Locus, June 2013 Read online

  Complex Chinese rights Ursula K. Le Guin’s Voices and Powers sold to Muses Publishing in China, Italian rights to Lavinia to Equatore Srl, Italian rights to The Beginning Place to Gargoyle Books, Korean rights to The Lathe of Heaven to Goldenbough, Turkish rights to A Wizard of Earthsea, The Tombs of Atuan, The Farthest Shore, Tehanu, The Other Wind, The Word for World Is Forest, Rocannon’s World, The Eye of the Heron, Selected Writings, The Dispossessed, The Birthday of the World, Gifts, and Lavinia, to Titan Publishers, all via Christine Cohen of the Virginia Kidd Agency.

  French rights to The Dragon in the Sea, The Eyes of Heisenberg, The Santaroga Barrier, and The Heaven Makers by Frank Herbert sold to Benedicte Lombardo of Univers Poche via Alexander Slater of Trident Media Group on behalf of John Silbersack.

  Japanese rights to R.A. Lafferty’s The Serpent’s Egg sold to Seishinsha Ltd, Italian rights to The Past Master to Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, and French rights to Arrive at Easterwine to Actes Sud, all via Christine Cohen of the Virginia Kidd Agency.

  Spanish, Catalan, Galician, and Basque rights to James Tiptree, Jr.’s ‘‘The Screwfly Solution’’ for an anthology went to Editorial Vicens Vives in Spain via Christine Cohen of the Virginia Kidd Agency.

  French rights to Murray Leinster’s A Logic Named Joe sold to Led Editions Le Passanger Clandestin via Christine Cohen of the Virginia Kidd Agency.

  Italian rights to John Varley’s Titan and Wizard sold to Arnoldo Mondadori Editore via Christine Cohen of the Virginia Kidd Agency.

  French rights for Canada to River of Stars by Guy Gavriel Kay sold to Alire via Claire Roberts of Trident Media Group on behalf of John Silbersack. Simplified Chinese rights to River of Stars and Under Heaven went to Chongqing Tianjin Cartoon & Animated Picture Culture via Nicole Qi of Andrew Nurnberg Associates in association with Alexander Slater at Trident Media Group on behalf of Silbersack.

  Italian rights to Rudy Rucker’s Infinity of the Mind went to Bruno Ricca of Riuniti University Press via Meredith Miller of Trident Media Group on behalf of John Silbersack.

  Brazilian rights to The Terror by Dan Simmons sold to Rocco via Danny Baror of Baror International in association with Richard Curtis Associates.

  German rights to Richard Laymon’s Friday Night in the Beast House sold to Heyne via Lennart Sane of Lennart Sane Agency on behalf of the Laymon estate.

  Thai rights to Dead to the World, Dead as a Doornail, and Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris sold to True Digital Content and Media via Pimolporn Yutisri of Silkroad Publishers Agency, and Croatian rights to Dead to the World and Dead as a Doornail to Algoritam via Nada Cipranic of Prava I Prevodi, all on behalf of JABberwocky Literary Agency.

  Polish rights to Sean McGuire writing as Mira Grant’s Deadline and novellas Countdown and San Diego 2014: The Last Stand of the California Browncoats went to Sine Qua Non, and Bulgarian rights to Feed and Deadline to InfoDar, both via Betty Anne Crawford of Books Crossing Borders on behalf of Diana Fox at Fox Literary.

  Bulgarian rights to Grave Peril and Summer Knight by Jim Butcher sold to Colibri via Prava I Prevodi on behalf of Jennifer Jackson of the Donald Maass Literary Agency.

  Serbian rights to Robert McCammon’s The Wolf’s Hour and Swan Song sold to Paladin Press via Prava I Prevodi on behalf of Cameron McClure of the Donald Maass Literary Agency.

  Spanish rights to Jeff Vandermeer’s Southern Reach trilogy sold to Seix Barral, German rights to Moritz Kirschner of Antje Kuntsmann at auction, Romanian rights to Trei via Marina Adriana of Simona Kessler Agency, Duch rights to Peter van der Zwaag at De Bezige Bij via Paul Sebes, Italian rights to Andrea Cannobio at Einaudi in a pre-empt, Brazilian rights to Intrinseca in a pre-empt, and Hungarian rights to Agave, all via Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

  French rights to Karen Lord’s The Best of All Possible Worlds and The Galaxy Game went to Panini France via Ron Eckel of Cooke Agency International on behalf of Sally Harding at the Cooke Agency in association with the Anna Jarota Agency.

