That’s how Michael H. Payne sums up Marseguro and Terra Insegura. About the latter, he specifically has this to say: This one has a few more “snags” than the first book–some places where the plot machinery creaked a bit and where the characters acted to further the story rather than in a way anyone in …
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Good review of Terra Insegura at SF Scope
There’s a very nice review of Terra Insegura by Ian Randal Strock at SF Scope. It begins: A little bleaker, a little less “gosh-wow” sensawunda (due to familiarity), a lot closer to home, Terra Insegura is the perfect balance to Marseguro: you’ve got to read this one if you read the first. It does stand …
Final book giveaway winners selected–and a new offer for reviewers!
And (drum roll, please!) we have our winners in the final week of Terra Insegura/Marseguro giveaway draws for the month of May, to celebrate the release of Terra Insegura. The winner of a signed copy of Terra Insegura this week is Willis Couvillier of Reno, Nevada, and the winner of the signed copy of Marseguro is …
McNally Robinson posts an interview with me
Chadwick Ginther of McNally Robinson Booksellers (an independent chain with stores in Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Toronto and New York) has just posted a lengthy online interview with me on the company’s website. Here’s how it begins: CG: You’ve written a wide variety of works: SF, YA, Fantasy, as well as non-fiction for adults and children. Where …
I’m signing at Chapters in Regina today
Come down to the Chapters by the Southland Mall in Regina today from 2 to 4 p.m.; I’ll be signing Terra Insegura (and Marseguro, too, probably). Also, I could use the company. It’s a very odd thing sitting at a table in a bookstore signing books. The looks you get range from the curious to …
Book giveaways Week 2: two more winners! Enter now for Week 3…
The draw is done, and we have the winners of the second week of my month-long series of book giveaways to promote the release of Terra Insegura. I don’t have mailing addresses yet, so I can’t tell you where they hail from, but the copy of Terra Insegura was won by Tom Barclay, and the copy …
Book giveaways Week 1: we have a winner! Now enter for Week 2.
The first week of my month-long series of book giveaways to promote the release of my new science fiction novel Terra Insegura (have I mentioned I have a new novel out? I have? Well, what do you know!) has passed, and we have two winners! Michael Carter, who lives in British Columbia, has won the …
“A pretty good space adventure”
That’s Don D’Ammassa’s take on Terra Insegura, which while not the unadulterated rave that is all any author wants to see in every review, isn’t so bad coming from someone who was pretty lukewarm toward Marseguro. D’Ammassa also thinks my characters are too tense, to which I guess I’d say, hey, they’ve got plenty to …
Is this the ancestor of my Marseguro killerbot?
This proposed underwater robot with a sense of touch looks scarily like what I imagined the Selkie-tracking “killerbots” of Marseguro to be. Mine had tentacles rather than articulated arms, but still: Oh, and for comparison’s sake, here’s how cover artist Steve Stone pictured the killerbot:
A month of Terra Insegura/Marseguro give-aways begins today!
Tomorrow’s the big day when Terra Insegura officially hits bookstore shelves, and so, with great fanfare, I announce the Great Terra Insegura Book Give-Away Contest, twin to the very successful Marseguro give-away I ran when that book came out–except with one great exception: this time, I’m giving books to two people every week for the next month. Here’s how it …
Marseguro is an Aurora Award finalist!
I’ve known for a while, so I’m thrilled to finally be able to formally announce that Marseguro is among the finalists for an Aurora Award in the category of Best Long-Form Work in English. The Auroras recognize Canadian science fiction and fantasy artwork, writing, and fan activities. Nominated for and voted on by fans, they’re …
No third Marseguro book
Disappointing news from my agent yesterday: DAW has decided it doesn’t want a third book in the Marseguro series, thereby making a liar out of the Science Fiction Book Club, which announced Marseguro as the first book “in a gripping new trilogy“! Fortunately, Terra Insegura does not end with the kind of obvious sequel tag …