Those who are sending physical checks on manual orders, we have set your books aside and they are waiting for you.
For those who missed this sale, alas, don’t count on us getting more of this title: these are just what we have and when these are gone they are gone, so you need to find another source for your copy. Very, very occasionally, DAW ends up with a spare box of a title that it doesn’t want to have sitting around at inventory, so more could come after a year—but nobody can predict what title.
We are mailing out the orders now.
If you would like your books from other sources signed—remember we do offer signed bookplates on CC.
We have other physical books for sale on CC, as well as our e-books.
My Chernevog, which follows Rusalka, is in final reading before it goes up as an e-book.
Lynn Abbey has a book ready to go up.
Thank all of you for your support!
Oh am I glad I finally got it to work properly and take my order!
Thank you for making these available.
This is off topic, but book-related…
In case you didn’t already know – as part of an article on “Demystifying Sci-Fi Terms” at Kirkus Reviews, Downbelow Station is the Recommended Reading for people who want to get a better idea of what “FTL” means.
See https://www.kirkusreviews.com/blog/science-fiction-and-fantasy/demystifying-sci-fi-terms/
Neat!
One part of me says, “Just… wow.”
But I got my copy of Intruder on Friday. And I’ve read it twice. And, no wonder. 🙂
THanks!
A note: there are some typos—you recall the chief editor and I discovered a massive copyedit meltdown and we frantically and at the last moment restored the *basic sense*, restoring the text to my wording—by line-by-line comparison between what was ‘set’ and my original. Alas, mere typos slipped past us. We were trying to fix problems that would have destroyed the sense of the story.
Also DAW is trying e-books for the first time, and finding someone who can do the technicals of e-book conversion AND who is also a good reader—is a scramble. Forgive them their glitches: they’re pedaling as hard as they can. They do care—but it’s a learning curve.
I’d do the job well. Would Betsy be willing to hire someone with internet and ‘puter skillz?
I have no idea whether they would do that on a job by job basis as they do copyediting or what basis. I’m not sure they know at this point.
I wrote you an email about the massive number of typos in the e-book version of “Betrayer”. Did you get it?
Maybe I should apply to DAW as a proofreader — especially since I’m currently out of a job (looking desperately but not finding).
I just finished Intruder last night. No spoilers from me but I am led to observe, CJ, that you could not really be a grown woman; you must actually be a pre-teen child with a bent for mischief. 😉 No other could capture that spirit so closely!! I paused a few times while I was reading to recall my own childhood interests, treasures, and feelings. Your words are as effective as a time machine. It was a wonderful book and is now one of my grown-up treasures.
My sense was that it is amazing how when one reads Cajeiri’s POV one completely and utterly accepts that he is RIGHT about everything. It is with difficulty that one remembers that the adults around him have a different take, sometimes. His voice is entirely convincing [as are theirs, in their own place].
Such even is the inevitability and rightness of Cajeiri’s POV that one is not always thinking, Oh, dont go THERE!! Don’t do THAT!! One completely enters into his processing and accepts it. I am very taken with this. I think this is actually an extremely awesome aspect of these books and of the writing craft and skill that made them. I think this is partly because of Cajeiri’s inate aiji-ness – of course there is always rightness about his conduct, this is basic atevi aiji biology I guess. But even Cajeiri is not always understanding WHY he’s right – we get to learn about this stuff along with him. I am struggling with how to express my thinking on this detail, but a very important detail. CJ, you are amazing!
Got mine delivered on the 17th. I was surprised it was so fast! Thanks again for making these available to us!
I received Intruder Saturday, thanks! Being able to purchase a signed copy was great. It really helps me that you are promoting new books on this site so that I don’t miss them (I didn’t figure out I had missed Deceiver coming out until you finished Betrayer).
Yay! The book arrived! I must put it out of site for the moment or I won’t get anything done. Thank you!
Oh and Buffy says thanks for all wonderful toys that came wrapped around the book. She has artistically spread cardboard and paper throughout the living room and dining room and is busy rearranging (or possibly killing) the pieces now.
I just got ‘Betrayer’. Wot a story! Totally enjoyed it. Thanks, CJ. X
I know that I now have to wait a little bit – a few months – before I get ‘Intruder’ but I think – – no, I’m going out on a limb, here, I know where the one AFTER Intruder goes.
(‘OooooooOH! so whe./..eee….re does it /go go gogo?’…..a la musical chorus.)
Well, I reckon that ‘Intruder’ probably re-introduces the new dodgy space villains at war with the friends (hence the title) but I also reckon that, down on the planet, Intruder should have the stuff in the Marid sewn up. So…
It’s been a long time since we heard about what’s happenin’ on The Station, or in Mospheira and about time that we heard from…The Gan. Up North.
In England, they’d be in cloth caps, betting heavily on greyhounds, hunting whippets, and living on bread-and-dripping and chips. Even further north, they wear kilts, herd sheep and play pipes (and we’re not even in Scotland yet).
Not that I pander to regional UK stereotypes, you understand.
In conclusion, I think that currently, the direction of the Foreigner series is Up There In Space (with a stand-off featuring cuddly Lord Geigi and apparently aggressive aliens) and…. North. With a vengeance. And Cajeiri with a bacon buttie(sandwich).
“Intruder” is wonderful. No spoilers — but I am eagerly awaiting an account of the birthday party, as a number of other readers are, and the young gentleman’s activities are fascinating and delightful. And of course the whole situation in the Marid . . .
I want to read it again a little more slowly, to relish the story details and your style, but I must wait just a little, to let it cool down first. If I can.