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Following on from my world-building piece about ‘Sasha’, I thought I’d do something similar for the ‘Cassandra Kresnov Series’. Obviously there’s a fair few scientific improbabilities in Cassandra’s world, starting with Earthlike planets of roughly similar gravity, atmosphere, etc. My ...
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I used to say 'I have re-read this novel every year since I first read it, when I was 12.' And that used to be true; but then last year, for whatever reason, I didn't get round to my annual re-read. And this year's nearly over. So I've decided to go through it again, before I run out of year. ...
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pyrsf.blogspot.com - 11 days ago
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Gardens of the Sun © Paul McAuley Cover
Illustration © Sparth Design by Jacqueline Cooke The Quiet
War is over. The city states of the moons of Jupiter and Saturn have fallen to the Three Powers Alliance of Greater Brazil, the European Union ...
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For Your Viewing Pleasure: Gardens of the Sun
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A Dribble of Ink
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COME MEET KRISTINE KATHRYN RUSCH LINCOLN CITY’S BEST KNOWN AUTHOR OF SCIENCE FICTION & MYSTERY SATURDAY NOV. 21TH AT 12.00 PM. KRISTINE WILL BE READING AND SIGNING DIVING INTO THE WRECK THE FIRST BOOK IN A WONDERFUL NEW SCIENCE FICTION SERIES. STANDS UP TO THE BEST OF ASIMOV ...
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pyrsf.blogspot.com - 15 days ago
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"...quite engrossing... this heroic fantasy should please fans
of, say, George R. R. Martin’s Song of Ice
and Fire novels." Booklist "Shepherd has created a court fantasy similar to George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire ....a good epic ...
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Sasha: Are We Seeing a Common Theme Here?
I've written a post on my blog about the world building that went into the land of Lenayin, from my novel 'Sasha'. Rather than posting the whole thing here, I've put in a link, and an excerpt. 'I can’t think of many fantasy novels where the people live beneath the rule of a king, but are ...
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Tom Lloyd, author of The Grave Thief, is the latest guest on the Dragon Page Cover to Cover podcast, episode #379A . Tom talks about the politics and religion of his fantasy quintet, as well as what it's like to begin your writing career with such a mammoth undertaking. The pocast is on ...
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pyrsf.blogspot.com - 23 days ago
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From the press release: Helen Edwards, Rights Director
at Transworld UK, has sold US rights in two
historical vampire novels by UK novelist Jasper Kent for a good five-figure sum in US dollars. World rights in the novels, which open with ...
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PRESS RELEASE –TWO-BOOK US RIGHTS DEAL FOR BRITISH NOVELIST
pyrsf.blogspot.com - 24 days ago
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I'm thrilled to report that I've just acquired
a fantastic new steampunk tale, Mark Hodder's Burton &
Swinburne in The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack , the first of a planned new series. It's also the first Victorian-set steampunk I've ...
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Introducing Burton & Swinburne
To those of you enjoying the Pyr edition of Paul McAuley's incomparable The Quiet War , I say this: "ner ner n'ner ner, I've read the sequel": Gardens of the Sun (and blogged an instant review too ). If the Quiet War deserves to sweep all before it in America, and it does, then Gardens of the ...
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The Dervish House © Ian McDonald Cover Illustration © Stephan Martiniere Design by Jacqueline Cooke In the sleepy Istanbul district of Eskiköy stands the former whirling dervish house of Adem Dede. Over the space of five days of an Istanbul heatwave, six lives weave a story of corporate ...
