Here’s an illustration by Blake Reynolds for my short story “Power Armor: A Love Story,” which appears in the new John Joseph Adams anthology Armored.
“Power Armor: A Love Story” Art by Blake Reynolds
Archives for March 2012
Wired’s Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy Podcast Interviews Vernor Vinge
Episode 56 of my science fiction podcast is now up at Wired.com. In this show we interview author and futurist Vernor Vinge about living to be 100,000, how the space program could endanger Earth, and how the Technological Singularity might unfold. Then stick around after the interview as Dave chats with his old buddy Caribbean-born science fiction author Tobias S. Buckell.
My Short Story “Beauty” in Lightspeed Magazine
My short story “Beauty” is now free to read in Lightspeed magazine. Art by Galen Dara.
Santorum
I’ve been alerted to the fact that the website Spreading Santorum has been knocked out of the top spot when you google the word Santorum. Glad I have a blog, so I can help make that right.
Wired.com’s Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy Podcast Interviews Michael Chabon
Episode 55 of my science fiction podcast is now up at Wired.com. In this show Michael Chabon, author of Wonder Boys and The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, joins us to discuss working with Disney, his dislike of genre snobs, and why circumcision makes him think of Barsoom. Then stick around after the interview as John Joseph Adams and I review the new movie John Carter.
Three New Reviews
My short story “Beauty” is reviewed by Richard E. D. Jones of Tangent Online:
A nice story, one that takes us along a familiar path, but takes the time to point out some new features along the way. I loved the conversational style Kirtley used to tell the story. The more modern sensibility in both presentation and setting really work to carry the reader along on the journey of discovery. Fables are time-tested stories of the impossible. “Beauty” is a nice continuation of that tradition, one that’s well worth your time.
Tangent Online also just posted a pair of reviews of Under the Moons of Mars, which includes my story “Three Deaths.” Both are pretty positive. Chuck Rothman writes:
Ghar Han is a memorable character as he tries to redeem himself in battle. David Barr Kirtley takes the situation and avoids a pulp story with a resolution that is both satisfying and has something to say.
And Robert E. Waters adds:
Kirtley works it out very nicely and shows us how someone classified as a “freak” might be treated in a very rigid place like Barsoom (and through Ghar Han’s eyes, we get a glimpse of how John Carter himself must have felt when he first appeared on Barsoom).
My Short Story “Beauty” in Lightspeed Magazine, March 2012
The March 2012 issue of Lightspeed includes my short story “Beauty,” a twisted, modern-day retelling of “Beauty and the Beast.”
