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About Keith Brooke and infinity plus

Keith Brooke is a writer of crime fiction, science fiction, fantasy and other strange stuff, and editor and reviewer of same. He is also the publisher at infinity plus, an independent imprint publishing books by leading genre fiction authors.

Hindsights available now

Hindsights, a collection of the final seven collaborations between Eric Brown and Keith Brooke, joint authors of one previous collection, Parallax View, one novel, Wormhole and two novella series, the Kon Tiki and Enigma quartets. Available now from PS Publishing.

First contact with an alien presence on the edge of the Solar System or here on Earth, strange encounters on a distant planet where humans might be most alien species of all, the ultra-rich riding in the minds and bodies of others for kicks, and an impossible love affair in worlds that never were. Four short stories and three novelettes covering the range of the authors’ shared interests, from near-future cyberpunk thriller to big science fiction set on distant planets, via alternative worlds that might easily have been, including a novelette exclusive to this collection.

Hindsights

CONTENTS:

  • Foreword
  • Eternity’s Children
  • Beyond the Heliopause
  • The End of the World
  • Farewell, Pavonis
  • Assets
  • Alba and the Great Crystal
  • Me Two
  • Afterword: On Friendship, and Collaboration
  • Cover and interior art by Ben Baldwin

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Published this week

In the week of Eric’s 64th birthday, we have plenty of publishing activity to highlight.


Published today, on Eric’s birthday:

To the Stars and Back: Stories in Honour of Eric Brown

To the Stars and Back: Stories in Honour of Eric Brown
Edited by Ian Whates, with stories by Tony Ballantyne, Chris Beckett, Keith Brooke, Josh Lacey, Kim Lakin, James Lovegrove, Una McCormack, Philip Palmer, Rebecca Rajendra, Alastair Reynolds, Justina Robson, Donna Scott, Phillip Vine, Ian Watson, Ian Whates.

Eric Brown was one of the UK’s finest SF authors. His work won him awards, his storytelling won him readers; more than that, though, he was a special person, and that won him many friends.

Containing all new stories from some of the UK’s finest genre writers, this volume, released to mark what would have been Eric’s 64th birthday, is dedicated to Eric and his family. It is our way of celebrating someone whose work inspired us and whose friendship made a difference.

More information, and purchasing links, from the publishers, Newcon Press.


Enigma Exposed by Eric Brown & Keith Brooke

Enigma Exposed by Eric Brown & Keith Brooke

The second volume in the Enigma Quartet novella series is now available for pre-order from PS Publishing.

Pinto, Mags and Sorensen, attempting to trace the whereabouts of Pinto’s rebel relative, Gregor, embark on a perilous journey across the face of the planet, pursued by Enforcers, attacked by aliens, and meeting a collection of strange humans. What they learn on the outside will make them question everything they thought true, as revelation follows revelation until the novella’s showdown and the ultimate truth about their dying planet.


Wormhole audiobook cover

Audiobook edition of Wormhole

The audiobook edition of Wormhole was published on 21st May 2024, available from more than 60 retail and library digital distributors, including Audible, Apple, audiobooks.com and Google Play.

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Audiobook edition of Wormhole

The audiobook edition of Wormhole will be published on 21st May 2024, available from more than 60 retail and library digital distributors, including Audible, Apple, audiobooks.com and Google Play.

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To the Stars and Back

Stories in Honour of Eric Brown

The anthology written to honour Eric, edited by Ian Whates, is now available for pre-order at the Newcon Press website. Publication date is set for 24th May 2024, Eric’s birthday.

Here’s what the publisher says:

Eric Brown was one of the UK’s finest SF authors. His work won him awards, his storytelling won him readers; more than that, though, he was a special person, and that won him many friends.

Containing all new stories from some of the UK’s finest genre writers, this volume, released to mark what would have been Eric’s 64th birthday, is dedicated to Eric and his family. It is our way of celebrating someone whose work inspired us and whose friendship made a difference.

Eric Brown: (24 May 1960 – 21 March 2023)

To the Stars and Back: Stories in honour of Eric Brown

Contents:
Introduction
Rodeo Day – Philip Palmer 
Last Orders – Una McCormack 
The Scurlock Compendium – Alastair Reynolds
President Max – Josh Lacey
Untold – Keith Brooke
The Peaceable Kingdom – Chris Beckett
The Guardian – Kim Lakin
A Sea Change – Donna Scott
May You Rise – James Lovegrove
The Neglected Bookshop – Phillip Vine
Masterchef on Mars – Ian Watson
Peppercorns – Rebecca Rajendra
Bartering with Ghosts – Ian Whates
The Place of the Mice – Justina Robson
Eric and the Kethani – Tony Ballantyne 
About the Contributors

To the Stars and Back is available as a paperback, an eBook, and as a limited edition hardback, individually numbered and signed by all the authors and cover artist Jim Burns. The hardback is limited to just 100 copies.

Available now for pre-order at the Newcon Press website.

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To the Stars and Back: Stories in Honour of Eric

From today’s Newcon Press newsletter:

To the Stars and Back: Stories in Honour of Eric Brown. An impressive line-up including many of the UK’s top SF authors are writing brand new stories in honour of a great author and friend, whose passing is still keenly felt. The book is due to appear in May, on what would have been Eric’s 64th birthday. Full details to follow.

I think this might be the first public announcement of this anthology. More news to follow, but I do know that it will have a fabulous line-up of contributors, and the one piece I’ve read from it so far is a beautiful, and very moving, story.

Publication date: 24 May 2024.

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Readers’ Choice nomination for Wormhole

Twice per year since 1992, Salt Lake County Library staff have cultivated a list of nominees from all book genres for County Library patrons to vote on. We’re delighted to see that Wormhole (co-written by Eric with Keith Brooke) has been shortlisted for the first Readers’ Choice award for 2024.
https://www.slcolibrary.org/we-recommend/readers-choice

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New Wormhole review

There’s a lovely new review of Wormhole, by Eric and Keith, from Patrick Mahon at SF Crowsnest:

“An excellent cross-genre novel mixing Science Fiction and crime… The world-building here is top class.
…an impressive SF/crime crossover novel which I thoroughly enjoyed from first page to last.””

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Helix: a new edition

Published October 2023: a new edition of Eric’s landmark novel, Helix. Includes a new introduction by Stephen Baxter.

The description from the publisher:

Helix is a fast-paced action adventure novel following the plight of four humans when they crashland on what they think is a desolate, ice-bound planet. Daylight brings the discovery that the planet is one of thousands arranged in a vast spiral wound about a central sun. They set off to discover a more habitable, Earth-like world and come across strange races of aliens, and life-threatening perils, on their way.

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Note: the new edition only appears to be available in ebook format at the moment, although the print edition will follow.

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Assets

“Assets” (written in collaboration with Keith Brooke), originally published in Night, Rain, and Neon, edited by Michael Cobley (2022) has been reprinted as the opening story in Best of British Science Fiction 2022, along with a lovely tribute to Eric from editor Donna Scott.

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Eric

On behalf of Eric’s family and friends:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/mar/23/eric-brown-science-fiction-author-and-guardian-critic-dies-aged-62

Eric Brown

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