tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post8513950038383249557..comments2024-02-20T07:06:56.933+00:00Comments on THE SKINNER: Video Clip QuestionsNeal Asherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13933911904170752700noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-21102191596487493042010-01-20T19:05:22.354+00:002010-01-20T19:05:22.354+00:00A few authors have intimated that they may use Pri...A few authors have intimated that they may use Print on Demand services to re-release titles from their back catalogue. Your books, of course, and nearly all in print, inexpensive and relatively easy to find. However, would you consider using POD to put out Mason's Rats, for example, or stories from early in your career that have not been collected, or your non-fiction articles and essays?Michael Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14362324064346137974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-85837230692992597882010-01-16T08:51:47.100+00:002010-01-16T08:51:47.100+00:00Good question from Matt. I'll get an e-reader ...Good question from Matt. I'll get an e-reader as soon as they become more common here and you're able to purchase German books as well.Alexander Kruelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01642702020137086489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-34087905506387327242010-01-15T20:46:56.234+00:002010-01-15T20:46:56.234+00:00I have just moved over to using an e-reader and am...I have just moved over to using an e-reader and am finding that I am reading probably twice as many books as I ever did when I read the paper versions. Are you planning on having your books released as e-books for purchase? (I live in the US now so Barnes and Noble Nook format would be ideal)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11986924083383987995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-59354059511091523462010-01-13T09:46:25.674+00:002010-01-13T09:46:25.674+00:00Hi Neal.
Do your stories indicate that you yourse...Hi Neal.<br /><br />Do your stories indicate that you yourself would trust AI over a human being with running the political branches of society? I wouldn't blame you, considering the direction most countries are heading recently (world-order, anyone?). However, would you really trust a human-programmed AI with guiding the expansion of the human race?<br /><br />Thanks!CAPGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14200614536119972846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-74195615637930295072010-01-11T11:49:10.405+00:002010-01-11T11:49:10.405+00:00Do you write as you please?
The creative business...Do you write as you please?<br /><br />The creative business often demands to appeal to a mass audience. Be it for economic reasons or because your publisher demands it. I've read about creative artists, including authors, who'd like to be more free in their creative manifestation. For example, some hard-SF and science authors are eager to introduce more technical concepts and even math. Though eventually this would drastically curb the readership. Consequently it is economically unfeasible to turn into cash.<br /><br />Hence my question, to what extent do you write for the larger audience opposed to your personal delight? Do you often account for the mainstream appeal as it differs too much from your personal but rather unpopular savor?Alexander Kruelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01642702020137086489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-7236919256218675282010-01-10T16:54:47.328+00:002010-01-10T16:54:47.328+00:00You said before that you missed an Email from Ubis...You said before that you missed an Email from Ubisoft in the summer.<br /><br />Any chance of telling us what it was about and whether your non/late reply has killed whatever the project was?basculehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04938136045940835797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-15242413198727965592010-01-09T12:08:10.635+00:002010-01-09T12:08:10.635+00:00Hi Neal
Are there any plans on turning any of you...Hi Neal<br /><br />Are there any plans on turning any of your books into movies? Has anybody bought the rights to any of your books? <br /><br />Sure would be nice to see your creativity on the big screen. Neill Blomkamp (District 9) would make a great choice as a director IMHO.<br /><br />Best regards from Stockholm, Sweden.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00908200764122243901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-6637097582864924492010-01-08T18:35:30.192+00:002010-01-08T18:35:30.192+00:00Are you currently busy with writing or on a break?...Are you currently busy with writing or on a break?<br /><br />If you are busy then how are you busy? what are your habits and how often do you write?VERITAShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03564654167732543442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-53257875941999463522010-01-08T17:24:55.399+00:002010-01-08T17:24:55.399+00:00How do you come up with names for places, characte...How do you come up with names for places, characters, aliens, etc.? Do you just make it up as you write or does some thought go in to the history/background of the thing that needs to be named?Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01820713961704343820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-79309552059585101212010-01-08T12:18:55.910+00:002010-01-08T12:18:55.910+00:00Neal. Are you taking Beechams powders or Lemsip co...Neal. Are you taking Beechams powders or Lemsip cold and flu?<br /><br />Doe's a runny nose drip onto your laptop whilst writing?<br /><br />Do you think this country really won 2 world wars? There obviously was not any snow involved in those years.Mark T Croucherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16480272016639863332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-42540848734823489422010-01-08T11:01:55.971+00:002010-01-08T11:01:55.971+00:00Hi Neal,
A question about your characters.
Have ...Hi Neal,<br /><br />A question about your characters.<br /><br />Have you ever started writing a passage of prose where your character or protagonist has begun to do things which you hadn't originally planned on him/her doing?<br /><br />I.E. has the character begun to develop outside of the original boundaries you'd previously set down?<br /><br />Cheers,<br />BobBob Lockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03141837277102776901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-26144879310397525612010-01-08T08:50:25.768+00:002010-01-08T08:50:25.768+00:00Hi Neal.
As mentioned above, more stories involvi...Hi Neal.<br /><br />As mentioned above, more stories involving the Hive minds would be cool.<br /><br />But, are you planning any more Cormac stories? I feel that it still is a bit unclear "what" he is. Is he human, dragon, jain or AI... Or a combination...<br /><br />Cold regards from up north i Norway, where it has been -30°C these last days... :-OJan Haraldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10628989719960400128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-85239867487250193012010-01-07T16:07:23.845+00:002010-01-07T16:07:23.845+00:00as far as i know there are 2 stories that include ...as far as i know there are 2 stories that include the hive mind hornets. they don't do much in these stories except bargain and hang around. you have any swarm plans for these little guys in the polity future? do they collect extraordinary tiny furniture made from young bee corpses?<br />--------<br />is planet Spatterjay is a reference to Jack Vance Cugel story?<br /><br />video blogging with a cold might have some interesting video qualities. sneezing on the camera might make it 'viral'. (counldn't help myself.)vaudeviewgalor raandisisraisinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12045187732283895410noreply@blogger.com