In November 2011 we re-launched the Solaris Book of New
Science Fiction series as Solaris Rising. Ian Whates did
an incredible job of assembling 19 outstanding stories; they had no theme,
except to demonstrate brilliant writing and show how amazing and varied SF can
be. The response to the collection, both critically and commercially, has been
astounding. Amazing. Better than we hoped.
So of course we had Ian working on Solaris Rising 2 as
quickly as possible. That means we have SR2 to be published in early 2013.
2013!
We weren’t sure if we, let alone readers, could wait that
long, so then we decided to give Ian some news. We were too impatient to wait,
we wanted another collection sooner, halfway between SR1 and SR2. After some
arm-twisting, Ian – who has an amazing ability to bring the best stories out of
the most talented writers – was onboard. The writing had to be just as brilliant
and you can’t just magic these things up, so this collection would be half the
size – 9 stories – and only available in ebook, thereby circumnavigating the long
lead times of physical publishing and distribution. Just one thing left to
decide, what shall we call it? Well, it’s obvious really: Solaris Rising 1.5.
Ian delivered it to us last month and once again we’ll be
publishing the most amazing collection of authors and fantastic breadth of
stories. We’ll be publishing it Tuesday July 17th. Hold on to your hats
(and ereaders).
Solaris Rising 1.5, featuring:
Adam Roberts
Aliette de Bodard
Gareth L. Powell
Mike Resnick
Sarah Lotz
Phillip Vine
Tanith Lee
Paul Cornell
Paul di Filippo
Out Monday July 16th
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