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I make another appearance as a science fiction expert in Episode 125 of the Read It And Weep podcast, in which we discuss Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. |
Archives for January 2012
Facebook Author Page
I now have an author page over on Facebook. “Like” it to receive updates about my fiction, interviews, etc.
Under the Moons of Mars Contributor’s Copies
Got my contributor’s copies of Under the Moons of Mars: New Adventures on Barsoom, edited by John Joseph Adams. This book includes my story “Three Deaths.”
Here’s a review from Bookhound. Reviewer Mel Odom writes:
I hadn’t heard of David Barr Kirtley before, but he’s hit my radar now with “Three Deaths.” His story of one of the Tharks first defeated by John Carter shortly after his advent on the Red Planet touched my heart in ways that I just hadn’t expected. Truly awesome stuff, and instantly more vulnerable than anything Burroughs had ever written.
Adventures in Writing Reviews “Three Deaths”
Here’s the first review I’ve seen of John’s new Barsoom anthology Under the Moons of Mars. My story “Three Deaths” is mentioned here:
The book is absolutely beautiful and well laid out. I sat down and devoured the first three stories, trudging once more through the sands of Mars with a sword in my fist … David Barr Kirtley (whom I’ve never before heard of) has written a truly elegant and emotional story full of wonder and honor in “Three Deaths.”
Black Gate Interview
Emily Mah Tippets interviews me about writing and podcasting for Black Gate magazine:
Goodbye, Hobbes
Just got word that my cat Hobbes has died. She was perfectly healthy up until two days ago, when she went into kidney failure. Her sister Kzin died back in August. Both times while I was away. In her youth Hobbes was the proverbial fraidy-cat, spooked by loud noises, and she spent a lot of time hiding in the farthest reaches of the basement, where a small gap afforded her vantage of a narrow stretch of backyard, but in recent years she’d become extremely friendly, following me from room to room and clambering up on my hip and purring constantly. I’ll miss her terribly. For basically the first time in my life I’m without a cat.
