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Nebula reading

Beginning my annual push to read Nebula-nominated fiction before the voting deadline.

I've already read four of the six novellas, one of them because I thought it was likely to end up on the ballot, the rest by fortunate happenstance. (Two were excellent: Mammoths at the Gates and Thornhedge). I plan to read the remaining two novellas first, then move onto the short stories....

Favorite February Reads

It's the end of February so I thought I'd post my favorite books that I read this month.....

Paladin's Faith by T. Kingfisher. Very good. Paladin beserkers with a side of romance. (I loved Shane!) Fourth in the Saint of Steel series.

Steven Brust's Tsalmoth, latest installment in the excellent Vlad Taltos sequence. This one is set early on in the series, but gains weight if you know what's ahead.

Freya Marske's A Marvellous Light, a beautiful period fantasy with an utterly beguiling male-male romance.

Zoom reading/interview - 2/6/2024

Tomorrow, February 6, I'm doing a Zoom reading/interview hosted by Space Cowboy Books. Please come! It's free, but you do need to sign up in advance at Eventbrite.

That link again: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/online-r...

What Giants Read

My poem What Giants Read has just been published in Strange Horizons, my sixth appearance there. This is the sixteenth of my What-Thing(s)-Read sequence to be published!

Sahtu Press Interview

Bryan Thao Worra interviewed me for Sahtu Press. The interview covers how I became a writer, some of my literary inspirations, and much more.

Radon Journal interview

If you'd like a little more background on How to Navigate Our Universe, plus my thoughts on Pittsburgh, Le Guin’s The Dispossessed, Picard, and more, you can read my interview at Radon Journal.

Speculative Fiction Showcase interview

For anyone wanting to know how I ended up writing astronomy poetry and epic fantasy, answers may be found in Jessica Rydill's interview at Speculative Fiction Showcase.

Reading - Space Cowboy Books - 2/6/2024

Advance notice that I'll be doing a Zoom reading and interview hosted by Space Cowboy Books on February 6th, 2024. You can register for the event -- which is free to attend -- at Eventbrite.

All welcome!! I'll be reading astronomy poetry from How to Navigate Our Universe.

How to Navigate Our Universe

A note to say that my astronomy poetry book, How to Navigate Our Universe, is now available. It's a collection of 128 astronomy how-to poems, featuring such essential advice as How to Be a Star, How to Tease Jupiter, and How to End the Universe.

Strange Horizons

My poem I, Universe has just been published as part of Strange Horizon's Fund Drive :-)