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Good Things in Threes

Most days, I still feel pretty invisible.  I’m certainly not a famous science fiction writer, and no geek household name like Cory Doctorow or Charlie Stross that gets thrown around the interwebs regularly. But today is a very pleasant writer/futurist day from the point of being engaged in the bigger community conversation.
ABCnews included quotes from [...]

Squeel! New Ted Chiang

I was walking through Kirkland Honda when I looked down at the table in the waiting room and spotted a picture of a very contemplative and lovely Ted Chiang on the cover of City Arts magazine.  Yes, Ted is lovely – writers aren’t supposed to overuse adjectives, but Ted is a lovely geek.  Inside the [...]

Pardon my Absence

I have been quieter than usual in the Interwebs the past few weeks.  All is not well.  To be more exact, my youngest brother is not well.  He’s gone and gotten a fairly rare and difficult cancer, which has provided me with time with him (yay!), sadness that he is doing as well as I [...]

Latest Futurismic Column Up: Cancer and Science Fiction

There was a lot of news about cancer in my life in the last few weeks, so I chose that to write about for my Today’s Tomorrows column at Futurismic. I found it a really interesting topic to research – there’s a TON of material, and a lot of it gives conflicting advice.  New information [...]

The iPad: After Week Two

This is just a quick update, and then I’ll do my next iPad piece in John DeNardo’s Mind Meld on the topic next week, returning this blog to it’s regularly scheduled programming.
I still love the iPad. 
Promised experiment on reading:  Not as good as the Kindle, but it is readable.  Hint:  turn down the screen brightness [...]

The iPad: After Week 1

I’ve had my iPad for a week now, and I promised I’d blog about it.  So here’s blog #1.
In general, I like it a lot.  I love Scrabble (I know – BORING – but I do).  Maybe it’s the writer in me.  The household teenager takes it for Tetris.  Clearly a casual gaming hit.
There is [...]

Nebula Noms and Hugo Podcasts?

The Nebula short list is out.  I’m really quite pleased with what is on the list (although – as always – slightly disappointed that some works which I nominated didn’t make it).  In addition to some short stories like Kij Johnson’s “Spar” that I loved, two of my novel reading recommendations made the final ballot:  [...]

I guess the battle is still raging above me.

I saw them back available (I swear I did), but now they’re not. Sigh. I guess it’s a waiting game. I’m willing to wait with Macmillan, since I still need them to win.
The odd thing is, I’ve been fighting them becasue I want my books on the kindle. I still do. [...]

Our Books Have Returned

And what a silly weekend it was.
At least at the moment, my books are once again available at Amazon. They remain unavailable on the Kindle.
I sell content.  I like to call that content stories.  In general, I don’t control availability or format or price.
I want to wake up in a world where the stories I [...]

My Books Cannot be Found on Amazon

If you are a fan and want a copy, try indie bookstores.  I know you can order through a number of them.  Powell’s.com is one example.
I plan to strip links when I have time and re-point them to other stores or to Indie-bound.
In the meantime, I’m seriously saddened that the easiest place to find my [...]

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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