As of 8:00 pm last night, the next Wayson Harris novel is in the hands of my editors at Ace. I hope they like it because I am beginning work on the sequel on Monday.
So, you ask, "What will be the title of this next epic?"
I'm glad you brought that up. The book was was originally titled Clones Have Ghosts. My editor suggested a new name as Clones Have Ghosts did not match the names of the other Clone novels. Editors need o worry about those things. That is part of what makes them so wonderful. Authors need to listen to their editors, that is part of what keeps them employed.
You insiders know that I was toying with the name, The Clone Rebellion; but that was not to be. I submitted my book as Clones Have Ghosts; then woke up this morning and suggested, The Clone Traitor. My beloved editor liked the change but shot back that I might want to consider The Clone Betrayal.
I thought about it for all of five seconds and decided it was great.
So there you have, loyal citizens of Sad Sam's Palace. The next book, due in late October or early November will be titled The Clone Betrayal. Now, if I can get cooking more quickly on the next two books, perhaps we can get books two and three of this series released in 2010.
Thursday, December 04, 2008
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HELL YEAH!
I'm eager to read The Clone Betrayal. Maybe bake the editors some cookies so they can get it out sooner than October or November...
Awesome. Yeah, cookies=sooner out
Is that why you had the emergency session? Needed our names for when you submitted it.
Yeah, Clone Betrayal is better than Clone Traitor just because that sounds a bit too much like Rogue Clone.
That is great.
I needed names for my author's notes.
YES!!! Keep 'em coming!
The Clone Betrayal is an excellent title! Can't wait to read it.
Steve did you see my posts that I submitted in the emergency topic? None of them are posted! One of the questions I asked in them: Is there a way to have your blog notify me when you create new posts?
I got the posts; but as there was no way to put them up without displying your name, I did not put them up. I did, however, get your name in time.
And you are speaking to the blogging iliterate here. I have no idea how to do notifications. Remember, Blogger does not even take your email addresses.
Hmm. Well I figured out how to subscribe to the blog using Google Reader, but I don't know yet if it will email me when you create a new topic. We'll find out!
YES!!! Keep 'em coming!
Thanks, Jim and all of you guys.
I do not like the name The Clone Betrayal.
1: It gives away a lot on first glance for older readers, and i am now literally dying with anticipation.
2: Im still dying with anticipation
3: I WANT TO REAAAADDDD ITTTT.
Other than those reasons, i think that the title is excellent, and it is obvious that i cannot wait for the book to come out. thanks for the hard work!
Tell you what, guys... if you are interested. December 17 is my wife's birthday... a day that I genuinely love to celebrate. Any interest in my marking the day by posting --for one day only-- the name of book six in the Clone Series alogn with the briefest teaser from book 5.
Yes. I will be on fo sho if you post a teaser! That is awesome. although will your wife be happy that you're blogging away on her b-day?
Yeehaw, I'm there... My mom's birthday is December 8 and sister's is December 10. And then brother in-law is December 28... so lots of December birthdays.
That would be awesome to see the title and a small sample from TCB.
It's really cool to have such a good dialog with an author that writes kick-ass books. Be sure to tell your wife HAPPY BIRTHDAY from your fans. Ok, not it will matter to her care too much, but at least the thought is there. Because we know that a happy wife makes a happy husband.
Words to live by. There is no happy home without the happy wife.
Is there any chance of getting your second novel, Rogue Clone, available on the Amazon Kindle? I recently discovered your work and have greatly enjoyed reading the first book, but I have sadly discovered that all of your books are available in the Kindle store except for that one.
I am eager to read the rest of the series, but I am hesitant to buy the paperback version, as I am near-sighted and have trouble reading the print in paperback books, hence the Kindle.
Thank you.
Can't wait for the teaser. I think that title sounds awsome. Any idea on what the cover is going to look like?
Caion,
Thank you for your letter. I knew book three came out in paperback and Kindle at the same time. I did not know that book one was released on Kindle, but I am glad to hear it.
I don't know much about or have any say on the Kindle releases, but I will ask my editor on Monday.
And thanks for reading my books.
