Archive for the 'Global Warming' Category

Some signs of hope on the horizon

I went out for coffee this afternoon, and in the rainy fall bluster, the Tully’s I found was nearly full.  I ended up sharing a seat with a gentleman who was dressed entirely too well for a Veteran’s Day holiday, so I asked him about it.  Turns out the black suit was all about a [...]

Worldbuilding: We’re Doing It Now

This is the third installment in a set of blog posts about my current science fiction series.  The first book, THE SILVER SHIP AND THE SEA, is now available in paperback.  The sequel, READING THE WIND, will be out on July 22nd.  Each post explores one way the books address a problem we are also [...]

Hurray for the Elements of Change

I’m pleased with the price of gas.  Change is already happening.  Our Mayor came back from a climate conference where one speaker said the measured particulates in the air are already slightly lower since gas went up.  He said people cheered.  Elementary economics:  Price changes behavior.
Global warming warning signs are coming faster and harder than [...]

Reading Recommendation: Maximum Ride, The Final Warning by James Patterson

There are reasons Patterson is such a phenomenally successful writer.  Among them is an ability to tap into our collective needs/angst as well as just managing pacing and hooks better than just about anyone else.
Anyway, he hooked me through the latest edition of his Maximum Ride books.  If you haven’t met Max yet, well, she’s [...]

Reading Recommendations: Storm Chaser

Storm Chaser, A Photographer’s Journey, by Jim Reed.
This is part of a larger post from my global warming blog (link at left if you want to go see it).
Storm Chaser is a series of beautifully presented professional photographs of storms, and might be worth buying just for the photos. But it’s real strength [...]

A nice writing week

Sometimes it’s the small things, which do all add up.
I made my writing goal of 750 words a day (3 pages) every day this week
I got an unexpected opportunity to play ultimate frisbee with some of the guys from work, and it was a brilliant fall day (yes, exercise is related to writing – it’s [...]

Reading Recommendation: Al Gore’s “The Assault on Reason”

I just finished listening to this book on Audio CD on my iPod. There are a lot of messages in it, some delivered in a more balanced way than others. But the most important topic is one I often talk about when I give keynote speeches: the conversation about the future is [...]

In which I interview Kim Stanley Robinson

…and the article is now posted at Futurist.com.
Interviewing is fun – I did quite a lot of it for a little while, and then got busy doing other stuff. I learned a little bit this time, too. I sat down at Norwescon with Ken Schole’s wife, Jen, and picked her brain a little. [...]

Cross-Post from my Global Warming Blog

Every once in a while I want a post to get read. So forgive me if you have RSS to more than one of my blogs…
I’m reading the next book in Kim Stanley Robinson’s series on climate change, SIXTY DAYS AND COUNTING. He’s really very, very good. This is a series of fiction books [...]

Publications

A recent short story of mine is “My Father’s Singularity,” which came out in ClarkesWorld Issue #45

The story is available to read online, to purchase for Kindle, or as a podcast.

Wings of Creation by Brenda Cooper

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“The sequel to The Silver Ship and the Sea (2007) and Reading the Wind (2008) is intense and increasingly complex. Cooper continues to limn interpersonal relationships in considerable depth, including this time those of some individual fliers. Happily, the ending suggests yet another episode to come.” - Booklist

Available now from Tor Books in hardcover, on the Kindle, and on ibooks.

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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