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About Earthseed: The classic YA science fiction adventure by Nebula and Locus Award–winning author Pamela Sargent

The ship hurtles through space. Deep within its core, it carries the seed of humankind. Launched by the people of a dying Earth over a century ago, its mission is to find a habitable world for the children—fifteen-year-old Zoheret and her shipmates—whom it has created from its genetic banks.

To Zoheret and her shipmates, Ship has been mother, father, and loving teacher, preparing them for their biggest challenge: to survive on their own, on an uninhabited planet, without Ship’s protection. Now that day is almost upon them…but are they ready to leave Ship? Ship devises a test. And suddenly, instincts that have been latent for over a hundred years take over. Zoheret watches as friends become strangers—and enemies. Can Zoheret and her companions overcome the biggest obstacle to the survival of the human race—themselves?

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About The Far Side of the Sky: November 9, 1938—Kristallnacht—the Nazis unleash a night of terror for Jews all across Germany. Meanwhile, the Japanese Imperial Army rampages through China and tightens its stranglehold on Shanghai, a city that becomes the last haven for thousands of desperate European Jews.

Dr. Franz Adler, a renowned surgeon, is swept up in the wave of anti-Semitic violence and flees to Shanghai with his daughter. At a refugee hospital, Franz meets an enigmatic nurse, Soon Yi “Sunny” Mah. The chemistry between them is intense and immediate, but Sunny’s life is shattered when a drunken Japanese sailor murders her father.

The danger escalates for Shanghai’s Jews as the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor. Facing starvation and disease, Franz struggles to keep the refugee hospital open and protect his family from a terrible fate.

The Far Side of the Sky focuses on a short but extraordinary period of Chinese, Japanese, and Jewish history when cultures converged and heroic sacrifices were part of the everyday quest for survival.

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About Kitty’s Greatest Hits: The first-ever story collection from the New York Times bestselling author, including two all-new works!

Kitty Norville, star of a New York Times bestselling series, is everybody’s favorite werewolf DJ and out-of-the-closet supernatural creature. Over the course of eight books she’s fought evil vampires, were-creatures, and some serious black magic. She’s done it all with a sharp wit and the help of a memorable cast of werewolf hunters, psychics, and if-not-good-then-neutral vampires by her side. Kitty’s Greatest Hits not only gives readers some of Kitty’s further adventures, it offers longtime fans a window into the origins of some of their favorite characters.

In “Conquistador de la Noche,” we learn the origin story of Denver’s Master vampire, Rick; with “Wild Ride,” we find out how Kitty’s friend T.J. became a werewolf; and in “Life is the Teacher,” we revisit Emma, the human-turned-unwilling-vampire who serves the aloof vampire Master of Washington, D.C.

This entertaining collection includes two brand-new works: “You’re On the Air,” about one of Kitty’s callers after he hangs up the phone; and the eagerly awaited “Long Time Waiting,” the novella that finally reveals just what happened to Cormac in prison, something every Kitty fan wants to know.

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(Ends June 19)

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• SpaceX launched its Dragon this week, and it just buzzed the ISS.
• The best kind of wedding is a geeky wedding. Including the cake!
• Tor.com started a great series of posts examining the science behind Brandon Sanderson’s allomancy. This week they’re looking at copper.
• Far Beyond Reality interviews L.E. Modesitt Jr.
• Our favorite Journey to Planet JoCo interview this week involves zombies!
• The New York Times has a three-part interview with Philip K. Dick.
• David Brin has a teaser trailer for his upcoming book Existence.
• There’s a new Doctor Who short!
• Jennifer Egan is planning on writing a sci-fi story on Twitter.
• Finally, Tor.com has up an excerpt of the second volume of The Eye of the World graphic novel!

And, just to make Friday that much sweeter, here’s a list of sweepstakes we have going on!

• Waiting on Wednesday Dark Companion Sweepstakes (Ends 5/30)
• The Coldest War by Ian Tregillis (Ends 6/8)
• A City of Broken Glass by Rebecca Cantrell (Ends 6/8)
• Dark Companion by Marta Acosta (Ends 6/8)
• Earth Unaware by Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston (Ends 6/8)
• The Hollow City by Dan Wells (Ends 6/8)
• Queen’s Hunt by Beth Bernobich (Ends 6/8)
• Thieftaker by D. B. Jackson (Ends 6/8)
• YA Collection Sweepstakes (Ends 6/8)

Dark Jenny by Alex Bledsoe

For twenty-five gold pieces a day, plus expenses, Eddie LaCrosse will take on almost any case. But the unexpected delivery of a coffin in the dead of winter forces LaCrosse to look at a bygone chapter of his life—and the premeditated murder of a dream.

