tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59851135034635964842024-03-13T08:52:41.020-05:00Faraway Press: The Online Home of John Jackson MillerNews and production notes from New York Times-bestselling science fiction author John Jackson MillerJohn Jackson Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02450012837939955658noreply@blogger.comBlogger440125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985113503463596484.post-46031177206418586252020-06-14T20:41:00.004-05:002020-07-09T17:29:07.602-05:00Online signing: Get autographed copies for Star Trek: Discovery — Die Standing!<div style="margin: 0px;">
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For addresses outside the United States, the cost is $45 postpaid using Priority Mail Flat Rate shipping. </div>
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A second (autographed!) book of similar or smaller size can be added at no extra shipping cost: in addition to <b><i>Die Standing</i></b> copies (in case you want a second one), I'll have these in stock:<br /><br /><b style="font-style: italic;">Star Trek: Discovery — Die Standing </b>($17)<br /><br /><b style="font-style: italic;">Star Trek: Discovery — The Enterprise War </b>($17)</div>
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<i style="font-weight: bold;">Star Wars: Lost Tribe of the Sith </i>($17)<br /><br /><i style="font-weight: bold;">Star Wars: A New Dawn paperback </i>($12)</div>
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(Note that they'd be shipped in the same package with <i>Die Standing</i>, so you'd get them on or after the release date.)<br /><br />I can also announce immediate availability of signed copies of my latest graphic novel, <b style="font-style: italic;">Battlestar Galactica: Counterstrike</b>. That goes for <b>$28 postpaid to the U.S.</b>, $47 international — and again, an additional copy from the list above can be added for the prices listed. (Or, if included in a <i>Die Standing</i> preorder, it'd add $20 to the cost.)<br /><br />E-mail your requests to me at <b>orders[at]farawaypress.com,</b> and I'll get back with a Paypal invoice and shipping cost closer to the release date once my supplies have been confirmed. Be sure as well to let me know if you want the books personalized in any way.<br /><br />Apologies for the somewhat low-tech nature of the offer — I've been fighting with my online store system of late, so this is a fast way of getting the offer out there. Any questions, please feel free to ask away!</div>
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Finally, if an autograph isn't necessary, remember that <i>Die Standing</i> can be preordered from any of these fine establishments. Including, now, the audiobook, which was just recorded by the incredible <b>January LaVoy</b>! </div>
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<b>Update: </b>I've just learned that 2019's <b><i>Star Trek: Discovery - The Enterprise War</i></b> has been nominated for Best Speculative Fiction Tie-In Novel by the <b>International Association of Media Tie-In Writers</b>. Honored to be included in such a group — see <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/42410867659/permalink/10158185469097660/" target="_blank">the full list of nominees and categories</a></b>. And click to find <b><a href="https://blog.farawaypress.com/2019/01/my-latest-novel-star-trek-discovery.html">order links for the book</a></b>!</div>
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John Jackson Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02450012837939955658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985113503463596484.post-82581849858048564562020-06-11T19:09:00.002-05:002020-07-10T14:58:15.048-05:00Let's do it again! From A Certain Point of View Strikes Back!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm thrilled to report that the <b><i><a href="https://amzn.to/2Cp5IIJ" target="_blank">Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back - From a Certain Point of View</a> </i></b>anthology is a go from <b>Del Rey</b> —and I'm on board with a story that's as cool as it is secret!<br />
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Check out this post on <b><a href="https://www.starwars.com/news/empire-at-40-from-a-certain-point-of-view-the-empire-strikes-back-cover?fbclid=IwAR08nMVY8HuBG92RxqrcQUzf4IT6HlDiWioysDKsWrHpRCEeZ20_Js2_ISc" target="_blank">StarWars.com</a></b> for more information — and there'll be a lot more out shortly. I can say for sure that my entry will be both surprising and a lot of fun. (And it's already done, which is always a plus!)<br />
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In the meantime, be sure to check out our previous collaborative effort, <b><i><a href="https://amzn.to/37jXugh" target="_blank">Star Wars: From A Certain Point of View</a></i></b>, which includes my story connecting to one of the characters from the Kenobi novel. (Read my notes about the book <b><a href="https://www.farawaypress.com/fiction/books/swfromacertainpointofview.html">here</a></b>.) A portion of the book's proceeds go the literacy charity First Book.
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John Jackson Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02450012837939955658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985113503463596484.post-22271902016676236682020-02-01T10:54:00.000-06:002020-03-09T17:05:48.609-05:00Rule the universe with STAR TREK: DISCOVERY - DIE STANDING, July 14!<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-srOO9-x3Lgk/XjWn741pPSI/AAAAAAAAGm8/1ZqHOV2dU2skLBh4amBR3jaM8RedM6a1gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/ST-DISCO-DIESTANDING.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a>Emperor. Exile. Secret agent. And… emperor again?<br />
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One of the reasons I took the assignment that became my 2019 release, <b><i>Star Trek: Discovery - The Enterprise War</i></b> was because of my liking for the Mirror Universe sequence of the TV show's first season — and my admiration for the bold move in bringing Emperor Georgiou into the Prime Universe. What, if anything, I wondered, would stop her from rebuilding her regime again?<br />
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I got the chance to answer at novel length with <b><i><a href="https://amzn.to/2ROEAIi" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Star Trek: Discovery - Die Standing</a></i></b>, which bows on 7/14. (Just remember Joe Friday's badge number!)<br />
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<i>But when a young Trill, Emony Dax, discovers a powerful interstellar menace, Georgiou recognizes it as a superweapon that escaped her grasp in her own universe. Escorted by a team sent by an untrusting Federation to watch over her, the emperor journeys to a region forbidden to travelers. But will what she finds there end the threat — or give “Agent Georgiou” the means to create her old empire anew?</i><br />
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It's a book full of surprises. Preorder links are propagating throughout the internet; you'll find a few of them below. <br />
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John Jackson Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02450012837939955658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985113503463596484.post-49138230414144625482020-01-29T11:19:00.002-06:002020-01-29T11:19:32.870-06:00Winter updateA busy winter here — finished my latest Star Trek novel, and we should be able to announce more about that soon. <br /><br />In the meantime, a couple of appearances are slated before the spring thaw: I'll be appearing at <b><a href="https://galaxycon.com/richmond-guests/" target="_blank">Richmond GalaxyCon </a></b>Feb. 28-March 1 on behalf of Bard's Tower. And my return trip again to <b><a href="https://midsouthcon.org/" target="_blank">MidSouthCon</a></b> (March 20-22) is made more special because literary guest of honor will be my colleague-in-Trek, <b>David Mack</b> — and the toastmaster is my longtime <b><i>Comics Buyer's Guide </i></b>colleague, <b>Maggie Thompson</b>!John Jackson Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02450012837939955658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985113503463596484.post-77272276162292406122019-07-30T00:00:00.000-05:002019-08-12T19:16:04.589-05:00The wait is over! Star Trek: Discovery - The Enterprise War now available!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Delighted to announce that <a href="https://amzn.to/2Da4GhM" rel="nofollow" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Star Trek: Discovery - The Enterprise War</a><b style="font-style: italic;"> </b>is now on sale from Gallery Books in trade paperback, audiobook, and ebook!<br />
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<b><i>The Enterprise War</i></b> is a rip-roaring adventure, written in consultation with the folks at <b>CBS</b> behind the TV show, telling where Captain Pike, Spock, and the ship was and what it was doing during the Klingon War — the entire war! <br />
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<span style="text-align: left;"><br />New! Signed copies are available in <a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_1187656226">my </a></span><b style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://shop.farawaypress.com/">shop.</a></b></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"><br />I'll be signing the book at three separate events this summer: <b>Star Trek Las Vegas </b>in early August, <b>Michigan Comic-Con</b> in Detroit in mid-August, and <b>FanX Salt Lake</b> in Utah in September. I'll also have signed copies available through the site just after Star Trek Las Vegas.</span><br />
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John Jackson Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02450012837939955658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985113503463596484.post-26412386626241032712019-01-13T21:21:00.000-06:002019-07-16T12:37:15.917-05:00Star Trek: Discovery - The Enterprise War launches July 30! UPDATED with cover!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<b><i>Updated (6/1/19): </i></b><i>The cover has now been revealed -- and it's a great one, inserting the <b>Enterprise </b>in a motif used for several of the Discover posters. <br /><br /><b>Updated (6/10/19): </b>And we now have the back cover, too!</i><br />
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The second season of <b><i>Star Trek: Discovery </i></b>aired this spring, featuring the return of <b><i>U.S.S. Enterprise</i></b> under Christopher Pike — and the story of where he and Spock and Number One and all the other crewmembers were all during the first season is about to be told, too. <br />
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I know because I'm the one who's telling it— in <b><i><a href="https://amzn.to/2Da4GhM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Star Trek: Discovery - The Enterprise War</a>,</i></b> my new novel releasing on July 30 from <b>Gallery Books</b>!<br />
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<b><i>The Enterprise War</i></b> is a rip-roaring adventure, written in consultation with the folks at <b>CBS</b> behind the TV show, telling where the ship was and what it was doing during the Klingon War — the entire war!<br />
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<b>A shattered ship, a divided crew—trapped in the infernal nightmare of conflict!</b><br />
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<i>Hearing of the outbreak of hostilities between the United Federation of Planets and the Klingon Empire, <b>Captain Christopher Pike</b> attempts to bring the <b>U.S.S. Enterprise </b>home to join in the fight. But in the hellish nebula known as the Pergamum, the stalwart commander instead finds an epic battle of his own, pitting ancient enemies against one another—with not just the Enterprise, but her crew as the spoils of war.
