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•SPIDER'S LATEST NOVEL IS COMING!
In June Baen Books will release VERY HARD CHOICES, the sequel to VERY BAD DEATHS, in hardcover, with another striking cover painting by Stephen Hickman, and another great cover quote by David Crosby.
Smelly is a hermit by necessity. He's the world's most receptive telepath--and it hurts. His old college roommate Russell, a Sixties survivor entering his sixties, is one of the few people Smelly can stand to be near. But now sinister government forces are after them both for unknown dark purposes, and Smelly and Russell must depend on Nika, one of the straightest cops in the world, to help them and Russell's visiting son Jesse dodge deadly peril in the dark. Before long Russell finds himself literally up Howe Sound without a paddle--and with a collapsed lung....
Available at better bookstores....in fact, it's the definition.....or at www.baen.com.
• The first two books of THE STARDANCE TRILOGY, the omnibus of his collaborations with Jeanne, based on their Hugo- and Nebula-winning novella (STARDANCE, STARSEED and STARMIND), have just been released as Blackstone Audiobooks.
• The paperback edition of the new novel VARIABLE STAR by Robert A. Heinlein and Spider, is now available in bookstores. The hardcover is in its third printing, the reviews have been most gratifying, and an avalanche of reader mail has warmed Spider’s heart. We don’t know how much you’ve heard about the current state of SF publishing; we’ll just say it’s important to Spider that VARIABLE STAR sells well. Read comments from fans in the VARIABLE STAR Reviews section.
• Three of his most requested related-novels, MINDKILLER, TIME PRESSURE and LIFEHOUSE, are finally out in a hardcover omnibus from Baen, THE LIFEHOUSE TRILOGY. Together they attempt to suggest a basis for morality that does not require any deity but us—a new kind of Heaven we might be able to create for ourselves and everyone we love, one day...and sooner than you might think.
What's New
Spider reads his short story "Distraction" on the StarShipSofa Podcast. Download the episode here.
Spider gave a print interview to the Internet Review of Science Fiction. Link to the interview here, but you have to sign up for a free subscription first.
Spider has just been awarded the "Audiofile Earphones Award for Excellence" for his Blackstone Audio recording of VARIABLE STAR, presented by Robin F. Whitten, editor of Audiofile magazine, "The Magazine For People Who Love Audiobooks." Spider writes "I'm dead chuffed by the news, for myself and for Robert, and I thank Ms. Whitten most kindly." This is Spider's first audiobook award, although he was nominated for an Audie Award last summer for his Blackstone Audio reading of CALLAHAN'S LEGACY. See the Audiobooks page for more info on his recording output.
Jeanne Robinson and her co-producer James Sposto have launched a new website to promote the Stardance project as a large-format IMAX feature film. Get the latest news and photos at the Press Room link about the Stardance team adventures on the December 30th flight on Zero-Gravity Corporation’s refitted 727, where Jeanne put her concepts of “dance beyond the bonds of gravity” to the test. And watch video clips on the Homepage at: www.stardancemovie.com
Jeanne started a blog to record her impressions and experiences in microgravity during her December 30th flight with Zero-Gravity Corporation. Read up-to-the minute entries by Jeanne, Spider, Kathleen and James, and watch video clips and a television interview on CTV’s Canada AM at http://stardancemovie.blogspot.com/
