R.B. Lemberg is joining us today to talk about their novel, Yoke of Stars Here’s the publisher’s description: In the School of Assassins, Stone Orphan waits for a first assignment. After their first kill, they will graduate and attain the coveted cloth of bone. But instead of a commission, Stone Orphan gets an inquisitive linguist, […]
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In The Moon’s House I’m excited to unveil a brand new Lady Astronaut story published today: “In the Moon’s House.” One of the things I enjoy about short stories is the opportunity to explore the lives of background or secondary characters. This story takes place before The Fated Sky. I’m happy to let you all get to
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P.H. Low is joining us today to talk about their novel, The Deathless Shores. Here’s the publisher’s description: Gorgeous and devastating, P. H. Low’s debut fantasy is a richly reimagined tale of Captain Hook’s origin, a story of cruelty, magic, lost innocence, and the indelible power of stories. Jordan was once a Lost Boy, convinced
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Benjamin Liar is joining us today to talk about his novel, The Failures. Here’s the publisher’s description: Welcome to the Wanderlands. A vast machine made for reasons unknown, the Wanderlands was broken long ago. First went the sky, splintering and cracking, and then very slowly, the whole machine—the whole world—began to go dark. Meet the
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Robin C.M. Duncan is joining us today to talk about his novel, The Rigel Redemption. Here’s the publisher’s description: The most powerful man in the solar system is going to steal the future. Besides dealing with his teenage assistant, Moth (being enticed by her mafia family to join the business), Quirk’s nemesis Beatrix Potter has
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Note: If you’d prefer to receive this monthly update in your email inbox (along with additional content, like my cat’s latest conversations), you can sign up for my newsletter here. Goodness, I have been blown away by the support my Silent Spaces Kickstarter has received since launching last week. Not only did we fund in just 8 hours,
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Silent Spaces: Tales from the Lady Astronauts It is a collection of 9 short stories in the Lady Astronaut Series written by Mary Robinette Kowal, including one written just for this collection. With this campaign the book will be available in print for the first time in English as a Softcover, and a Limited Edition
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Once a quarter Mary Robinette hosts a Book Club for her Patreon members and brings in the author of the book or short story we read together to chat with. She’s delighted that she got to bring in Liza Palmer e to talk about her book “Family Reservations”. Below you’ll find the first 27 minutes
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Tobias S. Buckell & Dave Klecha are joining us today to talk about their novel, The Runes of Engagement. Here’s the publisher’s description: The Lord of the Rings meets World of Warcraft in this delirious mashup pitting the U. S. military against legendary monsters from fantasy novels and roleplaying games. From a science fiction award-winner and an author, former
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Cherie Priest is joining us today to talk about her novel, Cinderwich. Here’s the publisher’s description: “Who put Ellen in the blackgum tree?” Decades after trespassing children spotted the desiccated corpse wedged in the treetop, no one knows the answer. Kate Thrush and her former college professor, Dr. Judith Kane, travel to Cinderwich, Tennessee in
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Tim Pratt is joining us today to talk about his novel, The Knife and the Serpent. Here’s the publisher’s description: After her grandmother is murdered in a home invasion, Tamsin Culver leaves her cushy programming job in San Francisco and returns to her Midwestern hometown to settle the estate. What she doesn’t expect is to
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Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam is joining us today to talk about her novel, Grim Root. Here’s the publisher’s description: Embark on a darkly humorous journey of reality TV meets the macabre. On the set of The Groom, a group of women must compete for the heart of Midwestern bachelor Tristan by spending a week in a haunted house.
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Note: If you’d prefer to receive this monthly update in your email inbox (along with additional content, like my cat’s latest conversations), you can sign up for my newsletter here. On the heels of a long stretch of travel, I’ve (mostly) settled in Denver for the summer. It’s been lovely so far. Guppy is certainly enjoying
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Lindsay Ellis is joining us today to talk about her novel, Apostles of Mercy. Here’s the publisher’s description: Apostles of Mercy is the new alternate history first contact novel from the instant New York Times, Wall Street Journal and LA Times bestselling Lindsay Ellis. First Contact has not been going well. The nations of Earth
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Joseph P. Macolino is joining us today to talk about his novel, The Battle for Erathal. Here’s the publisher’s description: He just wanted to enjoy this time of peace. But when a familiar evil is unleashed upon the forest of Erathal, will anyone be safe? Enjoying the time without strife, Irontail works to spread peace
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