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<i>Lost and out of contact with Earth for an entire year, Pike and his trusted first officer, Number One, struggle to find and reunite the ship’s crew, all while Science Officer Spock confronts a mystery that puts even his exceptional skills to the test—with more than their own survival possibly riding on the outcome!</i><br />
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<b>Anson Mount </b>plays Pike in the series, as seen at left, along with <b>Rebecca Romijn</b> as Number One and <b>Ethan Peck</b> as Spock.<br />
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It's both my first full-length novel and my first <b><i>Star Trek</i></b> voyage since the <b><i>Star Trey: Prey</i></b> trilogy, which is available in stores now. I took some time away from the keyboard after that gigantic project to recharge, and can definitely say it's good to be back in the captain's — er, the writing chair. <b><i>The Enterprise War</i></b> will be a book to remember!<br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">More preorder links will appear as soon as they're available. Live long and prosper!</span></div>
John Jackson Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02450012837939955658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985113503463596484.post-21315677037228398432018-09-27T19:32:00.003-05:002018-09-27T19:32:33.461-05:00New Battlestar Galactica comic launches in October!<span style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><a href="http://shrsl.com/139x4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img alt=" Find this issue at TFAW!" border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hBm_JelEVJA/W6111gmHbhI/AAAAAAAAFuU/Wd8qHKyFcJsvYiJEXOXcaxnWUtTyvbqHgCLcBGAs/s320/BSG0%2BChen.jpg" width="213" /></a></span><br />
<i>There are those who believe...</i><br /><br />So began the opening to <b><i>Battlestar Galactica</i></b>, which debuted 40 years ago this month on ABC. I was one of the kids in the audience that night — and every week that followed that season. So I was delighted when <b>Dynamite Comics </b>tapped me to write a comics miniseries for this fall, focusing on the original cast.<br /><br />What's even cooler is that <b><a href="http://shrsl.com/139x4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the first issue is a #0 issue</a></b>, containing the first chapter to the storyline<br /><div>
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Subtitled <b><i>Counterstrike</i></b>, the series brings the <i>Galactica's</i> fleet into contact with something they've never encountered before — another ragtag fugitive fleet, much like theirs. Can they make common cause against the Cylons? </div>
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I've been tremendously busy writing this summer, hence the relative radio silence here on the blog; but I do have behind-the-scenes notes up for the <b><i><a href="http://www.farawaypress.com/comics/swadventuresannual2018.html">Star Wars Adventures Annual 2018</a></i></b>, released earlier this year.</div>
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John Jackson Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02450012837939955658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985113503463596484.post-22611197574255265582018-07-01T17:45:00.001-05:002018-07-01T17:57:23.061-05:00At the Ant-Man and the Wasp premiere!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I haven't blogged much at all this year, because I've been busy writing — five different projects at various stages, none of which can be announced — and I've also been traveling, including to another fun <b>Joliet Star Wars Day</b> and a very successful <b>All-Star Comic Con</b> in Tysons Corners, Virginia. But it's the most recent trip that's worth a photo journal!<br />
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As I mentioned <b><a href="http://blog.farawaypress.com/2017/07/announcing-my-last-jedi-prequel-canto.html" target="_blank">here</a></b> last year, <b>Marvel Studios</b> included Sonny Burch, the technology-stealing nemesis of Tony Stark from <b><a href="http://www.farawaypress.com/comics/ironman.html" target="_blank">my Iron Man comics run</a></b>, as one of the main villains for <b><i>Ant-Man and The Wasp</i></b>. This was the second major character to come from that story, as reporter <b>Christine Everhart</b> appeared as <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqQarx58Cgc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the reporter both in the first two Iron Man movies</a></b> — and also in the teaser material for the original <b><i>Ant-Man</i></b> film, where <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xnbyefdpdk" target="_blank">she interviews Paul Rudd</a> </b>as Scott Lang.<br />
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Actor <b>Walton Goggins </b>puts his own spin on the character, but operating inside the law — as he mostly did in the comics — or outside of it, Burch remains a technology thief, and it's a much more substantial role. So it was that Marvel invited my wife and me to Hollywood to see the World Premiere.<br />
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My first one of these, and it was a complete blast. The studio had closed off Hollywood Boulevard in front of the <b>TCL Chinese Theater </b>and the <b>El Capitan</b>, which simultaneously debuted the film.<br />
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You can see the official footage from outside the premiere <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgU9IFBbMe4" target="_blank">here</a></b> — but some personal highlights included seeing <b>Tony Isabella</b>, whose work I had edited at <b><i>Comics Buyer's Guide</i></b>; he'd worked on the Bill Foster character, who was played by Laurence Fishburne, many years earlier. It was good to see <b>Bob Layton</b>, who'd created another movie character, The Ghost, and whose comics with <b>David Michelinie</b> had gotten me into Iron Man in the first place.<br />
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And in possibly the biggest surprise, who should sit down beside me in the theater but <b><a href="http://jorgelucasart.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Jorge Lucas</a></b>, the artist with whom I had created those Iron Man comics fifteen years ago. We had never met, in all that time, and had not really had a chance to talk since. It was a bit of a surreal experience for both of us to be there, but a fun adventure nonetheless.<br />
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A few more photos follow from the trip. Ant-Man and the Wasp was a fun movie, and is definitely worth seeing — and I'm not just saying that because Jorge and I are in the credits. (But that's fun, too!)<br />
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John Jackson Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02450012837939955658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985113503463596484.post-69326810733687465032018-01-24T10:21:00.004-06:002018-01-24T10:50:42.856-06:00I return to Star Wars comics in IDW's STAR WARS ADVENTURES ANNUAL 2018!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Jedi are trained diplomats, but farmboys? Not so much! But Luke has to learn in a hurry as he's forced to pinch-hit for Leia on a diplomatic mission of major importance to the protocol-obsessed Sarkans — and even Threepio might not be enough to save him from starting an intergalactic incident! Will Leia have to bail him out?<br />
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I share the story in <b style="font-style: italic;"><a href="https://previewsworld.com/Catalog/FEB180374" target="_blank">Star Wars Adventures Annual 2018</a></b>, releasing April 4 from <b>IDW</b> to comics shops everywhere. I'd spoken of my return to Star Wars comics last fall with a story I'd just written; rather than serialize the tale, IDW decided to showcase it by building a special edition around it, with some additional surprises. My story is drawn by <b>Jon Sommariva</b>, who also drew the cover at right. The issue releases April 4. It's got order code FEB180374 when you request it at your comics shop.<br />
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It's terrific seeing the <i>Annual</i> happen, and fun to see it announced twelve years to the week after <b><a href="http://www.farawaypress.com/comics/swknights/swkotor01.html"><i>Knights of the Old Republic </i>#1</a></b> went on sale. Luke Skywalker was in some ways a template for Zayne Carrick; it's delightful to get to write the character himself. Amazingly, apart from one flash-forward page in <a href="http://www.farawaypress.com/comics/swknights/swkotor25.html"><b><i>KOTOR</i> </b>#25</a>, I'd never written Luke, Leia, or the droids before. And this story is actually a spin on one of the earliest Star Wars ideas I'd ever concocted, but never had the chance to write. I can't wait to see it!<br />
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There'll be preorder links here once they're available, but you'll be able to order the book starting in February from your retailer.<br />
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Also, I recently announced that I'd be at <b>Emerald City Comic Con</b> in Seattle March 1-4, appearing for Del Rey — that's a convention I've never attended before and had always wanted to visit. Well, there's some additional news: I'll be at the charity <b>Worldbuilders Party</b>, a gaming event from 7-11pm on March 2.<br />
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There will be games, snacks, and a silent auction, all to raise money for charity. Tickets are available at <a href="http://worldbuildersparty.com/"><b>worldbuildersparty.com</b></a>. If you've ever wanted to play me in a Pazaak game — as seen in the KOTOR computer game and my own <b><i><a href="http://amzn.to/2fHnL1E" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Canto Bight</a></i></b> book — now's your chance!<br />
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Finally, closer to home, I have a library event Saturday, Feb. 3 at the Little Chute Library in Little Chute, Wis. <b><a href="https://www.kimlit.org/event/galactic-adventures-sci-fi-con" target="_blank">Click for details!</a></b>John Jackson Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02450012837939955658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985113503463596484.post-20107772191948167452017-12-05T13:21:00.000-06:002017-12-14T13:52:46.383-06:00Deal the cards -- STAR WARS: CANTO BIGHT hits the shelves!<b><i><a href="http://amzn.to/2fHnL1E" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Star Wars: Canto Bight</a></i></b> is now on sale, in hardcover, ebook, and
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Four interconnected novellas describe the casino world from
<b><i>Star Wars: The Last Jedi</i></b>, where the wealthy and powerful go to escape (and ignore) the galaxy's
troubles. All stories set the same night! I'm joined by <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=709793113&extragetparams=%7B%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/saladin.ahmed.50?fref=mentions"><b>Saladin Ahmed</b></a>, <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=399146900140357&extragetparams=%7B%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/raecarsonbooks/?fref=mentions"><b>Rae Carson</b></a>, and <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1607962541&extragetparams=%7B%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/seananmcguire?fref=mentions"><b>Seanan McGuire</b></a> (writing as Mira Grant). <br />
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The audiobook's great, with my story, "The Ride," read by <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1066154098&extragetparams=%7B%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.davis.12382923?fref=mentions"><b>Jonathan Davis</b></a>, who previously read <b><i>Star Wars: Kenobi</i></b>; <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1458061014&extragetparams=%7B%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/marc.thompson.378?fref=mentions"><b>Marc Thompson</b></a>, who read<b><i> A New Dawn</i></b>, reads Rae Carson's "Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing."
