From Publishers Lunch Weekly:
BIOGRAPHY:
Conor O'Clery's HOSTAGE TO A FORTUNE: Charles Feeney's Secret Struggle to Give Away His Billions, undertaken with his cooperation, about a man with an unusual problem: how to give away his billions in his lifetime anonymously, to Clive Priddle at PublicAffairs, by Esther Newberg at ICM (world).nancyhechinger@publicaffairsbooks.com
FILM:
Film rights to Tish Cohen's debut novel, TOWN HOUSE, about an agoraphobic man living in a Boston townhouse (inherited from his rock star father) with his teenage son, optioned to Fox 2000 with Scott Free Productions producing, in a pre-empt, by Kassie Evashevski at Brillstein-Grey, on behalf of Daniel Lazar at Writers House. The book is currently on submission to publishers, and expected to close shortly.
HISTORY/POLITICS/CURRENT AFFAIRS:
Advisor to the last six secretaries of state and a central figure in Israeli-Palestinian negotiations for the last quarter century Aaron Miller's AMERICA AND THE MUCH TOO PROMISED LAND: The Elusive Search for Arab-Israeli Peace, an analysis, including interviews with key American, Arab, and Israeli leaders, of why the world's greatest power has failed to help broker a solution, whether such a solution is still possible, what would be required to achieve it, and why Americans should care, to John Flicker at Bantam, by Deborah Grosvenor at Grosvenor Literary Agency (world). deb@gliterary.com
A Death in Texas author Dina Temple-Raston's A TIME OF FIRE, uncovering the story of pre-emptive imprisonment for an act of terrorism never committed; a terrorist cell that may not have even been one, and a mysterious contact with an Al-Qaeda operative who may never have existed, to Clive Priddle at PublicAffairs, by John Thornton at The Spieler Agency (world English, audio). nancyhechinger@publicaffairsbooks.com
First revealed in the his New Yorker feature story, Thomas Bass's THE SPY WHO LOVED US: The Double Life of Pham Xuan An, TIME Correspondent, North Vietnamese Spy, the intrigue-filled story of espionage from the Vietnam War era about the reporter and political analyst who was an even better spy, written with An's cooperation and access to the network of agents who supported him, to Clive Priddle at PublicAffairs, by Michael Carlisle at Inkwell Management (NA, audio). nancyhechinger@publicaffairsbooks.com
MEMOIR:
Larry Devlin's CHIEF OF STATION, CONGO, the memoir of a swashbuckling Cold Warrior CIA operative in a hot zone, to Clive Priddle at PublicAffairs (world).nancyhechinger@yahoo.com
SCI-FI/FANTASY:
Hugo and Nebula award-winning science fiction master Greg Bear's CITY AT THE END OF TIME, which transports readers to Earth's final city at the terminus of time, where humanity fights a metaphysical disease that threatens to corrupt all of history, to Betsy Mitchell at Del Rey, by Richard Curtis of Richard Curtis Associates (NA). Foreign rights are handled by Danny Baror of Baror International.NA rights: rbernstein@randomhouse.com
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2 comments:
Years ago, I read Greg Bear' book Eon. He was billed as one of the best hard sci-fi writers and I had to agree. It was a fantastic novel that I wish they would oneday adapt into a movie. The sequel Eternity was good also, though not quite as good. Books like Bear's brought sci-fi to new heights.
Not only is Greg a fine writer, he is also a great guy, as is David Brin. Have known them both for a long time, and they're very serious about their writing and science. Brin has a blog that's both fun and interesting. Check him out at http://davidbrin.com Think you'll enjoy.
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