Eric James Stone's Blog, page 15
April 5, 2012
I Broke the Sky – Я небо разбила
Here's video of another of my favorite Russian pop songs: "I Broke the Sky" by Reflex.
Here are the translated lyrics (courtesy of Google Translate and pesnihi.com):
Go, do not remember, do not even try to
Dial your number to say goodbye
Tablets before bedtime, in the head gap
Thrown to the winds all that would
Do what you want
I'm so pretty
Leave not to remember
I will not hurt
Chorus:
I did not star star
I broke the sky
My tears are not tears
Why I love
I did not star star
I broke the sky
My tears are not tears
Why I love
Leave, not to remember, but do not stay
Forget your number, and to admit
Nothing doing, the emptiness in his hands
And whistles heart beats in your phone
You live not knowing
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I'm just another
But not everyone has forgotten
Chorus:
I did not star star
I broke the sky
My tears are not tears
Why I love
I did not star star
I broke the sky
My tears are not tears
Why I love
March 27, 2012
Orange Sun – Оранжевое солнце
One of the things many people don't know about me is that I took Russian in college. I also sang in BYU's Russian choir for two years. I don't remember many words, but I can still read Cyrillic well enough to sound words out. Back in 2008, I started listening to Russian music to get me in the mood to write a Moscow nightclub scene for a novel, and ended up liking it so much that most of the music I listen to now is in Russian.
Anyway, I thought it might be fun to share some of my favorites, so I tried finding some of them on YouTube. Here's one I've been listening to a lot recently: "Orange Sun" by Kraski.
Here are the translated lyrics (courtesy of Google Translate and nomorelyrics.net):
Orange sun!
We draw a colorful picture
We dance for fun plate
The questions we will always find the answers
We do not need your advice adult
We are, we understand each other,
we play or who do not notice
Above the sky above the sun's fly away
And the palms of our lift to the stars.
Chorus:
Orange sun in the clouds
Orange Sky on the hands,
Orange songs on zamley,
Orange you happy with us.
Orange sun in the clouds
Orange Sky on the hands,
Orange songs on zamley,
Orange you happy with us.
Orange sun!
Our colors, brighter colors of the world
Our fairy tale like adults and children
Today we will smile with you
All the color the only bright colors
We play, we understand each other,
We dance no notice
Above the sky above the sun's fly away
And the palms of our lift to the stars!
Chorus:
Orange sun in the clouds
Orange Sky on the hands,
Orange songs on zamley,
Orange you happy with us.
Orange sun in the clouds
Orange Sky on the hands,
Orange songs on zamley,
Orange you happy with us.
Orange sun!
Orange sun!
Chorus:
Orange sun in the clouds
Orange Sky on the hands,
Orange songs on zamley,
Orange you happy with us.
Orange sun in the clouds
Orange Sky on the hands,
Orange songs on zamley,
Orange you happy with us.
Orange sun!
Orange sun!
Orange sun!
Orange sun!
Orange sun!
March 23, 2012
InterGalactic Awards Anthology Free on Amazon This Weekend
The Kindle version of the first InterGalactic Medicine Show Awards Anthology, which includes my story "The Robot Sorcerer," will be free on Amazon from Saturday, March 24–Monday, March 26.
It's a chance to grab some great fiction for free. The full list of stories is:
"Trinity County, CA" by Peter S. Beagle, from issue #18
"Sister Jasmine Brings the Pain" by Von Carr, from issue #17
"The Ghost of a Girl Who Never Lived" by Keffy R. M. Kehrli, from issue #19
"The American" by Bruce Worden, from issue #20
"Silent as Dust" by James Maxey, from issue #7
"Horus Ascending" by Aliette deBodard, from issue #8
"End-of-the-World Pool" by Scott M. Roberts, from issue #12
"A Heretic by Degrees" by Marie Brennan, from issue #10
"The Never Never Wizard of Apalachicola" by Jason Sanford, from issue #20
"Beautiful Winter" by Eugie Foster, from issue #13
"Blood & Water" by Alethea Kontis, from issue #9
"Mean-Spirited" by Edmund R. Schubert, from issue #16
"The Robot Sorcerer" by Eric James Stone, from issue #10
"Aim For The Stars" by Tom Pendergrass, from issue #15
February 20, 2012
Congrats to the Nebula Nominees
The Nebula Award nominees have been announced, and I am not one of them this year. (That does not surprise or disappoint me, as I did not have any stories published last year that I thought had any chance of being nominated.) I'm very excited and pleased for my friends who did get nominated. I know three of the six novella nominees, and five of the seven nominees in both the novelette and short story categories. I apologize in advance that I can't vote for all of you.
