…that this pans out: “A compound that prevents and reverses Alzheimer’s disease in lab mice is starting early drug safety trials in humans.”
Another Lost in Translation blurb
I received another very nice blurb today for the cover of the DAW paperback of my novel Lost in Translation coming out this October: In Ed Willett’s universe, greed and intrigue aren’t unique to humankind, and humans and S’sinn aliens are the stuff of each others’ nightmares. One human and one S’sinn, called to translate …
My daughter the poet
I’m Very Glad That I’m A Leaf I’m very glad that I’m a leaf.I flutter and I fly,And when I have to go awayI never say goodbye. –Alice Willett, not-quite 5 P.S. A note from the author: “That last bit is kind of sad.”
Photo of the Day: Wet Street
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The art of science
The amazing winners of the 2996 Art of Science Competition at Princeton University are now online. Enjoy!
Record meteorite hit Norway Wednesday
Just a little one, only equivalent in force to the Hiroshima bomb. UPDATE: Here’s a follow-up post.
Better him than me
From Wired:“Brian Walker plans to shoot himself nearly 20 miles into the air aboard a homemade rocket launched from what could be the world’s largest crossbow.” He thinks it could start a whole new sport of extreme skydiving. Personally, I think I’ll just watch.
Typing BONJOUR is no big deal…
…unless you do it without touching the keyboard.
And while we’re on the topic of the upcoming paperback of Lost in Translation…
…Robert J. Sawyer has provided a blurb for the cover: “This book has it all: great aliens, brilliant world-building, a breakneck plot, and a message that resonates with our times. Edward Willett has arrived, and SF is the richer for it.” — Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Award-winning author of Hominids Hard to ask for anything …
And the cover artist for the paperback of my novel Lost in Translation is…
…Steve Stone. I couldn’t be happier. I love his work. I’m told I’ll see a cover proof (and page proofs) in the next week or two. I can’t wait to see what he’s come up with! The link above goes to his portfolio on his representative’s website, by the way; Steve Stone’s home website is …
Photo of the Day: Moon (and Jupiter) over Regina
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This should annoy all the right people
J.K. Rowling has been voted the greatest living British author. Better yet, Terry Pratchett came second. I would have put Pratchett first, but two fantasy authors leading the pack? I’ll take it.
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