Note: I originally posted this in October 2014, when my novella Love and Death in the City of Bone had a different title. Happy Halloween, everyone. If you’re looking for a good book to curl up with by the fire on a chilly evening, Love and Death in the City of Bone has been out […]
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Long article about Elon Musk at Aeon. Musk, along with Peter Thiel, is one of the few modern capitalists who resembles the Heinlein hero D.D.Harriman (or one of Ayn Rand’s late-career male lead characters): an innovator who wants to remake the world of possibilities, expand the pie for everyone, and grab a big slice of
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I’m pleased to let you know that I have a new science fiction short novel coming out on September 25, 2014. It’s got intrigue, a love story, and an homage to Lawrence Durrell’s tetralogy The Alexandria Quartet, all wrapped up in my distinctive flavor of sf speculation. You can preorder the ebook now or buy
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I’m flattered to have such incredible fans of Operation Iago, the Confederated Worlds series, and all my science fiction stories and novels. That’s why I want to offer you a little something extra. Some of you reading Operation Iago have already reached chapter 2. If that’s you, you might recognize the image below the fold.
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Operation Iago (The Confederated Worlds, Book 2) has been out four weeks now. If you haven’t picked it up yet, its focus is an exciting story about a likable character struggling to grow as both a leader and a man. But one of the joys of reading science fiction is the chance to explore strange
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Quick note: this blog post may look familiar to my mailing list subscribers. It was one of those exclusive, pre-release bonuses my mailing list subscribers received almost three weeks ago, and almost a week before Operation Iago became available. You can get similar bonus content about my next books by subscribing now. Scroll down on
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Thanks to Emily at E.M. Tippetts Books Designs, I’m giving away signed paperback editions of the first two Confederated Worlds novels, Take the Shilling and Operation Iago. You can find the giveaway at this link. Signing up for my mailing list will give you the most chances to win. You can also enter directly from
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Since my last post on religion and space settlement, a number of people have asked me which of my books touch on those subjects. Time to gather those responses in one place. Desmond Park, the protagonist of New California, invents a religious-like movement, the “TranscenDNA Society,” which promises liberation from some of the urges built
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I’ll be attending Detcon1, this year’s NASFiC, next Thursday and Friday, July 17-18. (Yes, July 17 will be a busy day for me). Here’s my schedule. Hope to see you! Thursday, 17 July 5pm Reading: Daniel/Eich/Thyer Joliet A Tracks: Literature Types: Reading Raymund Eich, Matthew Alan Thyer, Tony Daniel Tony Daniel, Raymund Eich, and Matthew
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After numerous posts, in our speculations about the Fermi paradox, we’ve now reached an analysis of the final term in the Drake equation, L, the average lifespan of high-tech civilizations. If you thought putting a value on f_c, the likelihood of an intelligent civilization developing a high enough technology to make its existence known across
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