Novel
Among Others , Jo Walton (Tor)
Embassytown , China Miéville (Macmillan UK; Del Rey; Subterranean Press)
Firebird , Jack McDevitt (Ace Books)
God's War , Kameron Hurley (Night Shade Books)
Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti , Genevieve Valentine (Prime Books)
The Kingdom of Gods , N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
Novella
"Kiss Me Twice," Mary Robinette Kowal (Asimov's Science Fiction, June 2011)
"Silently and Very Fast," Catherynne M. Valente (WFSA Press; Clarkesworld Magazine, October 2011)
"The Ice Owl," Carolyn Ives Gilman ( The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, November/December 2011)
"The Man Who Bridged the Mist," Kij Johnson (Asimov's Science Fiction, October/November 2011)
"," Ken Liu (Panverse Three, Panverse Publishing)
"With Unclean Hands," Adam-Troy Castro ( Analog Science Fiction and Fact , November 2011)
Novelette
"Fields of Gold," Rachel Swirsky ( Eclipse 4, Night Shade Books)
"Ray of Light," Brad R. Torgersen ( Analog Science Fiction and Fact , December 2011)
"Sauerkraut Station," Ferrett Steinmetz (Giganotosaurus, November 2011)
"Six Months, Three Days," Charlie Jane Anders (Tor.com, June 2011)
"The Migratory Pattern of Dancers," Katherine Sparrow (Giganotosaurus, July 2011)
"The Old Equations," Jake Kerr (Lightspeed Magazine, July 2011)
"What We Found," Geoff Ryman ( The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction , September/October 2011)
Short Story
"Her Husband's Hands," Adam-Troy Castro (Lightspeed Magazine, October 2011)
"Mama, We are Zhenya, Your Son," Tom Crosshill (Lightspeed Magazine, April 2011)
"Movement," Nancy Fulda (Asimov's Science Fiction, March 2011)
"Shipbirth," Aliette de Bodard (Asimov's Science Fiction, February 2011)
"The Axiom of Choice," David W. Goldman (New Haven Review, Winter 2011)
"The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees," E. Lily Yu (Clarkesworld Magazine, April 2011)
"The Paper Menagerie," Ken Liu (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March/April 2011)
Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation
Attack the Block, Joe Cornish (writer/director) (Optimum Releasing; Screen Gems)
Captain America: The First Avenger, Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely (writers), Joe Johnston (director) (Paramount)
Doctor Who: "The Doctor's Wife," Neil Gaiman (writer), Richard Clark (director) (BBC Wales)
Hugo, John Logan (writer), Martin Scorsese (director) (Paramount)
Midnight in Paris, Woody Allen (writer/director) (Sony)
Source Code, Ben Ripley (writer), Duncan Jones (director) (Summit)
The Adjustment Bureau, George Nolfi (writer/director) (Universal)
Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy Book
Akata Witch , Nnedi Okorafor (Viking Juvenile)
Chime , Franny Billingsley (Dial Books; Bloomsbury)
Daughter of Smoke and Bone , Laini Taylor (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; Hodder & Stoughton)
Everybody Sees the Ants , A.S. King (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
The Boy at the End of the World , Greg van Eekhout (Bloomsbury Children's Books)
The Freedom Maze , Delia Sherman (Big Mouth House)
The Girl of Fire and Thorns , Rae Carson (Greenwillow Books)
Ultraviolet , R.J. Anderson (Orchard Books; Carolrhoda Books)
February 16, 2012
“The Steel Throne” Now on DSF
My flash fiction story “The Steel Throne” is now live on the Daily Science Fiction website. You can rate it by clicking on a rocket ship at the end of the story. Also, you can “Like” it on DSF’s Facebook page.
Speaking of free fiction, my novelette “Resonance” is free in the Kindle store today.
"The Steel Throne" Now on DSF
My flash fiction story "The Steel Throne" is now live on the Daily Science Fiction website. You can rate it by clicking on a rocket ship at the end of the story. Also, you can "Like" it on DSF's Facebook page.
Speaking of free fiction, my novelette "Resonance" is free in the Kindle store today.
February 15, 2012
Blogging for the Association for Mormon Letters
I've been invited to do a monthly "SF&F Corner" post at the blog of the Association for Mormon Letters. The first post just went up; it's about LTUE.
February 14, 2012
Happy I Love My Readers Day!
For Valentine's Day, I'm making 14 short stories available for free on Amazon:
An Early Ford Mustang
Attitude Adjustment
Betrayer of Trees
Bird-Dropping and Sunday
In Memory
Like Diamond Tears from Emerald Eyes
P.R. Problems
Resonance
Salt of Judas
Tabloid Reporter to the Stars
The Ashes of His Fathers
The Final Element
The Man Who Moved the Moon
The Robot Sorcerer
The stories will be available free from Amazon's Kindle store until about midnight Pacific Time, but you don't need a Kindle to read them. You can use the free Kindle app on your computer or smartphone.
February 8, 2012
"The Steel Throne" Coming to Inboxes Tonight
My short story "The Steel Throne" should arrive late tonight for subscribers to Daily Science Fiction. If you're not yet a subscriber, I recommend signing up, because they're publishing a lot of stories I like (and I don't just mean mine.)
If you're a loser who doesn't subscribe (Seriously, it's free, so what's stopping you?), you'll still be able to read my story next week, when it comes out on the website.
InterGalactic Awards
The first InterGalactic Medicine Show Awards Anthology is out, and my story "The Robot Sorcerer" is in it.
My story did not win an InterGalactic award, because it came out before the award was instituted. (Notice how confident I am that it would have won an award, had it existed at the time.) But I'm very happy to be included with the winners and other great authors. The full list of stories is:
"Trinity County, CA" by Peter S. Beagle, from issue #18
"Sister Jasmine Brings the Pain" by Von Carr, from issue #17
"The Ghost of a Girl Who Never Lived" by Keffy R. M. Kehrli, from issue #19
"The American" by Bruce Worden, from issue #20
"Silent as Dust" by James Maxey, from issue #7
"Horus Ascending" by Aliette deBodard, from issue #8
"End-of-the-World Pool" by Scott M. Roberts, from issue #12
"A Heretic by Degrees" by Marie Brennan, from issue #10
"The Never Never Wizard of Apalachicola" by Jason Sanford, from issue #20
"Beautiful Winter" by Eugie Foster, from issue #13
"Blood & Water" by Alethea Kontis, from issue #9
"Mean-Spirited" by Edmund R. Schubert, from issue #16
"The Robot Sorcerer" by Eric James Stone, from issue #10
"Aim For The Stars" by Tom Pendergrass, from issue #15
The anthology is available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and probably your local bookstore, if you ask them nicely.
