My massive post covering all of Chris Roberson's Celestial Empire stories to date is up on Tor.com. And guess what? This is only part one of a two-part post.Check it out, ya' hear.
Coming next is my massive post covering all of his Bonaventure-Carmody universe work, as well as his media-tie in, stand-alone, and forthcoming comic book work. Took me friggin' forever.
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Great article, and I have to add he is a heck of a nice guy. I've emailed him a few times and drop comments on his blog quite a bit and he's always been cool. At any rate, the Celestial Empire books and stories are something I'm just getting into with The Dragon's Nine Sons and Three Unbroken. It's amazing how different it is from his other work. In fact I find it easy to recommend his books to a lot of different readers because of that. One fellow I know loves Dawn of War and the Blood Ravens books related to it so he's in for the tie-in Chris is writing. For Lovecraft fans I send them to Sets the Seas on Fire, the first book of his I read actually.
Looking forward to the rest of your articles, he really does deserve the attention. But then, you already know that. Take care.
Hey, thanks Greg. Very much appreciated and, of course, I agree. I'm curious to see (though I don't know how we'll track) if any Warhammer fans follow him back to the more military-minded Celestial Empire books. I do imagine he'll pick up some urban fantasy readers for End of the Century too, though it isn't actually fantasy (sort of). But he does cover enough of a range, he must be building an interesting readership.
Good point regarding 40K, most people who read that tend to seek out the military sci-fi end of the spectrum in my, limited, experience. I'll be recommending them to a few people I know now that you mention it.
I'm going to have to break down soon and get End of the Century, I keep wanting to find it in stores but no joy so far. Guess that's why there's an internet.
Oh, here's a neat aside, I found a copy of Adam Roberts' Salt at a bargain basement type store called Ollie's in Mansfield here in Ohio, for 3.99, it was an original Gollancz paperback beat all to hell, but I figured I couldn't pass it up.
Interesting that you can't find EotC. Chris and I are both seeing multiple copies in the B&Ns in our respective home towns. As to Salt, let me know how it is. I haven't read it but On which he wrote next, is a favorite of mine.
Will do, already it's very interesting. As to EotC, it's probably just a matter of looking around, there aren't too many book stores on my usual runs, but sometimes they surprise me. Just Friday I found a copy of Fire Study by Maria V. Snyder that a friend of mine has been looking for for a solid month. I had looked at that particular Borders every time I was there and then all of a sudden there it was. So, you know, high hopes.
It's always interesting to me to hear where a book is spotted, how/if it was displayed, etc...
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