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Friends, Romans, countrymen, and all the rest of you...
My novel, RED MOON, has just been published. It has nothing whatsoever to do with Rome or Greece or ancient history, but it's a pretty spiffing sci-fi alternate history yarn, if I do say so myself. Here's a link to the Amazon page:
RED MOON
For anyone who buys it, I'll be happy to personally sign your copy when next we meet.
Multas gratias, fraters!
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I think I'll buy it, I always love historival science-fiction, especially when it has to do with space. At least I kno some other space buffs on this forum 
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Congratulations on getting your brain-child published David!
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Oooh, my favorite subgenre of sci-fi! When I can spare cash from college, kit and tools, I'll spring for it. Alternate histories have always been a favorite of mine, and space too.
Like Jasper said, congrats David! From what I understand, getting a book published isn't a simple or easy process.
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Hi David
You say your book has just been published but some of your reviews date back to 2001! The plot thickens!
Congratulations it does look interesting and I like the bit about bumping into, literally, a real Cosmonaut!
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Best of luck Dave,
Thoroughly enjoyed it - hope they make it into a movie!
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Quote:Hi David
You say your book has just been published but some of your reviews date back to 2001! The plot thickens!
OK, you caught me— I should say it's being re-published. RED MOON first came out in October 2000 from Fireword Press, a small print-on-demand publisher. It got great reviews but not a lot of sales— coincidentally, it came out at virtually the same moment as Michael Cassutt, an established aerospace writer, published his novel, also called Red Moon, about the Soviet moon program. Neither one did all that well back then— seems no one was interested in a cold-war era tale of lunar exploration (my novel also incorporates a near-future story line and a more expansive theme, but it tended to get lumped together with the Cassutt book, which was pretty straightforward and had no SF or alternate history elements).
Since then, the world has rather changed— seems several nations are interested in returning to the Moon, the need for alternative energy has grown, and space travel is "hot again." I had a thought a while ago about dusting off RED MOON and seeing if I could get another publisher to pick it up, but Jeremy Robinson of Breakneck Books actually beat me to the punch— he called, said a friend of his had read my book back in the day and raved about it, and would I be interested in having his company re-publish it?
I did go back and redraft parts of the book to bring it current with the post-9/11 world, so you could call it a "new edition." Also, an injustice with the first edition has been corrected: My friend Dan Brenton, who was a close collaborator on the project and wrote maybe 20% of the actual prose, is now properly credited as a co-author (my original publisher refused to have a two-name byline, so he got shunted to the "acknowledgements" page).
For all you interested in historical space travel and the like, visit the Red Moon website for more background on the book and the Firebird project it's built around:
http://www.luna15.com/
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Quote:Thoroughly enjoyed it - hope they make it into a movie!
That's right— I gave you a copy of the first edition when we met a few years back. Glad you liked it! And a movie is my fondest dream, though it's not terribly likely. But who knows?
By the way, how did you get a Faym portrait of yourself done? Or is that an original on your avatar? Almost enough to make you believe in reincarnation...
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Do I get a discount on an amphora?
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Quote:Do I get a discount on an amphora
Buy the book, and I'll spring for a flagon of Falernian when next we meet.
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Looks very interesting! I think I know what will be on my Christmas list...
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Flavius,
Yup, the piccie is an original portrait from Fayum now in the Cairo Museum - so I guess it is my 'real' avatar! If you haven't already got it, buy 'The Mysterious Fayum Portraits' by Euphrosyne Doxiadis - amazing.
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Actually, the pic looks almost identical to a friend of mine who works in Thailand! :lol: I was getting a little paranoid until i met you in person at Corbridge!! :oops: :lol:
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Ya know what -- I'll buy it. Good for you. Publishing something is hard work and the fact that you worked so hard toward such a goal is worthy of reading. I'll buy it ASAP -- nobody can scare me away with Sci-Fi. The genre needs a few good fans. Good for you. I doubt if I can ever get it signed, but I'm sure it will be a great read. Best of luck!
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That's awesome! Congratulations on getting published. A wider audience is sure to notice you now. 
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Ordered it... Scifi is my second passion, were I an astronaut, I would demand a nice crest!
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