  Turkish rights to Dreadnought by Cherie Priest sold to Bilge Kultur via Hatice Gok of ONK Agency on behalf of Jennifer Jackson of the Donald Maass Literary Agency.

  German rights to Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed went to Heyne via the Schlueck Agency on behalf of Jennifer Jackson of the Donald Maass Literary Agency.

  Romanian rights to The Killing Moon by N.K. Jemisin sold to Editura Art via Simona Kessler Agency on behalf of Lucienne Diver of the Knight Agency.

  Serbian rights to The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson went to Studio Laguna via Lidija Plisic Babi of Prava I Prevodi, and Czech Republic rights to The Alloy of Law to Talpress via Kristin Olson of Kristin Olson Literary Agency, both on behalf of the JABberwocky Literary Agency.

  German rights to Heaven’s War by David Goyer & Michael Cassutt went to Verlasgruppe Random House via Ace.

  Dutch rights to Christopher Golden’s Tin Men went to Luitingh-Sijthoff via Danny Baror or Baror International in association with Howard Morhaim Literary Agency.

  French rights to Blackbirds by Chuck Wendig sold to Panini France in association with Anna Jarota Agency, and Polish rights to Muza, via Cameron McClure of the Donald Maass Literary Agency on behalf of Stacia Decker in association with Prava I Prevodi.

  Bulgarian rights to Peter V. Brett’s The Daylight War sold to Colibri via Ana Milenkovic of Prava I Prevodi. Simplified Chinese rights to the Demon Cycle trilogy sold to Chongqing Green Culture via Gray Tan of the Grayhawk Agency on behalf of JABberwocky Literary Agency. Polish rights to The Painted Man went to Fabryka Slow via Renata Paczewska of ANAW Literary Agency on behalf of JABberwocky.

  Japanese rights to Tenth of December by George Saunders went to Kawade Shobo via the English Agency on behalf of Helen Manders of Curtis Brown UK for Esther Newberg of ICM.

  Portuguese rights to the Milkweed Triptych by Ian Tregillis went to Maria Clara Carneiro of DarkSide Books via Louisa Pritchard of Louisa Pritchard Associates on behalf of John Berlyne of the Zeno Agency and Kay McCauley of Pimlico/Aureous.

  French rights to Catherynne M. Valente’s Deathless sold to Panini France via Heather Baror-Shapiro of Baror International in association with Howard Morhaim Literary Agency.

  French rights to books four and five of the Rivers of London series by Ben Aaronovitch sold to Thibaud Eliroff at J’ai Lu via Louisa Pritchard of Louisa Pritchard Associates on behalf of John Berlyne of the Zeno Agency.

  Polish rights to Nancy Springer’s The Case of the Missing Marquess, The Case of the Left-Handed Lady, and The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets sold to Vesper Wlodzimierz via Graal with Jennifer Weltz of the Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency.

  Indonesian rights to Dark Bites, Dark Side of the Moon, The Dream Hunter, Devil May Cry, and Upon the Midnight Clear by Sherrilyn Kenyon sold to Pustaka Zahra via Santo Manurung of Maxima Creative Agency in association with Meredith Miller of Trident Media Group on behalf of Robert Gottlieb.

  Portuguese rights to Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo sold to Quinta Essencia via Jennifer Hoge of International Editors’ in association with Kathleen Ortiz of New Leaf Literary & Media on behalf of Joanna Volpe.

  Turkish rights to Richelle Mead’s The Indigo Spell and The Fiery Heart went to Alfa/Artemis via Fusun Kayi of Kayi Literary Agency, Spanish rights to Spirit Bound to Alfaguara via Jennifer Hoge of International Editors’, Hebrew rights to Shadow Kiss to Kinneret via Dalia Ever Hadani of TBPAI, Greek rights to Vampire Academy to Dioptra via Nike Davarinou of Read n’ Right Agency, Lithuanian rights to The Last Sacrifice to Alma Littera via Tatjana Zoldnere of Andrew Nurnberg Associates, Czech rights to The Indigo Spell to Domino via Jana Borovanova of Andrew Nurnburg Associates, all on behalf of Lauren Abramo of Dystel & Goderich Literary Management.

