarperCollins' new science-fiction imprint, Angry Robot, is invading the United States at last, starting in May — and instead of ramping up slowly, it's hitting us with six titles per month. Horrific afterlife experiences, dark magic, and more...

We're pretty excited for the Angry Robot release schedule, not least because it's bringing some authors to our shores who deserve more love. Here's the full schedule:

May
Moxyland by Lauren Beukes
Slights by Kaaron Warren
Triumff: Her Majesty's Hero by Dan Abnett
White Tiger (Dark Heavens #1) by Kylie Chan
Winter Song by Colin Harvey
Kell's Legend (Clockwork Vampire Chronicles #1) By Andy Remic

June
Amortals by Matt Forbeck
Damage Time by Colin Harvey
Sixty-One Nails by Mike Shevdon
Red Phoenix (Dark Heavens #2) by Kylie Chan
Zoo City by Lauren Beukes
Soul Stealers (Clockwork Vampire Chronicles #2) by Andy Remic

July
Blue Dragon by Kylie Chan
Nekropolis by Tim Waggoner
Vegas Knights by Matt Forbeck
The Crown of the Blood by Gav Thorpe
Walking the Tree by Kaaron Warren

August
City of Dreams and Nightmare by Ian Whates
Death's Disciples by J Robert King
Edge by Thomas Blackthorne
Embedded by Dan Abnett
The Road to Bedlam by Mike Shevdon

September
Dead Streets by Tim Waggoner
Book of Secrets by Chris Roberson
King Maker by Maurice Broaddus
Point by Thomas Blackthorne
Servant of the Underworld by Aliette de Bodard

Details on many of these books, and much more information, is available over at the Angry Robot site.

Mainstream Publisher Harper-Collins Launches Scifi Imprint

Annalee Newitz — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:25:20 PDT

Many big publishers like Random House have what are called "imprints," or divisions in the publishing house with their own brand and specialization. And now Harper Collins, a major publisher, has announced it's creating a new scifi imprint called Angry Robot, which will publish 2-3 books per month starting in July 2009. That's a hell of a lot of scifi writing being supported by a major publisher. Angry Robot plans to make its books available in mass market paperback format, as well as in digital form online.

Angry Robot will target "early adopters of science fiction, who begin reading the genre between the ages of 14 and 16, and the 'massively aggressive consumers' of the titles, who are aged between 27 and 40." Angry Robot head Marc Gascoigne says the imprint will be looking for new, upstart, breakout authors. Harper Collins already has a scifi imprint called Voyager that handles established writers like Cory Doctorow. [via Bowing to the Future]

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