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Cold Magic paperback. Global awakening.
Jul. 5th, 2011 10:18 pmTwo things tonight.
First, I unexpectedly received my author's copies of the mass market edition of COLD MAGIC. Its official release date is August 1 but it will probably start showing up in stores before that. Obviously the ebook remains available, but now the mass market will be too. Orbit altered the cover somewhat for the mass market. You can see the old and new covers compared at this Tumblr post.
What this means for you is that the mass market will be available very very soon. COLD FIRE follows in September.
Second, read here an excellent post by Ghanaian writer Jonathan Dotse on "Developing Worlds: Beyond the Frontiers of Science Fiction."
there are more signs that we are at the beginning of a global awakening to the role of the developing world in the future of science fiction. My own novel-in-progress began as a cyberpunk thriller set in a future North America, simply because whenever I tried to imagine an African future I found myself having to deal with issues I wished someone else had already dealt with; having to answer questions I wished someone else already had. I realized that I had no groundwork; no foundation whatsoever, and that to imagine a future Africa I would have to begin from scratch.
First, I unexpectedly received my author's copies of the mass market edition of COLD MAGIC. Its official release date is August 1 but it will probably start showing up in stores before that. Obviously the ebook remains available, but now the mass market will be too. Orbit altered the cover somewhat for the mass market. You can see the old and new covers compared at this Tumblr post.
What this means for you is that the mass market will be available very very soon. COLD FIRE follows in September.
Second, read here an excellent post by Ghanaian writer Jonathan Dotse on "Developing Worlds: Beyond the Frontiers of Science Fiction."
there are more signs that we are at the beginning of a global awakening to the role of the developing world in the future of science fiction. My own novel-in-progress began as a cyberpunk thriller set in a future North America, simply because whenever I tried to imagine an African future I found myself having to deal with issues I wished someone else had already dealt with; having to answer questions I wished someone else already had. I realized that I had no groundwork; no foundation whatsoever, and that to imagine a future Africa I would have to begin from scratch.
