Category: Books
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Wow
A Darkling Sea has even reached the newly-Bezosicated pages of the Washington Post. No word about whether the reporter had to meet with secretive crustacean informants in some dingy parking garage. Read the review here.
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Guest Blog Round-Up!
As part of the process of letting readers know about my new book, I've been doing a lot of guest blogging. It's been fun, and I trust the 'blog-reading public aren't getting sick of hearing from me. Here's my 'blog tour, so far: For the Tor/Forge 'blog I wrote about building Ilmatar. For Lawrence Schoen's…
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On the Road, Week 2
The A Darkling Sea book tour continues! I and my two colleagues Brian Staveley and Ramona Wheeler will be reading, answering questions, and signing books at the following locations. Tuesday, February 11, 7 p.m.: RiverRun Bookstore, Portsmouth NH. Thursday, February 13, 7 p.m.: Harvard Coop Bookstore, Cambridge MA. Friday, February 14, 7 p.m.: I'll be…
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On the Road, Week 1
UPDATE: The Towne Book Center signing in Collegeville PA has been cancelled due to snow. I'll let everyone know when it's rescheduled. Now that A Darkling Sea is in stores, I'm hitting the road to promote it. Tor Books has put together a little traveling carnival, consisting of me, fantasy author Brian Staveley (The Emperor's Blades),…
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Darkling Sea Review Roundup!
A Darkling Sea is in the stores, on the shelves — and in the clutches of reviewers. They have been quite positive, though. We've already heard from the Big Three, but now various bloggers and free-lance critics are weighing in. Annalee Newitz gave it a favorable review on NPR. SF Crowsnest has a nice writeup…
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A New Blog
The United Nations Interstellar Cooperation Agency has a new blog devoted to their Ilmatar interstellar mission. Check it out here. There's also a link to a site with some cool HENRI KERLEREC merchandise.
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How to Authorify, Part 2
A Darkling Sea sat on my disk drive until 2012, when two things happened. The first was that David Hartwell invited me to his Hard SF Minicon in Westport, New York — chronicled here. That was a very entertaining weekend and gave me the opportunity to meet Gregory Benford in person. Mr. Benford apparently enjoyed…
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Three Thumbs Up
Rounding out the trifecta with Publisher's Weekly and Kirkus Reviews, now Booklist also gives A Darkling Sea a starred review in their December 15 issue. Apparently 2014 is going to be the year of big eyeless lobster-like aliens in literature. Get on the bandwagon now and start writing your erotic Darkling Sea fan fiction!
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Read an Excerpt From A Darkling Sea
If you want to see what all the fuss is about, the Tor.com Web site has an excerpt from my forthcoming novel A Darkling Sea. (Inside joke for SF people: now I know how to sell a story to Tor.com. Write it as part of a novel, and sell the novel to Tor.)
The Cambias Digression 