<a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link js-nav" data-mentioned-user-id="413753429" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/seankenin"><b>Sean Kenin</b></a> reads Saladin Ahmed's "The Rules of the Game," and <a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link js-nav" data-mentioned-user-id="1365676674" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/SaskiaAudio"><b>Saskia Maarleveld</b></a> reads Mira Grant's "The Wine in Dreams."<br />
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I should have copies in my store shortly, but in the meantime you can obtain your copy at your local bookstore, or here:<br />
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HARDCOVER<br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/2fHnL1E" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Amazon</a><b> </b><br />
<b><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/canto-bight-saladin-ahmed/1127120693?ean=9781524799533#/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a><br /><a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Canto-Bight-Star-Wars/Saladin-Ahmed/9781524799533?id=7068931853297" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Books-a-Million</a></b><br />
<b><a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781524799533" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Indiebound</a></b><br />
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E-BOOK<br />
<b><a href="http://amzn.to/2xQL13F" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kindle</a></b><br />
<b><a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/book/canto-bight-star-wars/id1262798262?mt=11" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes</a></b><br />
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AUDIOBOOK<br />
<b><a href="http://amzn.to/2xRak5H" target="_blank">Amazon</a></b><br />
<b><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/canto-bight-saladin-ahmed/1127120693?ean=9780525596660" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a></b><br />
<b><a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Canto-Bight-Star-Wars/Saladin-Ahmed/9781524799533?id=7068931853297" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Books-a-Million</a></b><br />
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You can also read about the book in <b><a href="http://www.starwars.com/news/john-jackson-miller-canto-bight" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">my interview now online at the official Star Wars site.</a></b><br />
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And one more release for January:<i> </i><b><a href="http://bit.ly/Atriox5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i>Halo: Rise of Atriox </i>#5</a></b> for Dark Horse ties in with the the leader of the Banished group as seen in the <i>Halo Wars 2</i> video game.<br />
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<br />John Jackson Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02450012837939955658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985113503463596484.post-10482283386650189022017-10-01T16:46:00.001-05:002017-10-01T16:46:28.248-05:00Fall update: Two new Star Wars books, new Star Wars comics, Halo, and more!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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There's been a whole bunch of news, and things have only slowed down long enough now for me to be able to post about them: <br /><br />This week sees the release of <b><i><a href="http://amzn.to/2yRa5Wz" target="_blank">Star Wars: From A Certain Point of View</a></i></b>, in which I have a story about the Tusken Raiders we see in <b><i>Star Wars: A New Hope</i></b>. This charity edition supports <b><a href="https://www.firstbook.org/" target="_blank">First Book</a></b>, a literacy organization, and includes stories from more than 40 different authors.<br />
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I'm appearing with no less than eighteen of them later this week at <b><i>New York Comic-Con</i></b>; that event is sold out. But you can obtain the book from the following locations:<br />
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HARDCOVER<br />
<b><a href="http://amzn.to/2yRa5Wz" target="_blank">Amazon</a></b><br />
<b><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/from-a-certain-point-of-view-ren-e-ahdieh/1126179403?ean=9780345511478#/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a><br /><a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/From-Certain-Point-View-Star/Renee-Ahdieh/9780345511478?id=7068931853297" target="_blank">Books-a-Million</a></b><br />
<b><a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780345511478" target="_blank">Indiebound</a></b><br /><br />E-BOOK<br /><b><a href="http://amzn.to/2kcCMKt" target="_blank">Kindle</a></b><br /><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/from-a-certain-point-of-view-ren-e-ahdieh/1126179403?ean=9780345511478#/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Nook</b></a><br /><b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/book/from-a-certain-point-of-view-star-wars/id1224705625?mt=11" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes</a></b><br /><br />AUDIOBOOK<br /><b><a href="http://amzn.to/2yRnDl1" target="_blank">Amazon</a><br /><a href="http://amzn.to/2x7T6xc" target="_blank">Audible</a></b><br /><b><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/from-a-certain-point-of-view-ren-e-ahdieh/1126179403?ean=9780451486219" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a></b><br />
<b><a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/From-Certain-Point-View-Star/Renee-Ahdieh/9780345511478?id=7068931853297" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Books-a-Million</a></b><br />
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<span style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2fHnL1E" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1053" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1X3V0_wwD4E/WdFbkMirPaI/AAAAAAAAE3M/i9K-PJcplD0aPtZXmNWoB3Ukjv5PdhJ7ACLcBGAs/s320/cb_final.jpg" width="210" /></a></span>But there's a <b><a href="https://www.newyorkcomiccon.com/en/Sessions/49068/Lucasfilm-Publishing-Presents-Tales-from-a-Galaxy-Far-Far-Away" target="_blank">free event Friday at 4 </a></b>in which I'll be talking about <b><i><a href="http://amzn.to/2fHnL1E" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Star Wars: Canto Bight</a></i></b>, the hardcover Last Jedi tie-in that I'm in with <b>Saladin Ahmed, Rae Carson, </b>and<b> Mira Grant.</b> And speaking of that, we have a cover for that book, as seen here. It's out on December 5, preorder here:<br /><br />
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<b><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/canto-bight-saladin-ahmed/1127120693?ean=9781524799533#/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a><br /><a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Canto-Bight-Star-Wars/Saladin-Ahmed/9781524799533?id=7068931853297" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Books-a-Million</a></b><br />
<b><a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781524799533" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Indiebound</a></b><br />
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<b><a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/book/canto-bight-star-wars/id1262798262?mt=11" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes</a></b><br />
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<b><a href="http://amzn.to/2xRak5H" target="_blank">Amazon</a></b><br />
<b><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/canto-bight-saladin-ahmed/1127120693?ean=9780525596660" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a></b><br />
<br /><b><a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Canto-Bight-Star-Wars/Saladin-Ahmed/9781524799533?id=7068931853297" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Books-a-Million</a></b><br />
<span style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><a href="http://bit.ly/Atriox5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="308" data-original-width="200" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-C14SPoqTq58/WdFhkDsvRvI/AAAAAAAAE3k/cql25KamODkQhPuz-0fGsyjqfUvCGreegCLcBGAs/s320/Halo5.jpg" width="206" /></a></span>Another bit of news broke in September; I have a story coming up in <b><i>Star Wars Adventures</i></b>, the new kids' comics series from <b>IDW</b>. It's my first work for the company, and something else that's been long in coming: my first story about Luke and Leia. I'll post the release date when the story is scheduled.<br />
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I have some more Halo comics coming: one in October, one in December. I wrote <b><a href="http://bit.ly/Atriox3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i>Halo: Rise of Atriox</i> #3</a> </b>and<b> <a href="http://bit.ly/Atriox5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#5</a></b> for Dark Horse, stories tying in with the the leader of the Banished group as seen in the <i>Halo Wars 2</i> video game. That's the cover of issue 5, seen at right.<br />
<br />On the event side, I'll be appearing at an event at the Menomonee Falls Public Library near Milwaukee on October 28. Catch me at the <b><a href="http://menomoneefallslibrary.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=501&et=all&backTo=Calendar&startDate=2017/10/01" target="_blank">Falls Library Comic Fest </a></b>that day. More events are scheduled for the fall; details later.<br /><br />That's it for now: I realize I'm way behind on putting up my production notes for previous works, but this happens when I'm busy on making new ones!John Jackson Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02450012837939955658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985113503463596484.post-1609541880674827102017-07-23T16:28:00.003-05:002017-07-23T16:32:36.692-05:00Announcing my LAST JEDI tie-in, CANTO BIGHT -- plus some film news!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm part of <b>The Journey to Star Wars: The Last Jedi!</b> As announced in <b><i>Entertainment Weekly</i></b>'s <b><a href="http://ew.com/books/2017/07/20/star-wars-last-jedi-books/" target="_blank">article</a></b> and at Comic-Con International: San Diego, I'm one of four authors giving viewers a look at Canto Bight, the playground for the rich seen in this December's <b><i>Star Wars: The Last Jedi</i></b>. <b><i><a href="http://amzn.to/2eFStHH" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Star Wars: Canto Bight</a> </i></b>releases as a hardcover, audiobook, and ebook on December 5, a week before the film opens.<br />
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I'm joined by authors <b>Rae Carson, Saladin Ahmed, </b>and<b> Mira Grant</b> — and that is about all I can say about the four novellas we'll be presenting. But preorder links are already up at Amazon and Barnes & Noble, so order away:<br />
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<b><a href="http://amzn.to/2eFStHH" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon hardcover</a></b> <br />
