Fiction by Linda Nagata
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... and welcome to my personal website. I'm Linda Nagata, a science fiction and fantasy writer with nine novels, a collection of short stories, and more books on the way.
My most recent books are a duet of short, fast-paced fantasy novels collectively titled Stories of the Puzzle Lands. Call them quirky sword and sorcery: they touch on themes of love, war, murder, marriage, and fate, with some dark humor thrown in to make it all flow.
My science fiction novels are usually considered "hard" science fiction, with an emphasis on character and story. The Bohr Maker won the Locus Award for best first novel, and my novella "Goddesses" was the first online publication to receive a Nebula award.
All of my books are available through my own publishing imprint, Mythic Island Press LLC. All have ebook versions, and many are also available in print.
If you're a fan of my work, please consider "friending" me on facebook, following me on twitter, signing up for my very occasional newsletter, or writing a review of one of my novels on Amazon or Barnes & Noble, or blogging about my work. Promotion is the hardest part of indie publishing, and I'm ever grateful for your support!
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Visit My Blog at Hahví.net
Please visit my blog and let me know what you think! I would love to hear from you. Here's a sample of my recent ramblings:
February 3, 2012
Writing Expertise, aka Practical Meerkat's 52 Bits of Useful Info for Young (and Old) Writers
Like most writers, it took me a long time and a lot of rejections before my first novel sold. This was a good thing. I am so very, very glad that the first book an agent ever took to market for me never found a buyer. In these modern days I suppose I would have gone ahead and published it myself—and then I would be faced with the fact of its existence ever after. We hate to admit it, but often, a rejection is a good thing.The second novel of mine that ever went to market was an early version of The Bohr Maker. It was turned down many times, and with the most painfully “almost but not quite” rejections I ever hope to see.
For some reason I was flipping through the file a few months ago and discovered this gem of a rejection, addressed to my agent and later forwarded to me:
Updated February 2, 2012
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Stories of the Puzzle Lands--Book 2
Hepen the Watcher - a tale of exile, rebellion, fidelity, and fire
Stories of the Puzzle Lands began with The Dread Hammer and will soon continue with Hepen the Watcher. To receive an email notice when the book comes out, please sign up for my very rare newsletter (link will take you over to the website for my blog Hahví.net).
In the meantime, if you haven't seen it yet, please take a look at The Dread Hammer. It's true that it's nothing like my science fiction books, but I think it's a damn good read. I hope you'll try it! You can read the opening here.
And if you'd like a sneak peak at Hepen the Watcher, sample chapters are now available here.
Hepen the Watcher will be published by Mythic Island Press LLC
The Novels & Story Collections - Published by Mythic Island Press LLC
The Dread Hammer - a tale of love, war, murder, marriage, and fate
Ketty is a pretty shepherdess with a contrary nature, who runs away from home to escape an unwanted marriage. As she flees along the forest road, she prays to the Dread Hammer for help--and to her astonishment help comes in the form of a charming and well-armed young murderer named Smoke. As Ketty soon discovers, Smoke is not entirely human.
Smoke, too, is taken by surprise at their encounter. He had lurked beside the forest road intending to pierce hearts and slit throats, not to fall in love. But love it is--or it would be--if only he can convince Ketty that marriage is better than death.
But just when happily-ever-after seems within reach, Smoke's past returns to claim him. A deserter from the Koráyos army, his supernatural skill at killing is still very much in demand. Now the army wants him back.
The Dread Hammer was published in 2011 under my pen name Trey Shiels. It's currently in the process of being re-published under my real name. If the updated ebook edition is not yet out, it will be shortly. New print edition to follow.
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A Short Story Collection - Published by Mythic Island Press LLC
Goddesses & Other Stories by Linda Nagata
Ten science fiction stories, including my Nebula Award winning novella "Goddesses." This collection brings together for the first time my short fiction, originally published in Analog Science Fiction & Fact, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, More Amazing Stories, and SciFi.com.
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The Nanotechnology Novels . . . now, The Nanotech Succession
The nanotechnology novels were originally published from 1995 through 1998 by Bantam Spectra. In November 2010 they were re-published as ebooks by Mythic Island Press LLC under the collective title The Nanotech Succession. Each novel works as a stand-alone story, but since they share the same story world and sometimes the same characters, they can also be read as a loose series. Tech-Heaven is a near-future prequel. The Bohr Maker is Book 1, followed by Book 2, Deception Well, and culminating in Book 3, Vast.
Tech-Heaven - A Prequel to the Nanotech Succession
A political thriller that imagines the rise of nanotechnology in our world through the eyes of Katie Kishida, a mother and business woman whose life takes an extraordinary turn when she is widowed, and her husband's body is cryonically frozen against a time when advancing technology will allow his resurrection.
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The Bohr Maker - Book 1 of the Nanotech Succession
Society has expanded into the great orbital habitats known as the "Celestial Cities" and nanotechnology saturates every aspect of life--but the rules regulating its use are still being written. A brilliantly original, fast-paced thriller, The Bohr Maker won the Locus Award for Best First Novel.
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Deception Well - Book 2 of the Nanotech Succession
Advancing technology has allowed human civilization to expand across star systems, establishing settlements divided from one another by vast gulfs of space and time. But all along the frontier, human settlements are under attack by the ancient and deadly robotic warships of a mysterious alien race known as the Chenzeme.
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Vast - Book 3 of the Nanotech Succession
Four people are aboard the great ship, Null Boundary. They are bound for the lightless clouds of dust and gas in the galaxy's Orion Arm, determined to find the source of the alien Chenzeme warships that have ravaged human civilization. Vast is an extraordinary adventure embracing the limitless nature of both space and time.
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Science fiction writer Alistair Reynolds recently had some very nice things to say about Vast. Find his blog post here.
Other Story Worlds:
Memory
A unique far-future adventure set on a world where the past rises up each night to rewrite the future.
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Science fiction writer Tobias Buckell talks about Memory. Find his blog post here.
Limit of Vision
A near-future thriller set in the steamy Mekong Delta. Ethics and evolution collide in this tale of runaway biotechnology.
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Skye Object 3270a
A far-future, high-adventure young-adult novel aimed at an advanced middle school audience. The story is set in the Deception Well story world, but is otherwise independent of that book and its characters. If you want to infect a new generation with the science-fiction meme, start here!
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Goddesses & Other Stories
Ten science fiction stories by Linda Nagata, including the Nebula Award winning novella "Goddesses." This collection brings together for the first time Nagata's short fiction, originally published in Analog Science Fiction & Fact, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, More Amazing Stories, and SciFi.com.
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