We’re engaged in a flurry of year-end planning here at 49 Writers. We’ve enjoyed a great response to our call for featured authors for 2010; December 15 is the deadline for tossing your name in that hat. Watch for our new book advertising guidelines to be posted soon, along with news about possible workshops and …
Fairbanks author David Marusek’s first novel, Counting Heads, was translated into French, Russian, Czech, and Romanian. His stories are in those languages, as well as Italian, Japanese, Polish, and Dutch. In January, Tor Books published Mind Over Ship, the sequel to Counting Heads. The plot, according to the publisher: “The year is 2135, and the …
A “literature of epic proportions”: Interview with sci-fi writer David Marusek Read More »
David Marusek sends this urgent request: he is auctioning a pet (yes, as in dog or cat kind of pet) cameo, to raise money for a writer in dire financial straits. The auction closes Sat. Dec. 13 at 11:47, so I had to post this quickly! Short explanation here, or link to David’s blog for …
Breaking News! Immortalize your pet and help a writer in need! Read More »
My husband Brian reminded me today, a day when we found it impossible to focus on anything else, that Alaska science fiction writer David Marusek (whom I have mentioned in a recent post, shown at left) wrote a short story about an Alaskan vice president, called “Cabbages and Kale or: How we downsized North America” …
Why we read science fiction: David Marusek predicted an Alaska VP Read More »
Sci-fi author Annalee Newitz has written about the exciting summer field trip she took with 20 other sci-fi writers to visit NORAD, the notorious nuclear bunker and military command center buried deep within Colorado’s Cheyenne Mountain. Lots of great photos and details at her article in the SF ezine I09, and if you look and …
Sci-fi writers dig deep for material at NORAD; Chabon wins Hugo award Read More »
