Tag: James Cambias

• A Major Leak!

  Somehow the agents of the Lunar Republic have gotten their hands on an off-the-record interview with Sabbath Okada and made it public! A Deimos agent reveals key details about his training and activities. Read it here before Deimos hits the server with an RKV.

  jamescambias

  June 12, 2026

  Books, Weblogs

  Baen Books, hard science fiction, James Cambias, science fiction, spy stories, the billion worlds

• Ishtar Deception: The Movie

  No, Hollywood hasn’t come calling (yet). But the Campaign for the American Reader’s “My Book: The Movie” blog has a post up featuring my thoughts on who I’d cast as various characters in The Ishtar Deception. Read it here.

  jamescambias

  June 2, 2026

  Books, Film, Weblogs

  Baen Books, hard science fiction, James Cambias, Movies, science fiction, spy novels, The Ishtar Deception, venus

• The Ishtar Deception Faces Its First Test

  “The Page 69 Test” is a blog, part of the “Campaign for the American Reader” family of Web sites. Its specific focus is on whether Page 69 of a book gives the reader a good idea of what the rest of the volume is like. (It’s based on a quote from Marshall McLuhan.) You can…

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  May 29, 2026

  Books, Weblogs

  Baen Books, Books, Cambias, hard science fiction, James Cambias, James L. Cambias, science fiction, spy novels, terraforming, The Ishtar Deception, venus