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Interview: Jay Lake
Interview: Jay Lake
Every Tuesday, I'll have an interview posted. Jay Lake is a the 2004 winner of the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer and has been nominated multiple times for the Hugo and World Fantasy Awards . He is the author of several short stories and novels which include Escapement  ...
Top 10 Literary Steampunk Works
darkfantasy.org — Halloween is on the horizon, and we know the steampunk set will be out in full force... with the goggles or monocles or corsets or lace. Though Jeff Vandermeer helpfully pointed out to us that the steampunk subculture arose independent of literature , ... (more) Top 10 Literary Steampunk Works
Halloween Contest winners!
apexbookcompany.com — Jay Lake has made his decisions. WINNER: “Plebiscite AV3X” by Jason Fischer RUNNER UP: “Shaded Streams Run... Clearest” by Geoffrey W. Cole HONORABLE MENTIONS: “Julie, the Spirit of Laws” by Jason Heller ... (more) Halloween Contest winners!
Review of METAtropolis
Review of METAtropolis
sffaudio.com — METAtropolis By Jay Lake, Tobias Buckell, Elizabeth Bear, John Scalzi, and Karl Shroeder Read by Michael Hogan,... Scott Brick, Kandyse McClure, Alessandro Juliani, and Stefan Rudnicki Audible Download - 9 hours - [UNABRIDGED] Publisher: ... (more) Review of METAtropolis
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  • EmilyBlips EmilyBlips
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    The man is a genius: "Seriously, writing is one of the few occupations I'm aware of where the more you know, the less adequate you feel."
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SF Tidbits for 10/28/08
SF Signal — Shurtugal interviews Christopher Paolini (Brisingr ). [via Suvudu] Bibliophile Stalker interviews Jay Lake (Escapement). Free Fiction [courtesy of QuasarDragon] @Fantasy Magazine: "The Plagiarist" by Alex Rose. @Strange Horizons: "Nine Sundays in a Row" by Kris Dikeman. @Hairy Green Eyeball: "The Shadow On the Sky" by August Derleth (1931) in scanned JPEGS. Abyss & Apex has new fiction by Ruth Nestvold, ...

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LakeshoreCharles Tan interviews me — About books, writing and life. (You were expecting animal husbandry?) Man’s arm trapped in train toilet — The man was carried away by emergency services, with the toilet still attached to his arm. For reals, I know that had to be awful, but it sounds so very Homeric. New Moon Rover Mixes Old-School Smarts With Latest Tech — Moon rover, wider than my smile, I’m driving you a while, some day… (Thanks to lt260.) Vint Cerf talks about networking in ...

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apexbookcompany.com 3/21/2009 — by Jay Lake I’m happy to be here at the Apex blog, and want to thank Jason for inviting me. I’m going to talk about series writing here, specifically novels, though there are certainly short story series, in the sense of linked ...
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nethspace.blogspot.com 6/22/2009 — Jay Lake has decided he doesn’t want to be known as that clockpunk guy who wrote Mainspring ( US , UK , Canada , Indiebound ), Escapement ( US , UK , Canada , Indiebound ), and forthcoming Pinion. While his internet following will always recognize him as a prolific blogger ...
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entertheoctopus.wordpress.com 11/5/2008 — Jay Lake fans may have a little bit longer to wait for his new novel Tourbillon , but in the meantime check out his frighteningly original take on zombies in the new anthology Better off Undead , available from DAW. Two All Beef Patties finds a ...
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notfreesf.blogspot.com 1/17/2009 — A novel in three strands, unlike the first. Also unlike the first, it has the opposite problem, with the start being weaker than the end. The three characters, a young girl genius, a dodgy petty officer, and a librarian find themselves in over their ...
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jeffvandermeer.com 1/23/2009 — As Jay’s mentioned on his blog , he and I are collaborating on a novel with a working title of The Heart of the Beast. Jay’s a writing machine, uses several different styles, and has mad talent. He’s also one of the nicest, most ...
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whatever.scalzi.com 6/11/2009 — Normally I write a bit about each of the Big Idea authors, but here’s all you need to know about Jay Lake, one of my fave people in science fiction/fantasy and a Hugo co-nominee with me for METAtropolis: He’s awesome. His new book Green? ...
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travisheermann.com 2/22/2009 — In accordance with what Jay Lake says below about his typical choice of attire, when we met he was wearing a shirt that looked like it was on fire. Definitely makes one stand out in a crowd of authors, particularly at World Con when authors are so ...
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tor.com 6/10/2009 — Jay Lake here. Author of Mainspring , Escapement and Green from Tor Books. I’m guest blogging this month at Tor.com to celebrate the June 9th release of Green . I’ll be talking about the book some, as well as covering other writer topics of interest ...