Archive for June, 2008
The dearth to come
June 30th 2008 at 6:58 am
I have to warn you all, that as much as I enjoy writing daily posts, and ferreting out interesting links and things, that the deadlines and amount of work I have ahead of me will probably have an effect on the daily blurts until mid-August. I may find posting something a nice way to stop […]
Link dump: Bacigalupi, supporting authors
June 29th 2008 at 7:57 pm
My buddy Paolo Bacigalupi was on NPR this morning. Good stuff.
And here’s an LJ post someone made on how to support an author, as a reader. Also good stuff.
Crystal Rain review
June 27th 2008 at 8:17 pm
Sitting at Charlotte airport here waiting for my flight to Dayton to board. Here’s a review of Crystal Rain from Walker of Worlds:
Crystal Rain is a great read - not too long, but with so many ideas and such a well told story I find it difficult to believe the length, I would have expected […]
Another day in St. Thomas
June 26th 2008 at 5:16 pm
Due to US Airways being overbooked I’m spending a day longer than anticipated in St. Thomas. We’re here at Emerald Hotel by the airport. Oddly enough, the very summer I was last on St. Thomas working, I worked part time on the beach this very hotel is situated, keeping the beach clean of cigarette butts, […]
A bunch ‘o reviews
June 24th 2008 at 7:09 am
A number of reviews of my books have popped up:
Mentat Jack reviews Crystal Rain:
Buckell has a unique voice and his Caribbean heritage shines through, in the language and the nautical realism. This was a refreshing and thought provoking read and I’d highly recommend it. I ordered a copy of Ragamuffin hours after finishing Crystal Rain. […]
Publishers Weekly review of Sly Mongoose
June 23rd 2008 at 11:23 am
Publishers Weekly weighed in on Sly Mongoose with the following:
Buckell returns to the universe of Crystal Rain (2006) and Ragamuffin (2007) for another action-packed story of human colonists fighting to survive on an alien world with all the odds against them. The story bounces between two protagonists: teenage Timas, one of the few inhabitants of […]
One of my favorite beaches: Magen’s Bay
June 23rd 2008 at 10:12 am
Yesterday I was supposed to get online to catch up with email because we spotted Magen’s Bay had free wifi on the beach. It being one of my favorite beaches (and now, I think, Emily’s as well) we had returned there to sit and tan and eat and enjoy the water. However the free wifi […]
Scott Marlow reviews Sly Mongoose
June 19th 2008 at 8:35 am
Scott Marlow, blogger, reviews Sly Mongoose over at his blog.
If you’re looking for a fun, fast-paced science fiction book, Sly Mongoose is it. I give it a thumbs-up.
Anthology Sideways in Crime is out
June 19th 2008 at 7:46 am
My short story “The People’s Machine” can be found in the anthology Sideways In Crime, edited by Lou Anders. Here’s a snippet to tease you with:
Inquisitor, warrior, and priest Ixtli’s fast-paced journey by airship began in Tenochtitlan, facing the solemn row of white robed pipiltin. The rulers of the grandest city of the world had […]
