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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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Armadillocon 2014 A.D.!
The Armadillocon 36 committee very kindly invited me to be a participant in this year's convention, so I accepted. My talented wife and I decided to make a weekend mini-vacation of it, and flew to Austin on Friday. The City Austin surprised me. Last time I was there was in the early 1990s, when Austin…
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Armadillocon, Featuring ME!!
This coming weekend I will be a guest at Armadillocon 36, in charming Austin, Texas. If you happen to be deep in the heart of Texas this weekend, come by. Here's what I'll be doing. Friday, July 25 4-5 p.m.: Cool Locations Which Haven't Been Used — A panel discussion; the title pretty much says it…
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First Impressions of Fifth Edition
Wizards of the Coast is rolling out their latest edition of the venerable Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game this summer. This isn't just a new version of the game, though; the designers' stated goal was to create a version of D&D which would reunite the game's fan base, and bring back into the fold all…
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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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Invoco Legem Magicarum!
. . . as Mandrake the Magician used to say. Kinetic fantasy author Max Gladstone wrote an interesting post about "Magic Systems and the Wizardsroman" on his own blog. He's interested in the connections between story and How Magic Works (that is, how the fictional magic operates within a fantasy story), and it started me…
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