Solar Flare: Science Fiction News

There’s an interesting article in the LA Times, asking whether its possible for the next Harry Potter book to hold on to all the fans that have bought and read the previous books. The problem as presented in the article is that children who were pre-teen when the first couple of books came out are now are now entering their late teens and may no longer be interested in the…

Eos will be publishing the following science fiction and fantasy books during the month of July. Eos is the science fiction and fantasy imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

Olympos, Dan Simmons.

The Lions of Al-Rassan, Guy Gavriel Kay.

Ilium, Dan Simmons.

Every Which Way But Dead, Kim Harrison.

Forge of Heaven, C.J. Cherryh.

Year’s Best Fantasy 5, Edited by David G. Hartwell.

You can find more about these and other books from Eos at their website Eosbooks.com

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In an interview with Sci Fi Wire, author Lois McMaster Bujold said that the book she is currently writing could be the first volume in a new series. The new book, The Sharing Knife is a stand-alone fantasy story. The book is close to twice the length of most of her books and told with dual viewpoints.

Bujold is best known for the Miles Vorkosigan series of which there are currently…

Jim Butcher is the author of the Dresden Chronicles, a series of books about the wizard Harry Dresden, who solves crimes in modern-day Chicago. The eight in that series, Proven Guilty, was published in 2006. Butcher is also working on a Fantasy series, The Codex Alera, the third book of which, Cursor’s Fury will be out at the end of 2006.

A martial arts enthusiast whose resume includes a long list…

Sci Fi Wire reports that efforts are underway to produce a feature film version of Stephen Donaldson’s fantasy book series The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant.

Revelstone Entertainment has optioned the rights to the first six books in the series and John Orloff (Band of Brothers) will adapt them.

The books revolve around a shunned author (Covenant) who is magically transported to the Land, a mystical world where he discovers he is the…