Cover art? No idea. All I know is that my covers are generally made by the great Christian McGrath, that he seldom takes suggestions from me; and that when I finally see the cover, it is far better than anything I would have come up with.
you know, it would be cool if there was a bunch of art inside the book,at the back or in the front.
I would love that, but art is for big books with big budgets like a Stephen King Gunslinger or a Harry Potter.
Steven, all four books so far have had cool covers. Do you give Christian McGrath a copy of the book to read and then just let him do his magic?
Excellent question. I do not, but the publisher does. He is a very busy fellow, so he does not read the books all the way through, just to a part that sparks his imagination.
He has been very complementary, however.
Cool. That's something about the publishing business that I'd always been curious about. Guess it varies from publisher to publisher, because there are some (like your books) where the cover fits in really well with the book, and others where the cover has NOTHING to do with the book. I keep reading thinking I'm going to get to the part on the cover and then I'm done and never got there.
Aaron, I have said it before and I will say it again, and again, and again... I got lucky when Ace decided to assign Christian to my book.
Yep, Christian McGrath does a great job on your covers.
Hello again.
I just wanted to extend my thanks. I checked the Kindle shop this evening and was pleasantly surprised to find that the book I requested is available for purchase. I must say it's wonderful to see an author take such an active interest in his fans.
Now off I go to continue reading this fascinating series. I can hardly wait to see what's in store for Wayson Harris next. :)
P.S. Is the bounty hunter, Freeman, a nod to Gordon Freeman from Half-Life? That name kinda jumped out at me as I read, and here I learn you're a fan of gaming as well.
I did, in fact, send an email to my editor asking for the book to come out on Kindle, but I am not sure she could have pulled it off this quickly.
She's good, no doubt about that; but...
As for Freeman, while Ray Freeman has the same last name as Gordon Freeman, in this case there is no relation.
I like to play with names on some occassions. In this case, Ray is taken from the Latin word meaning, "King." Hence Ray Freeman is the "King of the Free Men."
You cannot do that with all of the characters in my books, not even one-tenth of them, but in Freeman's case, you can.
More often than not, the sure victims in my books are friends from my days in journalism and the community.
Nice on the friends bit.
John Ringo occasionally has 'redshirt' contests where you can submit your name and a reason why you should be 'redshirted' (aka killed off) and if he likes it then he'll use your name in one of his books. The name isn't used for a major character, just for real minor characters that don't do much to further the story other than getting killed. He says that he has a hard time coming up with names, but I think it's kinda cool. I entered the last 'redshirt' contest and was picked as one of the winners. When a character named Aaron MacKenzie Spuler will appear in one of his books, and how he will die -- that's a mystery, but I'm told it will happen.
Great idea on Ringo's part. The man has class.
I don't think I would like to be "redshirted" I like my name refering to a living person, not a "He's dead, Jim, " person. But that is pretty smart.
that reminds about a lot of the books i read. they go to a different perspective, and i start to like the person. but then they kill them from another persons perspective (mainly the main characters) and i just feel bad for them.
i wouldnt mind getting killed off i guess, as long as it isnt in a too lame or too flashy way.
Oh, come on! If your going to suffer a literary death, wouldn't you rather be ripped to shreds by a giant praying mantis than die in you proverbial sleep?
The real Trevor Boll proudly wears his literary spider scars on his sleeve.
The real Scott Huish, however, insists that it would take far more than a simple shot to the shoulder to kill him, even if it did come from an Avatari rifle.
Maybe it's just me (ok, Steven seems to think so too) but it would be cool to read a book where a character with your name was not only featured, but died off in a very memorable way.
When I was a kid, my dad had bit parts in three episodes of Hawaii Five O. He was killed my McGarret in one and survived the other two. I still think about it.
And then there is Guy in Galaxy Quest.
Hawaii 5-0? Cool.
lol. Guy. Great movie. Well i mean if i could go out like fighting thousands of Avatari and all that, that would be cool, just as long it was in a book and not for real, but the original star treks where we get the red shirt from, the red shirt guy would always get hit by like a pot shot or some other lame thing, and then McCoy would have to say, "He's dead, Jim." Or something like tat.
