Edward M. Lerner's Blog: SF and Nonsense

 Times flies. Meaning Buy-a-Book Saturday is once more almost upon us. 

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Winchester Book GalleryRegularly since 2010, shortly before Thanksgiving, I've posted about Buy-a-Book Saturday. That's my personal variation on Small Business Saturday: the day (specifically, the second day after Thanksgiving, and one day after retail's infamous Black Friday) on which holiday shoppers are especially encouraged to patronize small businesses. The big-box stores and Internet giants will do fine this h...

I once again concede that a year's-best posting before Thanksgiving might seem, well, early. But surely not so much if you -- or your reading giftees -- prefer their material in paper and ink. If that's you, well, you may prefer to undertake your holiday shopping sooner rather than later. Also, in general, Stuff Happens. 

In any event, Black Friday and Cyber Monday will soon be upon us. At some stores/e-stores, they somehow already are.

If you find none of the above convincing? I can live with tha...

"Edward M. Lerner has produced the best-ever guide to putting the science in science fiction, and he’s done it with clarity, wit, and panache."  

— Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Award-winning author of Quantum Night

As an author, I'm best known for my science fiction and technothrillers, but I also write popular science. In particular, I've written a lot about the science that underpins many an SF plot -- including, as my subject suggests, artificial intelligence (by which I don't mean merely the advance...

Newly organized notes, outlines, synopses, drafts, page proofs, etc. covering the development of the entire Fleet of Worlds series are now available to literary researchers (and the curious public). Many thanks to the Special Collections & Archives Department of the University Libraries at Northern Illinois University. 

"This collection houses materials pertaining to the 5-book Fleet of Worlds fiction series co-authored by Larry Niven and Edward M. Lerner from 2007-2012. It consists of manuscript...

“Sure to have something to appeal to almost every reader ofscience fiction.” 

— Tangent Online, on M&M

What's M&M (besides a favorite candy)? Funny you should ask.
I'm pleased to announce the re-release by ReAnimus Press of Muses & Musings: A Science Fiction Collection.  Originally published in 2019, M&M offers seventeen stories at every lengthfrom flash to novella -- works selected from over a decade’s output -- chosen from four separate magazines and three originalanthologies. And as a bonus, ...

Life and Death on Mars, my December 2023 novel, is now available as an audiobook. Huzzah! The audio version was produced by Tantor, a division of Recorded Books. 

(Tantor is also the Ape-ish word for elephant in the Tarzan books by Edgar Rice Burroughs. It beats me if there's any connection.) 

ANYway ... the audio performance is available from Amazon as an Audible.com download, MP3 CD, and standard "audio" CD.

The novel remains available as an ebook -- here's the Kindle edition (you can find other ...

Last September, I was delighted to report new ebook and print editions of four novels from comparatively early in my career -- see "Happy day (they're here)". (The new releases are lovely, if you haven't yet checked  them out.)

Today I'm as pleased to announce -- with the ink barely dry -- the signed contract to re-release two more of my earlier books. 

First-edition coverTrope-ing the Light Fantastic: The Science Behind the Fiction: "Edward M. Lerner has produced the best-ever guide to putting th...

 What's 2025 have in store for us ... besides surprises?

======================from Edward M. Lerner's "SF and Nonsense"

Times flies. Meaning Buy-a-Book Saturday is once more almost upon us. 

Regularly since 2010, shortly before Thanksgiving, I've posted about Buy-a-Book Saturday. That's my personal variation on Small Business Saturday: the day (specifically, the second day after Thanksgiving, and one day after retail's infamous Black Friday) on which holiday shoppers are especially encouraged to patronize small businesses. The big-box stores and Internet giants will do fine this holiday season. But will neighborho...

 I once more concede that a year's-best posting before Thanksgiving might seem, well, early. But surely not so much if you -- or your reading giftees -- prefer material in paper and ink. If that's you, well, you may prefer to undertake your holiday shopping sooner rather than later. Not to mention: Labor shortages. Postal/UPS/FedEx slowdowns. Countless stores that had up Christmas displays well before Halloween. Also, in general, Stuff Happens. 

In any event, Black Friday and Cyber Monday will so...