Shadows in the Stone

“Jack Dann’s Shadows in the Stone creates such a complete world that Italian history no longer seems comprehensible without his cosmic battle of spiritual entities behind and within every historical actor and event.” (Kim Stanley Robinson, New York Times Bestselling Author) The author of The Age #1 bestselling novel The Memory Cathedral returns to Renaissance…

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The Economy of Light

Aurealis Award finalist, Best Horror Novel, 2009 Stephen is a retired Nazi hunter, divorced yet living happily enough on his ranch on the fringe of the Amazon jungle. But when Brazilian police unearth the alleged remains of the detested Auschwitz camp doctor, Josef Mengele, Stephen’s life is immediately and traumatically transformed. At the grave site,…

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Insinuations: an Autobiography

Jack Dann, one of SF’s most versatile and esteemed novelists, short story writers, and anthologists, has led a complex and fascinating life–after surviving the brutal tensions of military school and a months-long near-death experience in a hospital’s terminal wards, he embarked on the life of an author in the full swing of the Sixties, finding…

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Dreaming in the Dark

  Winner of the 2017 World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology “Dreaming in the Dark will especially appeal to two groups of readers–those who love words themselves, and those who want an enticing sampler of work by some of Australia’s most talented working writers.” (Locus) Dreaming in the Dark, an original collection of some of…

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Concentration

“Dann is a Faulkner and a Márquez for Jews.” (Marleen Barr) JACK DANN’s groundbreaking anthologies Wandering Stars and More Wandering Stars used the tropes of science fiction, fantasy, and magical realism to ask and try to answer! what it means to be a Jew. In his new short-story collection Concentration, Dann enlists the techniques of…

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The Man Who Melted

“On my personal list of the greatest SF novels of all time (available upon request), Jack Dann’s The Man Who Melted would be right up there—a beautiful, terrifying cri du mort for humanity and an absolutely unforgettable book.(Elizabeth Hand for Science Fiction Age)” The Man Who Melted is a warning for the future. It is the Brave…

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Journal

Catching up…

February 14, 2013

I can’t believe that I haven’t posted since July, 2012, and that was for the Shirley Jackson Award win. It’s been busy, but I’m going…

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Shirley Jackson Award win…

July 25, 2012

Jack’s anthology Ghosts by Gaslight, co-edited with Nick Gevers, has just won the 2011 Shirley Jackson Award for best edited anthology. For more information on…

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Shirley Jackson Award Interview…

June 26, 2012

Charles Tan interviewed Jack and Nick Gevers on behalf of the Shirley Jackson Awards. Jack and Nick’s anthology Ghosts by Gaslight has been shortlisted for…

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"The Island of Time"

June 18, 2012

A Gene Wolfe tribute anthology tentatively titled Tales from the New Sun will include Jack’s story “The Island of Time,” which was commissioned for the…

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2012 Aussie Snapshot: Jack Dann

June 7, 2012

David McDonald has interviewed Jack as part of the 2012 Spec Fic Snapshot. The interview can be found at http://www.davidmcdonaldspage.com/2012/06/2012-aussie-snapshot-jack-dann/

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Jack at Continuum 8

June 7, 2012

Jack will be at the Australian Natcon (Continuum 8) in Melbourne this weekend, which is being held at Rydges on Swanston (701 Swanston Street, Carlton)….

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