Tag: science fiction
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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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Unboxed!
I got my box of author copies of The Ishtar Deception, so here’s a first look! The official publication date is June 2, so now is the time to make sure your local book store has it on order, and to put in your advance orders on Amazon. And as always, if you are caught,…
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Interlude: My Boskone Schedule
Instead of talking about a trip I took in the past, today I want to look at a trip in the future: my journey to the familiar Boston Westin Waterfront hotel for this year’s Boskone science fiction convention. This is the 63rd Boskone, which is kind of amazing. Among other things, that means Boskone was…
The Cambias Digression 