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All three of my SF novels first published by Orbit (Little,Brown UK) are now available as ebooks from the UK's PS Publishing. Google "Memory Seed," "Glass" and "Flowercrash." Also available for the first time in ebook form are "The Rat & The Serpent," "Hallucinating," "Muezzinland" and "Urbis Morpheos," the latter being first published by PS Publishing.

Well, CopperCon 32 is behind me, and the experience of attending a sci-fi convention as an author (for the first time) was very enjoyable.

Next event will be TusCon 39, right here in Tucson, AZ. Looking forward to it!

Thomas wrote: "Well, CopperCon 32 is behind me, and the experience of attending a sci-fi convention as an author (for the first time) was very enjoyable.

Next event will be TusCon 39, right here in Tucson, AZ. L..."

That sounds fun! I went to a Star Trek convention in Savannah, Georga afew years back. Q was the guest of honor. I loved it!

Hi, I've just published my third book, EMBRACED. Against all logic Abby is convinced the clickings she hears in the fillings of her teeth are messages from aliens. She's right.
www.emandyves.com
http://www.amazon.com/EMBRACED-ebook/...

Voyage of the Dead
and Flotilla of the Dead
by David P. Forsyth

The first two books in the Sovereign Spirit Saga follow the adventures of a group of survivors aboard a mega yacht,the "Sovereign Spirit", as they sail through the Zombie Apocalypse. An apocalyptic science fiction adventure set in a horror genre, the Sovereign Spirit Saga, while full of blood, guts and terror, is more about using your brains than eating them. Think Battlestar Galactica meets the Walking Dead and you will have some idea of the plot line.

Peggy wrote: "Thomas wrote: "Well, CopperCon 32 is behind me, and the experience of attending a sci-fi convention as an author (for the first time) was very enjoyable.

Next event will be TusCon 39, right here i..."


The cons I attend are aimed more at readers, though there are media elements as well. Never been to a Trek convention (so far), but people I know who have done so seem to have a lot of fun.

I'll give any venue a try, if it allows me to promote my books! :-)

Hi,

I've just released my third book, EMBRACED.
Against all logic, Abby believes the clickings in the fillings of her teeth are messages from aliens. She's right.
One reader says, "Jones just keeps getting better and better." What a great compliment.
www.emandyves.com

"Oh my gosh, this could really happen."

Cordyceps



CORDYCEPS IS REAL.

Hi Everyone! I write thriller, fantasy, and dystopian fiction. My dystopian novel, END OF FAITH, is available through Amazon (digital and paperback), Barnes & Noble and the Apple iBookstore (digital editions).



Jacket Description
Ninety-five percent of the world’s population perishes in the worst pandemic since the Black Plague and Valentina’s about to find out that surviving means enduring the wrath of a prophet determined to bend her to his will. With a price on her head, Valentina’s on the run and grappling with feelings of guilt, isolation, and hopelessness. She’s just about given up all faith in humanity until she happens upon a girl left alone to fend for herself. The girl fulfills Valentina’s yearning to be a mother and she vows to protect her. Before she can live up to that promise, she comes face to face with the prophet who gives her a choice: carry his child, or die.

Rena Willemin

Rena wrote: "Hi Everyone! I write thriller, fantasy, and dystopian fiction. My dystopian novel, END OF FAITH, is available through Amazon (digital and paperback), Barnes & Noble and the Apple iBookstore... Ninety-five percent of the world’s population perishes in the worst pandemic since the Black Plague,"

Sounds much WORSE than the Black Plague to me. Just semantics, but thought I should point it out. I would have said something like, "Ninety-five percent of the world’s population perishes in a pandemic that makes the Black Plague look like a common cold."

Just saying... But I am intrigued and will add it to my TBR. Good luck with it!

A Place Beyond Man: The Archives of VarokThis first-contact story and its related books, coming soon, are set in an alternate 21st Century solar system, where the aliens are too savvy, too attractive and live too close to ignore. More problems? They think they have all the answers we need. This book, first published by Charles Scribner's Sons in 1975, was re-released as an Author's Guild Backinprint.com Edition last year, and it's sequel THE WEBS OF VAROK will be out soon by Penscript Publishing House.

