The Academy of New World Historians is Born

September 3rd 2009 at 5:20 am

logo-with-text.jpgWriters have the best job in the world.  We make stuff up.  We daydream and what we daydream becomes real – as a book or a story or a poem. People read our daydreams, our musings, the things that grow out of our subconscious.

I really did it this time.

It all started with the first line on my first solo book (The Silver Ship and the Sea)…

From the story of Chelo Lee, dated July 17th, year 222, Fremont standard, as brought to The Academy of New World Historians.

It was kind of a throw-off line, a thing to start me on the story and get me in storyteller mode.  And now, with the help of the very able Jeremy Tolbert, The Academy of New World Historians has been born. I’m excited about it.  There’s new fiction there, news, and….well, I hope you go see.

Drop by and send me a comment to say you were there.  If you leave your contact information, I’ll enter you into a drawing and send you the book of your choice from the series.

I’m going to find ways to give away ten books in the next ten weeks, and on November 10th, the day Wings of Creation comes out, I’ll give away a complete hardcover set.  All you need to do is comment from the Academy (which sends me an email – use the contact form), or drop back by here and comment.

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  1. 1. Brent Kellmer on Sep 3rd, 2009 at 9:45 am

    That’s a really spiff site — very nicely done. You and Jeremey deserve kudos for it (and I mean that seriously, since I see so many out there that think they’re cool and useful, and so few actually are).

    I’ll play on the drawing part as well: bdkellmer (at) gmail.com

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Books

Wings of Creation by Brenda Cooper

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Available November 10th, 2009 from Tor Books.

Reading the Wind by Brenda Cooper

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Audio promo:

"Brenda Cooper's newest novel is a feast of character and concept. She depicts the devastation of war on microcosmic and macrocosmic levels, and even more so, the driving motives of young men and women caught in deadly conflict. Cooper is a master explorer of the interaction of society and individuals. She probes the psychology of her genetically enhanced characters with both rare depth and fidelity to scientific plausibility. Moral conundrums drive the plot in this unforgettable narrative. Don't miss this compelling work by a major new talent." - Mary A. Turzillo, An Old-Fashioned Martian Girl.

"Brenda Cooper tells a tale of a powerful brother and sister in a fight for their lives, offering insights along the way into the nature of courage and the hunger for community that burns in every human being. This is a lively book, full of colorful images and a memorable cast of human and animal characters, a worthy successor to The Silver Ship and the Sea." - Louise Marley

Available in July, 2008, from Tor Books.

The Silver Ship and the Sea by Brenda Cooper

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Audio promo:

"The first solo novel by Larry Niven's Building Harlequin's Moon (2005) coauthor portrays the thoroughly convincing human colonial society on Fremont, a dangerous planet rife with vicious predators, frequent earthquakes, and falling meteors....Distinctive characterizations, well-limned interrelationships, and the vividly realized Fremont contribute to an exciting coming-of-age story with a strong message about the evils of prejudice." - Sally Estes, Copyright American Library Association.

Mass Market Paperback, July 2008.
Included by Booklist as a "Best Adult Book for Young Adults."

Building Harlequin's Moon by Brenda Cooper and Larry Niven

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"Fans of both hard and softer, psychological SF will welcome veteran Niven and newcome Cooper's well-written tale of a 60,000 year layover in space, in which physical challenges of world building are matched by the social challenges of collaboration among disparate groups." - Publisher's Weekly

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