<b><a href="http://amzn.to/2gV7whq" target="_blank">Amazon Kindle e-book</a></b> <br />
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<b><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/zero-cool-ballantine/1126791546?ean=9781524799533" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble hardcover</a></b> <br />
<b><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/zero-cool-ballantine/1126791546?ean=9781524799540" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble Nook e-book</a></b> <br />
<b><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/zero-cool-ballantine/1126791546?ean=9780525596660" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble audio CDs</a></b></div>
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The B&N links still use the book's pre-publicity code-name, but will be replaced with the correct title shortly. I am also sure there will be Audible, Indiebound, and iTunes links before long.<br />
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I have created a <b><a href="http://www.farawaypress.com/fiction/books/swcantobight.html" target="_blank">page for the book</a></b> here on the site when more information is available. There's also a page now with preorder links and information for October's <a href="http://www.farawaypress.com/fiction/books/swfromacertainpointofview.html" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View.</a><b style="font-style: italic;"> </b>That one's getting an audiobook too.<br />
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In other news from San Diego, I've always been delighted whenever the Marvel Cinematic Universe draws from my Iron Man comics — mainly, because the nature of the storyline meant that I introduced very few super-powered characters who might be drawn upon. So I was tickled when years after my first Iron Man story arc, "The Best Defense," was released, the reporter I introduced, <b>Christine Everhart</b>, appeared in a prominent role in the first <b><i>Iron Man</i></b> movie (where she was played by <b>Leslie Bibb</b>) and later appeared in the sequel and various official web videos.<br />
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<a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-U-XCvSl37x4/WXUQtdOIOUI/AAAAAAAAEyM/lzL3kbqeRg0-8d67lvID2bZtkdCcN9WmACLcBGAs/s1600/AntManWasp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="713" data-original-width="1600" height="140" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-U-XCvSl37x4/WXUQtdOIOUI/AAAAAAAAEyM/lzL3kbqeRg0-8d67lvID2bZtkdCcN9WmACLcBGAs/s320/AntManWasp.jpg" width="320" /></a>Turns out that storyline has been tapped again: the villain from that arc, <b>Sonny Burch</b>, was <b><a href="http://www.eonline.com/news/867763/everything-we-learned-from-marvel-s-star-studded-2017-comic-con-panel" target="_blank">named by Marvel at San Diego</a></b> as one of the principal characters in next year's <b><i>Ant-Man & The Wasp</i></b>.<br />
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Burch in my story was a former Cross Technologies exec who went to work for the Pentagon, where he used patent law to legally seize all Tony Stark's Iron Man armor technology for the government; in my story, Tony decided the only way to regain control would be to serve as Secretary of Defense, which he eventually did, thwarting Burch. Tony would hold that position for my 2003-4 run on the book.<br />
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<b>Walton Goggins </b>of "Justified" and "Hateful Eight" will play an apparently much younger Burch, who's associated again with Cross Technologies, which we saw in the first Ant-Man film. It's fun seeing that original story's characters turning up years later. Click to read more about the "<b><a href="http://www.farawaypress.com/comics/ironman/ironman73.html" target="">Best Defense" arc.</a></b>John Jackson Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02450012837939955658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985113503463596484.post-84950464831752778872017-05-04T21:24:00.002-05:002017-05-04T21:24:33.364-05:00My next Halo work appears in HALO: RISE OF ATRIOX!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's was an insanely busy April for me, event-wise, with Galaxy Comics' Anniversary Star Trek Day in Memphis followed by Star Wars: Celebration in Orlando and Planet Comicon in Kansas City — and May starts out busy, too, with two events in the Chicago area May 6...<br />
<b><br />12 p.m.: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/301956996891732/">Algonquin Public Library</a></b><br />
<b>3 p.m.: <a href="http://www.ahml.info//node/287006">Arlington Heights Public Library</a></b><br />
...and then another at the <b><a href="http://www.pocolibrary.org/">Portage County Public Library</a></b> in downtown Stevens Point, Wis., on the 13th.<br />
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But there's always time for an announcement — and this one's just been made by <b><a href="https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/rockin-railin" target="_blank">the Halo Waypoint blog</a></b>. Following my first Halo comics story in <b><i><a href="http://www.farawaypress.com/comics/halotalesfromslipspace.html">Halo: Tales from Slipspace</a></i></b>, I'm joining the writers on the <b><i>Halo: Rise of Atriox</i></b> series, which debuts in August and chronicles the career of the warlord from <b><i>Halo Wars 2</i></b>.<br />
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There'll be more details about my specific material in the series later, but the first issue can already be preordered at your local shop and <b><a href="http://bit.ly/Atriox1">here</a></b>. The series launches on August 2.John Jackson Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02450012837939955658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985113503463596484.post-48950643387456376372017-04-07T10:23:00.001-05:002017-04-07T10:23:34.340-05:00I return to Tatooine in October in FROM A CERTAIN POINT OF VIEW -- and to Star Wars Celebration next week!Quite a lot of news to tell! First of all -- teased yesterday as #OperationBlueMilk, <b>Del Rey </b>and <b>StarWars.com</b> have announced my next Star Wars story in the <b><i><a href="http://amzn.to/2oJ4W14" target="_blank">Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View</a> </i></b>anthology. You can find the official announcement <b><a href="http://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-from-a-certain-point-of-view-anthology-book-celebrates-40-years-of-a-galaxy-far-far-away" target="_blank">here</a></b>, and also below:<br />
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<i>When Star Wars: A New Hope was first released in 1977, part of its appeal was that the world it presented felt alive. Landspeeders and starships were dirty. Droids broke down. And it was filled with cool, weird, and really weird background characters. (Really, just take a look around the Mos Eisley cantina.) Never mind Han, Luke, Leia, Darth Vader, and Obi-Wan. Who were these other guys? What was their story? Just seeing them brought up questions for fans that sparked the imagination. </i><br />
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<i>In celebration of Star Wars’ 40th anniversary, Del Rey is going to shine the spotlight on those unsung weirdos, heroes, and villains with a unique, new anthology.<a href="http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/7864/forty-by-ballantine/9780345511478/" target="_blank"><b> Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View</b></a>, coming October 2017, will bring together more than 40 authors for 40 stories. Each will be told from the perspective of background characters of A New Hope — from X-wing pilots who helped Luke destroy the Death Star to the stormtroopers who never quite could find the droids they were looking for.
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The lineup of authors includes...<br />
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<b>Renee Ahdieh</b></div>
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<b>Tom Angleberger</b></div>
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<b>Meg Cabot</b></div>
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<b>Rae Carson </b></div>
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<b>Adam Christopher </b></div>
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<b>Zoraida Cordova </b></div>
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<b>Delilah S. Dawson </b></div>
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<b>Paul Dini </b></div>
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<b>Alexander Freed </b></div>
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<b>Jason Fry </b></div>
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<b>Christie Golden </b></div>
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<b>EK Johnston & Ashley Eckstein </b></div>
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<b>Paul Kemp </b></div>
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<b>Mur Lafferty </b></div>
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<b>Ken Liu </b></div>
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<b>Griffin McElroy </b></div>
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<b>John Jackson Miller </b></div>
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<b>Nnedi Okorafor </b></div>
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<b>Daniel José Older </b></div>
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<b>Mallory Ortberg </b></div>
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<b>Madeleine Roux </b></div>
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<b>Gary D. Schmidt </b></div>
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<b>Cavan Scott </b></div>
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<b>Sabaa Tahir </b></div>
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<b>Glen Weldon </b></div>
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<b>Chuck Wendig </b></div>
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<b>Gary Whitta </b></div>
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Heh! Glen Weldon just interviewed me yesterday for NPR about something unrelated. Small galaxy!<br />
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As noted, all author proceeds will be donated to First Book — a leading nonprofit that provides new books, learning materials, and other essentials to educators and organizations serving children in need. "To further celebrate the launch of this book and both companies’ longstanding relationships with First Book, Penguin Random House has donated $100,000 to First Book, and Disney/Lucasfilm has donated 100,000 children’s books — valued at 1 million dollars — to support First Book and their mission of providing educational resources to children in need. Over the past 16 years, Disney has donated more than 57 million books to First Book."<br />
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Oh, yes, and as to my story? Well, as the headline indicates, I'll be making a return trip to the Jundland Wastes of Tatooine. Now that's a name I've not heard in a long time... a long time.<br />