Hi everyone,
my name is Curran Geist. I am new to this list as well as NEW to self-publishing! I recently self-published my first ebook (novel) THE SITY, and I wanted to share it with all of you. It's a mix of different genres, including science fiction/horror/fantasy.

Below is a brief description of the ebook. If you are interested, you can also check out a portion of the novel on my goodreads author page and you can read the first chapter on Amazon.

Blurb:
In this action-packed science fiction tale of survival and vengeance, two young humans seek to fight back against the oppression of an alien race, the Kuljik, who rule the realm. Dangers and unspeakable horrors lie around all corners of the Sity; a harsh, violent place where humans are freaks and “toys” for the pleasure of the aliens. Victor and Carina – both blessed with mysterious powers – represent humanity’s best hope to escape. But to do so, they must first overcome their personal demons to unravel the mysteries of their past and forge the destiny of their futures.

Victor, whose memory is damaged from months of torture and enslavement, searches for his lost family. Carina, haunted by strange visions, seeks to discover her true identity. Through their adventures, they learn that sometimes the truth should remain buried. Sometimes the only solution is kill or be killed.

Can friendships, community, and even love survive in the darkest of worlds?

Dreams are dashed, nightmares are realized, and vengeance is dealt in this novel by author Curran Geist.
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The ebook as is available for $2.99 at http://www.amazon.com/The-Sity-ebook/... and http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-s...

Thanks and good luck to all of you!

My third novel is a novella length, thinking persons' tale in a scifi setting. It's called Home. Here's a recent review (that I didn't pay for, or sock-monkey)from author Steve Bartholomew --

"Home" is a thoughtful metaphor about the phenomenon of immigration and the clash of different cultures. The author might have chosen to relate a story of Eastern Europeans immigrating to America during the 19th Century. Instead, his story takes place in the far future, with pilgrims from a depleted Earth traveling to a new planet. They are welcomed and helped by some of the natives, but despised by others. The discovery of a common DNA leads inevitably to inter-species romance with equally inevitable stresses and trials. Somehow people make do and survive. This is not a Star Wars tale, with ray guns and interplanetary blasters. Rather, it is a story of quiet struggles within, to come to grips with our own natures. A unique accomplishment.

I hope you'll give it a read. It's available in print from B&N and Amazon as well as Kindle from Amazon and all eBook formats from Smashwords.com

David wrote: "Rena wrote: "Hi Everyone! I write thriller, fantasy, and dystopian fiction. My dystopian novel, END OF FAITH, is available through Amazon (digital and paperback), Barnes & Noble and the Apple iBook..."


Hi David, I'm glad you're interested in End of Faith: A Novel. You are absolutely right. It's much worse than the black plague. I like your rewrite. I wish I would have thought of that before. :)

Hi everyone! I'm new to the group, but I'm always on the lookout for new science fiction authors and books to try out. Massimo, your book sounds very interesting and I've added it to my ever-growing list of books to read. :)

I'm also a new author with the first book in a series out on Amazon. It's science fiction/high tech, with some elements that would probably push it into speculative fiction or fantasy. It follows the story of a man who learns a killer is on the loose in his neighborhood as he's heading home from work. He arrives at his home in time to see an explosion and fire consume the building. He's seized and beaten by men who make it clear that this is punishment for his violating the laws of a secret organization he's part of. Problem is, he's not part of it, and had never heard of it. He gets rescued by a splinter faction of this secret group and finds out what they do, and why he and his family were wrongly targeted. With his knowledge and new skills, he has some difficult choices to make, with consequences he could never imagine.

A Question of Will [Goodreads page]
A Question of Will [Amazon page]

BTW, sorry about the size of the image for Home. Really stupidly huge. I'll see if I can find a better size...

Well... It's certainly noticeable...