  Polish rights to Written in Red by Anne Bishop sold to Initium via Prava I Prevodi on behalf of Jennifer Jackson of the Donald Maass Literary Agency.

  German rights to Derai and The Terridae by E.C. Tubb sold to Atlantis Verlag via Phil Harbottle on behalf of the Tubb Estate.
r />   Hebrew rights to Splintered by A.G. Howard sold to Korim via Dalia Ever Hadani of TBPAI on behalf of Jenny Bent of the Bent Agency.

  Russian rights to James Renner’s The Man from Primrose Lane sold to Sindbad via Elizabeth Van Lear of the Van Lear Agency on behalf of Barer Literary.

  Turkish rights to The Eye of Minds by James Dashner went to Pegasus via Fusun Kayi of Kayi Literary Agency on behalf of Lauren Abramo of Dystel & Goderich Literary Management.

  German rights to Sam Stone’s Killing Kiss went to Gunter Olschowsky of Verlag Bucheinband Ines Neumann via UK publisher Telos.

  Japanese rights to The Demonologist by Andrew Pyper sold to Shinchosha, Russian rights to Eksmo, Italian rights to Fanucci, Slovakian Rights to Ikar, and Brazilian rights to DarkSide Books, all via Sally Riley of Aitken Alexander on behalf of Anne McDermid of Anne McDermid & Associates.

  Italian rights to the My Sister the Vampire series by Sienna Mercer went to Carmen Prestia of Newton & Compton via Alexandra Devlin of Rights People on behalf of Working Partners.

  Polish rights to Star Trek: Insurrection by J.M. Dillard sold to Bukowy Las via Agata Zabowska Literary Agency on behalf of Simon & Schuster.

  Italian rights to Year of the Jungle by Suzanne Collins with illustrations by James Proimos sold to Mondadori, Portuguese rights in Brazil to Rocco, Norwegian and Danish rights to Gyldendal, and Hebrew rights to Kinneret, all via Clementine Gaisman of the Intercontinental Literary Agency on behalf of Rosemary Stimola of Stimola Literary Studio. German rights sold to Oetinger via Friederike Biesel of Thomas Schlueck Agency on behalf of Stimola.

  OTHER RIGHTS

  Book Club rights were sold for Dead Ever After by Charlaine Harris. The title will be a main selection for the Science Fiction Book Club, and an alternate selection for Mystery Guild, Rhapsody Book Club, Literary Guild, Doubleday, and Quality Paperback, while Columbia House and Book-of-the-Month Club 2 will offer it as an online selection via Ace.

  Book club rights to Neptune’s Brood by Charles Stross sold to the Science Fiction Book Club via Ace.

  Book club rights to Iron Grey Sea and Storm Surge by Taylor Anderson went to the Science Fiction Book Club for publication as an omnibus titled Destroyermen: Iron and Fire.

  Book club rights to The Beautiful Land by Alan Averill went to the Science Fiction Book Club as a main selection, and to Book-of-the-Month Club 2 online.

  Audio rights to Gene Wolfe’s The Land Across went to Steve Feldberg at Audible via Vaughne Hansen of the Virginia Kidd Agency.

  Audio rights to Cecelia Holland’s ‘‘Lincoln’s Little Girl’’ sold to Audible.

  Audio rights to Kevin J. Anderson’s Slimy Underbelly, The Dragon Business, and War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches sold to Adrienne Lombardo at Brilliance Audio via Mark Gottlieb of Trident Media Group on behalf of John Silbersack.

  Audio rights to Karen Memory by Elizabeth Bear sold to Recorded Books via Jennifer Jackson of the Donald Maass Literary Agency.

  Audio rights to Jay Lake’s Trial of Flowers, Madness of Flowers, Rocket Science, and Death of a Starship sold to Wil Snape at Audible via Jennifer Jackson of the Donald Maass Literary Agency.

  Audio rights to Kris Longknife: Tenacious and nine other books by Mike Shepherd writing as Mike Moscoe sold to Audible via Jennifer Jackson of the Donald Maass Literary Agency.

  Audio rights to Patricia Bray’s The First Betrayal, The Sea Change, The Final Sacrifice, Devlin’s Luck, Devlin’s Honor, and Devlin’s Justice went to Wil Snape at Audible via Jennifer Jackson of the Donald Maass Literary Agency.

