David J. Williams » SF http://autumnrain2110.com/blog Autumn Rain 2110 Wed, 05 May 2021 07:38:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 The state we’re in http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/2021/02/08/the-state-were-in/ http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/2021/02/08/the-state-were-in/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2021 04:51:39 +0000 http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/?p=2272 man, it’s like some kind of sci-fi novel

]]> http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/2021/02/08/the-state-were-in/feed/ 0 Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/2016/01/20/homeworld-deserts-of-kharak/ http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/2016/01/20/homeworld-deserts-of-kharak/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2016 21:31:51 +0000 http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/?p=2267 Super-excited to be lead writer on today’s release of HOMEWORLD: DESERTS OF KHARAK — the first new Homeworld IP in more than ten years. Huge congratulations to Rob Cunningham, Paul Ruskay and the whole team at Blackbird Interactive; it was an honor to be a part of it, and I couldn’t be more excited for the future of the franchise!

 

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But — also while I was growing up — I was reading voraciously anything 2000 AD or Judge Dredd related.  (I still do, of course.)  So to meet Dredd writer and comic legend Alan Grant in Lodz was the honor of a lifetime. For that matter, the whole trip was. Now SA and I are back in LA with the way-too-many amoral hustlers we live with, aka the cats… back to work! More updates to come soon.

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]]> http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/2014/07/07/fanboy-comics-podcast/feed/ 0 Star Wars: kicking off the new canon http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/2014/06/23/star-wars-kicking-off-the-new-canon/ http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/2014/06/23/star-wars-kicking-off-the-new-canon/#comments Mon, 23 Jun 2014 17:47:34 +0000 http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/?p=2222 Co-authored with Mark Williams, our new short story “Blade Squadron” is out now in STAR WARS INSIDER. Jedi News reviews it favorablyhere, and Disney has announced that this is the FIRST work to be considered part of the new SW canon.Which is, yanno, pretty cool. So if you want to know what else was going on in the Battle of Endor, get your copy now.

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]]> http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/2014/01/28/transformers-retribution/feed/ 0 More than meets the eye: Transformers novels http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/2012/06/25/more-than-meets-the-eye-transformers-novels/ http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/2012/06/25/more-than-meets-the-eye-transformers-novels/#comments Mon, 25 Jun 2012 23:32:55 +0000 http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/?p=2207 I’m pleased to announce that my writing partner/brother-in-arms Mark Williams and I have signed a deal with Random House to write two Transformers novels for Hasbro. We couldn’t be more psyched to contribute to this world-class franchise; publication dates TBD, but will update as I have details.

]]> http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/2012/06/25/more-than-meets-the-eye-transformers-novels/feed/ 0 New novel: THE PILLARS OF HERCULES…steampunk in the ancient world! http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/2012/02/15/new-novel-the-pillars-of-hercules-steampunk-in-the-ancient-world/ http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/2012/02/15/new-novel-the-pillars-of-hercules-steampunk-in-the-ancient-world/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:29:14 +0000 http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/?p=2191 The rumors are true. I have a fourth novel about to hit bookshelves, under my fantasy/steampunk nom de plume, David Constantine. Slated for release on March 6th by Night Shade Books, THE PILLARS OF HERCULES is steampunk set in the age of Alexander the Great, and features Persian princesses, Gaulish barbarians, Greek mercenaries, as well as a wild and crazy journey to find the magick artifacts lost beneath the waves at Atlantis.  Plus Alexander himself is a major character, along with all the Macedonian generals you know and love:  Ptolemy, Hephaestion, Eumenes, Craterus, and other assorted bad-asses.

Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist has published an excerpt from the book here, and the book also has a website at www.thepillarsofhercules.com.

So stay tuned.

]]> http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/2012/02/15/new-novel-the-pillars-of-hercules-steampunk-in-the-ancient-world/feed/ 0 New short story in the STAR WARS INSIDER: available now! http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/2012/02/01/new-short-story-in-the-star-wars-insider-available-now/ http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/2012/02/01/new-short-story-in-the-star-wars-insider-available-now/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:37:54 +0000 http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/?p=2188 My partner-in-crime Mark S. Williams and I have a new story in the latest issue of Star Wars Insider magazine: MAZE RUN features Han, Chewie, and the Millennium Falcon as they navigate perilously near to a rather large black hole while battling the Imperial department of dirty tricks.

Those among you who have studied my career closely will also note this is actually my FIRST published short story, and I couldn’t be happier to have it be a Star Wars one.

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