Neil Gaiman: ‘Iain Banks was one of us, whatever that meant’
Wish I had had a chance to meet Iain Banks.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/jun/09/neil-gaiman-iain-banks
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Wish I had had a chance to meet Iain Banks.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/jun/09/neil-gaiman-iain-banks
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Very sad news, indeed. I will truly miss Iain Banks and what he won’t get a chance to write.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22835047
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Ah, I love physics. Particularly when a scientist says: “The findings change [warp drive] from impractical to plausible.”
http://nextbigfuture.com/2013/05/nasa-eagleworks-space-warping-and.html
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I put this together with GIMP and Inkscape.
And, she says wants to do it: http://jezebel.com/5870413/helen-mirren-wants-to-be-doctor-who
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| Performer: | Janelle Monáe |
| Title: | “Q.U.E.E.N. featuring Erykah Badu” |
| YouTube: | Janelle Monáe – “Q.U.E.E.N. featuring Erykah Badu” |
Not only is the music danceable, it has an SF theme!
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My latest interview has been posted at the examiner.com
http://www.examiner.com/article/interviewing-the-indies-fritz-freiheit
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Doc Savage fans rejoice!
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/doc-savage-shane-black-post-518715
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I’ve had an interview posted at https://www.standoutbooks.com/author-interview-fritz-freiheit/
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More updates to The Red Rook and Dispensing Justice book covers. The design continues to evolve. In addition to the silhouette’s with glowing “chest icons“, I’ve added a back cover theme based on each prior book in the series. Check them out at:
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2013/04/08 back and front version of The Red Rook cover
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Sigh. Bad news, indeed.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/03/writer-iain-banks-i-have-_n_3005456.html
Wiki version
Google+
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As I work on the the The Red Rook cover design, I’ve been thinking about the book covers I like, which has lead me to put together a “Cool book cover” gallery. At this point, I only have six covers in the gallery, but I’ll be expanding it. Of course, I would like to hear what book covers you think are cool. Here’s a small version of the gallery (see Gallery of cool book covers for larger images): Continue reading
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Here’s another sneak peak in The Red Rook, the sequel to Dispensing Justice and the second in the Nova Genesis World series, as it draws closer to publication. This time, I’m putting the cover on display. With The Red Rook I’m introducing a new style of cover for the Nova Genesis series (see novagenesis:Dispensing Justice cover design for the in progress work on Dispensing Justice). If you are interested in seeing the sequence of designs that lead to this one, check out novagenesis:The Red Rook cover design.
Feedback and comments on the The Red Rook‘s cover are appreciated.
Previous Red Rook sneak peak
Wiki version
Google+
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http://kriswrites.com/2013/02/28/the-business-rusch-the-death-of-publishing/
Comment:
Once again Kristine Kathryn Rusch cuts through the nonsense and gives you the raw advice you need to help make your decision between traditional and indie / self publishing. I think it is particularly worth paying attention to her comments on the changes in publishing-author contracts and non-compete clauses.
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Comment:
Dispensing Justice is a self-published science fiction superhero novel by Fritz Freiheit ( link: http://dispensingjustice.com ) which was awarded an Honorable Mention in the 20th Annual Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Awards. Reviews and preview chapters are available at the Nova Genesis World wiki link above.
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http://writerswrite.posterous.com/tolkiens-five-tips-for-creating-complex-heroe
Comment:
Interesting. But not really. Complex heroes are just that. Complex. Everything else is wrapped up in storytelling.
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Comment: Flying acrobats of the rotor kind. Cool. And not just because something similar appears in my novels.
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A friend of mine’s project. Check it out.
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As the sequel to Dispensing Justice and the second in the Nova Genesis World series, The Red Rook nears its publication date, I thought I would share a few “sneak peeks”. The first of these is the list of chapter titles. I always get a kick out of naming chapters, and I hope you find them entertaining, not to mention tantalizing. Continue reading
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Coincidentally, Pykrete plays an interesting role (both historical and plot-wise) in my first Doc Morrow World novel, The Neopolymath.
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A rant about writing advice… Continue reading
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Excerpt:
The theory has been given in detail elsewhere and references therein, so here we discuss only an experiment. We show how to obtain thrust using a heavy reaction mass at one end of our capacitor stack and a lighter end cap on the other. Then we show how this thrust can be eliminated by having two heavy masses at either end of the stack with a central mounting bracket. We show the same capacitor stack being used as a thruster and then eliminate the thrust by arranging equal brass masses on either end, so that essentially the capacitor stack is trying to push in both directions at once. This arrangement in theory would only allow for a small oscillation but no net thrust. We find the thrust does indeed disappear in the experiment, as predicted. The device (in thruster mode) could in principle be used for propulsion. Experimental apparatus based on a very sensitive thrust balance is briefly described. The experimental protocol employed to search for expected Mach effects is laid out, and the results of this experimental investigation are described.
Read the rest here: http://nextbigfuture.com/2013/02/experimental-null-test-of-mach-effect.html
Comment:
This is one of those things, like cold fusion and high temperature superconductivity, that has supporting physical evidence (and theory, too), and I hope like hell turns out to be true. The universe is stranger than we know.
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| Performer: | Xilent |
| Title: | “Boss Wave” |
| YouTube: | Xilent – “Boss Wave” |
I love the ending of this video.
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Link: http://io9.com/5978762/what-it-means-when-someone-tries-to-tell-you-the-rules-of-good-writing
Comment:
Great advice about how to view writing advice cast in the form of writing rules.
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