Announcing SpecFic ’12 Contributors and SpecFic ’13 Editors (That Would Be Us)

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Announcing SpecFic ’12 Contributors

Speculative Fiction 2012: The Best Online Reviews, Essays and Commentary is a collection that celebrates the best in online SFF non-fiction – the top book reviews, essays and commentary in 2012.

This first volume, edited by bloggers Justin Landon (Staffer’s Musings – US) and Jared Shurin (Pornokitsch – UK), collects over fifty pieces from science fiction and fantasy’s top authors, bloggers and critics and will be published in April.

The list of contributors for SpecFic ’12 – as announced yesterday – is:

• Joe Abercrombie
• Daniel Abraham
• Niall Alexander
• Elizabeth Bear
• Rob Berg
• Liz Bourke
• Maurice Broaddus
• Myke Cole
• Kate Elliott
• Katherine Farmar
• Chris Gerwel
• Christopher Garcia
• Daniel Goodman
• Ana Grilo
• Niall Harrison
• Dan Hartland
• Matt Hilliard
• Kameron Hurley
• Thea James
• NK Jemisin
• Paul Kincaid
• Lady Business
• Justin Landon
• Rose Lemberg
• Rochita Loenen-Ruiz
• Cynthia Martinez
• Tim Maughan
• Foz Meadows
• Jonathan McCalmont
• Martin McGrath
• Aidan Moher
• Ken Neth
• Larry Nolen
• Abigail Nussbaum
• Christopher Priest
• Stefan Raets
• Adam Roberts
• Tansy Rayner Roberts
• CS Samulski
• Penny Schenk
• Jared Shurin
• Ro Smith
• Maureen K. Speller
• Aishwarya Subramaniam
• Matthew Surridge
• Sam Sykes
• Gav Thorpe
• Lavie Tidhar

This is a fantastic line-up of bloggers and authors and we could not be happier – or more humbled – to be a part of the collection.

[Please excuse us for a brief moment as we COMPLETELY LOSE OUR COOL AND FREAK OUT because we are in a publication alongside the likes of Kate Elliott, N K Jemisin, Liz Bourke, Abigail Nussbaum, Christopher Priest!!!!!!!]

[Ok, moment over]

Announcing SpecFic ’13 Editors

We are delighted to announce that we, your friendly neighborhood Book Smugglers, will be editing the 2013 edition of the collection.

[OK, another brief moment to COMPLETELY LOSE OUR COOL AND FREAK OUT!]

From the official press release:

Landon and Shurin also announced that they will pass the torch in 2013, establishing a precedent of rotating editors every year. The 2013 volume will be edited by Thea James and Ana Grilo of The Book Smugglers. Shurin commented, “We’re excited to see this move forward with Thea and Ana. They have a great perspective on the genre community that’s also very different from our own. 2013 couldn’t be in better hands. I’m really looking forward to working with them as Jurassic London continues to publish the series.”

We are incredibly honored to have been invited by Justin and Jared to take over the mantle of editors for this endeavor. We solemnly swear to approach our 2013 editorial duties with the gravity and dedication that the position demands!

Very soon we will be unveiling or plans for the 2013 collection, including ways in which you can help us scour the Internet for the creme de la creme of Speculative Fiction commentary!

We promise more details to come. Soon. You know, as soon as we recover from the shock.

All proceeds for SpecFiction ’12 will be donated to Room to Read