Angry Robot ™ is a new global publishing imprint from the rather wonderful HarperCollins. Our mission, quite simply, is to publish the best in brand new genre fiction – SF, F and WTF?!

Traditional SF and fantasy has been ploughing an entertaining furrow for many decades, but to our way of thinking much of it is missing a trick. To the new generations of readers reared on Dr Who and Battlestar Galactica, graphic novels and Gears of War 2, old school can mean staid, stuck in a rut. “Crossover” is increasingly the way forward and you’ll find plenty of it here, without batting an eyelid. New heroes and new settings, or maybe just reinventing the wheel, we’re not fussed – if there’s an energy in a book that gets us jumping up and down, we’re all over it.

We know many readers are madly passionate about their genres. Angry Robot is too. If anything, we’re too passionate. We are fans, given at any moment to break into a lengthy harangue about why book X is a lost classic or author Y really should give it up already. The sheer joy, though, of being able to jump onto a table (only sometimes metaphorically) and tell the world about how great a chosen writer or novel is, is what drives Angry Robot.

Our 'expert voice' Maxim Jakubowski on Angry Robot...

"Angry Robot represents a new business model for SF, fantasy & horror publishing, with its initial titles appearing almost simultaneously worldwide in the English language, and in an innovative diversity of formats, ranging from standard paperbacks, to limited editions, ebooks, downloads, POD and every web 2.0 medium available, ably supported by viral marketing, blogs, a heavily interactive website.

It's an ambitious project to say the least but the sheer enthusiasm and energy behind the list, which aims to catch in its widespread net a new generation of readers brought up on SF in the media, unlike more traditional lists.

The first two titles are certainly idiosyncratic and powerful page turners, and could well harvest a whole new generation of readers.

Maybe this angry robot will take over the SF world?"

To find out more visit the Angry Robot website by clicking here.