"Del Rey Internet Newsletter #37" - читать интересную книгу автора

is finally out from Knopf in hardcover! A sample chapter is available on
our Web site, gopherspace, and fileserver (see below for addresses).

--------------------------------------------------------------- SIGNING,
READINGS, CONVENTION ATTENDANCE BY DEL REY AUTHORS

LAWRENCE WATT-EVANS will be Guest of Honor at CREMECON in Glendale,
Wisconsin, February 2-4.

ROBY JAMES will be signing COMMENCEMENT at the following stores: February
17: B. Dalton, Northridge Fashion Mall, Northridge, California 12-1PM.
February 21: Barnes & Noble Superstore, Encino, California, 7:30PM.
February 24: Super Crown, Encino, California, 1PM. February 26: Barnes &
Noble, Northridge, California, 7PM.

DEL REY NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS===================================

BIG CHANGES IN WHO RUNS DEL REY

Owen Lock, formerly Del Rey editor-in-chief, has been appointed to the
newly created position of Vice President, Editor at Large for the
Ballantine Publishing Group. In his new position, Mr. Lock will be
acquiring properties for the company's expanding military nonfiction line
as well as in the areas of new media and science fiction. He will continue
to work with bestselling fantasy author Terry Brooks.

Meanwhile, Kuo-Yu Liang, formerly Del Rey Sales Manager, has been named
Associate Publisher of Del Rey Books. In his newly created position,
Kuo-Yu will be responsible for editorial direction as well as sales and
marketing for all Del Rey books. Shelly Shapiro, Executive Editor of Del
Rey, will continue to supervise the Del Rey staff.

Tim Kochuba, General Manager of Ballantine's House of Collectibles imprint,
has been named Vice President and General Manager of Del Rey Books, a new
position with overall responsibility for Del Rey's publishing program. He
will work closely with Kuo-Yu Liang. Prior to joining the Ballantine
Publishing Group, Mr. Kochuba was Products Manager at MBI, Inc. (the
Danbury Mint). In that capacity, he published signed first editions of
works by such major science fiction authors as Anne McCaffrey, Frederik
Pohl, Isaac Asimov, Poul Anderson, Lois McMaster Bujold, and Harlan
Ellison. ---------------------------------------------------------------

WEIS AND HICKMAN SIGN WITH DEL REY FOR TWO ALL-NEW FANTASY SERIES

Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, bestselling fantasy authors, have signed
with Del Rey for six books in two brand-new series: a science-fiction
series tentatively titled _Starshield_ and an as-yet-unnamed epic fantasy
series. We hope to publish the first of these new acquisitions--the first
_Starshield_ novel--in November of this year.