The Balticon 43 Con-Chair, Misha Field, is proud to announce that British author Charles Stross has been confirmed as GOH for the 2009 Balticon. Charles Stross’s writing has earned him the title of Hugo award winner, 2006 and 2007 Locus Award winner, 2007 Prometheus Award winner, and 2008 winner of the Edward E. Smith Memorial Award also known as the Skylark.
Due to a problem with iTunes I have to put the link to Tee Morris’s book in a separate post. Please see the previous post for all the relevant info.
Authors Tee Morris and Philippa Ballantine have released their latest novels as free PDFs.
Tee Morris is the author of the novels Morevi: The Chronicles of Raif and Askana and The Case of the Singing Sword: A Billibub Baddings Mystery. He is also the co-author of the non-fiction works Podcasting for Dummies and Expert Podcasting Practices for Dummies. He has podcasts for the above mention fiction as well as a companion podcast for the Dummies books.
Philippa Ballantine is the author of the novels Weaver’s Web and Chasing the Bard. These novels are also available as podcasts. Her free PDF novel is Digital Magic, the follow up to Chasing the Bard.
Tee’s free PDF novel is The Case of the Pitcher’s Pendant: A Billibub Baddings Mystery. If you couldn’t tell by the title this is the second in his Billi Baddings series.
Both authors say that these books can be read and enjoyed without having read the earlier novels. We hope you enjoy them too.
Please join Tee and Philippa as they make their run on the Amazon.com charts on Aug 8, 2008. If you enjoy Pitcher’s Pendant and Digital Magic, please support the authors by buying their books from Amazon.com on 8/8/08. They need your help to show the publishing world that podcast listeners matter. This is your chance to show the world what we can do.
Paul and Martha reminisce about the coolest moments of Balticon 42. They are joined by special guest, Tee Morris. And have lots of call-ins from the new voicemail line, 1-206-666-2843.
Somehow this email from Jun 6 got lost. Sorry for the delayed notification, but Soccergirl has posted the audio from her live show at Balticon. I had the pleasure of engineering it for her and really enjoyed the opportunity.
Listen here.
This episode is awesome. We talked with Matthew Wayne Selznick (WMS) at Balticon 41, back in May 2007, and we talk to him again in July 2008 to update the interview and discuss his Sovereign Summer Sunday, July 13, 2008. In fact, it’s an all MWS Balticon Podcast episode with a promo and music by Matt as well.
Matt’s book, Brave Men Run, will be released by Swarm Press on Sunday July 13, 2008.
Check Matt’s blog for more info on his Sovereign Summer Sunday event!
Updates: Matt wants me to let you know some things we didn’t cover in the updates. He no longer offers web hosting and all his podcasts have been collapsed into one called Sonitotum. It is the companion podcast to his blog, Scribtotum.
We just renewed our voicemail line with K7.net and got a new number. This number is good for all the Dancing Cat Studios feedback. But right now, we want your feedback from Balticon 42.
What did you like?
What did you hate?
Who did you meet?
What totally blew you away?
Who did you fall in love with?
How has your life been changed?
Call 1-206-666-2843 now and let us know.
It’s been a long time coming but we’re finally presenting our interview with Balticon 41 Guests of Honor Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. They’re latest collaboration is Inferno. Mark J. Gross, author of The Sci-Fi Scene column in Autograph Collector, shares the interviewing duties.
I just found this through Boing Boing. Walter Jon Williams talks about his latest novel, Implied Spaces. At the end of the article is a link to an excerpt from Implied Spaces and a link to a free copy of his Nebula award winning story, The Green Leopard Plague.
I found this through Boing Boing.
I got up early and finished fixing all the files. If you have any file problems, please leave a comment or send me an email.
-Paul
Thanks to everyone who let us know about the file problems. Most of our files were some how invalidated on Podango. We’re in the process of restoring them, but we’re on vacation and it will take some time. We have restored everything up to episode 40. We’ll keep uploading the files as time and bandwidth allow. Thanks for your patients.
-Paul & Martha
While we’re busy sifting through all the wonderful interviews, panels, and events that we captured at Balticon 42, we provide a little something to get your heart pumping and your blood racing. For the first time anywhere, Dave Williams reads from his debut novel Mirrored Heavens. Mirrored Heavens, from Bantam Spectra, is available on the web and in bookstores beginning June 2008.
WARNING: Some strong language
It’s hard to get pictures when you’ve got so much to do. But, Paul Fischer and Martha Holloway did get some photos.
George Hrab has posted his Geologic Podcast episodes of Balticon 42.
DIGG Science Feed
