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Book Giveaway: Wolves by Simon Ings! Posted at 1:46 PM by Dave Post

Dave Post

GollanczToday we have something really special to give away from the fine folks at Gollancz: 5 autographed paperback copies of Wolves by Simon Ings!  The cover art is stunning and artist Jeff Alan Love has designed the covers for a collectable set of paperbacks re-launching Simon Ings’ backlist: Hot Head, Headlong, City of the Iron Fish, Hotwire and Painkillers, (Gollancz, February – June 2014).

From Gollancz:  Wolves is set tomorrow and round the corner (Simon’s debut was a much more ‘conventional’ twisted cyberpunk tale) but manages to carry a heavy load of genuine strangeness and terror. This is a novel about how crazed WE can become and how our technologies can make that craziness sharper and deeper. It’s also a novel about two childhood friends and the strains put on their friendship as their lives go off the rails.

It is not, I have to warn you, a bundle of laughs, but it is written with clear insight and wit and great intelligence. And the prose is to die for.

We’re proud to be publishing this book. If you like J.G. Ballard and Philip K. Dick we think you’ll love reading it. I loved it enough to buy five of Simon’s backlist (all that I could get) for Gollancz and they’ll be coming out from us through the first six months of 2014.

Hot HeadHeadlong City of the Iron Fish Hotwire Painkillers

In case you’ve forgotten how to play this game, all you have to do is re-tweet this tweet:


…or comment here in the blog to enter the contest. Do both and double your chances! It’s about as easy as we can make it. We’ll have a random drawing from our re-tweeter pool and announce the winners next Monday so tweet away and don’t forget to tell your friends.


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by Simon Ings

The new novel from Simon Ings is a story that balances on the knife blade of a new technology. Augmented Reality uses computing power to overlay a digital imagined reality over the real world. Whether it be adverts or imagined buildings and imagined people with Augmented Reality the world is no longer as it appears to you, it is as it is imagined by someone else. Ings takes the satire and mordant satirical view of J.G. Ballard and propels it into the 21st century.

Two friends are working at the cutting edge of this technology and when they are offered backing to take the idea and make it into the next global entertainment they realise that wolves hunt in this imagined world. And the wolves might be them.

A story about technology becomes a personal quest into a changed world and the pursuit of a secret from the past. A secret about a missing mother, a secret that could hide a murder. This is no dry analysis of how a technology might change us, it is a terrifying thriller, a picture of a dark tomorrow that is just around the corner.


What people are saying about Wolves:

“Ings’ return to full-throttle SF is a cause for celebration. His gift for edgy slipstream fiction makes comparisons with both JG Ballard and William Gibson apposite. Bleak, brutal and uncompromising . If there’s any justice in the world it’ll win awards.” 4.5 star review — Jonathan Wright SFX

“…a moving take of the movers and shakers of technology. Overall grade: A” — Patrick Hayes Sci-fi Pulse.Net

Simon IngsAbout the Author:

Simon Ings is the author of six previous novels and two non-fiction titles and has been published by both genre and literary lists. His debut novel HOT HEAD was widely acclaimed. He writes non-fiction for Faber, contributes to NEW SCIENTIST and is the editor of ARCFINITY magazine. He was born in 1965 and lives in London.

You can follow Simon on his blog:  http://simoningsmirror.wordpress.com/

Best of luck to you all.  Be sure to come back next Monday to see if you’ve won!

16 Comments

Melanya   |   27 Jan 2014 @ 14:15

Sounds interesting!

Scott Laz   |   27 Jan 2014 @ 15:07

Just yesterday I heard Jonathan Strahan on the Coode Street podcast mention this as one of the most anticipated books of ’14. Reviews are saying that Ings is the heir to J. G. Ballard, so that makes it worth checking out for me…

mattabrinks   |   27 Jan 2014 @ 16:10

I need this.. very much anticipated novel

Mariana   |   27 Jan 2014 @ 16:16

Count me in!

Drew Dodd   |   27 Jan 2014 @ 20:58

The cover art alone makes me want to read this…I know it’s what’s written inside that counts but consider my interest piqued! But hey, it’s that cover art that made me click the link to this contest in the first place.

Emil   |   28 Jan 2014 @ 03:24

Heir to Ballard? Then he’s certainly worth checking out.

Ale   |   28 Jan 2014 @ 11:25

Oh wow yes this definitely seems worth reading!

Val   |   28 Jan 2014 @ 14:04

*eyes the to read stack* I think I have room for one more 😉

Dawn D   |   29 Jan 2014 @ 04:33

Looks and sounds amazing! Would love to shate this with my students!

Boden   |   29 Jan 2014 @ 08:23

The entire backlist is right in my sweet spot, and these new reissues look fantastic. I love the choice to get these books in the spotlight. The description of Wolves lands solid in my sweet spot–can’t wait to get my hands on a copy.

Amanda C.   |   29 Jan 2014 @ 12:03

Already in my mental ‘To-read’ stack, now I just need a physical copy. 🙂

Andre Thegiant   |   29 Jan 2014 @ 13:22

Sounds interesting.

daxxh   |   29 Jan 2014 @ 21:17

Sounds good. I will have to acquire a copy of this one.

Gloria Hubacker   |   30 Jan 2014 @ 10:45

“Mordant satirical”?”Dark” ? “Cutting edge technology”?
I’m IN. Love to win/ thanks for the chance.

Dan Williams   |   30 Jan 2014 @ 12:27

Hmm, sounds pretty interesting

Will   |   03 Feb 2014 @ 11:04

Very Grimm Fairy Tale cover

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