Last week, I stumbled over the fact that Amortals has been released as an audiobook. This is part of the deal that Audible has with Angry Robot to turn their novels into books people can hear being read by professionals. Carpathia was one of the first novels to be released under this deal, and the idea was that once Audible was able to …
You Say Amortels, I Say Amortals
If you read French, you can now get a free sample of the first chapters of Amortels, the French edition of my novel Amortals, published by L’Atalante. I’m happy to see them pushing the book hard, including advertising the book in the header on their website. If English is your native tongue, then head over to Voxael’s blog for a …
Parlez-Vous Amortels?
Last week, on January 19, my novel Amortals was published in French by L’Atalante Éditions as Amortels. It features a snazzy new cover by David Demaret and was translated by Denis E. Savine. Many thanks to both of them, and I hope Denis’s text is as excellent as David’s illustration – which I trust it is, but I can’t read a …
Dorkland Raves over Amortals
Over at Dorkland, reviewer Chris Helton loved Amortals. He starts out calling it a “a cross between Robert Heinlein and Rudy Rucker,” and he winds up saying: If Matt Forbeck’s Amortals had come out in 1986, I would have been grouping it along side of some of the greats of the cyberpunk movement. I think this is a book that can stand beside …
New Reviews
A pair of great reviews showed up recently. The first is for Star Wars vs. Star Trek, and Earl Davis wrote it for the Empyrean. He gives the book 4 out of 5 stars and writes: It took one of our own, Matt Forbeck to shine an honest light on the subject and force us to laugh at ourselves… Forbeck pulls …
The “Remix the Robot” Contest: Let Me Kill You
My fine and generous overlords/publishers at Angry Robot just announced a brand-new contest on their website, called “Remix the Robot.” As you might already know, the mighty John Anealio recently recorded a new song called “Angry Robot,” which I helped him write. The tune started out as the lead-in for the Angry Robot podcast hosted by the multitalented Mur Lafferty, but …
Being My Own Boss, at Booklife
Over at Booklife.com, the ever-inquisitive Jeremy L.C. Jones interviews me about the ups and downs of the freelancing life and even manages to work in a reference to the opening scene of Amortals. We cover topics ranging from what my typical day is like and why I love the way I work. Check it out.
Lester Smith Reviews Amortals
My Alliterates pal, world-famous game designer Lester Smith, went out and paid his own hard-earned money to pick up a copy of Amortals and then did me another solid by taking the time to write up a review of it. Although he’s bound to be biased, Lester loved the book and is more than eloquent enough to say why. It spins …
More Amortals Raves
Over at Amazon UK, their Amazon Vine program has produced another two excellent reviews for Amortals. Dinky writes: This is a blast of fresh air… This book not only throws together all the elements of a good modern thriller – shoot-outs, chases, explosions, gadgets, intrigues, a sparky agent of the opposite sex, politics, hints of exotic foreign travel (as in Mars, …
More Praise for Amortals
Over at SF Signal, John DeNardo (who I met at the World Fantasy Convention) has a number of kind things to say about Amortals. He calls the book: [T]hought-provoking rather than preachy as it deals with topics of privacy, civil liberties and caring about what happens to the world around you. Also, the Amazon Vine program produced another great review …