The world’s first matter transmitter story was published in 1877. It was written by an amazing guy, Edward Page Mitchell, who was also the first to write about time machines, intelligent computers, cryogenics, mutants, cyborgs, and invisibility, beating not just H. G. Wells to at least two of those tropes but everyone else as well. […]
This Twinmaker-related story is now available at Lightspeed, with a bonus interview. The beautiful artwork is by Galen Dara. ## The first time it occurred to me that [my mother] had a problem, she was still in the old house in Texas and I was working in Zambia. I visited her on Thursdays for dinner. […]
In the excitement of blog touring, it’s easy to forget that I’m actually kinda really touring at the moment, sadly without d-mat to make it both quicker and easier on my creaky old bones. If you’re in the US, here’s where I’ll be this week: Tuesday: Teen Author Reading Night at the New York Public […]
In which I rant about the beauty myth and how it relates to Twinmaker: “Now, I’ve got nothing against beautiful people. Some of my best friends are beautiful people. I’m not a beautiful person, but that’s okay. I can live with it–as long as someone isn’t shoving the message down my throat that if I’m […]