Orycon Schedule

November 26th 2009 at 7:40 am

I will be enjoying Thanksgiving with family, but Friday night through Sunday I’ll be at Orycon.

Here’s my schedule:

Saturday, 10- 11 SFWA Regional meeting

Saturday 11:00 – 11:30 Autographing, table 2

Saturday 12:00 – 12:30 reading  in the Madison room.  I’ll read from the world of my current series, probably a bit from an unpublished story near the beginning of Fremont’s settling.

Sat 2:00 – 3:00 I want my neural interface! Hawthorne Room.

Saturday 5:00 – 6:00 Broad Universe Reading - I’ll read a short excerpt from Mayan December, a book that deals with the 2012 end of the Mayan calendar with neither disaster nor too much new age mysticism.  I mashed up some historical fiction and some science fiction and some very pretty setting and a missing child….

Mayan December will be out in 2011 from Prime Books.

Note that at this reading there will be many excellent readers and a tea party.

Saturday 7:00 – 8:00 Promotion in the Information Age, in the Washington Room.

Sunday 12:00 – 1:00 Where are we with Robots?

Sunday 4-5:30 SF Authorfest at Powell’s Beaverton Note this is not exactly a convention event – you won’t need a badge.  So if you are inthe area feel free to drop in — there will be a lot of us there and the very capable Peter Honingstock from Powell’s does nice events.  Drop in for some Christmas shopping.

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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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