I would like to introduce my first novel, Embrace. This is the first book in the series, The Epherium Chronicles. Release date on Amazon KDP and Smashwords will be Oct 5. I have posted the prologue and first chapter on Goodreads for reader review and enjoyment.

http://www.goodreads.com/story/show/3...


T.D. Wilson

Here's a SCI/FI & Horror webzine I had a short story just published in called "The Seers" http://www.schlock.co.uk/index.html

Hi All. I thought you might enjoy this interview with Science Fiction and Paranormal author Stephen B. Pearl, yours truly. 

You Tube: http://youtu.be/ZGacGsV6XvY

Nukekubi

Morbid Seraphic


Tinker's Plague

23-second TV trailer for The Silk Code (from History Channel special about science fiction):

http://youtu.be/Dd3If46mPxQ

Here's a link to complete review of The Silk Code in Sunday Book Review section of The New York Times, November 28, 1999 http://www.nytimes.com/books/99/11/28...

Just re-issued as an "author's cut" Kindle edition http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0091W43JW/r...

A feature article about SciFi author R.J. Archer was published today in The Portland Tribune. Hope you'll stop by, then read the fiction about real-life discoveries in the Bahamas and around the globe. Available in Kindle, Nook and paperback.
Author and explorer Dr. Greg Little says, "R.J. Archer's books may be more fact than fiction."

http://bit.ly/PortlandTribune

Hello all,

My name is Philip Charles Stephens and I’m looking for people interested in reading and critiquing a sci-fi serial of mine. I've had one short story and two poems published in literary journals, I ghostwrite fiction for a company in England, and I’m currently on the third draft of a novel. The serial in question, Glyphein, was published on theinsidemag.com and is one of three prequels leading up to the events in my novel. I would really value any critique I could get and am willing to return the favour to other authors.

The serial is available on: http://www.theinsidemag.com/index.php...

and: http://www.goodreads.com/story/list/1...

Thanks, Phil.

My sci-fi time travel novel Time After Time was published this week.

If you're a fan of "The Terminator" films, mine starts from the paradoxes of time travel raised in those movies.

R.J. wrote: "A feature article about SciFi author R.J. Archer was published today in The Portland Tribune. Hope you'll stop by, then read the fiction about real-life discoveries in the Bahamas and around the gl..."

Interesting article, R.J. And, you're right--deep-water archaeology is seriously neglected.

J.R. wrote: "R.J. wrote: "A feature article about SciFi author R.J. Archer was published today in The Portland Tribune. Hope you'll stop by, then read the fiction about real-life discoveries in the Bahamas and ..."

Thanks for the comment, J.R. (interesting!...R.J. and J.R. :-) )

Free on Amazon Oct 20 thru Oct 22
Science Fiction / Adventure
http://www.amazon.com/SODIUM-1-Harbin...

Time After Time

My post on those paradoxes of travelling back in time to alter the events of the past

http://marcnashtaft.yolasite.com/gene...

Philip wrote: "Hello all,

My name is Philip Charles Stephens and I’m looking for people interested in reading and critiquing a sci-fi serial of mine. I've had one short story and two poems published in literary ..."

Solid opening -- comment left. BTW, I just removed our trusty Lobos License Plate Frame after the salt air her in NY corroded it. The Sandias will always remain home in some sense, no matter where we live.

Thanks so much for your time, Richard, and I really appreciate the comment. I love the Sandias and I had a great time at UNM. I didn't get to study with Prof. Hillerman, but the English department was fantastic. Please let me know if you have any work you'd like feedback on so I can return the favour. Cheers:)

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Philip wrote: "Thanks so much for your time, Richard, and I really appreciate the comment. .."

Philip;
I just released two novellas -- one is an historical fiction/fantasy and the other one is a thoughtful scifi, one reviewer compared to Ray Bradbury. I'll give you the link to the smashwords location where you can read the pitches on either one. Once you've decided if you;d like to read either one or both, email me at authoratsailletalesdotcom and I'll send you the free coupon code(s) I appreciate your willingness! They are titled, Troll and Home.

