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January 5, 2015


	Three Ekphrastic Dialogues; or NO DUAL WIELDING UNTIL BOOK THREE Gods, Philosophers, and Robots Knee Deep in Mud for Art’s Sake More Stories...

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In case you missed it in December, we have huge Brandon Sanderson news: announcing not one, but two new Mistborn novels!

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2014 may be over, but here's one final Best of the Year list, from SF Signal.

		Three Ekphrastic Dialogues; or NO DUAL WIELDING UNTIL BOOK THREE by Brian Staveley SCENE ONE. Setting: Book One of the Epic Trilogy In the first scene the WRITER is bright-eyed, fresh-faced, and recently showered, perhaps even wearing a jaunty blazer. The CHARACTER looks confused, wary, even a little frightened. Read more »

		Gods, Philosophers, and Robots by Jo Walton One of the odd things about explaining what The Just City is about is people’s reactions. The Just City is a fantasy novel about a group of classicists and philosophers from across all of time setting up Plato’s Republic on Atlantis, with the help of some Greek gods, ten thousand Greek speaking ten year olds they bought in the slave markets of antiquity, and some construction robots from our near future. What could possibly go wrong? Read more »

Knee Deep in Mud for Art’s Sake
by Greg van Eekhout

I almost died writing Pacific Fire. Not to be whiny or anything. But I almost died.

For the second book in the California Bones trilogy, I needed some new, weird, Californian settings, and the Salton Sea fit the bill. Formed in 1905 when engineers accidentally flooded 343 square miles of Southern California desert, the Salton Sea is an eerie slow-motion disaster.

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Three Ekphrastic Dialogues; or NO DUAL WIELDING UNTIL BOOK THREEby Brian StaveleySCENE ONE. Setting: Book One of the Epic Trilogy

In the first scene the WRITER is bright-eyed, fresh-faced, and recently showered, perhaps even wearing a jaunty blazer. The CHARACTER looks confused, wary, even a little frightened.
Read more » Gods, Philosophers, and Robotsby Jo WaltonOne of the odd things about explaining what The Just City is about is people’s reactions. The Just City is a fantasy novel about a group of classicists and philosophers from across all of time setting up Plato’s Republic on Atlantis, with the help of some Greek gods, ten thousand Greek speaking ten year olds they bought in the slave markets of antiquity, and some construction robots from our near future. What could possibly go wrong?
Read more » Knee Deep in Mud for Art’s Sakeby Greg van Eekhout
We are currently offering the chance to win a copy of each of the following books on Goodreads:In case you missed it in December, we have huge Brandon Sanderson news: announcing not one, but two new Mistborn novels!Watch a teaser trailer for the BBC’s upcoming TV show Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell.2014 may be over, but here's one final Best of the Year list, from SF Signal.Copyright ©2012 by Tom Doherty Associates, LLC. All rights reserved.Tor and Forge are trademarks of Tom Doherty Associates, LLC, and are registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.This email was sent by: Macmillan 175 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10010 USA We respect your right to privacy - view our policy Macmillan believes piracy hurts writers, readers and everyone who loves books. Learn more and report suspicious activity here. Subscribe / Unsubscribe