Welcome to Fantastic Planet
Newsletter: February 2006
Congratulations, Leah!
Leah displays the basket that she won in Fantastic Planet's prize draw at Swancon.
MERCEDES LACKEY
and
LARRY DIXON
Book Signing @ Fantastic Planet
Mercedes Lackey and Larry Dixon stop by the shop to sign books and chat with fans.
Sponsored by Swancon2006: Renaissances
March 3-6, Acacia Hotel, Northbridge
www.swancon.com
Mercedes Lackey, Larry Dixon and wonderfully animated renaissance woman Ippongi Bang are International Guests of Honour at Renaissances, the 31st Annual Western Australian Science Fiction Convention (better known as Swancon, at least to its friends). Other guests include the indescribable Danny Oz, Fan Guest Alethea Raspa, authors Cecilia Dart-Thornton and Adrian Bedford, cartoonist and animator Kjartan Arnorsson, actor Bruce Rowe, puppeteer Ian Tregonning, and artist Toivo Rovainen. For more details of the convention, including a draft program, check out their website at www.swancon.com.
January's Bestsellers
1. Temeraire :: Naomi Novik
2. Aggressive Retail Therapy :: Grant Watson
3. Century Rain :: Alastair Reynolds
4. Shadow Box :: Cummings & Challis, eds
5. War for the Oaks :: Emma Bull
6. Thud! :: Terry Pratchett
7. Anansi Boys :: Neil Gaiman
8. The Chronicles of Narnia :: C. S. Lewis
9. A Storm of Swords I :: George R. R. Martin
10. Shadowrun: Poison Agendas :: Stephen Kenson
On the subject of signings, Naomi Novik will be sending us more signed bookplates. Free if you buy a copy of Temeraire from us: just ask. And if you've bought a copy of Temeraire from us already, and would like a signed bookplate, just drop into the shop with your copy, and we'll give you a bookplate. We also still have signed bookplates by Glenda Larke, Megan Lindholm, and Poppy Z. Brite.
Beer!
Our monthly gathering for drinks at Durty Nelly’s is on the last Tuesday of this month – February 28th, starting at 6.30 at the bookshop. First round of drinks is on us!
Be seeing you!
The staff at Fantastic Planet
