Pyr Books. Have you read any?

Nateskate · Jan 20, 2011

I'm not sure why I haven't given them much thought. I notice that they have killer artwork on their covers. I seem to lean towards authors in bigger houses by nature.

Has anyone read any of their books? Are they as good as they look?

Anyone here ever work with them? They look like a nice mid-sized pub.

Just curious.

CScottMorris · Jan 20, 2011

The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie comes to mind. Book one of The First Law(?)
I highly recommend this book. Nicely written, with sympathetic and interesting, fully developed characters.
I've enjoyed several PYR books. They are on my short list of dream publishers, but I still need an agent(yes PYR takes un-agented subs, I've subbed Rene Sears once and have been rejected).

thothguard51 · Jan 20, 2011

Rene is fair...

Kitty Pryde · Jan 20, 2011

Yep, I'm a big fan of Ian McDonald, and I've read three of his books from Pyr. They were amazing.

Nateskate · Jan 20, 2011

CScottMorris said:
The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie comes to mind. Book one of The First Law(?)
I highly recommend this book. Nicely written, with sympathetic and interesting, fully developed characters.
I've enjoyed several PYR books. They are on my short list of dream publishers, but I still need an agent(yes PYR takes un-agented subs, I've subbed Rene Sears once and have been rejected).

Smiles. Ah...dreams publishers. Close my eyes and...

I think I'll check out Abercrombie's writing. He's one I've never read yet.

Nateskate · Jan 20, 2011

Kitty Pryde said:
Yep, I'm a big fan of Ian McDonald, and I've read three of his books from Pyr. They were amazing.

I've seen some reviews of their books. It sounds like they have some very good authors in their house. I'll have to look into Ian McDonald also.

Filigree · Jan 20, 2011

Pyr has a very good reputation. A small house, but I see their books in a lot of shops. They're one of the places I'm considering if I cannot get an agent.

Filigree

Anne Lyle · Jan 20, 2011

Technically, no - they're a US house and I only buy imports if I can't get a title locally. But I've read "The Sword of Albion" by Mark Chadbourn, published by Pyr as "The Silver Skull". I thought it was pretty damned good, but then a) I'm a sucker for anything Elizabethan and b) Mark is an experienced novelist and scriptwriter (and an all-round cool bloke as well!).

I've heard a lot of good things about Pyr's head honcho, Lou Anders, as well. I think mid-sized houses are well placed to take publishing forward into the 21st century, having more clout than the small presses and more flexibility to react to changing technology than the megacorp behemoths.

waylander · Jan 20, 2011

Nateskate said:
Smiles. Ah...dreams publishers. Close my eyes and...

I think I'll check out Abercrombie's writing. He's one I've never read yet.

Abercrombie is excellent if you like dark, cynical and gritty

Mr Flibble · Jan 20, 2011

Technically, no - they're a US house and I only buy imports if I can't get a title locally.

Some of them (Abercrombie included) came out in the UK first (Gollancz picked up Abercrombie for ex.), but were printed/distributed by Pyr in the US.

Nateskate · Jan 20, 2011

IdiotsRUs said:
Some of them (Abercrombie included) came out in the UK first (Gollancz picked up Abercrombie for ex.), but were printed/distributed by Pyr in the US.

I think it's pretty smart for a young house to look for established foriegn authors. It's someone unsigned in the U.S with a track record.

Anne Lyle · Jan 20, 2011

Nateskate said:
I think it's pretty smart for a young house to look for established foriegn authors. It's someone unsigned in the U.S with a track record.

And it makes a nice change from already-published US authors filling up the publishing schedules of UK houses

Nateskate · Jan 21, 2011

Anne Lyle said:
And it makes a nice change from already-published US authors filling up the publishing schedules of UK houses

Laughs. U.K- here I come!!!!

Pyr Books. Have you read any?

Nateskate

CScottMorris

On a coffee fueled writing spree!

thothguard51

A Gentleman of a refined age...

Kitty Pryde

i luv you giant bear statue

Nateskate

Nateskate

Filigree

Mildly Disturbing

Anne Lyle

Fantastic historian

waylander

Who's going for a beer?

Mr Flibble

They've been very bad, Mr Flibble

Nateskate

Anne Lyle

Fantastic historian

Nateskate