http://pamelasargent.com/ en Copyright 2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:45:28 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Earthseed will be out in trade paperback from Tor on February 28, but my first copy arrived here yesterday, along with CDs from Blackstone Audio of both Earthseed and Farseed. Earthseed's available through all the usual channels, but if you can, get it at a local independent bookstore.]]> http://pamelasargent.com/2012/02/earthseed_in_trade_paperback.html http://pamelasargent.com/2012/02/earthseed_in_trade_paperback.html Earthseed; Trade Paperback; Audio Books; Tor/Forge; Blackstone Audio Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:45:28 -0500 . . .my Seed trilogy is now available in audiobook form. Earthseed, Farseed, and Seed Seeker are out from Blackstone Audio, Inc.]]> http://pamelasargent.com/2011/11/just_in_time_for_the_holidays.html http://pamelasargent.com/2011/11/just_in_time_for_the_holidays.html Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:09:37 -0500 Audible.com has bought audio book rights to my novels Venus of Dreams, Venus of Shadows, and Child of Venus.]]> http://pamelasargent.com/2011/11/venus_trilogy_in_audio.html http://pamelasargent.com/2011/11/venus_trilogy_in_audio.html Fri, 25 Nov 2011 10:05:53 -0500 . . .inspired in part by the Mary Poppins stories and by my childhood home of Ithaca, New York, is now out in the December 2011 issue of Asimov's SF Magazine.]]> http://pamelasargent.com/2011/10/my_new_story_strawberry_birdie.html http://pamelasargent.com/2011/10/my_new_story_strawberry_birdie.html Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:39:57 -0500 Blackstone Audiobooks will be releasing audio books of Earthseed, Farseed, and Seed Seeker, all read by Amy Rubinate, who has a lovely voice well suited to these novels of mine.]]> http://pamelasargent.com/2011/10/audio_books_of_the_seed_trilog.html http://pamelasargent.com/2011/10/audio_books_of_the_seed_trilog.html Sat, 08 Oct 2011 17:38:13 -0500 in a trade paperback this September, and can be ordered now from Barnes & Noble. But if you can, buy it from a local independent bookstore. UPDATE (September 1, 2011): Also available from Powell's, although their page does not show the actual cover art.]]> http://pamelasargent.com/2011/07/ruler_of_the_sky_will_be_out.html http://pamelasargent.com/2011/07/ruler_of_the_sky_will_be_out.html Sun, 31 Jul 2011 11:39:31 -0500 Because the ban on hydrofracking has been lifted just as the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, the agency that will have to monitor this controversial natural gas drilling technique, is slated to lose another 321 jobs. All while the New York Times is being attacked for pointing out that people in the gas industry are calling shale gas extraction a "giant Ponzi scheme."]]> http://pamelasargent.com/2011/07/not_loving_new_york_so_much.html http://pamelasargent.com/2011/07/not_loving_new_york_so_much.html Fri, 08 Jul 2011 11:07:32 -0500 Marital equality is now the law in New York state, and for once I can be proud that I live in Albany!]]> http://pamelasargent.com/2011/06/i_love_new_york.html http://pamelasargent.com/2011/06/i_love_new_york.html Sat, 25 Jun 2011 12:38:40 -0500 V.S. Naipaul is also a great writer, and one whose fiction and nonfiction I have read and reread over the years. A great human being? Not so much, and does that matter? Ta-Nehisi Coates posted a comment by "Hilzoy" on the writer and the man: "It would be a mistake not to read Naipaul. He's a gorgeous, gorgeous writer. . . he's also one of the best examples around of someone who is (imho) deeply worth reading, but whose treatment of both women and blacks (esp. blacks outside Africa) is just horrific." Read the whole post, which sums up my own views. ]]> http://pamelasargent.com/2011/06/vs_naipaul_is_a_sexist.html http://pamelasargent.com/2011/06/vs_naipaul_is_a_sexist.html Sat, 04 Jun 2011 15:17:33 -0500 My novels Earthseed, Farseed, and Seed Seeker are now available in electronic formats for Kindles, Nooks, and all e-readers, and I recommend that readers order them through the Web site of Flights of Fantasy, our local sf and fantasy bookstore. Another local independent bookstore now offering e-editions is The Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza. Help keep an indie bookstore in business!]]> http://pamelasargent.com/2011/04/seed_trilogy_available_in_e-fo.html http://pamelasargent.com/2011/04/seed_trilogy_available_in_e-fo.html Sat, 16 Apr 2011 11:32:28 -0500 I didn't post about this earlier, as some might have taken it for an April Fools Day joke. It's not.]]> http://pamelasargent.com/2011/04/earthseed_optioned_by_paramoun.html http://pamelasargent.com/2011/04/earthseed_optioned_by_paramoun.html Sun, 03 Apr 2011 10:01:34 -0500 At the Empire State Book Festival in Albany, New York on April 2, I will be on a panel, "She Blinded Me with Science Fiction," with moderator Joe Berlant at 2:45 pm and at a book signing/meet-and-greet at 4:45 pm. More about the Festival's programming is here.]]> http://pamelasargent.com/2011/03/update_empire_state_book_festi.html http://pamelasargent.com/2011/03/update_empire_state_book_festi.html Sun, 27 Mar 2011 15:31:48 -0500 The Huffington Post has posted a list of organizations ready to help.]]> http://pamelasargent.com/2011/03/how_to_help_japan.html http://pamelasargent.com/2011/03/how_to_help_japan.html Sun, 13 Mar 2011 11:18:40 -0500 I will be at the Empire State Book Festival on April 2, 2011, at the Empire State Plaza in Albany, New York. More details to follow.]]> http://pamelasargent.com/2011/03/empire_state_book_festival.html http://pamelasargent.com/2011/03/empire_state_book_festival.html Fri, 04 Mar 2011 12:46:56 -0500 . . .this one in the Denver Post, here.]]> http://pamelasargent.com/2011/02/another_seed_seeker_review.html http://pamelasargent.com/2011/02/another_seed_seeker_review.html Fri, 04 Feb 2011 14:26:27 -0500