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So that one's available this October. Random House's preorder link is <b><a href="http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?u=296154&b=84069&m=12943&afftrack=&urllink=www%2Epenguinrandomhouse%2Ecom%2Fbooks%2F7864%2Fforty%2Dby%2Dballantine%2F9780345511478%2F" target="_blank">here</a></b>; Amazon's link is <b><a href="http://amzn.to/2oJ4W14" target="_blank">here</a></b>. More soon. Next, I have several appearances this month to mention.<br />
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• First, on this coming Saturday, April 8, I will be appearing at <b>Shelby County Star Trek Day</b> in Memphis. That's at the Fox and Hound on Sanderlin; it starts at 11 a.m. and I speak at noon.<br />
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• Next, there's the ever-popular <b>Star Wars Celebration</b> — my fifth! This returns to Orlando the weekend of the 13th to the 16th. My signing schedule:<br />
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<b>Friday, April 14</b><br />
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<b>Saturday, April 15</b><br />
<b>3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.</b><br />
Signing at the Del Rey booth, #2522<br />
Free giveaway of New Dawn mass-market paperback, while they last<br />
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I also will be there for a variety of podcasts and other events.<br />
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• Finally in April, you will find me at Kansas City's own <a href="http://planetcomicon.com/" target="_blank"><b>Planet ComiCon</b></a>, my first time there. That's from April 28-30. I'll post more info on my Twitter and Facebook pages as it becomes available.<br />
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And now, some more Star Trek to speak of. The third and final volume of <b><i><a href="http://bit.ly/STPrey3" target="_blank">Star Trek: Prey</a></i></b> is now out in audiobook form, once again ably narrated by <b>Robert Petkoff. </b>You can find Book 3 on <b><a href="http://bit.ly/STPrey3" target="_blank">Audible</a></b> and <b><a href="http://apple.co/2n74PMm" target="_blank">iTunes</a> </b>— and you can read<b> <a href="http://www.startrek.com/article/john-jackson-miller-talks-prey-audiobooks" target="_blank">my interview about the audiobooks</a> </b>on the official Star Trek site. A sample is below!<br />
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And here's something fun: the awesome German covers of the trilogy, coming soon from Cross Cult. The backgrounds form a tryptych!<br />
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Very cool. And until the end of the month, my <b><i><a href="http://amzn.to/Overdraft1" target="_blank">Overdraft: The Orion Offensive</a></i></b> book is just $1.50 on Kindle as part of their <a href="https://www.amazon.com/b?node=14638215011" target="_blank"><b>150 for $1.50 promotion</b>.</a>John Jackson Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02450012837939955658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985113503463596484.post-87850113887746631662017-03-08T00:16:00.000-06:002017-03-08T00:16:46.148-06:00Jackal's Trick audiobook out -- and The Old Republic Vol. 2 from Marvel!Tuesday this week marked ten years that I've been writing full-time — and 100+ comics and nine novels (depending on how you count them) later, I'm still at it. This week adds a couple of releases to the shelf — or, rather, one book and one audiobook.<br />
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And then — and I'm really happy about this — the book reprints the <b><i><a href="http://www.farawaypress.com/comics/swkotorhb1.html" target="_blank">Knights of the Old Republic Handbook</a> </i></b>from 2007 in its entirety. (Yes, including Malak's name-that-really-wasn't, a red herring that was only supposed to be in continuity for maybe a couple of months. That was a couple of months too long!) Best of all, it includes <b>Dustin Weaver</b>'s amazing cross-sections of the<i> Last Resort</i> and the <i>Moomo Williwaw,</i> which remains one of the crazier things I've ever seen.<br />
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The book is available now from your comic shop and <b><a href="http://bit.ly/TORMarv2T" target="_blank">Things From Another World</a></b>; it'll be out slightly later from <b><a href="http://bit.ly/TORMarv2" target="_blank">Amazon</a></b> and your mass-market bookseller. I'll also have a supply of these available soon in my shop. You can also check out my notes on the issues in the book <b><a href="http://www.farawaypress.com/fiction/books/swlegendstheoldrepublic2.html" target="_blank">here</a></b>.<br />
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In the meantime, something else new: The audiobook for <b><i><a href="http://amzn.to/2misR5c" target="_blank">Star Trek: Prey Book 2 - The Jackal's Trick</a> </i></b>is now available from<b> Simon & Schuster Audio</b>. Narrated by <b>Robert Petkoff,</b> it's an unabridged rendition of the book, and another recording I consulted quite a bit on. You can listen to an excerpt here, but beware spoilers for <a href="http://adbl.co/2jZt3Sa" target="_blank"><b>Book 1</b></a>:<br />
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Book 3 will be out a month later. You can find Book 2 at <b><a href="http://amzn.to/2misR5c" target="_blank">Audible</a></b> and <b><a href="http://apple.co/2metr2g" target="_blank">iTunes</a></b>.<br />
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Some quick event notes: over the next few weeks, I'll be at <b><a href="http://www.midsouthcon.org/" target="_blank">Midsouthcon</a></b> in Memphis, <b>Galaxy Comics' 10th Anniversary </b>in Stevens Point, Wis., and, yes, at<b> Star Wars Celebration</b> in Orlando. Actually quite a lot of events to report on, so I'll do a longer post on those soon.John Jackson Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02450012837939955658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985113503463596484.post-84935647176314442422017-02-07T15:39:00.004-06:002017-02-07T15:40:51.998-06:00Star Trek: Prey Book 1 - Hell's Heart audiobook now available!The audiobook for the critically acclaimed first book in my Star Trek: Prey trilogy is now available from<b> <a href="http://apple.co/2jZXeOa" target="_blank">iTunes</a> </b>and <a href="http://adbl.co/2jZt3Sa" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Audible</a>!<br />
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<b>Robert Petkoff</b> narrates the whole trilogy, and it's a lot of fun to listen to. I worked with the producers on a lot of the pronunciations, as did my Klingon-language advisor for the series. You can hear a clip from it below, in which Captain Picard hears a voice from the past:<br />
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Books 2 and 3 release a month apart and are available for preorder now. These books represent the fifth, sixth, and seventh audiobooks of my work; it's great to hear my words performed!John Jackson Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02450012837939955658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985113503463596484.post-71692610040847511672017-01-17T12:45:00.000-06:002017-01-17T12:45:19.973-06:00Dispatches from Ice Planet Wisconsin!<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zR4qku_Xn-c/WH5khPkUcdI/AAAAAAAAEbY/2G3IxzTmm7YMvsFY0Tc8ub6ItIkMSoUjwCLcB/s1600/BlogApes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zR4qku_Xn-c/WH5khPkUcdI/AAAAAAAAEbY/2G3IxzTmm7YMvsFY0Tc8ub6ItIkMSoUjwCLcB/s400/BlogApes.jpg" width="326" /></a>Winter is in full swing here in the wilds of Wisconsin, along with a pretty hairy ice storm that's hours old as I write this. Fortunately I'm inside, writing away — and speaking of hairy, I have new reading material in the new <a href="http://www.bit.ly/POTAZone" target="_blank"><i><b>Planet of the Apes: Tales from the Forbidden Zone</b></i> </a>anthology from Titan Books!<br />
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Edited by <b>Rich Handley</b> and <b>Jim Beard</b>, the book draws upon the original five Apes movies plus the TV material. In the case of my own story, "Murderers' Row," television plays a part, inspired as it was by<i> Escape from Planet of the Apes</i>, in which Cornelius and Zira travel to 1973.<br />
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It's <i>The Player </i>meets <i>Planet</i> as a TV producer works to try to get the apes into a series — while only slowly becoming aware of the dire situation that they're in. Folks who follow me on Twitter and Facebook know what a fan of TV trivia I am; this story really gave me the chance to have fun, which is really what writing — and reading! — should be all about.<br />
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The book includes stories by <b>Kevin J. Anderson and Jonathan Maberry</b>, as well as fellow Star Trek fiction alums<b> Greg Cox, Robert Greenberger, </b>and<b> Dayton Ward. </b>You can get <a href="http://www.bit.ly/POTAZone" target="_blank"><i><b>Tales from the Forbidden Zone</b></i></a> in trade paperback or ebook form; it releases generally on January 24.<br />
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Speaking of Kevin Anderson, I appeared for his <b>Wordfire Press </b>outfit at Paradise City Comic Con in Fort Lauderdale in early December. One of the highlights there (besides the warmer weather!) was a nice conversation with <b>Tim Russ</b>, whose Tuvok character plays a major role in the <i><b>Star Trek: Prey </b></i>trilogy. Another was being inducted into the <b>1701st Fleet</b>, a costuming organization devoted to Star Trek. Live long and prosper!<br />
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I also closed out 2016 with a return trip to <a href="http://www.wpr.org/shows/50-years-exploring-final-frontier" target="_blank"><b>Wisconsin Public Radio's <i>Route 51</i></b></a> show, where I got to talk about Star Trek, Star Wars, and science fiction in general. You can hear the archived interview <a href="http://www.wpr.org/shows/50-years-exploring-final-frontier" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a>.<br />
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And finally, I at long last launched my newly redesigned <a href="http://www.comichron.com/" target="_blank"><b>Comichron</b></a> website, the world's largest public database of comic book sales figures for the North American market. Tables on new pages have searching and sorting capabilities, something which has been on my wish list for a very long time. Be sure to pop over and take the site for a spin!<br />
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There'll be more news as the year progresses — just as soon as I can get to my mailbox without ice skates!John Jackson Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02450012837939955658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985113503463596484.post-68124602166634724572016-12-27T14:29:00.001-06:002016-12-29T19:14:43.938-06:00Of royalty lost: Remembering Carrie FisherWe all learned a few hours ago that <b>Carrie Fisher</b> passed away today, following a heart attack on Friday.<br />
