I just got back from Readercon, which was perfectly lovely and fun. Being in New England, Readercon is sort of my home convention, and I go every year to reconnect with friends and keep up the annual traditions we have developed over the years. When I was there, I realized that I had not mentioned…
Category: books.
foreign frontlines editions update.
I love seeing the covers of foreign editions of my novels. Here’s the cover of the Japanese edition (published by Hayakawa), which apparently went on sale on May 25th already: According to a Japanese friend, the title translates to “Enlisting For A Space Soldier”, which is one heck of a lot more accurate than the…
kindle deals on frontlines #1 and #2.
Hey, kids! Amazon has my first two novels, Terms of Enlistment and Lines of Departure, on sale as the Kindle Daily Deal in Science Fiction today for a measly $1.99 a copy. That’s, like, less than two bucks! And if you already own those books on your Kindelmaschine, but you have a friend or three…
new digs, yo.
First post at the new domain! WOO! This is markokloos.com, which is almost exactly like the old munchkinwrangler.com except with a new address and a snazzier header image (which was designed for me by my friend Erica, who is super-talented and an altogether awesome human being.) Now I just need to have time to add…
lovely “angles of attack” review.
Claire Thorne at Fanboy Comics has written my favorite review of “Angles of Attack” so far (and one of my favorite general “Frontlines” series reviews). It’s a very perceptive and detailed review, and you should go over there and read it. She has kept it mostly spoiler-free, for those who haven’t read Angles yet, and she really…
got me a gen-u-wine series now, i guess.
This is the color version of the current Amazon Kindle screensaver ad for the Frontlines series. I’m biased, of course, but I think it looks massively cool. Can’t be long now before I have enough books out for a boxed Frontlines set… Yes, there are indeed a million ways to die in the Frontlines…
gladness.
I am relieved beyond measure to see that “The Three-Body Problem” by Liu Cixin (translated by Ken Liu) has been added to the Best Novel Hugo shortlist in place of “Lines of Departure”. I honestly can’t think of a novel I would have rather seen on the ballot this year than this one. It’s precisely…
a statement on my hugo nomination.
Dear friends and readers: I have officially withdrawn my acceptance of the Best Novel nomination for “Lines of Departure” at this year’s Hugo Awards. It has come to my attention that “Lines of Departure” was one of the nomination suggestions in Vox Day’s “Rabid Puppies” campaign. Therefore—and regardless of who else has recommended the novel…
“angles of attack” giveaway.
There’s an Angles of Attack giveaway at Goodreads right now. If you’d like to put in your name for a free copy, you should head on over there and do the thing with the click and the stuff. The giveaway runs until April 21st, which is the official release day of Angles of Attack: https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/131610-angles-of-attack…
vermont tales of adventure!
I’ll be reading at Vemont Tales of Adventure! In White River Junction on February 27th. The event is organized by Geek Mountain State as part of their Vermont Speculative Fiction Writers series. I am not a Vermonter, but we are sitting right on the border, so maybe I’ll be able to pass as one of…