Here's a pair of links you'll love, and that you'll want to pass along. First, a40 second teaser for my new novel EXISTENCE!
Then go for the real treat - a full, three minute preview trailer of the book, with spectacular visuals and effects by the peerless web artist Patrick Farley. Prepare to be amazed! (It's cinematic, so give the preview time to load properly. )
The book won't be in stores for 3 weeks (June 19). You can sample free chapters on my newly redesigned website! And/or pre-order from Mysterious Galaxy or Amazon.
And yes, there's tons of political stuff, views of how the oligarchy might view science and democracy, forty more years down the line....
nother cool featurette: see my Question & Answer about Existence - also about human destiny and the transformative power of science fiction - at the Orbit Books site. And check out the 3-D cover (a new technology debuts with this book) that will only run with the U.K. first printing.Tell your friends and networks!
= Other Sci Fi-related News =
On the Need to Restore Optimism to Science Fiction: This interview on io9, is more about science fiction, science and the daunting challenges and amazing opportunities in front of us. Piddling things like... destiny. Join Neal Stephenson and Kim Stanley Robinson, Vernor Vinge and me, in calling for SF that beckons our can-do spirit.
Having mentioned Robinson, be sure to check out his just released novel 2312. I am getting my copy in a couple of days. Few modern authors so brilliantly blend scientific possibility with a clear-eyed view of human nature and hope for rising wisdom.
And heck, while we're compiling this stuff -- one of my better... if very informal...recent interviews just ran on the brash and fun HorrorZine site. Free-ranging from SETI to fantasy to my advice for new writers.
(* Note: for the longer more detailed version of this blog, with illustrations, see http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/ ... Good luck adn win.)
