Advance Reader’s Copy: Baen Books realized that there are quite a few people out there ready to shell out fifteen bucks to get their hands on the e-book version of an anticipated book, several months early. And not quibble about the fact that the final proofreading hasn’t been done yet; because, you know, several months early. I’m honestly surprised more publishers don’t do something like this, although I suppose that they have some ostensibly good reason for it. Or at least that they think that they do.
Anyway, The Sword of the South is the latest book in David Weber’s high fantasy series, and I’m quite fond of it. You can even pick up the first book in the series (Oath of Swords) for free. By all means: check them out.
Baen knows how to get me to pay for the same book twice. In Larry Correia’s case, 3 times. eARC, Kindle, AudioBook.
And in two days, I finish John C. Wright’s latest book in Count to Eschaton Sequence, The Architect of Aeons. Wright doesn’t assume his readers are morons, and throws some serious ideas for contemplation. I like his take on God Emperor Leto II with endless Duncan Idaho (ok, in this case, it was more like God Emperor Leto II with a mortal and teenage Leto II pre-sandworm). He also inverted quit a few Old Science Fiction Tropes. Such as Saberhagen’s Berserker. Instead of endless self replicating war machine out to destroy everything not them, you have something else.
On the back of the novel there is a somewhat helpful Medium Scale Time Line that help fill in narrative gaps from 11000 AD to 55100 AD. The entire series is highly recommended. 2 more novels to go in the series, The Vindication of Man and Count to Infinity. I’m going to bet these two books comes out before Martin wrapped up his series.
Dear Moe:
My inner Weber fan wishes to thank you for letting me know that this book is finally out.
My credit card, however, would like to have a few words with you…
Baen are rumored to use the number of e-arc purchases to calculate print run sizes, so they neither have too few and lose sales nor have too many and have to pay to shred unsold books.
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It’s a Gaia-ist plot in Capitalist clothing, I tell you!
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Mew
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p.s. second what acemarke said .. this will be mine!