David J. Williams

So I’m flying out to Comic-Con tomorrow for a signing at the Bantam booth tomorrow (Friday) at 5 p.m., followed by a panel Saturday at 4:30 (“Welcome to the Future: Are you Sure you Want To Stay?”). Since GoH Samuel Delany is also on that panel, my answer right now is yes, because the man rocks.

Meanwhile, hot off the wire, here’s a review of MIRRORED HEAVENS by the Mad Hatter, followed by one of MACHINERY OF LIGHT by Cliff’s 52 Books in 52 Weeks.  And then I’ll be back to Sekrit Projects #1 and #2, both of which are picking up steam….stay tuned, and/or see you in San Diego!

Just got back from a week in Wyoming at Mike Brotherton’s Launch Pad workshop, an intensive NASA-sponsored workshop for pro SF writers. It was a fantastic week, and not just because it allowed me to escape the tropical humidity that D.C. has been plunged into for what seems like eons. Awesome lectures, brilliant stargazing, and unforgettable people….and thanks to fellow scribe Jeremiah Tolbert you see the attached picture of all of us.

From left to right, top row then lower row:

My latest post is up at Tor.com….this week, Top Secret.

Thanks to the good offices of fellow scribe Alex J. Cavanaugh, I’m the July featured author on Prinkipia, which has reprinted the interview that Alex conducted with me a couple weeks back, omitting only a few curse words that I’m sure I don’t remember.

Meanwhile, I leave this weekend for Launch Pad in Wyoming, where me and a bunch of other SF writers will be blowing our minds on the wonders of the cosmos all week.  Not to mention beating the #$# D.C. heat….

So tonight the LAST reading of THE MACHINERY OF LIGHT world tour goes down four blocks from where I’m writing this, at 7 p.m. Borders Books @18th and L, downtown D.C. Hope to see ya there!

Hope everybody had a good holiday weekend.  It’s so hot in D.C. that my cats wish they had no fur, but that’s another story. As to today’s business:

First, a reminder to those of you in the D.C. area that I’ll be back at Borders 18th and L tomorrow night at 7 p.m. reading from MACHINERY OF LIGHT!  Hope to see you there…

Second, Cybermage has named Claire Haskell as one of the “Formidable Female Protagonists in Science Fiction”.  Can’t say I disagree.

Third, Rico Dostie of TreksinSciFi and I had a great podcast conversation last week about the books, even though I was more than a little jetlagged at the time.

Fourth, the Falcata Times has weighed in with a review of the entire trilogy, calling it a “real treat” and a “top author recommendation for the year.”

See you manyana at Borders…

Captain Zoom here. 

The big moment has arrived.

And I’m pleased to announce the winner of the contest to win the entire Autumn Rain trilogy is . . . .

AJAX!  Yes, Ajax has won all three books.  Which means he and I can now line our litter box with every single page of the trilogy while we languidly purr and …

What’s that?

Really?

FUCK.

Well, you’re not going to believe this, but Dave has churlishly informed me that BOTH of his household cats are ineligible.

However, non-household cats are fair game.

And Mirik Smit of the Netherlands has a cat.  Perhaps this is why he has won the entire Autumn Rain trilogy.  Perhaps not.  Cats are mysterious that way.  At any rate, congratulations are due to Mirik.

As for the rest of you losers, I mean, contestants, don’t despair.  You can still always, yanno, buy the books.

Shoplifting is also an option, though you heard ’nuffin from me.

For those of you in Vancouver BC, I’ll be having an end-of-tour party for THE MACHINERY OF LIGHT Sunday night at La Terrazza restaurant in Yaletown! If you’re in the area, send me an email at djwATautumnrain2110.com and I’ll put you on the guest list.

Meanwhile, the cats will announce contest winners announced on MONDAY. Stay tuned.

I’ll be reading from THE MACHINERY OF LIGHT at Powell’s in Portland tonight (Beaverton location) and the UBookstore in Seattle tomorrow (Thursday). Both appearances kick off at 7 p.m.; also, the good folks over at SeattleGeekly have just posted an interview I’ve done in support of my northwest tour!

Meanwhile, the contest is now over, and the winner will be announced as soon as my cats get around to finishing up more important things, like checking out those interesting birds on the balcony and consuming all the turkey they can get their paws on. Stay tuned.

A reminder that the contest to win the Autumn Rain trilogy ends tonight at midnight. . . we’ll say Pacific time, since I’m on the west coast right now.

Rumors that my cats are handling the entries /selecting the winner are of course totally unfounded.

Email djwATautumnrain2110.com to get in on the last-minute action.. ..