  Audio rights to the next two Vampire for Hire books by J.R. Rain sold to Steven Feldberg at Audible via Andrew Stuart of the Stuart Agency.

  Audio rights to The Darkness Within by Sam Stone sold to AudioGO.

  Unabridged audio rights to A Hundred Words for Hate by Thomas Sniegoski sold to Tantor via Ace.

  Audio rights to the Archers of Avalon trilogy by Chelsea Fine sold to Contessa Nyree at Audible via Kathleen Ortiz of new Leaf Literary & Media on behalf of Suzie Townsend.

  Audio rights to The Gathering Dark, Claire de Lune, and Nocturne by Christine Johnson sold to Audible via Caryn Wiseman of the Andrea Brown Literary Agency.

  Audio rights to the Cycle of Wind and Sparks by Alexey Pehov went to Brian Sweany at Recorded Books via Mark Gottlieb at Trident Media Group on behalf of Robert Gottlieb at Trident Media Group.

  Audio rights to Blood and Sand by Elizabeth Hunter sold to Steve Feldberg at Audible via Lauren Abramo of Dystel & Goderich Literary Management.

  Audio rights to J.R. Rain’s next two Vampire for Hire novels went to Steven Feldberg at Audible via Andrew Stuart of the Stuart Agency.

  Audio rights to Michael Sullivan’s Hollow World went to Recorded Books via Teri Tobias Agency.

  Audio rights to Dead Man’s Hand, edited by John Joseph Adams, sold to Adrienne Lombardo at Brilliance Audio via Tricia Ready of Barry Goldblatt Literary on behalf of Joe Monti.

  AUDIOBOOKS RECEIVED

  The Marching Dead, Lee Battersby (Brilliance Audio, $19.99, 9 CDs, 10 hours: 43 minutes, 978-1-4692-7088-3) Unabridged version of The Marching Dead read by Michael Page.

  The Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier: Invincible, Jack Campbell (Brilliance Audio, $19.99, 10 CDs, 11 hours: 52 minutes, 978-1-4692-8055-4) Unabridged audio version of The Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier: Invincible read by Christian Rummel.

  Earth Afire, Orson Scott Card & Aaron Johnston (Macmillan Audio, $44.99, 13 CDs, 15 hours, 978-1-4272-3096-6) Unabridged version of Earth Afire read by Stephen Hoye, Arthur Morey, and Stefen Rudnicki.

  The Age Atomic, Adam Christopher (Brilliance Audio, $19.99, 9 CDs, 10 hours: 19 minutes, 978-1-4692-7079-1) Unabridged audio version of The Age Atomic read by Phil Gigante.

  The Lives of Tao, Wesley Chu (Brilliance Audio, $19.99,11 CDs, 12 hours: 25 minutes, 978-1-4692-7086-9) Unabridged version of The Lives of Tao read by Mikael Naramore.

  14, Peter Clines (Brilliance Audio, $14.99, 11 CDs, 12 hours: 40 minutes, 978-1-4692-9805-4) Unabridged version of 14 read by Ray Porter.

  Clans of the Alphane Moon, Philip K. Dick (Brilliance Audio, $14.99, 7 CDs, 7 hours: 30 minutes, 978-1-4558-1428-2) Unabridged audio version of Clans of the Alphane Moon read by David de Vries.

  Deus Irae, Philip K. Dick (Brilliance Audio, $14.99, 6 CDs, 7 hours: 18 minutes, 978-1-4558-1431-2) Unabridged audio version of Deus Irae read by Luke Daniels.

  Dr. Futurity, Philip K. Dick (Brilliance Audio, $14.99, 5 CDs, 5 hours: 29 minutes, 978-1-4558-1432-9) Unabridged audio version of Dr. Futurity read by MacLeod Andrews.

  Galactic Pot-Healer, Philip K. Dick (Brilliance Audio, $14.99, 6 CDs, 6 hours: 13 minutes, 978-1-4558-1434-3) Unabridged audio version of Galactic Pot-Healer read by Phil Gigante.

  A Maze of Death, Philip K. Dick (Brilliance Audio, $14.99, 6 CDs, 6 hours: 28 minutes, 978-1-4558-1427-5) Unabridged audio version of A Maze of Death read by Benjamin L. Darcie.