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My initial response — on social media and off — was that I had no words. In fact, I probably have too many. I will try to organize a few now. It probably won't help, but it's better to do something than nothing.<br />
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This has been a trying year for many people I know on a number of scores; the seemingly large number of well-known people dying has been salt in the wound. It's easy to reason intellectually about that: we're now more than sixty years out from the spread of television across the country, and with it, a vast explosion in the number of entertainers, sports figures, and others who are Household Names. But understanding where storms come from doesn't do much to assuage your feelings about those they sweep away.<br />
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An hour out from learning the news — and knowing that we're in the end-of-December period for the news media during which canned articles on the year past are everywhere — I'm already dreading seeing headlines about how 2016 claimed both a Prince and Princess. It's the sort of coy cleverness that repackages grief into something snappy for a news-network chyron or soundbite. It also gets at me because I had a harder time with <b>Prince</b>'s death than any celebrity passing to date — and I can see what's coming in the days and weeks ahead. It might be the same — or it might not. I'll tell you why.<br />
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People didn't know how big a Prince fan I was. <i>Purple Rain</i> was the album playing on my first date, Prince's
songs the ones the cover band was playing at my junior prom. For the
Generation X'er with an MTV subscription, he was ever-present; <b>Touré</b> has written a great
book about that. Losing someone so young — just two days older than my sister — wrecked me for a good while, and I know why: All my other fandoms I live out publicly, but when it comes to music, I've always kept my tastes to my headphones and the inside of my car. In part, that's because I like so much eclectic stuff that as a kid I figured I'd get hassled; my comics and science fiction fandoms were similarly under wraps for a long while.<br />
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Eventually those wrappings did come off for comics and science fiction, with me able to celebrate my likes in fanzines and at conventions — and later by writing my own material professionally. Music, however, I kept personal; apart from one article for <i><b>Comics Buyer's Guide</b></i> deconstructing Prince's <i>Batman </i>album and the comics he'd licensed — how delighted I was that he not only did something related to my other world, but took it seriously! — I never wrote anything about his music, or the man himself.<br />
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Certainly through my writing: has anyone <i>not</i> noticed that in all the Star Wars stories I've done — from <i>Knights of the Old Republic </i>through <i>New Dawn</i>, the female leads are tougher than all the guys? That comes from somewhere, from the strength and attitude Carrie gave to Leia. Even Rae Sloane — ostensibly a villain — trades on the archetype of confidence and competence that Carrie Fisher created. I'm thankful to have had that example.<br />
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So to an extent, I've had at least some opportunity to put my feelings about the character she played into words. I haven't had the same chance when it comes to talking about the woman herself and her other work, though — and I'd like to rectify that. I'm big into Hollywood history, as a lot of people know, and as <b>Debbie Reynolds</b>' and <b>Eddie Fisher</b>'s daughter, Carrie lived a life surrounded by it and part of it. Practically every other entertainment biography I've read covering the 1970s forward has her in it somewhere, being fascinating around other fascinating people, in fields from comedy to music. (Just look at the wide range of reactions from names you know <b><a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2016/12/27/celebrities_react_to_the_death_of_carrie_fisher.html" target="_blank">here.</a></b>)<br />
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She's everywhere on screen as well — the kids and I watched <i><b>When Harry Met Sally</b></i> just the other day — and her own writing is terrific. I've been meaning to watch <b><i>Postcards from the Edge</i></b> again for a long time. I have several of her books on my shelves.<br />
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Whenever I meet actors I always try to ask something new, something they don't always hear about, so as not to be the thirty millionth person to ask about their best-known project. In her case, I've long been struggling to pick out just one thing to ask about when I got to meet her. I was leaning toward the 1978 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raHA3pzB2Kk" target="_blank"><i><b>Ringo</b></i></a> TV special, where she costarred with <b>Ringo Starr</b> (playing a double role as his twin Ognir Rrats) — or perhaps asking about her and<b> Penny Marshall</b>'s adventures. I wish now I had figured something out, and made a point to cross the room and simply thank her for being herself — in addition to playing Leia and so many other characters. You always think there's time.<br />
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She'll be getting many memorials written over the next few days, many
far more personal and informed than this. I urge you to read them. I can't describe the anguish on my social media feeds right now; hopefully, those pieces will help. For myself, I'm hoping the fact that I've been able to celebrate Star Wars and her performance in print will make this easier this time around — but I just don't know. I'm just thankful I had her inspiration to draw from. I'm also thankful she came back for the sequel films, and that hopefully we'll have another performance to see.<br />
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But there should have been many more.John Jackson Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02450012837939955658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985113503463596484.post-87178155043045231352016-11-29T00:00:00.000-06:002016-12-26T23:01:15.534-06:00Star Trek Prey concludes! Enter... The Hall of Heroes!<a href="http://bit.ly/STPrey3" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="http://bit.ly/STPrey3" border="0" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-E6Fp2C6G8_o/WDzoOERHG9I/AAAAAAAAEPA/yjetPmXo4A49YChGkyWUWSehUcrDNi86QCLcB/s320/ST%2BPrey%2B3%2BHall%2Bof%2BHeroes%2Blarge.jpg" width="195"></a>The quest is complete! The third book of my monthly trilogy for fall, <i><b><a href="http://bit.ly/STPrey3" target="_blank">Star Trek: Prey - The Hall of Heroes</a>,</b></i> is now on sale everywhere in paperback and e-book form.<br>
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I've written a lot about the trilogy — including, most recently, on the official Star Trek blog, where I discussed the <a href="http://www.startrek.com/article/emperor-without-victories-the-case-of-kahless-the-clone" target="_blank"><b>"Emperor without Victories: The Case of Kahless the Clone</b></a>. I've also done quite a lot of podcasts in recent days, including the latest one, with<a href="https://soundcloud.com/jedibrian/ep-28-john-jackson-miller" target="_blank"><b> JediBrian</b></a>. But here's the cover copy as a quick summation:<br>
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<i>Continuing the milestone 50th anniversary celebration of <b>Star Trek</b>—an
epic new trilogy that stretches from the events of The Original Series
movie <b>The Search for Spock</b> to <b>The Next Generation!</b><br><br>The
<b>Klingon Empire</b> stands on the precipice. In the wake of violence from
the cult known as the Unsung, paranoia threatens to break <b>Chancellor
Martok</b>’s regime. Klingons increasingly call for a stronger hand to take
control...one that <b>Lord Korgh</b>, master manipulator, is only too willing
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<i>But other forces are now in motion. Assisted by a
wily agent, the Empire’s enemies secretly conspire to take full
advantage of the situation. Aboard the <b>USS Titan</b>,<b> Admiral William
T. Riker</b> realizes far more than the Federation’s alliance with the
Klingons is in danger. With the Empire a wounded animal, it could either
become an attacker—or a target.</i><br>
<a href="https://blog.farawaypress.com/2016/11/star-trek-prey-concludes-enter-hall-of.html#more">Read more »</a>John Jackson Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02450012837939955658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985113503463596484.post-7093474499021223592016-11-16T00:00:00.000-06:002016-11-16T11:19:39.865-06:00My first Halo comics appear in Tales from Slipspace!<a href="http://bit.ly/TFAWHalo" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="http://bit.ly/TFAWHalo" border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NVD-ovgqcA8/WCueo85Z1RI/AAAAAAAAEOU/4KyN4zz2UcUG14CFkG8TK-9Rc8ttpQMbQCLcB/s320/Halo_Tales_from_Slipspace.jpg" width="198" /></a><i><b>Halo</b></i> turned fifteen on November 15 — so it's fun to be right there kicking off Year 16! I'm delighted to announce that my first
Halo comics story has just arrived in comics shops.<br />
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The<i><b> <a href="http://bit.ly/TFAWHalo" target="_blank">Halo: Tales from Slipspace</a></b></i> hardcover contains "Undefeated," a post-<i><b>Halo: Guardians</b></i> story by myself and artist <b>Eric
Nguyen</b> — with colors and letters by my Knights of the Old Republic colleagues <b>Michael Atiyeh </b>and<b> Michael Heisler. </b><br />
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You can find the book at your local comics shop — or at <b><a href="http://bit.ly/TFAWHalo" target="_blank">Things from Another World.</a></b> It will also be<b> </b>available on November 29 from <a href="http://bit.ly/HaloTFSS" target="_blank"><b>Amazon</b></a> and in your local bookstore. And you can get signed copies from me now at my <a href="http://shop.farawaypress.com/" target="_blank"><b>shop</b></a>.<br />
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<a href="http://bit.ly/MassEO1" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="http://bit.ly/MassEO1" border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4sZTqS-2qCc/WCyU8dECZUI/AAAAAAAAEOk/v_Nv8Dj2mOomK3ESb99JDXrzGZMa4OcxwCLcB/s320/MassEffectOmnibus1.jpg" width="208" /></a><b><a href="http://bit.ly/HaloFractures" target="_blank"><i>Fractures: Extraordinary Tales from the Halo Canon</i></a>. </b>Now available as well in audiobook!<br />
And don't miss my first Halo prose story, in <br />
<b><br /></b>One more video game comic offering to report on: while it releases two weeks later in the mass market, comics shop patrons today can get the <a href="http://bit.ly/MassEO1" target="_blank"><i><b>Mass Effect Omnibus Vol. 1</b></i></a>, which contains the first three graphic novels I did for the series, <i><b>Redemption, Evolution, </b>and<b> Invasion</b></i>. That one's also from Dark Horse Comics.<br />
