It’s a fiercely compassionate, clear-eyes, and clever novel, exploring mental health through the lens of one of the most buttoned up periods of western history, the consequences of grief and loss on people of faith, and its even greater fallout on those faithful who work in the sciences. It picks at the mindset that kept […]
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PJ Manney is joining us today to talk about her novel, (CON)science. Here’s the publisher’s description: PJ Manney concludes her visionary Philip K. Dick Award–nominated series of a world at war, a virtual search for identity, and the future of humanity. Five years ago, bioengineer Peter Bernhardt spearheaded an innovation in nanotechnology that changed the
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Jeff Noon is joining us today to talk about his novel, Within Without: A Nyquist Mystery. Here’s the publisher’s description: From true weird fiction visionary Jeff Noon comes the fourth book in this Philip K. Dick Award-nominated mystery series. In the year 1960, private eye John Nyquist arrives in Delirium, a city of a million
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A big sister finds that even in a place as lonely as the moon, all you need is a little creativity—and someone to play with—in Molly on the Moon, the debut picture book from award winning sci fi author Mary Robinette Kowal. I am delighted to share the cover of my upcoming children’s book, Molly on
Nicole Kornher-Stace is joining us today to talk about her novel, Firebreak. Here’s the publisher’s description: One young woman faces down an all-powerful corporation in this all-too-near future science fiction debut that reads like a refreshing take on Ready Player One, with a heavy dose of Black Mirror. Ready Player One meets Cyberpunk 2077 in this eerily familiar future. “Twenty minutes
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Corry L. Lee is joining us today to talk about her novel, The Storm’s Betrayal. Here’s the publisher’s description: The intense, dramatic sequel to 2020’s break-out Russian-inspired epic Weave the Lightning. Lies. Treason. Magic. The great Stormhawk—Bourshkanya’s paranoid, fascist leader—is seemingly unkillable. But for the rebellion to succeed, he must die. Celka Prochazka uses magic in
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Welcome to May! Spring has more or less sprung at this point, and we’re kicking it off with a Patreon Writing Date this evening. Writing Dates are wonderful, casual opportunities to both pick my brain about writing during the Q&A portion, accomplish your goals during coworking time, and then to connect with others during the
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Elly Bangs is joining us today to talk about her novel, Unity. Here’s the publisher’s description: Evoking the gritty cyberpunk of Mad Max and the fluid idealism of Sense8, Unity is a spectacular new re-envisioning of humanity. Breakout author Elly Bangs has created an expressive, philosophical, science-fiction thriller that expands upon consciousness itself. Danae is not only herself. She is
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Bruce Sterling is joining us today to talk about his story collection, Robot Artists & Black Swans. Here’s the publisher’s description: The Godfather of Cyberpunk has emerged in this new collection of Italian-themed fantasy and science-fiction stories. Bruce Sterling now introduces us to his alter ego: Bruno Argento, the preeminent author of fantascienza. Sterling, writing as
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Kowal continues her exquisite exploration of race and gender relations in an alternate 1961 that is still shockingly close to our own. – Publishers Weekly Starred Review In space, it’s often the details that matter most. Specifically, details regarding how we handle matter – every bit of it – and how we have to treat
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Katherine Cowley is joining us today to talk about her novel, The Secret Life of Miss Mary Bennet. Here’s the publisher’s description: In Jane Austen’s revered Pride and Prejudice, Mary, the middle sister, is often passed over. Until now… Upon the death of her father, Mary Bennet’s life is thrown into turmoil. With no fortune
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Nino Cipri is joining us today to talk about their novella, DEFEKT. Here’s the publisher’s description: Find out if five Dereks are better than one in Nino Cipri’s Defekt, the sequel to Finna, the surrealist world-hopping adventure. Derek is LitenVärld’s most loyal employee. He lives and breathes the job, from the moment he wakes up in a
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My newest Patreon series, Interviewing Experts, continues on Tuesday, April 20th at 7PM CST (8PM Eastern) with astronaut Cady Coleman. I’ll be conducting an interview with her as if I’m preparing to feature her job in a novel. You get to ask questions, too! Live captioning is provided for accessibility, and recordings are available for those
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Caroline Hardaker is joining us today to talk about her novel, Composite Creatures. Here’s the publisher’s description: How close would you hold those you love, when the end comes? In a society where self-preservation is as much an art as a science, Norah and Arthur are learning how to co-exist in their new little world.
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Long, long ago, years ago, perhaps decades ago, in the distant past of 2019… I was given the opportunity to opportunity to write an opinion piece for The Washington Post. It was a chance for me to highlight some of the challenges faced by women in space. Many of these challenges are institutional and rooted