Ruled by the noble King Marcus Drake, the island kingdom of Grand Braun is an oasis of peace and justice in an imperfect world. At least until the beautiful Queen Jennifer is accused of adultery and murder. In the wrong castle at the wrong time, Eddie finds himself drafted at sword’s point to solve the mystery. With time running out, and powerful nobles all too eager to pin the murder on Eddie himself, he must unravel a tangled web of palace intrigues, buried secrets, and bewitching women—before the entire kingdom erupts into civil war.

Murder, mystery, and magic—just another day on the job for Eddie LaCrosse.

Dark Jenny, by Alex Bledsoe, released in mass market paperback on May 22!

For a while now we’ve been seeing this title come up in your Waiting on Wednesday picks. So now we’re giving you the opportunity to enter for the chance to win an advance reading copy of Dark Companion before it pubs!

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About Blackmail Earth: Chief meteorologist for a national morning TV show, Jenna Withers is appointed to a US government task force on climate change because of her acclaimed book on geoengineering.

Jenna is stunned to learn that a major oil company has a pilot project to release iron oxide into the sea. Al Qaeda terrorists hijack the iron oxide supertanker, threatening to release the entire load at once. North Korea secretly tells the president that it will launch thousands of tons of sulfates into the atmosphere unless the United States meets their demands.

These terrorist acts will hurl the Earth into a new Ice Age. The president, reluctant to act with Election Day looming and his lead dwindling, conceals the Korean threats and stalls negotiations.

One of the terrorists’ captives is Rick Birk, a foreign correspondent for Jenna’s network. Tortured, Birk is kept on the air around the clock. Ratings soar!

Narrowly escaping a terrorist bombing, Jenna races for the studio with assassins on her tail. Blackmail Earth is an exciting, fast-paced thriller from New York Times bestselling author and Emmy Award–winning meteorologist Bill Evans.

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More giveaways:

• It’s Raining Fish and Spiders by Bill Evans (Ends 6/8)
• Earthseed by Pamela Sargent (Ends 5/25)
• Earth Unaware by Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston (Ends 6/8)
• The Hollow City by Dan Wells (6/8)
• Dark Companion by Marta Acosta (Ends 6/8)
• Thieftaker by D.B. Jackson (Ends 6/8)
• Queen’s Hunt by Beth Bernobich (Ends 6/8)
• Existence by David Brin (Ends 6/8)
• The Coldest War by Ian Tregellis (Ends 6/8)
• Existence by David Brin (Ends 6/8)
• A City of Broken Glass by Rebecca Cantrell (Ends 6/8)
• YA Collection Sweepstakes (Ends 6/8)
• A Dog’s Journey Sweepstakes (includes $200 PetSmart Gift Card) (Ends 6/15)

• io9 has a great article about a historic space flight that will hopefully take place this weekend – the first ever commercial space flight.
• Tor.com announced the Journey to Planet JoCo, in which writer John Scalzi interviews musician Jonathan Coulton every morning for two weeks.
• Are you in the publishing industry? A blogger? A bookseller? If so, maybe we’ll see you at BEA!
• The producer’s of the Ender’s Game movie answer fan questions.
• Any cosplay fans out there? Check out these amazing Wheel of Time costumes!
• You can take a sneak peek at some of our early 2013 book covers.
• Author David Brin talks about space, brain preservation and more.
• It’s Nebula weekend! Are you in DC? If so, you should check out the massive author signing going on tonight, starting at 5:30.
• More Scalzi, because he’s taking over the internet this week! Check out his article Straight White Male: The Lowest Difficulty Setting There Is, which has also been posted on Kotaku and Jezebel.
• And finally, Neil Gaiman gives some advice to young people aspiring to a career in the arts.

And, just to make Friday that much sweeter, here’s a list of sweepstakes we have going on!

• Redshirts by John Scalzi (Ends 5/22)
• The May #TorChat Sweepstakes, featuring The Weird and Glamour in Glass (Ends 5/23)
• Earthseed by Pamela Sargent (Ends 5/25)
• The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan (Ends 5/25)
• The Coldest War by Ian Tregillis (Ends 6/8)
• A City of Broken Glass by Rebecca Cantrell (Ends 6/8)
• Dark Companion by Marta Acosta (Ends 6/8)
• Earth Unaware by Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston (Ends 6/8)
• The Hollow City by Dan Wells (Ends 6/8)
• Queen’s Hunt by Beth Bernobich (Ends 6/8)
• Thieftaker by D. B. Jackson (Ends 6/8)
• YA Collection Sweepstakes (Ends 6/8)