Praise for Elizabeth Bear’s NEW AMSTERDAM — Shipping Late this Week
We expect Elizabeth Bear’s mosaic novel, New Amsterdam to go out of print in the next three to four weeks, given the glowing reviews it’s receiving:
From Publishers Weekly:
“Bear’s tales are not only ingeniously mysterious but also richly textured with details that bring the society and history of her alternate America to vivid life. Readers who like the grit of Laurell K. Hamilton’s Anita Blake novels and the historical heft of Chelsea Quinn Yarbro’s vampire tales will find similar pleasures here.”
From Library Journal:
“Sparkling with wry humor and precise period detail, this belongs in most fantasy collections.”
From Booklist:
“The joy here arises from watching the story’s twists and turns unfold… Once in the New World, [vampire detective] Sebastien adds to his blood sources sorcerer Abigail Irene Garrett, who’s actually an officer serving the Crown’s Duke Richard, and the plot complexities multiply, as do the cast members, giving new resonance to the term ‘characters’ in this fast-moving supernatural tale that’s bloody well good.”
For those interested in the Signed Limited Edition, with a bonus 5,000 word chapbook story, we’re down to our last 30 copies of that version.