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Ex Libris WWEnd: Antimatter Blues by Edward Ashton
Edward Ashton’s hardcover debut, Mickey7 has been one of the buzziest sci-fi releases of 2022 and is currently in production with Oscar award-winning director Bong Joon Ho (starring Robert Pattinson, Toni Collette, and Mark Ruffalo, among others). Ashton follows up his adventurous debut with another novel in the world of Mickey7: ANTIMATTER BLUES (St. Martin’s Press, on sale 3/14/23).
Summer has come to the colony on Niflheim, and Mickey Barnes has a new mission. Though he’s retired as the colony’s Expendable (and his cloning days are hopefully behind him), the survival of the colony is still balanced on a knife’s edge. Winter is coming, and the antimatter that fuels their survival is running dangerously low — or so the Commander says.
Mickey’s been tasked with retrieving the antimatter bomb that he gave to the inhabitants of the planet at the end of the first book… and embroils himself in a cross-species conflict that leaves the fate of more than one civilization in his hands. And if something goes wrong this time, he won’t be coming back.
Ashton returns with another thrilling science fiction novel that expands on the incredible world-building of Mickey7 and continues to entertain.
“Readers who enjoy the nitty-gritty view of space colonization of John Scalzi or Michael Mammay will love this… A nonstop SF adventure from beginning to end.”
— Library Journal STARRED REVIEW
“Ashton’s follow-up to his excellent Mickey7 is just as much fun as its predecessor.”
— Booklist
“Ashton’s breezy characters, especially a few alien creepers able to communicate with the humans, delight, and the grungy details of colony life are rendered as realistically as Mickey’s hunger pangs. It’s good fun with a surprisingly effective closing twist that sci-fi fans will savor.”
— Publishers Weekly
Edward Ashton is the author of the novels Three Days in April and The End of Ordinary. He lives in upstate New York in a cabin in the woods (not that cabin in the woods) with his wife, a variable number of daughters, and an adorably mopey dog named Max. In his free time, he enjoys cancer research, teaching quantum physics to sullen graduate students, and whittling. You can find him online at edwardasthon.com or on Twitter @edastonwriting.
2022 Aurealis Awards Finalists
The finalists for the 2022 Aurealis Awards have been announced. The nominees in the SF, Fantasy, and Horror novel categories are:
- Hovering by Rhett Davis (Hachette AU)
- The Stranger by Kathryn Hore (Allen & Unwin)
- 36 Streets by TR Napper (Titan)
- Here Goes Nothing by Steve Toltz (Hamish Hamilton)
- Bootstrap by Georgina Young (Text)
- The Not So Chosen One by Kate Emery (Text)
- The Stone Road by Trent Jamieson (Erewhon)
- A Restless Truth by Freya Marske (Tor)
- Blitz by Daniel O’Malley (HarperCollins)
- The Path of Thorns by Angela Slatter (Titan)
- Honour Among Ghosts by Sean Williams (Allen & Unwin)
- Sallow Bend by Alan Baxter (Cemetery Dance)
- Scavengers by Robert Hood (Clan Destine)
- The Stranger by Kathryn Hore (Allen & Unwin)
- The Stone Road by Trent Jamieson (Erewhon)
- The Path of Thorns by Angela Slatter (Titan)
See Locus for all the nominees in all categories.
Winners will be announced at the Aurealis Awards ceremony in Melbourne or perhaps online.
2022 Nebula Award Nominees
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America have released the final ballot for the 2022 Nebula Award. The noms in the Novel category are:
- Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree (Cryptid; Tor)
- Spear by Nicola Griffith (Tordotcom)
- Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher (Tor; Titan UK)
- Babel by R.F. Kuang (Harper Voyager US; Harper Voyager UK)
- Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (Tordotcom)
- The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler (MCD; Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
Locus has the complete list of nominees in all categories. What looks good to you?
2022 BSFA Shortlist
The British Science Fiction Association has announced the shortlist for the 2022 BSFA Awards.
- The Red Scholar’s Wake by Aliette de Bodard (Gollancz)
- Stars and Bones by Gareth Powell (Titan)
- The This by Adam Roberts (Gollancz)
- The Coral Bones by E. J. Swift (Unsung Stories)
- City of Last Chances by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Head of Zeus)
See Locus for the complete shortlists in all categories. The winners will be announced at Conversation, this year’s Eastercon, which runs April 7-10, 2023 at the Birmingham NEC Hilton.
