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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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Friday, April 13 2012, 08:47 PM
I finished the first draft of SOMETHING MORE THAN NIGHT this evening. Hooray!
It's very exciting, typing up the final pages of a manuscript. Granted, this is only the fourth time I've done it. But it's still a happy thrill. I hope it never loses its appeal.
There's still so much work left to do on this thing…like make it coherent, and readable, and perhaps even find a way to make it not suck. But that's rewriting. Rewriting is almost always less taxing than writing. At least now I have something to hammer on, rather than a blank page. But that's a task to tackle another day.
For now, seeing as how it's almost 8pm and I haven't eaten a single thing all day—excepting a cup of coffee around 6:15 this morning—I am going to take the rest of the night off.
I think it's a pizza night.
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Congrats! -
Steve Halter, Friday, April 13 2012, 10:24 PM
Congrats! Eat a slice for me. Keep the pipeline full.
Congrats! Eat a slice for me. Keep the pipeline full.
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Ian, Friday, April 13 2012, 10:41 PM
Thanks, Steve! Consider the slice eaten.
Thanks, Steve! Consider the slice eaten.
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Anonymous, Saturday, April 14 2012, 11:58 AM
Yay! Happy basking in creative glory for a few hours! before the work begins again... Ha!
Yay! Happy basking in creative glory for a few hours! before the work begins again... Ha!
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Ian, Saturday, April 14 2012, 12:04 PM
Thank you! Rest assured, I'm already back in the salt mines...
Thank you! Rest assured, I'm already back in the salt mines...
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E J Frost, Monday, April 16 2012, 04:11 PM
This is mega, dude! I'm so pleased for you. Now get cracking on those revisions so I can see this in the bookstores sometime soon!
This is mega, dude! I'm so pleased for you. Now get cracking on those revisions so I can see this in the bookstores sometime soon!
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Ian, Monday, April 16 2012, 04:20 PM
Thanks! The mss. is now sitting on a shelf, where it will stew for about a month. I already have a long list of things I want to change or improve when I pull it down again...
Thanks! The mss. is now sitting on a shelf, where it will stew for about a month. I already have a long list of things I want to change or improve when I pull it down again...
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Melinda, Tuesday, April 17 2012, 09:32 AM
Don't be so hard on yourself. I've been reading this book, and am eagerly awaiting the final chapters. It's terrific. You'll make it better, but rest assured it Does Not Suck.
Don't be so hard on yourself. I've been reading this book, and am eagerly awaiting the final chapters. It's terrific. You'll make it better, but rest assured it Does Not Suck.
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Ian, Tuesday, April 17 2012, 10:05 AM
Thanks for that, Melinda. I appreciate it.
I'm in that place now where all I can see is all the stuff that needs to be improved. I hate everything I write by the time I finish it. My head is stuck on an endless list of weaknesses to be addressed. Ugh.
Thanks for that, Melinda. I appreciate it.
I'm in that place now where all I can see is all the stuff that needs to be improved. I hate everything I write by the time I finish it. My head is stuck on an endless list of weaknesses to be addressed. Ugh.
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Sara G., Tuesday, April 24 2012, 01:21 PM
That is wonderful news! And I'm betting Melinda is right about it not sucking.
I'm supposed to be finishing my first draft of the Darwin play right now for a reading tomorrow morning. Instead, I procrastinate. But maybe if I promise myself pizza when I'm done...Though you'd think the specter of human beings reading it in less than 24 hours would do the trick. Writers are silly people.
That is wonderful news! And I'm betting Melinda is right about it not sucking.
I'm supposed to be finishing my first draft of the Darwin play right now for a reading tomorrow morning. Instead, I procrastinate. But maybe if I promise myself pizza when I'm done...Though you'd think the specter of human beings reading it in less than 24 hours would do the trick. Writers are silly people.
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Ian, Tuesday, April 24 2012, 01:30 PM
Thank you very much, Sara!
And congratulations to you as well -- I am thrilled that your Darwin play is finished! (I say that knowing you are extremely reponsible, and that no amount of procrastination will prevent you from finishing it in brilliant form, well in advance of tomorrow's reading.) You've been working on that for a long time. I'm so thrilled it's completed. Ever since you first told me about it, I have known it is a very special work and, knowing you, I also know it is soulful, moving work of genius.
Thank you very much, Sara!
And congratulations to you as well -- I am thrilled that your Darwin play is finished! (I say that knowing you are extremely reponsible, and that no amount of procrastination will prevent you from finishing it in brilliant form, well in advance of tomorrow's reading.) You've been working on that for a long time. I'm so thrilled it's completed. Ever since you first told me about it, I have known it is a very special work and, knowing you, I also know it is soulful, moving work of genius.
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