Kij Johnson

 

News and announcements

10/24/2008
Kij will be reading Saturday 11/1, at 1pm, at World Fantasy Con. If you're attending, come listen to Kij split an hour with Simon Unsworth, who is also on the ballot for "The Church on the Island."

9/18/2008
"The Evolution of Trickster Stories..." is reprinted in The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: 21st Annual Collection, edited by Ellen Datlow and Kelly Link and Gavin Grant, now out. Here's what Gary K. Wolf says about the story in the September 2008 issue of Locus Magazine, as part of his review of the collection:

"When these experiments in voice work at their best, they can produce a tale like Kij Johnson's 'The Evolution of Trickster Stories Among the Dogs of North Park After the Change,' the most startlingly original piece in the whole book, describing a world in which dogs, having gained primitive powers of speech, are abandoned by their owners and begin to develop their own folklore; the interpolated trickster tales of the dogs themselves are amazingly convincing, and not at all sentimental."

You can purchase the book from your local bookstore, or here. I'll be attending the World Fantasy Convention this year, in Calgary, Alberta, 10/30-11/2. "The Evolution of Trickster Stories..." is on the World Fantasy Awards final ballot this year, and I'm not going to miss that! Wish me luck.

8/27/2008
My essay, "I Believe I'm A Climber," will be broadcast on the National Public Radio's Weekend Edition Sunday, 8/31. Be sure and listen! The essay was written for the This I Believe project, which collects short statements of belief, written by people from all walks of life. The project is based on the popular 1950s radio series of the same name hosted by Edward R. Murrow.

8/6/2008
"The Evolution of Trickster Stories "Among the Dogs of North Park after the Change" is a finalist for this year's World Fantasy Award. The award will be given in Edmonton, Alberta, during the 2008 World Fantasy Convention. I'll definitely be at the convention, undoubtedly with a cunning little dress to wear.

7/1/2008
"26 Monkeys, Also The Abyss" is in the July 2008 Asimov's Magazine.

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Last update: November 14, 2008.