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John Scalzi posts my Big Idea essay about Terra Insegura
John Scalzi is one of the most popular SF bloggers on the Web, as well, of course, one of the most popular SF writers around. He’s also a tireless promoter of science fiction: not just his own, but everyone else’s. For several years he’s been running The Big Idea, a series of essays in which authors talk about the ideas behind their books. It’s proved so popular it will soon be its own spin-off website, but for now it’s still part of his blog, Whatever…and today he’s posted my 1,000 Big Idea essay about Terra Insegura.
Go check it out! And if you haven’t read Scalzi’s own books, you most definitely should.
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