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October 12, 2017
From a Certain Point of View is a NYTimes Bestseller
Just heard the great news from my editor, Elizabeth Schaefer. From a Certain Point of View is a New York Times bestseller, debuting on the list at #12. Really pleased to be part of this project, and glad to hear that some readers enjoyed my contribution, “The Sith of Datawork.”
October 9, 2017
Capclave 2017
I just had the most amazing weekend at Capclave with fellow GOH Neil Clarke: caught up with old friends (one I haven’t seen in person in 20 years) and made new ones; talked about books and writing and worldbuilding with brilliant fellow panelists and fans; read my Star Wars story from A Certain Point of …
August 31, 2017
LeVar Burton Reads “The Paper Menagerie”
LeVar Burton (Roots, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Reading Rainbow) is a hero of mine. TNG is my favorite Trek, and Geordi was the greatest engineer in the galaxy. (Remember, my silkpunk epic fantasy series is all about engineers as magicians and poets.) He has a new podcast, “LeVar Burton Reads” (alternate iTunes link), in …
July 20, 2017
The Wall of Storms Available as a Trade Paperback
The second Dandelion Dynasty book is now available as a trade paperback. For North American readers, more info at the Simon & Schuster site. For readers in the UK and elsewhere, see Head of Zeus’s site.
More on The Legends of Luke Skywalker
Want to know more about the Journey to Star Wars: The Last Jedi books by Delilah S. Dawson, Claudia Gray, and me? EW has you covered: “For kids coming out of that movie, for casual fans coming out of that movie, you hear about Luke Skywalker for that whole film, but you only see him …
April 14, 2017
I’m Writing a Star Wars Book
So, the news is out: I’m writing a Star Wars book as part of the Journey to Star Wars: The Last Jedi project. Working with the team at Lucasfilm Publishing has been such a pleasure — they’re the best. I can’t tell you much about the book yet, except that it’s called The Legends of …
November 22, 2016
Bad VR PSAs
Cherlynn Low, writing for Engadget in “Johnnie Walker’s drunk-driving VR experience lacks subtlety” The heavy-handedness of the video gets especially extreme at the end of the clip. As you look on at the victims of the crash, you start floating in the air, as if you were the spirit of someone who had just died. …
November 17, 2016
Bridging Infinity
Update: You can enter a drawing for a free copy of the anthology on Tor.com. Jonathan Strahan has been editing the Infinity Project series of anthologies for some time now, which focus on hard scifi tales by a variety of voices in genre fiction. The latest entry is Bridging Infinity, described thus: Sense of wonder …
November 1, 2016
The Grammar of VR
It turns out that the way comedy and empathy work in VR is very different from film. Saschka Unseld (Creative Director of Oculus Rift): Saschka Unseld – Uncovering the Grammar of VR from Future Of StoryTelling on Vimeo.
October 31, 2016
Invisible Planets Launch
Today is launch day for Invisible Planets, an anthology of contemporary Chinese SF edited and translated by me. I’ll be gathering reviews and other publicity material here so you can judge if the book is of interest. If you’ve read the book, please leave a review on Amazon, Goodreads, B&N, or wherever else you like …
