{"id":3394,"date":"2009-06-23T15:43:28","date_gmt":"2009-06-23T14:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=3394"},"modified":"2009-06-24T12:00:47","modified_gmt":"2009-06-24T11:00:47","slug":"reynolds-signs-1-million-deal-with-gollancz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/news\/reynolds-signs-1-million-deal-with-gollancz\/","title":{"rendered":"Reynolds signs \u00a31 million deal with Gollancz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/alastair-reynolds-001.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3395\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 10px;\" title=\"alastair-reynolds-001\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/alastair-reynolds-001-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"alastair-reynolds-001\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/alastair-reynolds-001-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/alastair-reynolds-001.jpg 460w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Alastair Reynolds, the author of the Revelation Space series of novels and the recent Arthur C Clarke Award-nominated House Of Suns, has signed an unprecedented book deal with Gollancz worth \u00a31 million.<\/p>\n<p>The story has been one of the UK publishing industry&#8217;s worst-kept secrets over the last few months, but today was the first official announcement of the deal, with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2009\/jun\/22\/alastair-reynolds-million-pound-deal\" target=\"_blank\">The Guardian<\/a> securing exclusivity. &#8220;It gives me a huge amount of security for the next ten years,&#8221; said Reynolds to the national paper. &#8220;And writers don&#8217;t have a lot of security. Even at the best of times you&#8217;re worrying about the next deadline, the next contract. To have that in place is fantastic for me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Born in Wales in 1966, Reynolds studied Physics and Astronomy at university, and worked for the European Space Research And Technology Centre before turning to writing full-time. This new deal will see him write ten novels for the Orion imprint over the course of ten years, which in itself will be something of a remarkable feat. Reynolds, however, is nonplussed by the challenge. &#8220;I just let that wash over me,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Hopefully over the last ten years I&#8217;ve demonstrated an ability to deliver books on time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Zima Blue, The Prefect and House Of Suns are out now from Gollancz, along with the rest of Reynolds&#8217; back catalogue.<\/p>\n<p>Photograph: Josette Sanchez.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alastair Reynolds, the author of the Revelation Space series of novels and the recent Arthur C Clarke Award-nominated House Of Suns, has signed an unprecedented book deal with Gollancz worth \u00a31 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"MSN_Categories":"Uncategorized","MSN_Publish_Option":false,"MSN_Is_Local_News":false,"MSN_Is_AIAC_Included":"Empty","MSN_Location":"[]","MSN_Add_Feature_Img_On_Top_Of_Post":false,"MSN_Has_Custom_Author":false,"MSN_Custom_Author":"","MSN_Has_Custom_Canonical_Url":false,"MSN_Custom_Canonical_Url":""},"categories":[140,3],"tags":[876,743],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3394"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3394\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}