Teen Read Week
This is Teen Read Week.
Gay teens (or those who remember being gay teens) will probably enjoy Don's two YA gay romances, Act Well Your Part and Lucky in Love. Both are set in a world in which sexual orientation matters only as much as hair color or left-handedness.
Teens who like action-oriented sf will probably enjoy the first PsiScouts novel, At Risk, about some 25th century kids with some amazing abilities.
And if you're looking for something scary, try Curse of the Zwilling, a Buffy-meets-Hogwarts story of four undergrads who major in magic, fighting an ancient evil in the valleys of central Maryland.
December Reference Library Now Available
The December 2012 issue of Analog is out, and my Reference Library column is online here.
This month is the annual gift-giving issue, in which I provide readers with some suggestions of SF books they can give to their non-SF reading friends and family. This time around I review books for literary folks and hipsters, as well as readers of romances, steampunk, graphic novels, and historical fiction.
October Leaves
It's autumn in the Northern Hemisphere, and the leaves are turning. What better time to read about superintelligent trees and their ten-thousand-year relationship with the Human Race? Not only is The Leaves of October "an underrated SF gem," it's also a perfect introduction to the Scattered Worlds Mosaic.
Banned Books Week
This is Banned Book Week, a celebration of freedom of speech and freedom of the press. Here are some ways you can celebrate Banned Book Week:
Baltimore Book Festival
Don will be appearing at the Baltimore Book Festival on Friday, 28 September and Sunday, 30 September. Look for him at the SFWA booth.
October Reference Library Now Available
The October 2012 issue of Analog is out, and my Reference Library column is online here. After a short essay on the ways science fiction deals with change, I review new books by Paul Melko, Kim Stanley Robinson, Daniel H. Wilson, and Edward M. Lerner, as well as a new edition of classic novels by Andre Norton.
Short Story Sold
I've just sold a short story (not a Scattered Worlds one) to Alex Shvartsman's upcoming anthology Unidentified Funny Objects.
Stay tuned for information about pubication date, availability, etc.
September Reference Library Now Available
The September issue of Analog is out, and my Reference Library column is online here. After a short essay on genetic engineering in science fiction, I review books by Alan Dean Foster, Scott Westerfeld, T.C. McCarthy, Ted Kosmatka, Steven H. Wilson, and David Elroy Goldweber.
"The Geas Ingenerate"
"The Geas Ingenerate" is a new Scattered Worlds short story by Don Sakers featured in Galactic Creatures edited by Elektra Hammond ISBN: 978-1937051426 | 174 pages | $14.95 print
Opening a new chapter in the Scattered Worlds Mosaic.
They call me Will, but in truth my name is Erwilian; an ancient name that falls strangely on today's ear. It is a traditional family name, borne by many of my ancestors as far back as our records go.
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