I received the PDF page proofs of one of my upcoming children’s non-fiction books, The Bounty Mutiny: From the Court Case to the Movie, from Enslow today. That’s the title page. It’s part of a series called Famous Court Cases That Became Movies–among the others in the series are books dealing with the Amistad mutiny …
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Hugo Awards final ballot released
The Hugo and John W. Campbell Best New Writer final ballot has been announced. Alas, Marseguro is not on it. (I and everyone else would have been shocked if it had been!) What I find most interesting about it is that three of the Best Novel nominees are young adult books: Cory Doctorow’s Little Brother, …
What I’ve Just Read: You Don’t Scare Me
You Don’t Scare Me, a supernatural thriller by John Farris, was one of the free books I picked up at this year’s World Fantasy Convention in Calgary, and I had high hopes for it. After all, the cover blurb calls Farris is “A legend among thriller novelists,” and that’s according to Dean Koontz, who is …
What I’ve Just Read: Queste
Actually, I finished this a couple of weeks ago–I’ve just been slow blogging about. Maybe because I don’t have much to say. If you liked the previous Septimus Heap books by Angie Sage, I’m sure you’ll like this one. If you haven’t read them, there’s not much point in reading this one. I’ve enjoyed them …
Title page of my next children’s non-fiction book
Just got the PDF of the rough layout of what will probably* be my next-published children’s non-fiction book, Disease-Hunting Scientist: Careers Hunting Deadly Diseases–that’s the title page at left. It’s part of a series from Enslow Publishers called Wild Science Careers. It’s been interesting to work on, since I got to interview several scientists who …
Terra Insegura description appears on Amazon
I note that the product description has appeared on Amazon for Terra Insegura. Here’s how the publisher has described it (slight spoiler alert if you haven’t read Marseguro!): From the author of Marseguro—The BATTLE FOR SURVIVAL returns to earthMarseguro, a water world far from Earth, is home to a colony of humans and the Selkies, …
What I’ve Just Read: Dragonhaven
You’d think, after all these years, that there’d be nothing new to say about dragons (just like there is very little new to say about vampires), but Robin McKinley proves that wrong with Dragonhaven, originally published in hardcover by G.P. Putnam but now out in paperback from Ace. This was one of the books included …
Marseguro among L.E. Modesitt Jr.’s list of favorite books of 2008
Just found that over at Fantasy Book Critic, where they’ve asked a number of authors to talk about the year past and the year to come, L.E. Modesitt Jr. has listed Marseguro among his 2008 favorites (and thanks to Janet for spotting this for me). Modesitt writes (and, sigh, drops the last T on Willett, …
A book reviewers’ linkup meme
John at the SF book review site Grasping for Wind posts: My list of fantasy and sf book reviewers is woefully out of date. I need your help to fix that. But rather than go through the hassle of having you send me recommendations or sticking them in comments, what you can do is take …
What I’ve Just Read: Off Armageddon Reef
I’m a big David Weber fan (and had a chance to meet him and be on a panel with him at ConVersion in Calgary a couple of years ago)…or perhaps it would be more accurate to say I’m a big Honor Harrington fan, since nothing else he’s written has captured my interest as much as …
Pre-order Terra Insegura now!
The pre-ordering link is up at Amazon for Terra Insegura, due out May 5–you know, if you just can’t wait: A print-out of a confirmation of your pre-order from Amazon would make a great Christmas gift! Wouldn’t it?
What I Just Read: Bone Song
Bone Song by John Meaney was one of the books included in the bag-o’-free-books handed me at World Fantasy Convention. I liked the cover and the premise sounded interesting, so I decided to give it a shot. I’m glad I did. It’s an interesting mixture of police procedural and gothic horror, with a pretty straightforward …