The Cambias Digression

Notes and thoughts on everything from what I had for breakfast to the fate of the Universe.

  • A Feather in My Cap

    In between stops on the Great Summer 2015 Tor Books Rental Car Rally and Literary Cavalcade of Stars I managed to work in a brief interview for the fan web site Nerds of a Feather Flock Together (thanks to the magic of the Internet). You can read said interview here.

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  • Tors Tour To Towne

    Tomorrow, July 22, the Rootin' Tootin' Tor Books Four-Author All-Singing, All-Dancing Book Tour and Menagerie of Savage Carnivores arrives at Towne Book Center in Collegeville Pennsylvania for an evening of readings, signing, and discussion. The show starts at 7:00 p.m. at 220 Plaza Drive in Collegeville, moderated by Chris Urie of the Geekadelphia 'blog. We…

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  • The Stamford Incident

    On July 20, the four authors of the Tor Books Summer 2015 Literary Stampede will arrive in the dusty town of Stamford, in the far western reaches of Connecticut. There, at 7:00 p.m. we will appear at the Ferguson Library (One Public Library Plaza) for readings, signings, and farewells. That's right: this is our LAST…

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  • A Mystic Experience

    Tomorrow the Tor Books Summer 2015 Quad-Author Mobile Quilting Bee and Hog-Calling Rodeo arrives at Mystic, Connecticut for an appearance at Bank Square Books. Join me, Brian, Max, and Elizabeth at 53 West Main Street in mystic Mystic at 1:00 p.m. for readin', signin', and general hootin' and hollerin'. Apostrophes optional.

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  • The Simsbury Massacre!

    On Saturday, July 18, at 1:00 p.m. the Tor Books Summer 2015 Author Tour and Steel Cage Masked Wrestling Hoedown arrives at the Simsbury Public Library, 725 Hopmeadow Street, in Simsbury, Connecticut. Brian, Elizabeth, Max, and I will read from our works, sign books, answer questions, and take on all comers luchador style, with no…

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  • The Odyssey Continues . . .

    . . . at Odyssey Bookshop in South Hadley, Massachusetts, on July 17 at 7:00 p.m. Elizabeth Bear, myself, Max Gladstone, and Brian Staveley will be reading from our books, signing copies, and generally being literary and fantastickal. If I had sold Darkling Sea back in 2002 or so, this would be the easiest possible tour…

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  • It’s PANDEMONIUM!!

    The Tor Books Summer 2015 Multi-Author Tour & Custom Car Demolition Derby continues July 16 with an exhibition game of the Pathfinder roleplaying system, at Pandemonium Books and Games in sunny Cambridge, Massachusetts. SEE! Four fantasy and science fiction writers revert to being fourteen-year-old geeks in somebody's basement rec room as they sit down at…

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  • It Begins . . .

    The Big Summer Book Tour-a-Palooza-o-Rama kicks off at 7:00 p.m. this coming Tuesday, July 14 (Bastille Day, for Francophiles) at the Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge, Massachusetts. We'll be having a book launch party for Max Gladstone's new novel Last First Snow, along with readings and book signings by Elizabeth Bear, Brian…

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  • The Big 2015 Summer Book Tour!

    I haven't been talking much about promotional events for Corsair, but that's about to change. Apparently the three-author road show I did with Ramona Wheeler and Brian Staveley back in the winter of 2014 was enough of a success that Tor Books's publicity department has arranged a bigger and more elaborate version this year. Four…

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  • Space Battle Music

    When I learned that James Horner had died, I felt as sad as if it was one of my friends. Mr. Horner and I never met, but I have enjoyed his work ever since I became aware that someone had to create the music behind my favorite movies. It is literally true that on more…

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