In Memory: A Tribute to Sir Terry Pratchett is a charity anthology in aid of Alzheimer’s research, by fans of the late great author. I’m genuinely proud to be included among the contributors.
Pre-release, it’s got great reviews, and although I don’t formally review books that I contribute to, I’d like to say that several of the stories moved me deeply or made me laugh out loud.
Today is release day on Amazon. If you’re a Pratchett fan and/or want to contribute to a cause close to his heart, pick up a copy.
(Linking to Amazon seems to be weird today. The book isn’t actually called “Robot Check”.)
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I’ve just submitted this story of mine for the eleventh time. I think if this one turns it down, I may try submitting to general rather than fantasy markets. It has an unreliable narrator, after all, so it’s not certain that the fantasy element really exists….
Astronomers may have found giant alien ‘megastructures’ orbiting star near the Milky Way
Whoa…
A large cluster of objects in space look like something you would “expect an alien civilization to build”, astronomers have said.
Jason Wright, an astronomer from Penn State University, is set to publish a report on the “bizarre” star system suggesting the objects could be a “swarm of megastructures”, according to a new report.
Here’s the link to the source of this story and its even more interesting and exciting:
“Brother Blue” is complete in first draft. Came in at 13,000 words, in the end, an awkward length to sell, but I like it. It’s what I think of as a Zelaznian world, strange and wonderful, though the story itself isn’t at all a Zelazny story.
A student at a magical college that travels between worlds is separated from his friend, and strives to understand how the College works so he can get back to where his friend lives. Along the way, he has to deal with multiple distractions and temptations to abandon his quest, but each time, he chooses the path of love. It’s a celebration of the power of friendship, and the family that we choose for ourselves.
It could probably stretch into a novella – there are a couple of places with potential to expand, though they’re kind of digressions to the main thrust of the story. But I think I’ll try it out on the market as a novelette first, after my editor’s been over it.
The singularity is near here! As usual, here are a few of the last week’s best articles from around the web illustrating humanity’s progress toward the singularity. Enjoy 🙂
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We’re at a pivotal moment in history. Billions of years of biological evolution has culminated to an intelligent species of hominids that in their sudden industrial-digital revolution create machines that can take them places they can’t even imagine. And to think that they don’t even pay attention to the transformation as neural networks make their first major appearances, as AI enters each of the main fields of science, and breakthroughs in computing threaten to leave even Moore’s Law in the dust. So do as I do and spread the word!
