Category: Books
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I Have Joined the Pod People
I have left the silent era and entered the world of podcasting. Rob Wolf interviewed me for his New Books in Science Fiction and Fantasy podcast. You can go here to listen to me talk about A Darkling Sea, Aztecs, why roleplaying games are different from novels, Bone Wars, my obsession with getting stuff right,…
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Congratulations Hugo Winners
Congratulations to the winners of the 2014 Hugo awards, and to all the nominees. The winners: Best Novel: Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie Best Novella: "Equoid" by Charles Stross Best Novelette: "The Lady Astronaut of Mars" by Mary Kowal Best Short Story: "The Water That Falls on You From Nowhere" by John Chu Best Related Work: We Have Always…
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Double-Barrelled Short Fiction!
It has been quite a while since I've published any short fiction, but now I have two stories coming out back to back. In September the valiant War Stories anthology from Apex Books hits the beaches, and my story "Contractual Obligation" will be in the first wave. The operation is led by tactical masterminds Jaym…
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A Darkling Alumni Magazine
The University of Chicago magazine Web site has the transcript of an interview with me about A Darkling Sea. Enjoy!
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No Royal Road
On May 19 the staff of the Tilton Library in Deerfield were kind enough to host me for a reading and brief lecture about my novel A Darkling Sea and my forthcoming book Corsair. If you were at the library, you can probably skip the rest of this 'blog post, but if you're among the…
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My Northwest Passage
Inhabitants of the upper-left part of the United States (the place where the return address goes) can see me in person, hear me read from A Darkling Sea, and get some books signed next week. There are two stops on this mini-tour: Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing, in Beaverton, Oregon, on May 13 at 7…
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On the Verge of Great Events
Most of us remember history as a series of Big Events: wars, revolutions, inventions, disasters, and so forth. (Historians in recent decades have done an immense amount of really amazing work studying day-to-day life in the past, but nobody seems to pay much attention to them aside from other historians.) The trouble with Big Events…
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A Video Review and an Interview
Here's a nifty video review of Darkling Sea, courtesy of SFReviews.net. And if watching videos isn't what you want to do today, here's a print interview at Space Review.
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Congratulations, Brian!
Now that he's made the announcement on his own 'blog, I guess the secret's out: The Emperor's Blades is coming to HBO! Congratulations to Brian Staveley — you're in the big leagues now, Brian! Gonna have to get yourself a beard and one of those Greek fisherman hats! Watch the interview with Brian here.
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The Show Goes On!
The Book Event at Towne Book Center in Collegeville, Pennsylvania is set for this Saturday, April 5, at 3 p.m. Originally scheduled for early February, this Event had to get moved because of heavy snow. But now that the weather has improved from Utterly Horrid to Merely Unpleasant, the Event is back on! Come see…
The Cambias Digression 