Science Fiction Author of the JUMP 225 Trilogy
LibraryThing has a program called LibraryThing Early Reviewers, wherein certain publishers make review copies of their books available to LibraryThing members. All you have to do is sign up for LibraryThing, go to the Early Reviewers Request List, and click the big “Request It!” button next to “Infoquake.” If you’re selected, you get a copy of the book, which you are then theoretically supposed to read and review on the site.
I have a “Big Idea” piece up on John Scalzi’s Whatever blog, talking about Adolf Hitler and the inspiration for my novels “Infoquake” and “MultiReal.”
Every week for the next four weeks, I’m going to hold a contest here on my blog. And the winner of each contest will receive copies of “Infoquake,” “MultiReal,” “The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction, Volume Two,” and Mervyn Peake’s “Titus Alone.” Read the full article for details.
Two new reviews for “MultiReal” have hit the web. The Grasping for the Wind blog compares the book to “The Empire Strikes Back,” saying it’s better than its predecessor; SFCrowsnest, meanwhile, criticizes the book for plot confusion and trying to stuff too much information between two covers.
Solaris Books is offering “Infoquake” wallpaper on the Downloads section of their website. So if you’ve ever wanted a hi-res closeup of Stephan Martiniere artwork on your desktop, now’s your chance.
A copy of my latest novel “MultiReal” is literally sitting in my lap as I type this, having arrived from the publisher today. Here are some of my thoughts and first impressions.
Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist, the fine SF review website that brought you the recent “Infoquake” giveaway — not to mention the fine SF review website that recently called said book “one of the very best science fiction debuts I have ever read” — is now giving away three copies of “MultiReal.”
Do author blurbs, advance praise, and review snippets on a book’s cover or first page actually sell more books? And if so, how and why?
After much distraction and delay, tonight I have finally posted the complete chapters 1 through 7 of “Infoquake” in audio read by the author. Chapter 1 of “MultiReal” has been posted as well.
After seeing the rush of new reviews for “Infoquake,” I decided to do a round of vanity Googling and found several more that I had been unaware of.