  Our Friends From Frolix 8, Philip K. Dick (Brilliance Audio, $14.99, 7 CDs, 7 hours: 59 minutes, 978-1-4558-1443-5) Unabridged version of Our Friends From Frolix 8 read by Nick Podehl.

  Black Feathers: The Black Dawn, Vol. 1, Joseph D’Lacey (Brilliance Audio, $19.99, 11 CDs, 12 hours: 28 minutes, 978-1-4692-7082-1) Unabridged audio version of Black Feathers: The Black Dawn, Vol. 1 read by Simon Vance.

  Memories of Ice, Steven Erikson (Brilliance Audio, $24.99, 36 CDs, 44 hours: 13 minutes, 978-1-4692-2606-4) Unabridged audio version of Memories of Ice read by Ralph Lister.

  Widow’s Web, Jennifer Estep (Brilliance Audio, $14.99, 9 CDs, 10 hours: 43 minutes, 978-1-4692-9833-7) Unabridged audio version of Widow’s Web read by Lauren Fortgang.

  Worlds of Honor, Linda Evans, Roland Green, Jane Lindskold & David Weber (Brilliance Audio, $14.99, 14 CDs, 17 hours: 07 minutes, 978-1-4805-2783-6) Unabridged version of Worlds of Honor read by Allyson Johnson, Kevin Collins, Lauren Fortgang, and Khristine Hvam.

  The Exiled Blade, Jon Courtenay Grimwood (Brilliance Audio, $29.99, 9 CDs
, 11 hours: 3 minutes, 978-1-4418-8799-3) Unabridged audio version of The Exiled Blade read by Dan John Miller.

  Nice Girls Don’t Bite Their Neighbors, Molly Harper (Brilliance Audio, $19.99, 7 CDs, 8 hours: 28 minutes, 978-1-4692-8059-2) Unabridged version of Nice Girls Don’t Bite Their Neighbors read by Amanda Ronconi.

  Hellhole: Awakening, Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson (Macmillan Audio, $59.99, 16 CDs, 20 hours, 978-1-4272-2911-3) Unabridged audio version of Hellhole: Awakening read by Phil Gigante.

  Morlock Night, K. W. Jeter (Brilliance Audio, $19.99, 6 CDs, 6 hours: 37 minutes, 978-1-4692-7140-8) Unabridged audio version of Morlock Night read by Michael Page.

  Inferno, Sherrilyn Kenyon (Macmillan Audio, $29.99, 8 CDs, 9 hours: 30 minutes, 978-1-4272-2958-8) Unabridged audio version of Inferno read by Holter Graham.

  The Bone Triangle, B.V. Larson (Brilliance Audio, $19.99, 9 CDs, 10 hours: 13 minutes, 978-1-4558-6639-7) Unabridged version of The Bone Triangle read by Benjamin L. Darcie.

  Extinction, B.V. Larson (Brilliance Audio, $14.99, 10 CDs, 12 hours, 978-1-4692-9815-3) Unabridged audio version of Extinction read by Mark Boyett.

  Rebellion, B.V. Larson (Brilliance Audio, $14.99, 10 CDs, 11 hours: 30 minutes, 978-1-4692-9826-9) Unabridged version of Rebellion read by Mark Boyett.

  Swarm, B.V. Larson (Brilliance Audio, $14.99, 8 CDs, 9 hours: 41 minutes, 978-1-4692-9829-0) Unabridged audio version of Swarm read by Mark Boyett.

  The Far Time Incident, Neve Maslakovic (Brilliance Audio, $19.99, 8 CDs, 9 hours: 51 minutes, 978-1-4692-8940-3) Unabridged audio version of The Far Time Incident read by Mary Robinette Kowal.

  Area 51: Legend, Bob Mayer (Brilliance Audio, $19.99, 8 CDs, 8 hours: 50 minutes, 978-1-4692-5233-9) Unabridged version of Area 51: Legend read by Eric G. Dove.

  Area 51: Nosferatu, Bob Mayer (Brilliance Audio, $19.99, 7 CDs, 8 hours: 19 minutes, 978-1-4692-5237-7) Unabridged audio version of Area 51: Nosferatu read by Eric G. Dove.

  Through the Door, Jodi McIsaac (Brilliance Audio, $19.99, 8 CDs, 9 hours: 32 minutes, 978-1-4805-0433-2) Unabridged version of Through the Door read by Kate Rudd.