Okay, never used a blog before. But I felt the need to make a comment, and I can't find the right post to comment on, thus here it is:
1. On having Ray's sister reappear. It is not a stretch, by any means, that when a story is being told in the first person- that person can only tell that part of the story has already lived. And unless Harris is dead already, anything can still happen.
Which is my way of saying, just because in an earlier book Harris said he never met a person again, does not mean that. It means that it has not happened yet, and that there were opportunities. [of course, I don't really care if Harris meets her again,].
2. I enjoyed this book, but not as much as some of the other ones. It really felt rushed at the end.
3. And please excuse me for saying it, but did you see Thank you for not smoking(awesome movie), but there is a seen with Rob Lowe, where he he explains why people smoke in the future, It was a 'magic' moment or throw away explanation. The idea that the UA only colonizes earth-like planets. And only had orphanages on Earth(no back ups) is to me, and I admit that doesn't count for much, whooey.
As to why, I don't know any psychotic paranoids that don't make deep dark secret backup plans. (After all isn't Waylon Harris-just that).
3. Of course point 2, is answerable with point 1. Harris only knows what he does, and he doesn't know everything.
Thank you for writing a book that truly entertained me. I have the other ones all twice(save the first one, I have temporarily lost my copy- I am going to find it)
-d
Yeah, the original Star Trek... I watched 'em when they were in first run and LOVED 'EM!
You know that episode, The Arena? I thought it was especially cool. No joke. I was in fourth grade, I think.
Now I think Kirk should have made a rduimentary lathe.
David,
Welcome to Sad Sam's. We're all glad you stopped by.
To your first point, you are absolutely right. In fact, John Scalzi addressed that very issue in Old Man's War quite effectively. Of course, he did a lot of things quite effectively in that book.
About your next point, you are not alone, I think. Several of the people on this blog said the very same thing, that the abrupt ending disappointed them.
All I can say is, "Point Taken." The epilog of book 5, The Clone Betrayal is far more complete.
Interestingly, the general concensus seems to be that away from the abrupt ending, The Clone Elite delivered better than the other books.
It is interesting that while the Amazon reviews of Rogue Clone have been tepid at best, Thomas Wagner at SF Reviews liked it better than the first or third books. Wagner was especially disappointed with book 3, but Michael Jones at the SF Site gave it a more positive review.
I guess what I am saying is that I am glad you have stayed with the series and that you have enjoyed the books. I hope book 5 lives up to your expectations.
i just got back, and i have a lot of questions. one, shouldnt earth have a heavy population? kind of like the cities in The 5th Element? and two,have you ever read World War Z? (i just finished it)
I have not read WWZ and hope to. It sounds cool. I am currently reading The Road and have The Pillars of the Earth on tap. Don't I sound literary! That's what happens when I let my friends pick out books for me; otherwise, I'm Gaiman and Harry Potter books at best.
Have you read The Anasi Boys? I LOVE THAT BOOK!!!!!!!
As to the population on Earth, I envision Earth as sort of a living museum exhibit. The movies, government, and military industries are largely run on Earth, and there is a lot of tourism; but I always envisioned the elite who live there as purposely keeping the population down and the quality of life extraordinary.
I bought my parents Pillars of the Earth last year for Christmas, they both loved it! So this year I bought them the sequel, World Without End.
Also, The Road is at the top of my Amazon cart, hope to get to it soon! If only it weren't for these damn StarFist books lol.
i won't be reading the Road. My sister read it and spoiled the endng for me. Oh well. I just finished Orphanage. I don't know why I haven't read those yet. Those are pretty good.
I don't know the specific episodes of Star Trek, but my parents are big Trekkies, so i was screwed from birth.
About saying he could never meet them again, well maybe he's an old man on his porch and remembering what happened, or maybe he's stuck on an unknown planet or something.
I've gotten hooked on the Kris Longknife series. Anyone read any of those?
Book made me sad...Ive always felt like harris had control but he kept losing it and making stupid decisons. The book was pretty cool my only question is is earth under the attack already because if they are then how are they going to save all the other planets...if ships and communication cant get through how will they ever resettle the planets?
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