sand·box (sănd′bŏks') n.
A low box filled with sand for children to play in.
A litter box.
Welcome to my self-promotional sandbox.
I write science fiction and fantasy, but I've been known to dabble in
mainstream and mysteries. My short stories have appeared in The Magazine
of Fantasy and Science Fiction,
Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, The Year's Best SF,
and other fine venues. If you've got the time, you can read some of them in the
Stories section.
My first novel, Pandemonium, will be published by Del Rey Books
on August 26, 2008. Publisher's Weekly just gave it a starred review.
Details, reviews, and the opening chapter.
You can contact me at
daryl.gregory@gmail.com
New News
Pandemonium Reviews—and interviews
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Publisher's Weekly gave the
book a starred review and said: "Believable characters, a multilayered plot and smooth prose define Gregory’s darkly ambitious debut novel."
(More).
The magazine also did an
interview with
me about the writing of the book.
Paul Witcover of Locus Magazine called it "an unusually strong debut" that
"bristles with frantic, feverish inventiveness, twist following twist at a
dizzying rate." (More) He didn't like the
ending, though.
Other very positive reviews (like this
one and this one) came out
earlier.
Conventions
I just got back from ReaderCon in Boston, where I read from Pandemonium to a
small group of friends who came out of pity. I'll also be appeared on a couple
of panels with idols like Jonathan Lethem, James Patrick Kelley, and Michael
Swanwick. It was a blast.
In August I'll be at WorldCon in Denver, and in November I'll be at World Fantasy in Calgary.
Hanging out with my betters
A couple of my stories are now or soon will be appearing in a few "best-of"
anthologies. “Dead Horse Point” will be appearing in
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume 2, edited by
Jonathan Strahan. “Unpossible” will be in
Fantasy: The Best of the Year, 2008 Edition, edited by Rich Horton, and in
Year’s Best Fantasy #8, edited by David Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer.
Both those stories were listed in Locus Magazine's
Recommended Reading List for 2007.
And the Not So News
For those of you who like buying day-old bread and whiffing the milk
jug after its expiration date, check out the Not
So News. Highlights: