{"id":11442,"date":"2013-01-31T19:46:57","date_gmt":"2013-02-01T03:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/?p=11442"},"modified":"2013-02-01T20:51:41","modified_gmt":"2013-02-02T04:51:41","slug":"tobias-buckell-sells-two-young-adult-novels-to-tor-starscape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/news\/tobias-buckell-sells-two-young-adult-novels-to-tor-starscape\/","title":{"rendered":"Tobias Buckell sells two Young Adult novels to Tor Starscape"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TidesTobias Buckell is best known for his adult Science Fiction, including the Xenowealth<\/em> novels and, most recently, Arctic Rising<\/em>, a near-future eco-political thriller. So, naturally, his next step is YA. Right?<\/p>\n

From Publishers Weekly<\/a>, via twitter<\/a>,<\/p>\n

Patrick Nielsen Hayden at Tor Starscape has acquired The Island in the Sky<\/em>, a debut YA novel plus a sequel by SF author Tobias S. Buckell (Halo: The Cole Protocol<\/em>). The book follows a Caribbean boy, Kadie, who gets the opportunity to travel to the stars when a starship arrives on Earth offering lottery slots to volunteers in exchange for leaving alien diplomats behind.<\/strong> Publication is tentatively set for winter 2014. Joe Monti at Barry Goldblatt Literary did the deal for North American rights.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Though it might feel like something of a departure for those who are familiar with Buckell’s adult novels, I think YA will be a wonderful fit for his tone, writing style and the adventurous nature of his novels and short fiction. I’m also glad to see him ‘returning’ to a Caribbean setting. Buckell was raised in Grenada, a small island nation in the Caribbean, and his first novel, Crystal Rain<\/em> was set on an alien world settled by relocated Caribbean refugees, providing a tone and culture to the characters and setting not often found in Science Fiction. Sign me up when The Island in the Sky<\/em> is released next winter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tobias Buckell is best known for his adult Science Fiction, including the Xenowealth novels and, most recently, Arctic Rising, a near-future eco-political thriller. So, naturally, his next step is YA. Right? From Publishers Weekly, via twitter, Patrick Nielsen Hayden at Tor Starscape has acquired The Island in the Sky, a debut YA novel plus a… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[59,155,490,491,162],"class_list":["post-11442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-science-fiction","tag-tobias-buckell","tag-tor-starscape","tag-xenowealth","tag-ya"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n