Nebula Awards Showcase 2012

Published on May 22, 2012, at 8:08 am.

My Nebula-Award-winning novelette “That Leviathan, Whom Thou Hast Made” is now available in The Nebula Awards Showcase 2012.  Edited by James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel, this volume brings together many of last year’s winners and nominees:

  • “Introduction: In Which Your Editors Consider the Nebula Awards of Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow” by James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel
  • “Ponies” by Kij Johnson
  • “The Sultan of the Clouds” by Geoff Landis
  • “Map of Seventeen” by Chris Barzak
  • “And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill’s Side” by James Tiptree, Jr.
  • “In the Astronaut Asylum” by Kendall Evans and Samantha Henderson
  • “Pishaach” by Shweta Narayan
  • Excerpt from Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis
  • “Bumbershoot” by Howard Hendrix
  • “Arvies” by Adam Troy-Castro
  • “How Interesting: A Tiny Man” by Harlan Ellison
  • “The Jaguar House, in Shadow” by Aliette de Bodard
  • “The Green Book” by Amal El-Mohtar
  • “That Leviathan, Whom Thou Hast Made” by Eric James Stone
  • Excerpt from I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett
  • “To Theia” by Ann K. Schwader
  • “The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen’s Window” by Rachel Swirsky
  • 2011 Nebula Awards Nominees and Honorees
  • Past Nebula Winners

I’m very pleased to be sharing a table of contents with so many terrific authors.

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Bookmarklet to add totals to Kindle sales stats

Published on May 21, 2012, at 7:41 am.

If you’re selling e-books through Kindle Direct Publishing, did you ever wish Amazon would put totals at the bottom of the month-to-date sales statistics?

Well, they still haven’t done that, but I’ve created a bookmarklet that will do that for you.

First, bookmark this link: Kindle Sales Total. The link itself doesn’t go anywhere, so you need to bookmark it from here by right-clicking on it and choosing “Bookmark this link.” (Some browsers may use Favorite instead of Bookmark.)

Then, go to the KDP reports page and select the Month-to-Date Unit Sales report. Once the report has loaded, click on the bookmark. Voilà! You have totals.

Note: It works in the latest version of Firefox. I have not tested it in other browsers. If you find it doesn’t work in the most recent version of another browser let me know in the comments and I’ll see what I can do.

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Tweets for the week of 05-12-2012

Published on May 19, 2012, at 11:59 pm.

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I’ll Be With You – я буду с тобой

Published on May 17, 2012, at 7:23 am.

This week’s Russian pop song: “I’ll Be With You” by Blue Affair & Sasha Dith. (The version I usually listen to is a slightly different remix.)

Here are the translated lyrics (courtesy of Google Translate and sefan.ru):

I’ll be with you

I will be with thee, thou shalt be with me, and
Together we’ll go for a walk in the moonlight!
I will love, you will be silent,
In your eyes I see sadness

I’ll be with you …

I will be with thee, thou shalt be with me, and
Together we’ll go for a walk in the moonlight!
I will love, you will be silent,
In your eyes I see sadness

I will be with thee, thou shalt be with me, and
Together we’ll go for a walk in the moonlight!
I will love, you will be silent,
In your eyes I see sadness …

I will be with thee, thou shalt be with me, and
Together we’ll go for a walk in the moonlight!
I will love, you will be silent,
In your eyes I see sadness

I’ll be with you …

I will be with thee, thou shalt be with me, and
Together we’ll go for a walk in the moonlight!
I will love, you will be silent,
In your eyes I see sadness (3 times)

Umm, yeah. The lyrics are a little repetitive.

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My Association for Mormon Letters blog posts

Published on May 16, 2012, at 5:23 pm.

Apparently I’ve been remiss in blogging about my blogging.

My latest guest post at the Association for Mormon Letters is on the topic of “Mentioning Mormons in science fiction.”

In March, I interviewed author Brad R. Torgersen.

In April, I interviewed author Nancy Fulda.

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My lecture to Brandon Sanderson’s class

Published on May 15, 2012, at 7:35 am.

Brandon Sanderson teaches a creative writing class at BYU, and last semester I had the opportunity to give a guest lecture on the subject of writing short stories. A video recording of the lecture is now available on YouTube:

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The Avengers vs. The Dark Knight vs. X2: X-Men United

Published on May 14, 2012, at 8:35 am.

I saw The Avengers a few days ago, and I thought it was a lot of fun, despite the fact that it had a few plot holes the size of the Incredible Hulk.

A while back, when The Dark Knight was all the rage, I wrote up a little comparison On the Codex Writers forum between that film and X2: X-Men United, which I consider to be the best comic-book superhero movie ever. I updated it after seeing The Avengers, and now I’ve turned it into the chart below. WARNING: SPOILERS FOR ALL THREE MOVIES ARE PRESENT! Read More »

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Balloon – воздушный шар

Published on May 11, 2012, at 7:08 am.

This week’s Russian pop song: “Balloon” by Mr. Credo. (The version I usually listen to is a remix of this that mostly features the chorus.)

Here are the translated lyrics (courtesy of Google Translate and lyricstranslate.com):

The balloon,
The air in the sense of like my fantasy,
He hangs between heaven and earth,
How often do I hang out
Flying in the astral world, gliding over the clouds
And heading to nowhere
I want to reach the depths of consciousness
But the fear, all broken off, as always.
Fear of excess weight,
With his soul, I will cast him as ballast
Let this step,
Help me get up and give hope.
Hope I,
And those who believe that love will save the world
Love and Blood of
Who gave us the blood.

Chorus:
I am going on a big balloon
Where I do not know why I do not know
And swim beneath me the sea and the country
And I’m flying by the will of the wind in the vast ocean
Flying on a big balloon
Where I do not know why I do not know
I have a dream where I find and lose, his cherished
dream

The balloon,
He is the embodiment of freedom and dreams
A priceless gift
Was sent to us to see the ground from a height
Do you understand what
With only the head was able to understand your
No one can explain to you all,
The answers hide all gloom.

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Enchanted by Alethea Kontis

Published on May 8, 2012, at 6:42 pm.

Pretty much everyone who meets her is, of course.

But what I’m actually referring to is the new fairy-tale novel Enchanted, which was written by my friend Alethea Kontis, author of the Alpha-Oops picture books.

Way back in 2005, I participated in a fairy-tale-writing contest on the Codex Writers forum.  Through various skulduggerous means I managed to take first place with my story “Bird-Dropping and Sunday.”  Alethea came in third place with her story “Sunday.”  She later sold that story to Realms of Fantasy magazine.

But she didn’t stop there. She turned it into an entire novel: Enchanted, which came out today.

Well played, Alethea. Ultimate victory is yours.

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Stars Await Us – Звезды нас ждут

Published on May 4, 2012, at 1:20 pm.

This week’s video of still another of my favorite Russian pop songs: “Stars Await Us” by Mirage. (The version I listen to is by Tsvetnoye Kino featuring Milena, but the two versions are very similar, and I couldn’t find a real music video for the other.)

Here are the translated lyrics (courtesy of Google Translate and nomorelyrics.net):

Night. Closed the last sheet.
We alone in the world – you and I,
In your hand is my hand.
You have a chance given only once.
We will give the world the best,
That took care of us for centuries.

Chorus:
Together, we are not accidental,
We know the secrets of dreams,
But after our meeting will be all serious.
The stars are waiting for us today,
Do you see their bright light?
People wake up tomorrow and we have no …

Away, Let us cast away the boring things.
On the music brought us crazy, doubt no more room.
Peace, Believe me, more beautiful than a dream.
Leave stories of the old house,
What was your so many years.

Chorus.

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