My Paqe on Smashwords.com

Richard

PS> One more great thing about NM -- no hurricanes!

Hi, my name's Wayne Smallman, and hello to everyone.

In the beginning, we broke our word, and then came the lights.

Earth Day is a post-apocalyptic novella, combining science fiction with mystery while providing an unexpected twist to the popular alien invasion concept.

“In the aftermath of this unstoppable invasion by an invincible alien force, one survivor wants more than mere survival, Leonora "Lenny" Dixon wants answers. Why are the invaders here, and what do they want of us?”

Reassuringly, the novel has been professionally proofread and copyedited.

Available for Kindle in the UK and US.



And, if you sign up to my Newsletter, I'll send you a FREE copy of Lucidy, a cerebral espionage novella.

Hi, my first novel is out now from Alloy Entertainment (the folks who do Gossip Girl, Pretty Little Liars, etc.) It's an e-book only, and their first venture as such. It's YA, with a comedic sci-fi feel.

Great to be here!

The End of the World as We Know It

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"As a genre-bending blend of police procedural and science fiction, The Silk Code delivers on its promises." -- Gerald Jonas, The New York Times Book Review

Here goes...

My recently released novella, Home, received a review comparing it to Ray Bradbury's work. It floored me!

Home can be a battlefield...

A thought-provoking story in a scifi setting. Forty-two teachers, scientists, engineers and their children, have just completed a twelve year deep-space journey to escape the war and drought ravaged Earth. A carefully selected band of hardened survivors, they are to be colonists on the planet Nakis. Lying at the edge of the galaxy, it’s a new world that they hope will let them build a safe life together. Unfortunately, within two days, their ship, all their supplies, tools and technology are destroyed in an unforeseen melt-down of the crystalline core of their laser-driven vehicle.

Scrambling up to take shelter in a rough cave above the valley floor, those watching the melt-down find that survival will mean resurrecting the ancient technology and forgotten skills of their Paleolithic ancestors. If dodging the lurking predators isn’t hard enough, soon they discover the uninhabited planet they are marooned on, isn't exactly uninhabited. Nakis has not provided the home they had willingly traded their old lives for. They have been reduced to foraging for subsistence. No strength, no defenses and now: powerful, potential enemies waiting in the darkness.

All eBook formats $2.95 222 pages Smashwords
Also in print on Amazon and B&N

New blog pages on my book Time After Time



http://sulcicollective.blogspot.co.uk... Vids, photos,


http://sulcicollective.blogspot.co.uk... paradoxes of time travel, genre wars

This is to announce that with my book, Time Pullers, I am an Award-Winning Finalist in the 'Fiction: Science Fiction' category of The 2012 USA Best Book Awards, sponsored by USA Book News.
http://www.usabooknews.com/home.html

Congrats on the shortlisting! Well done, Horton!

Puramore: The Lute of Pythagoras

Greetings,

My sci-fi novel, Puramore - The Lute of Pythagoras, continues the social science fiction genre created by Aldous Huxley and George Orwell and others during the 1st half of the 20th century. Set in the context of antiquarian history, the book stands out as a truly unigue story representing one possible course of mankind's future.

You may also enjoy reading the section of my Goodreads Authors Blog entitled The Patricians (see http://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_...). It presents my discoveries in conducting personal antiquarian genealogical research.

Genre companion books:

Brave New World
1984
Darwin Among The Machines: The Evolution Of Global Intelligence

Related genre literature:

The Book of Lies
The Book of the Law Liber al vel Legis
The Power of Myth

Vincent wrote: "This folder is for readers and writers of science fiction.

