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Praise for the
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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Thursday, March 22 2012, 08:55 PM
Wow. I let another 2 weeks pass without updating the blog. Gosh, you'd never know I have books coming out this year given the AWESOME job I'm doing with the self-promotion. I am setting the internet on fire with my mind-blowing promotion skills…
Luckily for me, I have extremely kind and diligent readers willing to take up the slack on my behalf! (I've said it before and I'll say it again: it's better to be lucky than good.) Which leads to the coolest interview I've done online, at the French website Unwalkers.com.
Earlier this month, I had a long-ranging email conversation with reader and all-around good soul Mehdi, who very kindly (and with superhuman patience) translated my answers into French. (Had I given some thought to how much work I was making, I would have pared my answers down a bit… No good deed goes unpunished, right?)
You can read my original (and somewhat inarticulate) answers in English here, or, if you'd like to pretend I'm classy and elegant, you can read the French translation here.
(I studied Spanish as my foreign language. Aside from eavesdropping on the occasional conversation in the grocery store and barber shop, I'm holding out hope that I'll get more use of it one of these days.)
Thanks, Mehdi!
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Tim Keating, Thursday, March 22 2012, 11:45 PM
I just finished the audiobook version of The Coldest War. Trust me, you've already done the best possible thing to promote your work: written an excellent, excellent series.
I just finished the audiobook version of The Coldest War. Trust me, you've already done the best possible thing to promote your work: written an excellent, excellent series.
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charliegreenberry , Friday, March 23 2012, 08:51 AM
Very cool. Now you just need to translate all your books into French. That's likely no big deal. I'm sure it's very easy. See you at the Williamson Lectureship.
Very cool. Now you just need to translate all your books into French. That's likely no big deal. I'm sure it's very easy. See you at the Williamson Lectureship.
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Steve Halter, Friday, March 23 2012, 08:59 AM
That was a really good interview Ian. I had suspected that there had to be quite a lot of pre-planning going into the Triptych. Gretel pretty much requires that.
I liked your observation that waiting for the right time results in no writing getting done--I've had the same sort of thought process? experience?, ... Anyway, "just do it" works for more than shoes and I'm pleased that it's working for you.
That was a really good interview Ian. I had suspected that there had to be quite a lot of pre-planning going into the Triptych. Gretel pretty much requires that.
I liked your observation that waiting for the right time results in no writing getting done--I've had the same sort of thought process? experience?, ... Anyway, "just do it" works for more than shoes and I'm pleased that it's working for you.
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Ian, Friday, March 23 2012, 02:07 PM
Tim: Thank you! I appreciate the encouragement, and I'm glad you enjoyed it. (Glad it wasn't a disappointment after the long wait...)
CharlieGB: I could probably just run the manuscripts through BabelFish... See you in Portales.
Steve: "Just do it" does have its uses!
Tim: Thank you! I appreciate the encouragement, and I'm glad you enjoyed it. (Glad it wasn't a disappointment after the long wait...)
CharlieGB: I could probably just run the manuscripts through BabelFish... See you in Portales.
Steve: "Just do it" does have its uses!
Ce fut un plaisir ! -
Mehdi, Saturday, March 24 2012, 03:35 AM
Hi Ian,
You're welcome, I repeat : it's been a real pleasure, and I agree with Tim, your mind-blowing promotion skills are nothing compared to your skills as a writer! One of my co-witer on Unwalkers can't understand why a french publisher didn't buy your books, and he is almost ready to take the plunge in publishing for Bitter seeds^^
I'm still listenning the audio version, I just finished the first part, I take my time, and now I know that it was the story you wanted to tell when you had the idea of Milkweed in the beginning, I'll listen to it in a different way.
Hi Ian,
You're welcome, I repeat : it's been a real pleasure, and I agree with Tim, your mind-blowing promotion skills are nothing compared to your skills as a writer! One of my co-witer on Unwalkers can't understand why a french publisher didn't buy your books, and he is almost ready to take the plunge in publishing for Bitter seeds^^
I'm still listenning the audio version, I just finished the first part, I take my time, and now I know that it was the story you wanted to tell when you had the idea of Milkweed in the beginning, I'll listen to it in a different way.
Re: Ce fut un plaisir! -
Ian, Saturday, March 24 2012, 11:42 AM
I'm just grateful to have enthusiastic readers, however my books manage to get to them! :-)
If I had written the standalone-version of the story, The Coldest War would have been a fair bit different. But I'm just really intrigued by the story of a guy called out of retirement, dragged back into a world he thought he'd escaped. It's a common story trope... In the very very early days of thinking about that book, I had envisioned it as more of a riff on the story of Cincinnatus.
I managed to keep a tiny part of that. Which is why I have Marsh working in a garden in that short scene at the end of Chapter 3.
I'm just grateful to have enthusiastic readers, however my books manage to get to them! :-)
If I had written the standalone-version of the story, The Coldest War would have been a fair bit different. But I'm just really intrigued by the story of a guy called out of retirement, dragged back into a world he thought he'd escaped. It's a common story trope... In the very very early days of thinking about that book, I had envisioned it as more of a riff on the story of Cincinnatus.
I managed to keep a tiny part of that. Which is why I have Marsh working in a garden in that short scene at the end of Chapter 3.
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