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Next signings for me are at <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/House-of-Heroes-Comics-Games-144704011792/" target="_blank">House of Heroes in Oshkosh, Wis.</a>, </b>on November 19 from 1-4 p.m. Then I'll be in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. December 9-11 for <a href="http://paradisecitycomiccon.com/" target="_blank"><b>Paradise City Comic Con</b></a>. Look for me at the <b>Wordfire Press </b>booth.<b><br /></b>John Jackson Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02450012837939955658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985113503463596484.post-32863355070055832302016-10-25T00:00:00.000-05:002016-10-25T12:20:14.554-05:00Trick or treat! STAR TREK: PREY Book 2: THE JACKAL'S TRICK now on sale!<a href="http://bit.ly/STPrey2" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="http://bit.ly/STPrey2" border="0" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bX9TFiSjyaU/WA401rE2ZaI/AAAAAAAAEMg/5b8se-JYnfMUnuM2y_BJ-X-5QM4rcixagCLcB/s320/PreyBook2cover.jpg" width="196" /></a>Trick or treat — or trick <i>and </i>treat! The second part of my novel trilogy, <i><b>Star Trek: Prey Book 2 - The Jackal's Trick</b></i> has just released from <b>Simon & Schuster/Pocket Books</b> as a mass-market paperback and in e-book format.<br />
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The second act of our Klingon opera ramps up the tension significantly, with the Klingon-Federation alliance in peril as never before. Lord Korgh
has seized control of the House of Kruge, executing a plot one hundred
years in the making. The Klingon cult known as the Unsung rampages
across the stars, striking from the shadows in their cloaked
Birds-of-Prey. And the mysterious figure known as Buxtus Cross launches a
scheme that will transform the Klingon Empire forever.<br />
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Into danger flies Admiral William T. Riker and the USS <i>Titan</i>,
charged with protecting the peace forged nearly a century before during
the Khitomer Accords. Aided by Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the USS<i> Enterprise</i>,
Riker and his officers scour the stars, seeking to find the Unsung and
uncover the truth behind the conspiracy before time runs out. <br />
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Yet
even as Commander Worf departs on a deeply personal mission of honor,
hidden sinister forces seek to turn the crisis to their advantage. And
the conspirators plans threaten to spiral out of control, jeopardizing
the very empire they aspire to rule.<br />
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You can find <i><b>The Jackal's Trick</b></i> at your local bookstore — and also here:<br />
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<a href="http://bit.ly/STPrey2" target="_blank"><b>Amazon</b></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/prey-john-jackson-miller/1123910532?ean=9781501115806" target="_blank"><b>Barnes & Noble</b></a></div>
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<b><a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Prey-Book-Two/John-Jackson-Miller/9781501115806?id=6743937253710" target="_blank">Books-a-Million</a> </b></div>
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<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781501115806" target="_blank"><b>Indiebound</b></a></div>
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You can also order signed copies of the book from my <a href="http://shop.farawaypress.com/" target="_blank"><b>online store</b></a>. <br />
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And don't forget that the first book of the trilogy is on shelves now — and at <a href="http://bit.ly/STPrey1"><b>Amazon</b></a> — and then book three, <a href="http://bit.ly/STPrey3"><i><b>The Hall of Heroes</b></i></a>, out on November 29, is accepting preorders.<br />
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And here's a bit of news that's also welcome: Simon & Schuster plans <a href="http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Prey-Book-One-Hells-Heart/John-Jackson-Miller/9781508234258" target="_blank"><b>an unabridged audio presentation</b></a> of the entire trilogy, due on February 7, 2017. I'll post order links for it once they're available.</div>
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I have a couple of shop signings in Wisconsin coming up: I'm at Powers Comics in Green Bay from 1-4 on Saturday, October 29 for the Halloween Comicfest event. Then on November 19 I'm at House of Heroes in Oshkosh from 1-4 for Local Comic Book Store Day. Plus I have a whole bunch more podcasts online — check out my Twitter at <a href="http://www.twitter.com/jjmfaraway" target="_blank"><b>@jjmfaraway</b></a> to see as they're posted.</div>
John Jackson Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02450012837939955658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985113503463596484.post-8934866266856930572016-09-30T15:29:00.000-05:002016-09-30T15:35:27.499-05:00John Jackson Miller signings and events scheduled for New York Comic Con<a href="http://bit.ly/STPrey2" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="http://bit.ly/STPrey2" border="0" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FTFwYfyHDCA/V-7JxIt-qCI/AAAAAAAAEKs/anOWqCfmou47MHstWXzCBtalCL4SWAX9wCLcB/s320/PreyBook2cover.jpg" width="196" /></a>Busy week alert! At <b>New York Comic-Con</b>, I'll be doing no less than eight signings for four publishers — and I'll also be moderating a panel at Book Con, the convention's sister show devoted to fiction. And in addition to that, we'll have the world premiere of <i><b>Star Trek: Prey Book 2: The Jackal's Trick</b></i> at the <b>Simon & Schuster</b> booth!<br />
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Here's my schedule:<br />
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<u><b>THURSDAY, OCT. 6</b></u><br />
<b>1 p.m. </b><br />
<b>Dark Horse </b>signing with the Halo team behind <i><b>Halo: Tales from Slipspace</b></i>.<b> </b><br />
<b>Booth 1636</b><b> </b><br />
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<b>4 p.m.</b><br />
<b>Wordfire Press</b> booth signing, for all my works; many will be available<br />
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<b>Booth 1232</b><b> </b><br />
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<u><b>FRIDAY, OCT. 7</b></u><br />
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<b>1 p.m.</b><br />
<b>Simon & Schuster </b>booth, signing <b><i>Star Trek Prey Books 1 and 2</i> </b>and <i><b>Halo: Fractures</b></i><br />
<b>Booth 2128 </b><br />
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<b>4 p.m.-6 p.m.</b><br />
<b>Wordfire Press</b> booth signing, for all my works; many will be available<br />
<b>Booth 1232</b><br />
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<u><b>SATURDAY, OCT. 8</b></u><br />
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<b>PANEL</b> at BookCon: <a href="https://www.newyorkcomiccon.com/en/Sessions/31407/Nostalgia-and-Reboots-in-Literature" target="_blank"><b>"Nostalgia and Reboots in Literature."</b></a><br />
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I'm moderating this one, with <b>Max Brallier, Elizabeth Eulberg, Gareth Hinds, Christina Henry, Jonathan Maberry, </b>and<b> Paul Tremblay.</b><br />
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BookCon takes place at the <b>Hudson Mercantile
Exchange located on 36th and 10th Ave.,</b> two blocks directly up from
the Javits Center.<br />
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<b>12:15 p.m.<br />Signing at BookCon: </b>This takes place with the above authors in the autograph area at BookCon.<br />
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<b>2 p.m.-3 p.m.</b><br />
<b>Wordfire Press</b> booth signing, for all my works; many will be available<br />
<b>Booth 1232</b><br />
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<b>4 p.m.-5p.m.</b><br />
<b>Star Wars Booth Signing for Del Rey</b> with <b>James Luceno: </b>Free copies of A New Dawn will be available, as will a poster for James's new book <i><b>Star Wars: Catalyst.</b></i><br />
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<u><b>SUNDAY, OCT. 9</b></u><br />
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<b>11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.</b><br />
<b>Wordfire Press</b> booth signing, for all my works; many will be available<br />
<b>Booth 1232</b><br />
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Whew!<br />
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And as if that's not enough, I can now announce the weekend after, I'll be talking<i><b> Star Trek, Star Wars, </b></i>and<i><b> Halo </b></i>and signing at Barnes & Noble in <a href="http://stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/9780061825705-0" target="_blank"><b>Grand Chute/Appleton, Wisconsin</b></a>, at 5:30 p.m. This is during the Star Wars Reads Day month and I've done many B&N signings during it — but this time we'll also be doing Star Wars gaming at 7 as part of the chain's National Game Night.<br />
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And don't miss my latest interview on the <a href="https://geekdad.com/2016/09/gbbp-89-john-jackson-miller" target="_blank"><b>Geek Dad podcast</b></a><b>!</b><b><br /></b>John Jackson Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02450012837939955658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985113503463596484.post-10896611501296181612016-09-27T00:30:00.000-05:002016-09-27T16:14:17.604-05:00Qapla'! Star Trek: Prey Book 1 - Hells Heart lifts off!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's here! The first part of my first novel trilogy, <i><b>Star Trek: Prey Book 1 - Hell's Heart</b></i> is now available from <b>Simon & Schuster/Pocket Books</b> as a mass-market paperback and in e-book format.<br />
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You can find the book at your local bookstore — and also here:<br />
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<a href="http://bit.ly/STPrey1" target="_blank"><b>Amazon</b></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/prey-john-jackson-miller/1123910533" target="_blank"><b>Barnes & Noble</b></a></div>
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<b><a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Prey-Book-One/John-Jackson-Miller/9781501115790?id=6743937253710" target="_blank">Books-a-Million</a> </b></div>
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<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781501115790" target="_blank"><b>Indiebound</b></a></div>
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As the back cover will tell you: "When Klingon commander Kruge died in combat against James T. Kirk on the Genesis planet back in 2285, he left behind a powerful house in disarray—and a series of ticking time bombs: the Phantom Wing, a secret squadron of advanced Birds-of-Prey; a cabal of loyal officers intent on securing his heritage; and young Korgh, his thwarted would-be heir, willing to wait a Klingon lifetime to enact his vengeance.<br />
