Category: Books
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Corsair Gets Bit!
The lovely and talented Fran Wilde invited me to contribute a recipe and some book discussion to her "Book Bites" blog. I picked Flamenco Eggs and mused about which character from Corsair would be most likely to make it. Read the whole thing here.
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Bloggers Join the Pirate Crew
A couple of heavyweight science fiction book blogs have put up reviews and interviews about Corsair. Here's The Qwillery's take, and here's My Bookish Ways. Both of them liked the book, so they're now honorary members of my space pirate crew, with the right to say "Arr!" at space resource development projects.
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More Big News
If the launch of Corsair isn't enough, this week I was pleased and honored to learn that A Darkling Sea is one of the finalists for this year's Locus Awards in the category of Best First Novel. I guess that means I'll be taking a trip to Seattle in June. (Locus, founded by the late Charles…
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LIFTOFF!
The Space Pirate is launched! Corsair is now available — and I'm proud to report that the good people of the mighty Amazon have named it one of the Best Books of May 2015. Captain Black the Space Pirate says check it out.
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T Minus 24 Hours!
The countdown clock is running and Corsair is on the launch pad. The official publication date is tomorrow. You can get it in hardcover, ebook, or audio book format. Whichever version you choose, you get an exciting and funny tale of piracy in space, all scientifically plausible. As a proper pirate story, it has buried…
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It’s Science!
Chad Orzel has a neat article up at Forbes on science in science fiction. I'd be lying if I didn't admit I'm linking it because he has some kind words for A Darkling Sea.
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Avast! Ahoy! Arr!
Captain Black the Space Pirate is putting up recruiting posters because my Corsair is ready to sail! I just got my first author copy of the hardback and it looks great. The cover is all swirly outer-spacey, but inside the book is pure pirate adventure. The designer at Tor Books did something very clever by…
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Congratulations 2015 Hugo Nominees!
As I do every year (when I remember), I'd like to congratulate the 2015 nominees for the Hugo Awards. I'd be a liar if I said I didn't wish my own name was among them. The winners will be announced at the World Science Fiction Convention in Spokane, Washington. Congratulations, everyone! Best Novel Ancillary Sword by…
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Award Nomination!
No, not that one. This one: the Compton Crook Award for best first novel, bestowed by the Baltimore Science Fiction Society at their annual convention Balticon. As one can see by the list of past winners, this is definitely an award of which it is true that it's an honor just to be nominated. My…
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What’s That I Hear?
It's barely audible . . . or rather, it's barely Audible.com. The audiobook version of Corsair is ready for pre-order. I've been in touch with Victor Bevine (the narrator) so I know recording is finished. I was very impressed with how careful Mr. Bevine was to check with me about how to pronounce some of…
The Cambias Digression 