A Very Cool Thing

[la_marquise]

I'm a member of the online sff novelists' support-group SF Novelists, who are a bunch of very cool people who very kindly let me join in their conversations. There's a website and a regular blog and all sorts of stuff to look at over here: http://www.sfnovelists.com/


And right now, the group is doing A Very Cool Thing. A subset of the sff writers have put together a volume of sample first chapters from their newest books (some out now, some due out very soon). It's called Opening Acts and you can read about it here:
http://www.sfnovelists.com/2011/08/01/sfnovelists-sampler-a-years-worth-of-reading/

It's a great line up --

7th Sigma by Steven Gould
Bone Shop by T.A. Pratt
Bones of Faerie by Janni Lee Simner
The Brahms Deception by Louise Marley
Carousel Tides by Sharon Lee
The Cloud Road by Martha Wells
Dangerous Water by Juliet E. McKenna
The Dread Hammer by Trey Shiels
Flesh and Fire by Laura Anne Gilman
Fright Court by Mindy Klasky
The Heretic by Joseph Nassise
House of the Star by Caitlin Brennan
Indigo Springs by A.M. Dellamonica
Jade Tiger by Jenn Reese
Kat, Incorrigible by Stephanie Burgis
Medium Dead by Chris Dolley
Midnight at Spanish Gardens by Alma Alexander
Play Dead by John Levitt
Shade by Jeri Smith-Ready
The Snow Queen’s Shadow by Jim C. Hines
Spellcast by Barbara Ashford
The Spirit Lens by Carol Berg
TruthSeeker by C.E. Murphy
Up Against It by M.J. Locke
With Fate Conspire by Marie Brennan



You can download it for free in various formats. Highly recommended.

There's going to be a second volume, too, with an extract from my The Grass King's Concubine.

Comments

[saare-snowqueen.livejournal.com]

That looks fascinating. Thank you for sharing.

[queenoftheskies.livejournal.com]

That looks so awesome. I downloaded it and now, I have to figure out how to get it onto my Nook.

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

I'm afraid I don't know how that bit is done, alas.

[marina-bonomi.livejournal.com]

Thank you for sharing, a very cool thing indeed!

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

There are some great writers in there, I have to say.

[glass-mountain.livejournal.com]

That sounds very cool, and I must go look-see! Looking forward to Vol 2 also...

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

:-)