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Milkweed Triptych
"A major talent... I can't wait to see more."
—George R. R. Martin
"Mad English warlocks battling twisted Nazi psychics? Yes please, thank you. Tregillis's debut has a white-knuckle plot, beautiful descriptions, and complex characters-- an unstoppable Vickers of a novel."
—Cory Doctorow on Bitter Seeds
"Ian Tregillis triumphantly concludes his astonishing, brilliant, pulse-pounding debut trilogy, The Milkweed Triptych."
—Cory Doctorow on Necessary Evil
"Tregillis' conclusion of the Milkweed Triptych is the pièce de résistance of the series. Necessary Evil is a perfect marriage of science fiction, fantasy and alternate history."
—RT Book Reviews (4.5 stars, Top Pick) on Necessary Evil
"Darkly fascinating…A thoroughly fascinating conclusion to an imaginative tour de force."
—Kirkus on Necessary Evil
"A cross between the devious, character-driven spy fiction of early John le Carré and the mad science fantasy of the X-Men... Despite the jaw-dropping backdrop and oblique plotting, the narrative is driven by character and personal circumstance...
Grim indeed, yet eloquent and utterly compelling."
Grim indeed, yet eloquent and utterly compelling."
—Kirkus on The Coldest War
"The characters come alive via [Tregillis's] imaginative dialogue and his storyline will keep readers spellbound and on the edge of their seats with an intense sci-fi/alternate history thriller plot."
—RT Book Reviews (4.5 stars, Top Pick) on The Coldest War
"Well-drawn characters and a feel for time and place make this an excellent journey into an alternate Britain."
—Library Journal on Bitter Seeds
"Engrossing... Tregillis ably mixes cold war paranoia with his mythology."
—Publishers Weekly on The Coldest War
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Wednesday, March 30 2011, 08:28 AM
Busy week. Today I'm participating in a full day of meetings to discuss experiments at the world's largest laser facility.
What does one do with the world's most powerful laser complex? Well, I don't want to give away too much right now. Early days, and all that. Let's just say that when—not if—my plan comes to fruition, we won't be calling it the "moon" any longer...
The only problem I foresee is that the moon really isn't all that big from this far away, and my name isn't as short as it might be. If I'm not careful, I might end up getting only two letters etched into the lunar regolith. Which means we'd start calling it, "Ia." As in "Ia, Ia, Cthulu Fhtagn!"
Not exactly the evil plan I had in mind. I'm going for evil in the sense of ordinary human supervillainy. Not supernatural mind-melting evil from beyond the stars.
[Reminder: There's still time to enter the Jonathan Strahan anthology giveaway.]
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If we're going to sketch something... -
Chris Bachmann, Wednesday, March 30 2011, 11:50 AM
If we're going to sketch something on the moon, may as well be Cthulu. That way he rises every night.
If we're going to sketch something on the moon, may as well be Cthulu. That way he rises every night.
Cool plan -
Steve Halter, Wednesday, March 30 2011, 02:31 PM
Good plan. Maybe a nice portrait would work better than a name?
Actually, that looks like a really interesting research site. Any chance you could say which branch of it you're looking at? As a cover to your main plan, of course.
Good plan. Maybe a nice portrait would work better than a name?
Actually, that looks like a really interesting research site. Any chance you could say which branch of it you're looking at? As a cover to your main plan, of course.
fhtagn -
Steve Halter, Wednesday, March 30 2011, 06:47 PM
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn
by the way.
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn
by the way.
Re: If we're going to sketch something... -
Ian, Wednesday, March 30 2011, 07:36 PM
I cannot argue with your logic, sir!
I cannot argue with your logic, sir!
Re: Cool plan -
Ian, Wednesday, March 30 2011, 07:38 PM
I'm just one teensy-teensy cog that is connected to a slightly less microscopic cog which is itself N levels of cog sizes away from where actual science happens. I'm just a guy who sits in meetings, or stares at a computer screen. But somewhere, out there, across this vast field of broken cogs, somebody is doing something with science. I'm not sure what, exactly, but they're doing the hell out of it.
I'm just one teensy-teensy cog that is connected to a slightly less microscopic cog which is itself N levels of cog sizes away from where actual science happens. I'm just a guy who sits in meetings, or stares at a computer screen. But somewhere, out there, across this vast field of broken cogs, somebody is doing something with science. I'm not sure what, exactly, but they're doing the hell out of it.
untitled -
Steve Halter, Wednesday, March 30 2011, 08:17 PM
Have you read Charles Stross’ Atrocity Archives, by the way? There's a neat scene in there that pertains to the moon.
Have you read Charles Stross’ Atrocity Archives, by the way? There's a neat scene in there that pertains to the moon.
Re; untitled -
Ian, Wednesday, March 30 2011, 11:03 PM
I have indeed! I love the Laundry books. I'd forgotten about the relevant moon scene there, but yeah, Atrocity Archives, all the way!
And speaking of Nazis and the (a) moon, have you seen the trailers for Iron Sky?
(I held off reading them until I had finished the first two books of my Milkweed series, for fear that I might be influenced by the profusion of ideas that Stross puts on every page. But I found that "occult spy agency" doesn't really do either of our series justice. And nobody but nobody can write like him. So now that I've read -- well, devoured -- the Laundry books I know they're about as different as could be.)
I have indeed! I love the Laundry books. I'd forgotten about the relevant moon scene there, but yeah, Atrocity Archives, all the way!
And speaking of Nazis and the (a) moon, have you seen the trailers for Iron Sky?
(I held off reading them until I had finished the first two books of my Milkweed series, for fear that I might be influenced by the profusion of ideas that Stross puts on every page. But I found that "occult spy agency" doesn't really do either of our series justice. And nobody but nobody can write like him. So now that I've read -- well, devoured -- the Laundry books I know they're about as different as could be.)
Iron Sky -
Steve Halter, Thursday, March 31 2011, 08:52 AM
I had not seen that trailer. Thanks for pointing it out. That looks promising.
Yeah, the Laundry books are great fun. The bureaucracy is all to terrifying in its closeness to reality (and pretty fun therefore).
I had not seen that trailer. Thanks for pointing it out. That looks promising.
Yeah, the Laundry books are great fun. The bureaucracy is all to terrifying in its closeness to reality (and pretty fun therefore).
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