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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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Morons With Bullhorns
A few days ago John Scalzi put up this blog post, commenting (in the usual tail-chasing fashion of the Internet) on someone else's Twitter comment about yet a third person's magazine article — all wrestling with the question of whether writers should or should not try to be apolitical. John says no. I disagree with…
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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…
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Congratulations Nebula Nominees!
Congratulations to this year's Nebula Award nominees. The final winners will be announced June 6 in Chicago, after a series of bloody, last-man-standing battles with knives and bricks. Or maybe voting. Anyway, congratulations to: Novel The Goblin Emperor, Katherine Addison (Tor) Trial by Fire, Charles E. Gannon (Baen) Ancillary Sword, Ann Leckie (Orbit US; Orbit…
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High Stakes Boredom
One thing which has begun to bother me about a lot of recent science fiction and action films is that they always go straight to putting the whole world in peril. In Guardians of the Galaxy the climax is an attempt by the villain to destroy the Good Guy Planet. In Interstellar the hero is…
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