I’m trying to decide which is more lame: not blogging for several days, or having only my del.icio.us links posted during my absence. At least if I were just silent, there would be a certain dignity in that, but to have only auto-blogging going on, that seems somehow pathetic.
A week or two ago, SCI FI Wire published my interview with Adam-Troy Castro, which focused on his novel Emissaries From the Dead. Some time later, Adam-Troy discovered that someone had translated the interview (almost certainly using a web translator), then translated it back into English. The results are rather amusing.
I especially like the references to "Ellery Female Monarch" (rather than Ellery Queen) and the way "Fidel" was somehow inserted into the text, as if you can’t say "Castro" without "Fidel." I also rather enjoyed my byline in translation: "St. John Chief Joseph John Adams." A bonus John, plus sainthood and chiefdom!
Seeds of Change is now available for pre-order over on Amazon.com. It’s not out for quite a while yet–it’s not due to be published until August–so there’s certainly no rush to order a copy, but pre-orders do make publishers happy.
As a result of this momentous occasion, I’ve decided to add my regular blog’s feed to my Amazon Connect feed, so those of you browsing over on Amazon will get the full JJA treatment, not just the pared-down Wastelands feed.
And just so everyone on Amazon doesn’t rate this post as not interesting, here’s the table of contents for Seeds of Change: