It's an annual pilgrimage to DragonCon in Atlanta.  Rebecca and I counted, and we think this is our 18th one—and it certainly won't be our last.  Of all the cons we go to, year after year, DragonCon never disappoints. It is vibrant, crowded, and full of joyful fans. You can tell that everybody loves to be there, and we always look forward to seeing the 75,000-person family. This year, we arrived on Thursday without incident (unlike last year's maddening travel travails), and after collecting our badges, we went to the new dealers' room to help our friends C.s. Brown, Melinda...
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If you're looking for a great selection of new military science fiction, we've got five new short novels for you.  FIVE BY FIVE 2: No Surrender contains five military SF novellas by five masters of military SF, just out now in print and in eBook form from WordFire Press. This volume has action-packed works by William C. Dietz, Kevin J. Anderson, Aaron Allston, Brad R. Torgersen, and R.M. Meluch. LEGIO PATRIA NOSTRA—by William C. Dietz. The insectoid Ramanthians have occupied Earth, and the Confederacy of Sentient Beings needs assistance from the xenophobic Hudathans in order to survive.  But some Hudathan...
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The world is about to explode—and I mean that in the best possible way. A major change is happening right now in international reading and book-buying. For most people, this is occurring under the radar, but it’s big. A friend in the computer gaming industry sees the same thing from her perspective:  Tablet and smartphone games/apps are already booming in the US, Europe, and Asia—but those devices are just starting to catch on internationally. The market hasn’t reached its peak yet, not by a long shot. In fact, international smartphone and tablet use is where the US market was several...
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We haven't missed a DragonCon in many years, and we're looking forward to coming back.  We hope to see many of you this weekend.  Here's where you can find me and Rebecca. Most of the time we will be at our table in the Dealer's Room, autographing books, meeting fans. Come and pick up books to have them signed. WE ARE AT TABLES 202 AND 203. Also, if you can make it, you will want to come to my reading at 5:30 PM on Sunday—I'll be reading the first section of THE DRAGON BUSINESS as well as the first two...
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