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"Now, one hundred years later, while on a diplomatic mission for the United Federation of Planets, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the <i>USS Enterprise</i> are snared in the aged Korgh’s trap—and thrust directly in the middle of an ancient conflict. But as Commander Worf soon learns, Korgh may be after far bigger game than anyone imagines, confronting the Federation-Klingon alliance with a crisis unlike any it has ever seen!"<br />
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I've been doing plenty of interviews and podcasts in support of the trilogy, with more to come — but you can check out a few of them here:<br />
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<a href="http://www.bombadradio.com/e/episode-249-50-years-of-star-trek-with-john-jackson-miller/" target="_blank"><b>Bombad Radio</b></a><br />
<a href="http://www.gandtshow.com/g-t-show-sl-john-jackson-millers-prey/" target="_blank"><b>G+T Show</b> </a><br />
<a href="http://www.buzzsprout.com/65329/420075-geekin-out-with-john-jackson-miller" target="_blank"><b>General Geekery</b></a> <br />
<a href="http://trek.fm/literary-treks/162" target="_blank"><b>Literary Treks</b></a><br />
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/"><b>Radio Free Tatooine<span id="goog_636528678"></span></b></a> <br />
<a href="http://swstacks.com/episode-46-john-jackson-miller-returns/" target="_blank"><b>Star Wars Stacks</b></a><br />
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I've also appeared on a pair of television interviews, including the CBS Sunday Morning show in Milwaukee. Click to see me on <a href="http://www.cbs58.com/" title="CBS 58">CBS 58.</a><br />
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And don't forget that the next two volumes will be out in <a href="http://bit.ly/STPrey2" target="_blank"><b>October</b></a> and <a href="http://bit.ly/STPrey3" target="_blank"><b>November</b></a>! Preorder them now!</div>
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In other news, my first Halo anthology is out! Look for <a href="http://bit.ly/HaloFractures" target="_blank"><i><b>Fractures: Extraordinary Tales from the Halo Canon</b></i></a> out now from <b>Gallery Books</b> — and check out the interview about the book on <a href="http://www.denofgeek.com/us/games/halo/258500/john-jackson-miller-talks-halo-fractures-the-spirit-of-the-franchise" target="_blank"><b>Den of Geek</b> </a>is the official <a href="https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/books-browsers-and-big-team" target="_blank"><b>Halo Waypoint blog</b></a>!<br />
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I'll be at New York Comic-Con in early October; I'm signing three days and speaking on a panel. I'll have dates and times up shortly.</div>
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<br />John Jackson Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02450012837939955658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985113503463596484.post-24874327127433497552016-09-08T17:49:00.001-05:002016-09-08T17:51:24.900-05:00Star Trek at 50 — and Star Trek: Prey Book 1 - Hell's Heart lands in the office!<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5EkMUYPqhrY/V9Hhg8NuRSI/AAAAAAAAEG8/rUMKwvuH_Mop2gRNskiTKdx8mYGld_hdACLcB/s1600/StarTrekTVGuide.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="263" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5EkMUYPqhrY/V9Hhg8NuRSI/AAAAAAAAEG8/rUMKwvuH_Mop2gRNskiTKdx8mYGld_hdACLcB/s320/StarTrekTVGuide.jpg" width="320" /></a>Today is the fiftieth anniversary of the airing of the first episode of <i><b>Star Trek</b></i> — a major moment in the pop cultural firmament to be sure. Certainly it's important to me, having spent most of my life as a fan — and the last couple of years writing in the milieu.<br />
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There are enough think pieces about Star Trek online today to create a singularity, as well as many thoughtful essays by other authors who've worked longer with the franchise. I strongly encourage checking out as many of them as you can. In my case, after spending more than a year and a half working on the <i><b>Star Trek: Prey </b></i>trilogy, I would frankly point to it as being the best expression of my deeper thoughts on the series, and what I liked about it.<br />
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<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GyXxvCth-S4/V9HhJLUBaPI/AAAAAAAAEG4/pwxOgZ5FKKEyjtdUCzekmbjeY4wQwYDeQCLcB/s1600/Prey%2B1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GyXxvCth-S4/V9HhJLUBaPI/AAAAAAAAEG4/pwxOgZ5FKKEyjtdUCzekmbjeY4wQwYDeQCLcB/s320/Prey%2B1.jpg" width="267" /></a><a href="http://bit.ly/STPrey1" target="_blank"><i><b>Star Trek: Prey Book 1 — Hell's Heart</b></i></a>, which ships September 27 from <b>Pocket Books</b> and which just arrived in my offices (as seen at left) — spans a hundred years, from the days after <i><b>Star Trek III: The Search for Spock</b></i> to the current post-<i><b>Nemesis</b></i> Next Generation era in the novels. That range gave me the chance to play upon the interactions between characters that drew me to all the various series. Between Kirk and Spock and McCoy; between Riker and Picard and Worf; and more. It's also a testament to the actors and the characters they created that interactions between characters who never met on screen were so fun to write.<br />
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In addition to that, the Star Trek films and movies gave us a universe rich with detail — enough to inspire the imagination and to provide any writer with plenty to work with. I've mentioned that I kept an entire library cart of books beside me while writing the trilogy; that was just the non-digital material. The Klingons, as I've mentioned elsewhere, may have been the subject of more background material than any nonhuman species I've encountered in my tie-in work. It was fun to build a political thriller around them — and to to find some interesting blanks about them to elaborate upon.<br />
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But it all goes back to the original series, and the wide-open sense of promise that it communicated. Star Trek isn't a saga, in the sense of a story with a beginning, middle, and end — but a continuing journey, an endless series of missions. It's been a delight to spend a good part of Year 49 and 50 commuting to the Beta Quadrant. Live long and... well, you know the rest!<br />
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You may notice the website has gotten a much-needed facelift; included in that are many essays on books that have never had essays on the site, including the Star Wars short stories <a href="http://www.farawaypress.com/fiction/shortstories/sw-orientation.html"><b>"Orientation"</b></a> and <b>"<a href="http://www.farawaypress.com/fiction/shortstories/sw-bottleneck.html">Bottleneck"</a></b>. I'll have more posts up on the other upcoming books in the days to come.<br />
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In the meantime, if you're looking to get a signed copy of the first Prey novel when it comes out, check out my <a href="http://www.farawaypress.com/shop.html"><b>Shop</b></a> page. You can also preorder <a href="http://bit.ly/STPrey1" target="_blank"><b>all</b></a> <a href="http://bit.ly/STPrey2" target="_blank"><b>three</b></a> <a href="http://bit.ly/STPrey3" target="_blank"><b>parts</b></a>.John Jackson Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02450012837939955658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985113503463596484.post-4170102188661782152016-07-19T15:39:00.004-05:002016-07-19T15:40:38.273-05:00Marvel slates THE OLD REPUBLIC Vol. 2 for March release!I've been busy doing proofreading rounds on three novels at once — the <a href="http://bit.ly/STPrey1" target="_blank"><i><b>Star Trek Prey trilogy</b></i></a>, <a href="http://bit.ly/STPrey2" target="_blank"><b>out</b></a> <a href="http://bit.ly/STPrey3" target="_blank"><b>this fall</b></a> — so I haven't had much time to post. But I can share some news works upcoming and already out!<br />
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<span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">Marvel has just announced a March 21, 2017 release date for <b><i><a href="http://bit.ly/TORMarv2" target="_blank">Star Wars Legends: The Old Republic Epic Collection </a></i><a href="http://bit.ly/TORMarv2" target="_blank">Vol. 2</a></b>, containing the middle third of my
Knights of the Old Republic comics saga. In addition to issues #19-37,
it includes my in-universe text pages, reprinted for the first time — and also for the first time, the volume reprints the
rare KOTOR Handbook that we did in 2007. Great art from Brian Ching, Dustin Weaver, and many more! The book is available for preorder from Amazon and will be at your local bookseller. I hope to see copies before <a href="http://www.midsouthcon.org/" target="_blank"><b>Midsouthcon</b></a> later that month in Memphis, which I usually attend.</span></span><br />
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<span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">Cover to come, but at right is the cover to the Handbook, which you can read more about <a href="http://www.farawaypress.com/comics/swkotorhb1.html" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a>.</span></span><br />
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<span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">You can also get <a href="http://bit.ly/TORMarv1" target="_blank"><b>the first volume from Amazon</b></a> or, if you want an autographed copy, directly from <b><a href="http://www.farawaypress.com/shop.html" target="_blank">my shop</a></b>. Once the third volume is released, we'll finally have the complete comics KOTOR including all the text pages in one nice set.</span></span><br />
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<span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">I also have a couple of pieces in <a href="http://amzn.to/29TiNJt" target="_blank"><b><i>Entertainment Weekly</i>'s new Star Trek commemorative</b></a> issue.</span></span><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"></span><br />
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<span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"></span></span><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">My next appearances are at <a href="http://www.geekkon.net/" target="_blank"><b>GeekKon</b></a> in Madison, Wis., in August, and <a href="http://www.dodecaevents.com/" target="_blank"><b>DoDecaCon</b></a> in Columbia, Mo., in September. </span></span><br />
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<span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">Update concluded — back to work!</span></span>John Jackson Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02450012837939955658noreply@blogger.com0