The second Terra Incognita novel comes out in a few weeks from Orbit Books. I've added the first sample chapter, below. Also, all preorders of the second Roswell Six/Terra Incognita rock CD have just shipped. You can still preorder your copy from AnderZoneShop.com. This CD tells a part of the story that isn't in the novel. Shawn Gordon (ProgRock Records) and I talk about the project at the Sea of Tranquillity website. Orbit Books, June 2010 On the Map of All Things, each life is a kingdom —Tales of the Traveler 1 CALAY HARBOR, SHIPBUILDERS’ BAY Suspended in a...
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First off, just received our second review for the Terra Incognita/Roswell Six CD. Read it at the Sea of Tranquility website. Also in today's mail, some foreign editions of or recent Dune novels: French translation of Winds of Dune Polish translation of Winds of Dune Spanish translation of Dune: The Machine Crusade
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The second Terra Incognita rock CD, "A Line in the Sand," is due to be released in the next couple of weeks, and I've just received my first sample copies. For the past year, we've been hearing drafts of the songs, the music, the scratch vocals, then the final vocals, and at last the final mixes. But even after all that, actually playing the CD is quite a thrill. Henning Pauly worked his magic on each of the tracks, turning our song ideas and our lyrics into terrific final music. (Good enough to be played at 11 on the...
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Rebecca and I spent the past several days in New York attending Book Expo America, the largest book-industry trade show in the US. We had not been to a BEA in several years, and we enjoyed the opportunity to see all our publishers in one place. We flew in on Monday night and had a great pizza dinner at John's Pizzeria in Times Square with our Tor editor Pat LoBrutto and our agent John Silbersack. The first time I ate at John's Pizzeria was 13 years ago, on my 35th birthday, during a book-signing tour for Ai! Pedrito! (27 cities...
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