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Thursday, February 18th, 2010
I meant to post this earlier, like, two months ago, when it happened. But I always get distracted. In any case, yes, TIME Magazine named THE WINDUP GIRL as one of the top ten fiction books of the year. Not just science fiction, mind, but fiction, generally. Which feels pretty ...
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Monday, February 1st, 2010
Tobias Buckell talks about the economics of ebooks in the post: Why my Books are no longer for sale via Amazon.
Charles Stross describes some strategic aspects in the fight. Amazon, Macmillan: an outsider's guide to the fight
And Scott Westerfeld sums up the battle in clean clear prose, so anyone can ...
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Saturday, January 30th, 2010
With Amazon blocking Kindle editions of all Macmillan books, particularly my friends who are Tor authors, I'd like to log a couple thoughts about ebooks.
First, some blatant pimpage: The Windup Girl is available for $6, DRM-free, at Webscriptions.net. http://www.webscription.net/p-1121-the-windup-girl.aspx. If you're into ebooks, it's pretty much the best deal ...
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Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
The reviews on The Windup Girl have been astonishingly good. Here's the roundup, with links to the originals:
Publishers Weekly: (Starred Review) “Complex, literate and intensely felt tale, which recalls both William Gibson and Ian McDonald at their very best… clearly one of the finest science fiction novels of the ...
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Monday, August 24th, 2009
Meant to post this ages ago, but it's been a crazy summer. Pump Six and Other Stories picked up a Locus Award for Best Collection, and its title story "Pump Six" won for best novelette. Here two are, flanking the book:
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Friday, July 10th, 2009
Here's the cover, grabbed fresh and hot from Night Shade Books' website:
Secret sources within the company hint that the book may even be available at Worldcon in Montreal less than a month from now.
Am I excited? Yes I am.
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Friday, July 3rd, 2009
I'm blown away by the cover art that's come in for The Windup Girl. Hats off to Night Shade Books, and Raphael Lacoste, the artist.
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Can't wait for the September release.
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Friday, March 20th, 2009
I've just been nominated for the Hugo Award for my novelette "The Gambler."
I want to thank everyone who voted for the story, and also Lou Anders over at Pyr Books who leaned on me to sit down and write the thing when I wasn't sure I had a ...
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Tuesday, January 27th, 2009
On Saturday, February 7th at 6:30pm, (that's just a week and a half away), I'll be doing a reading and book signing at DreamHaven Books in Minneapolis. I give pretty good read, so it should be a fun time.
Here's the location info on DreamHaven Books, taken from their ...
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Tuesday, January 27th, 2009
Mercury found in high fructose corn syrup. Which is found in basically every packaged product in the grocery store.
Just another example of what happens when you treat your food like an industrial supply chain.
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