Welcome! Please post your books or leave a comment!"Hi everyone. If you would like to read something a little different I invite you to have a peek at my newly released Sci-fi series called Drake's Progress. You can peruse first chapters at your leisure at www.throughtime.webs.com
My series beginning with Nigma follow the adventures (or should I say misadventures) of an off-world alien time traveller. All available for kindle or other e-readers, just follow the links on my website

My scifi novella Home was released in September in print and Kindle on Amazon and in all eFormats on Smashwords.com, where it costs just US$2.95

"Home is where you're stranded..." (from a review)
A thought-provoking story in a scifi setting. Forty-two teachers, scientists, engineers and their children, have just completed a twelve year deep-space journey to escape the war and drought ravaged Earth. A carefully selected band of hardened survivors, they are to be colonists on the planet Nakis. Lying at the edge of the galaxy, it’s a new world that they hope will let them build a safe life together. Unfortunately, within two days, their ship, all their supplies, tools and technology are destroyed in an unforeseen melt-down of the crystalline core of their laser-driven vehicle. As they scramble up to take shelter in a rough cave above the valley floor, those watching the melt-down find that survival will mean resurrecting the ancient technology and forgotten skills of their Paleolithic ancestors. If dodging the lurking predators isn’t hard enough, soon they discover the uninhabited planet they are marooned on, isn't exactly uninhabited. Nakis has not provided the home they had willingly traded their old lives for. They have been reduced to foraging for subsistence. No strength, no defenses and now: powerful, potential enemies waiting in the darkness.

My sci-fi novel, Altered, is available free this weekend from Amazon UK and Amazon US

Christopher

Hi :). The Flowery War, a science fiction spy thriller, has been released on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00A7HE426

It's free 11/26 and 11/27.

Goshan Fenn is a graduate school dropout who, on the strength of his family connections, goes to work for the famous expert in alien languages, Tolan Smith. When Smith begins to receive messages from an alien species, he starts behaving strangely, and Smith's superiors task Fenn to spy on him. As conflicting loyalties threaten to overwhelm him, Fenn becomes involved in a web of deception and intrigue that threatens the future of humanity. Pursued by an unknown assassin, Fenn must decide whom to trust or whether to trust anyone at all.

Hi, I'm Christie. :) My debut novel


The Marann

is a space opera / psychological study about a young but brilliant high school Spanish teacher from rural Iowa who gets sent by a somewhat dystopian Earth to teach the daughter of a ruler on a planet 24 light years away. Along the way, she experiences love, loneliness, attempted assassination and a transformation she never dreamed possible.

http://amzn.to/UCYXQl (US)
http://amzn.to/TfiR46 (UK)
http://bit.ly/QVMVUW (NOOK)
And everywhere else through Smashwords.

Hi y'all,

This is M. J. Stoddard, author of epic sci-fi/fantasy novel 'The Twilight Legacies: The Sixth Eye', you can find my book on Amazon UK, CA, IT and JP. Depiction set in the distant future of 3189 A.D.

Brief Synopsis

A mysterious mercenary, a magical and ancient artifact and a warlord hellbent on galactic domination and the conquest of the universe.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/1434984400-Bo...

http://www.amazon.ca/The-Twilight-Leg...


The Twilight Legacies

Check out my science fiction novel, "Relocated"
Blurb:

When fourteen-year-old Keth's dad is transferred to planet Aleyne, he doesn't know what to expect. Certainly not to discover Dad grew up here, and studied with Ardaval, a noted Aleyni scholar. On Aleyne, Keth’s psi ability develops. However, psi is illegal in the Terran Federation. After a dangerous encounter with two Terran teenagers conflict erupts between Keth and his father. Keth seeks sanctuary with Ardaval. Studying with the Aleyne scholar Keth learns the truth about his own heritage. After Keth's friend's father, Mazos, is kidnapped, Keth ignores the risks and attempts to free him. Little does he realize who will pay the cost as he becomes involved with terrorists.

Publisher's website:
http://tinyurl.com/MuseRelocated

Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Relocated-ebook...

Barnes and Noble:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/reloc...

My first novel ReEarth is available on Amazon as both kindle and paperback.

Nothing on the Rhealian network is private. A few reckless comments online can do a great deal of damage to a persons reputation.

When Detective Joseph Pimm is placed in charge of a murder investigation, where the chief suspect is an Earthling, uncovering the truth risks putting him out of step with Rhealian society.

Amazon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B008SRISGU