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R.I.P. Arthur C. Clarke
Arthur C. Clarke has died at age 90. He was the last surviving member of the “Big Three” of science fiction: Isaac Asimov and Robert A. Heinlein having gone on before. Those were names to conjur with when I was a kid, and they’re among the primary reasons I write SF today. I regret I …
Marseguro a Science Fiction Book Club selection
Googling this morning I discovered that Marseguro is listed as a selection of the Science Fiction Book Club in the U.S. (though not yet in the Canadian version), due out in a hardcover book club edition in April. I presume it will eventually show up in the Canadian SFBC, but I don’t know for sure: …
‘Tis done!
I just emailed the finished manuscript of Terra Insegura, sequel to Marseguro, to Sheila Gilbert at DAW Books. Now I wait for her reaction and notes, after which I get to rewrite the whole thing one more time! And here, for those who have been following along at home, are the final stats for the …
Marseguro gets an A from Sci-Fi Weekly!
Woo-hoo! Lois H. Gresh reviews Marseguro for Sci-Fi Weekly (the very high-profile news service of the Sci-Fi Channel in the U.S.) and gives it an A! Some excerpts: The settings are well drawn and creative… The characters possess substance, emotions and realistic motivations… Most important, the action and surprises keep coming… She concludes: Overall…the flaws …
Brief interview at Sci-Fi Wire
There’s a brief interview with me (focused on Marseguro) up at Sci-Fi Wire, the news service of the U.S.’s Sci-Fi Channel.
Science fiction architecture
Download the audio version.Get my science column weekly as a podcast. Once upon a time, I took a vocational aptitude test in high school guidance class. By that time I already had a pretty good idea I wanted to be a writer–specifically, science fiction writer–and yet, writer did not show up very high on the …
The first sentence, and the last two words, I wrote today
The first sentence I wrote today: The first thing Richard saw, as he started to climb out, was the towering cloud of dust and smoke to the east, behind the first range of mountains.The last two words I wrote today: THE END Yay! So, here’s the final tally: Total words: 109,298Final batch of words written: …
The first sentence I wrote yesterday…
The flash came first. Words yesterday: 2,680Total to date: 104,998Percentage complete (100,000/120,000): 105.0/87.5 The end is so near I can taste it, but I’m not there yet, and with other things that must be done today, I think it will be tomorrow before I finish. Oh, and I’ve gone over the 500 mark in manuscript …
The first sentence I wrote today…
The results? Death, destruction, misery on a grand scale.Words today: 2,964Total words: 102,318Percentage complete (100,000/120,000): 102.3/85.3. I think I’ve solved my problem of yesterday and, indeed, reached the climax–or at least the start of the climax (and an explosive one it is, too–literally) today. I have also, as you’ll note, achieved my contractually specified word …
The first sentence I wrote today…
Andy King looked around at the rest of his team: Justin, looking pale and in pain, but composed; Derryl, implacable as always; Annie, mouth drawn into a tight, determined line. Words today: 2,543Total words: 99,353Percentage complete (100,000/120,000): 99.4/82.8 Didn’t get my 5,000 today, mainly because I seem to, um, be having some problem reaching my …
Like, wow, man: "White Rabbit" Star Trek
Classic Trek scenes set to Jefferson Airplane’s “White Rabbit”. Jimi and Janis would both approve. (Via SF Signal.)
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