It looks as if reports of the demise of the Science Fiction Book Club may have been premature.
Last week, science fiction editor Jonathan Strahan wrote that the 54-year-old club likely would close or be merged with the Doubleday book club as part of Bertelsmann’s restructuring of Bookspan. SFBC Editor-in-Chief Ellen Asher and Senior Editor Andrew Wheeler were among the 280 Bookspan employees cut.
But today Publishers Weekly reports on three new editorial appointments at Bookspan — among them, Rome Quezada as editor of the SFBC. He previously was an associate editor at William Morrow.
The SFBC offers a selection of graphic novels and comic novelizations, including Mouse Guard: Fall 1152, Batman: Year 100, The Surrogates and The Goon.
Update: SFScope has a little more background on Quezada
June 12th, 2007 at 3:23 pm
News that SFBC may be closing was really disappointing. Producing SF frequently requires so much research that readers’ guides and interaction are really helpful in interpretion (in other words, we writers can sometimes get as confused as we make our readers). Comments from and between readers have shown me depths to my books that I didn’t even realize were there! Will be watching this space for future news.
Cheers, ND
June 1st, 2009 at 12:20 pm
Is the SFBC officially closed? Curious if anyone’s has checked out the new book “Hell’s Aquarium” by Steve Alten? It’s an awesome read. It’s about the ancient prehistoric shark Megalodon, which makes the current Great White Shark look like a gold fish. I am currently reading it now:
http://www.amazon.com/Meg-Hells-Aquarium-Steve-Alten/dp/1935142046/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1240628582&sr=1-1
http://www.variancepublishing.com/meg-hells-aquarium-contest.html