Ego alert: various reviews and interviews

August 28th 2008 at 9:12 am

A link dump of things:
Suvudu has a video interview of me and Todd Lockwood chatting about writing and cover art for books (Todd has done all my covers so far).
At Tor Podcasts I’m interviewed by my editor Paul Stevens about the idea behind Sly Mongoose. It was taken during the Nebulas, when I was horribly, […]

Crystal Rain in Czech

August 11th 2008 at 12:51 am

I haven’t received a copy yet, but someone forwarded me a link to the Czech version of Crystal Rain, and I was digging on the cover:

Paris Hilton for president

August 6th 2008 at 1:22 pm

So not only is this hilarious, but the moderate in me perked up at the ‘energy plan’ she proposes as being an interesting compromise, wonder who wrote her lines?
Seriously, funny though:

See Paris Hilton Responds to McCain Ad and more funny videos on FunnyOrDie.com
See more funny videos at Funny or Die

I snagged the video from Peter […]

Series Business on all three novels at Publishers Weekly

August 1st 2008 at 1:33 pm

Publishers Weekly’s Rose Fox has a new column up on her Genreville blog, called Series Business, and is taking a look at how Crystal Rain, Ragamuffin, and Sly Mongoose work as a series:
I very much enjoyed reading these and would recommend them to anyone who enjoys space opera but wants to get away from some […]

Other announcements, plus a Crystal Rain review!

July 11th 2008 at 1:05 am

So, for those of new to my blog, I’m usually pretty boring. My blogging theory is that I putter around, pointing out cool things that make me happy and talking about my work and what’s on my mind and so forth.
So some updates, I passed the 10% mark of the novel H:TCP in solid form, […]

Crucial Taunt review of Crystal Rain

July 2nd 2008 at 3:15 pm

Another review popped up last night, this very positive review of Crystal Rain on the website Crucial Taunt by John Markley:
From this set-up, creates one of the best adventure stories science fiction has seen in recent years. Buckell takes the reader across the world he has created, from a desperate midair struggle with an […]

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 […]

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. […]

Crystal Rain in French…

May 22nd 2008 at 11:00 am

As noted here Crystal Rain will be translated into French and appear in that market.
The current list of languages it’s planned to be translated in are:
German
French
Polish
Russian
Czech
I find that very nifty. So far I’ve only seen the German edition (and apparently the German edition of Ragamuffin is in the mail as well).

Edroxy review of Crystal Rain

May 11th 2008 at 8:10 am

LJ user edroxy reviews Crystal Rain. Snippet:
As someone who’s grown up in the Caribbean, I couldn’t possibly pass on a science fiction novel which took place in a Caribbean-like setting, now could I? That was what initially drew me to the book.
I’d be surprised to find someone who’s never heard about this author considering his […]