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Hello! I was just wondering, what's the status of "Hammerwing"? Also, I'm curious about any other upcoming works!

Robert Reed Most of my year was spent writing three rather ambitious Great Ship novellas. Novellas are tough to sell, but two have been accepted. "Best, Last, Onl…moreMost of my year was spent writing three rather ambitious Great Ship novellas. Novellas are tough to sell, but two have been accepted. "Best, Last, Only" to F&SF, "What>We>Will>Never>Be" to Asimov's SF. The third work was almost taken by another market, and I'm not done submitting it.

About HAMMERWING: Work was going well until I started fiddling with the novellas. Combined, they're a novel-worth of words. But I intend to get back to it soon.

"Retrograde Tales" is an ongoing project -- little stories with crazy shit ideas. I'm putting out another dozen in the same volume by year's end.

Finally, I want to republish a bunch of Great Ship stories on Kindle. "The Realms of Water" and "Flattering the Flame" to name two.

Hope that helps. And thanks for the interest.(less)

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Hi, I'm a big fan of your work, and wish there was more to read! When can we expect a follow-up to Dragons of Marrow? I'm also dying to know what happens after "Hatch" and how that ties in to everything. Would you ever consider another book in the Sister Alice universe? Perhaps a prequel (would be kind of hard to do a sequel to that one!) Thanks for all the stories! Hope you're well. -Sam

Robert Reed A bunch of questions to answer:

I'm working on the sequel to DRAGONS OF MARROW. The working title is HAMMERWING, and I might shove it out on Kindle ear…moreA bunch of questions to answer:

I'm working on the sequel to DRAGONS OF MARROW. The working title is HAMMERWING, and I might shove it out on Kindle early next year.

What happens after "Hatch"? Billions of years of stuff that I'll probably never have time to answer. Except for the moment when the Milky Way finally catches up to the Great Ship, which is where the epic finally achieves what will have to pass for an ending.

I have no real interest in returning to Sister Alice, much as I'm fond of the old gal. It's a good instinct on your part to consider a prequel. But still, I feel that I have only so many years left in this business, and Alice would eat too much of that time.

I have been publishing new Great Ship stories in the magazines. "Flattering the Flame" is in the latest ASIMOV'S, and "Poubelle" will be coming out soon (next month?) in CLARKESWORLD.

Again, thanks for the interest.(less)

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	Marrow (Great Ship, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 2,446 ratings — published 2000 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Well of Stars (Great Ship, #2) 3.85 avg rating — 732 ratings — published 2004 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Greatship (Great Ship, #3) 4.13 avg rating — 479 ratings — published 2013 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sister Alice 3.78 avg rating — 401 ratings — published 2003 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beyond the Veil of Stars (Veil of Stars, #1) 3.73 avg rating — 221 ratings — published 1994 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Down the Bright Way 3.46 avg rating — 232 ratings — published 1991 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Memory of Sky (Great Ship, #4) 3.57 avg rating — 223 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black Milk 3.64 avg rating — 121 ratings — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Exaltation of Larks 3.69 avg rating — 99 ratings — published 1995 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beneath the Gated Sky (Veil of Stars #2) 3.70 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 1997 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Robert Reed answered Seth Howard's question: Thank you for answering. I'm sort of the same way with my aliens when I try to write. BTW you know of C.M. Koseman? He's done a bunch of art depicting aliens from The Greatship. I'm very familiar with the art. Another fan of mine works sends me jpegs and the like of the work. Just got my first look at llano-vibra.
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Robert Reed answered Seth Howard's question: How do manage to come up with so many imaginative alien races? Maybe because I have an odd enthusiasm for life. Animal, plant. And lately, slime molds. This gives me a working knowledge for crafting organisms out of the aether. And too, I've practiced delivering just enough detail in a bare minimum of words to m See Full Answer
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“The burden of intelligence: you can always imagine all those wonderful places where you can never belong.”
― Robert Reed, Marrow

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“Perfection is insignificant. Is boring.”
― Robert Reed, Marrow

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“In Reagan's world, we have to be geared up to fight a foe that could barely feed its own people. And meanwhile, our real troubles have to be mocked. Global warming. Nuclear proliferation. Corrupt governments supported by my tax dollars and everyone's complacency.”
― Robert Reed, Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 108, September 2015

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JUNE SCIENCE FICTION: This poll decides which two books will go on to the run off poll for June 2015's Science Fiction BOTM.

The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North

25 votes, 30.9%

The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon

21 votes, 25.9%

Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor

11 votes, 13.6%

Stealing Light by Gary Gibson

8 votes, 9.9%

Dust by Elizabeth Bear

7 votes, 8.6%

The Greatship by Robert Reed

6 votes, 7.4%

Kingdom Come by J.G. Ballard

3 votes, 3.7%

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