Walter Jon Williams's Blog, page 129

Dan Is The Man

I am pleased, and not a little astounded, to report that Dan Dos Santos, who painted the original cover forImplied Spaces some years ago, has very kindly allowed me to use the painting on my ebook. For free. Because he’s an awesomely nice guy.
Neither he nor I have the rights to the original coverdesign, or the lettering, so I’ll have to do the design myself. Which is fine, because the original was optimized to be seen on a shelf in a bookstore, and this one has to be optimized to be reduced t...

My Boskone Schedule

I’ll be at Boskone this weekend, and I’m scheduled for a whole weekend of events, including panels, a signing, and a kaffeeklatsch.
So if you’re in the Greater Boston Area, by all means head to the Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel, come over, and say hi.

Wild Cards: Inside the Series

Friday 18:00 – 18:50, Griffin (Westin)

Dating back to 1987, the Wild Cards series continues to be as popular as ever with readers and writers alike. Wild Cards writers Walter Jon Williams, Carrie Vaughn, and David Anth...

New Contest

I’m at it again! For free downloads of the audio editions of the three Praxis books, please tell me who is in this photo, and what he’s playing at.

Reviews Too Late: Fury

I’m sitting here doing my taxes, which normally means that I’m diverting myself from the task by watching action films, most of which are sufficiently predictable that they don’t require my full attention. And here was Brad Pitt in Fury,newly available on Xbox for a token sum. So hey, I downloaded it.
Furyis a post-9/11 war movie, for all that it takes place in World War II. After 9/11, war became sacralized, along with warfighters. War has become a holy endeavor, an absolute neverending sacra...

Meet Mr Cephalopod

I’m doing my taxes, and so I considered uploading a photo of a receipt with a undecipherable scrawl on it by way of explaining how I’m spending my time. But then I thought you’d probably enjoy this more.

Joey

We’re in the last hours of my promotion on The Rift, so if you want a copy for a mere 99 cents, go forth now and find it onAmazon,iBooks,Kobo,Barnes & Noble, orSmashwords.
There is a character inThe Rift who is one of my very few attempts to draw someone I’ve met in real life. The character would be Jean-Joseph Malraux of Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, the captain of a Mississippi towboat, and who a great many readers immediately recognized as Joey “Big Reel” Grillot of New Orleans.
I describe him i...

Tell Me What to Read!

With all sort of grand opportunities arising for you to vote me a literary award, I feel I should mention again the stories I’ve had published in 2014. If you blah blah these stories worthy, then please blah blah nominate blah blah award blah blah eternal gratitude blah among the immortals blah blah shitload of money blah.


“The Golden Age,” novella, DEAD MAN’S HAND, ed. John Joseph Adams, Titan Books, May 2014.


“Diamonds from Tequila,” novella, ROGUES, ed. Gardner Dozois and George RR Martin, B...

My Top Ten Bestselling Novel . . .

. . . is seventeen years old.
The Rift got to #7 on the Barnes & Noble list today. Hadn’t ever broken the Top Fifty on B&N before.
AndThe Rift also topped out at #32 on the Amazon list, and I hadn’t got into the Top 100 with any of my books before.
So hurrah! Thank you all!
I guess it shows that if you want something done, you should do it yourself.
And of course it’s not too late to join the stampede, and buyThe Rift from one of the following vendors!
Amazon,iBooks,Kobo,Barnes & Noble, andSmashwor...

Wreck the Country for Only 99 Cents!

The Rift,which is literally my weightiest tome, is now on sale for a mere 99 cents! You can find it at Amazon, iBooks, Kobo, Barnes & Noble, and Smashwords!
If you had a hardback of this book, which is something like 575 pages and 310,000 words, and you dropped it on your foot, I would not answer for your phalanges. But now it’s an ebook, and it weighs no more than the electrons it’s made of, and you can carry it everywhere but the swimming pool!
Enjoy!

Another Contest, Oh Yay!

Okay, I’m canceling the last contest because it just seemed to confuse everybody. Honestly, I thought the crypto solve would be a lot easier than the airplane photo. Shows you what I know.
So, for free audio books of the entire Praxis trilogy, be the first to answer the following question:
“What common household implement is worn by Vashti’s followers?”
The answer is in one of my books. Not one of the books I’m giving away, either.
As for the last question, here’s how to solve the clue “confused...