I have always considered my Saga of Seven Suns to be my masterpiece—a huge story that brings together all the ingredients I love so much about Science Fiction.  It is, in effect, my love letter to the genre. The last book in the initial seven book saga, THE ASHES OF WORLDS, was released in 2009, but even when writing that long series—eight years of my life!—I planted the seeds for a foll0w-on story, a next-generation trilogy called The Saga of Shadows.  Today, book 1, THE DARK BETWEEN THE STARS, was released in hardcover by Tor Books (will be out in...
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If you know the name in the title, then you know what this post means. If you don't know Jay, you should check out his work. Jay told me to my face that he didn't expect he would last beyond June. When his friend and coauthor Ken Scholes worked with me to get their collaborative book METAtropolis: The Wings We Dare Aspire rushed through publication at WordFire Press, he was sure we didn't have much time.  Jay died this morning, June 1, after a very long and very public battle with cancer. I am very pleased that I was able...
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In the buildup to the release of the first massive novel in "The Saga of Shadows," THE DARK BETWEEN THE STARS—which is set in the Seven Suns universe—I extracted an independent novella that shows some of the opening conflicts and characters.  This is part of the novel, but if you want  a sneak preview, you can read the full novella for free at Tor.com. I love this universe—I believe Seven Suns is my masterpiece, my love letter to the science fiction genre as a whole.  I hope you'll give it a try. The full novel, THE DARK BETWEEN THE STARS,...
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Before the release of CLOCKWORK ANGELS issue #1 from BOOM! Studios, I wrote the following article for Rush.com, but the Anarchist somehow contrived to have it fall through the cracks.  Here it is: Stories to fire my imagination… I can’t stop thinking big… While our loving Watchmaker loves us all to death… When Neil Peart first started bouncing ideas off of me for the story behind the new concept album Rush was developing, his excitement was clear. He had vivid images in his head, scenes for part of the story that would eventually become songs on the album: an innocent...
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