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Claymin’ Space

The podcast for my highly enjoyable chat with Vikram Udyawer of Claymin’ Space is now available here. We talked about U.S. and international space law. It’s the January 31, 2020 episode. Check it out if you are interested in space law.

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The Tally Master is on Sale!

One of my favorite fantasy novels is on sale.

To celebrate the publication of the second book in her Gael and Keir series, my friend J.M. Ney-Grimm is putting the first book on sale.

Jessica and I have been friends for a long time. In college, we met studying karate and then shared an apartment in my final year at the University of Virginia.

Over the years, as so often happens, we lost touch.

One day, however, in my frequent visits to The Passive Voice blog, I noticed the sensible comments...

The Terraforming Worms of Earth

I have had a very limited understanding of worms. As a gardener, I think they’re great. As an odd person who thinks about terraforming other planets, I’ve figured that worms should be part of the tool box for making a place more like Earth; and, in fact, they provide a moment of joy in Out of the Dell as someone sees them outside the lone terraformed valley on the alien planet.

But there are different kinds of earthworms. And the jumping earthworms that leave trails of dirt that looks like...

Waking Late in Audiobooks

This is the story of how my Waking Late trilogy (Sleeping Duty et al.) will become available in audio. So, I’m reading my email. I have received a note through my fiction website from a company called Podium Publishing, which wants to talk to me about turning Waking Late into audiobooks. I stare at it, puzzled. I never get email through my website, and when I do it’s spam. How is this spam, my brain wants to know. I read on. Podium has won lots of awards for its audiobooks. It put...

Immersed in the Present

Happy Holidays everyone!

There’s little better than becoming immersed in a good book, so, since it’s that time of year–when I help you out with book recommendations for all your holiday needs–see if any of these satisfy your gift-giving needs.

Space lawyers. Let’s start, of course, with the space lawyers on your list. They need science fiction that will tickle the pedantic portion of their pre-frontal cortex. Michael Flynn’s Firestar fits the bill nicely. It’s got a billionaire trying to save...

Colonization Science Fiction

If you are like me, part of the appeal of a colonization story is seeing how the settlers deal with a new world. Obstacles can range from aliens to plumbing, from bad neighbors to a stamp tax, and from factions to the fact that other people came along, too. I find myself fascinated by the survivalist strain of such stories, and Alma Boykin’s Fountains of Mercy fits the bill nicely.

Although listed as Book 8 of the Colplatschki Chronicles, it’s actually a prequel to the rest of the saga....

Long in the Land is Now Available!

I am very pleased to announce that the adventures of Peter Dawe continue with the release of Long in the Land.  It’s the second book in my Martha’s Sons series.

A lost starship.

A lost colony.

A man on the run.

Peter Dawe shares the same horizons as the rest of the stranded starship’s offspring. First Landing shelters them from the worst aspects of the planet, but it doesn’t shelter them from each other.

Sure, Peter was recovering stolen property, but the colony’s governor doesn’t see it that way, and Peter faces a stark choice....

Coming Soon! Long in the Land

They say not to judge a book by its cover, but with this one feel free!

Cover artist Tom Edwards continues the excellent work he started with Simple Service, the first in the series for Martha’s Sons.

Long in the Land is coming mid-November.  And, yes, it does have Nwwwlf’s last aircraft.

I hope you like the cover!

 

 

 

 

They do not preach that their God will rouse them a little before the nuts work loose.
They do not teach that His Pity allows them to leave their job when they damn-well choose.
As in the t...

Sale on Science Fiction Books-99 cents!

Ebookaroo is running one of its famous sales on science fiction books for readers all across the globe.  If it looks interesting, check it out while it lasts.

Sleeping Duty is on the list.

 

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The Space Show

I’m looking forward to being on The Space Show with Dr. David Livingston tomorrow, Friday, October 4, at 12:30 Eastern. We’ll talk about space law, and David sent me homework on planetary protection, so I’ll be reading that today.

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