Fun podcast site "The Science in the Fiction" asked me back earlier this week to tackle a new subject. First Contact being a favorite topic of mine, we got to discuss -- beyond lots of speculative science and engineering -- several of my related novels. 2023's On the Shoals of Space-Time chief among them ...
Friday, September 27, 2024
Second contact (in order to make First Contact)
Thursday, September 19, 2024
A milestone
Newly organized notes, outlines, synopses, drafts, page proofs, etc. of all my solo writing -- fiction and non, short and long -- covering about three decades of authorial endeavor -- are newly available to literary researchers (and the curious public). Many thanks to the Special Collections & Archives Department of the University Libraries at Northern Illinois University.
Herewith, the university's Instagram announcement (clarification: my papers are complete through 2024.)
Tuesday, September 10, 2024
Random post
(Yes, I'm selfie-impaired. In my defense, it was very sunny, even in Mirkwood.)
Second, because it amuses me greatly, here's an epically great, authorial-centric, cartoon from Grant Snider (first in a 2014 NYT Sunday Book Review article). Tha cartoon, randomly, showed up today in my FB feed.
That, I suspect, is ample randomness for one day :-)
Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Happy day (they're here)
Four of my earlier novels are freshly re-released in spiffy new hardback, trade paperback, and ebook editions. All, IMO, still timely.
The novels in questions are
- Fools' Experiments: “When the artificial intelligences … go maverick, they turn out to be the true
weapons of mass destruction. A fast, fun read.” — Sci Fi Weekly - Small Miracles: “Suspense and action enough to fuel any thriller, and even to drive it to the big screen.” — SFrevu
- Energized: “A taut near-future thriller about an energy-starved Earth held hostage by a power-mad international cartel … Lerner’s vision of the future is both topical and possible in this crisp, fast-paced hard SF adventure.” — Publishers Weekly
- Dark Secret: “I heartily recommend Ed Lerner’s Dark Secret.” — Tangent Online
The new publisher is the aptly named ReAnimus Press.
In a word ... huzzah!
Just one of the spiffy new covers |
Friday, June 28, 2024
*Start* of an era
Updated September 3, 2024. Huzzah! As in, posted today, Happy day (they're here). They being four of my earlier -- but still, IMO, relevant -- novels.
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I'm pleased to announce forthcoming new print and electronic editions of four of my earlier novels. (Why only forthcoming? These things take time, but expect the new editions to appear before summer is out.)
The novels in questions are
Fools' Experiments: “When the artificial intelligences … go maverick, they turn out to be the true weapons of mass destruction. A fast, fun read.” — Sci Fi Weekly(original cover) - Small Miracles: “Suspense and action enough to fuel any thriller, and even to drive it to the big screen.” — SFrevu
- Energized: “A taut near-future thriller about an energy-starved Earth held hostage by a power-mad international cartel … Lerner’s vision of the future is both topical and possible in this crisp, fast-paced hard SF adventure.” — Publishers Weekly
- Dark Secret: “I heartily recommend Ed Lerner’s Dark Secret.” — Tangent Online
The new publisher is the aptly named ReAnimus Press.
Lots of my other books remain available while you wait ;-)
Thursday, June 6, 2024
SciFi Thoughts (also random synapse misfirings)
https://lancerkind.com/podcast/278-edward-m-lerner-perpetrator-of-science-fiction-and-techno-thrillers/
First update: touching on my three-novel InterstellarNet series, on the nonfiction/popular-science book Trope-ing the Light Fantastic: The Science Behind the Fiction, and on my latest novel, aka Life and Death on Mars, here is installment two:
https://lancerkind.com/podcast/279-life-and-death-on-mars-author-edward-m-lerners-new-novel-mp3/
Second update: in episode three, we dig (with a minimum of spoilers) into Life and Death on Mars. You can check it out here: https://lancerkind.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/280-LIFE-AND-DEATH-ON-MARS%E2%80%94Billionaire-Cabal-a-Space-Race-with-China-and-a-NASA-Systems-Engineer.mp3
And update the third: in installment four of our wide-ranging conversation, Lancer and I discussed my other 2023 novel. That's On the Shoals of Space-Time, and its wildly different than what we'd discussed earlier. At the end of the episode, we get a little into my InterstellarNet series. You can hear it all here: https://lancerkind.com/podcast/281-author-edward-m-lerner-introduces-on-the-shoals-of-space-time/
With a fourth update, we come to the end of this wide-ranging interview. Our focus in this segment is on the InterstellarNet trilogy. It's all here, at https://lancerkind.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/282-InterstellarNet-novel-series-by-Edward-M-Lerner.mp3
With our discussion complete, it's time to thank host Lancer Kind for inviting me onto his SciFi Thoughts podcast.
Friday, May 31, 2024
Words *from* the wise?
I asked Gemini (Google's AI/chatbot) to characterize my novels. I like to believe *this* time it wasn't hallucinating.
Either way, here's how Gemini responded:
Friday, May 17, 2024
Life (and the Internet) goes on
It recently sank in that my last blog post was in December, when Life and Death on Mars was published. Hmm. Truth be told, like much of the Internet, I've moved on from blogging to Facebook posting.
That said ... if only because Blogger's tools are better than FB's, I'll occasionally post here when I have something major (or anything lengthy) to say. Meanwhile, your best bet with keeping up with me is my authorial Facebook page.