Ryk Brown
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RE: Audiobook of "Arrival"/ "Escalation"

Mr Drummond was originally only supposed to do "Arrival". Due to a snafu at Tantor (a misunderstanding of Mr Kafer's availability) Mr Drummond ended u...

8 years ago
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RE: Grammar

Language is an art, not a science. No matter what I do, there will always be someone that thinks it is incorrect. And no matter how many times things ...

8 years ago
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RE: Haven and other inhabited moons

I'm finding it impossible to make any sense of your image, as it appears to have a moon and a star, and no gas giant. But that doesn't matter. I beli...

8 years ago
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RE: Part 2 Publishing Schedule

Well, lets see... 1) God, I want to, but I just cannot get myself to regularly write that quickly. I thought that adding a writing assistant to help ...

8 years ago
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RE: Suggestion: Websitre Revamp

We are working on a revamp, but it's still a few months out at least. Meanwhile, feel free to give suggestions as to what you want changed.

8 years ago
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RE: Part 2 Publishing Schedule

Part 2 Episode 2 "Rescue" is due out in August. 3 months is always the goal. Getting the audio to sync and release at the same time is proving more di...

8 years ago
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RE: Episode 1 Part 2 Thread Spoilers Welcome

Also, just for the record, I am appalled at how many people were not only upset that something was the way they expected it to be, but that they were ...

8 years ago
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RE: Episode 1 Part 2 Thread Spoilers Welcome

Have hope, Brian. The universal theme of the Frontiers Saga has always been to take Sci Fi tropes and use them in new ways. You should also realize, a...

8 years ago
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RE: Episode 16 Release Date

We're trying to get there. Unfortunately, it takes Tantor 3 months to get a title produced, and we couldn't afford to wait that long for release or we...

8 years ago
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RE: Episode 16 Release Date

Pre-order is up. Frontiers Saga: Rogue Castes Episode 1 "Escalation" Release date is May 31st

9 years ago
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RE: Romance?

Not even close. 🙂

9 years ago
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RE: Carrier Class

I think it really comes down to the mission. In some cases, super carriers would be a big advantage. In others, they would be extreme overkill. When i...

9 years ago
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RE: Cloaking devices?

I've never liked the concept of "cloaking" tech in Sci Fi myself. A spaceship would emit so many things that could be detected by any number of sensor...

9 years ago
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RE: NetCast Novel

I don't concern myself with pirates. (Unless they have guns and/or swords.) None of my Kindle books have DRM, so they can be pirated by anyone with ev...

9 years ago
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RE: Frontiers Saga YA Novel

I might license someone to write such, but I wouldn't do it. I was never a teenager. 😉

9 years ago
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RE: NetCast Novel

The current plan is to add the ability to select your notification levels. Something like, "Main Saga only", "All Saga related books", and "All Notifi...

9 years ago
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RE: NetCast Novel

I was going to turn it into a whole book, but decided instead to continue releasing them as shorts. However, instead of publishing them through Amazon...

9 years ago
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RE: Arrival?

Ernie, do not worry. Arrival was the first book I ever wrote. I wrote it about 18 years ago, when I was working as a paramedic at a very slow station...

9 years ago
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RE: Arrival

Technically, no. While it is in the same universe, and it is part of my overall "How we got from now to the Saga" timeline, there really isn't any tie...

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RE: Arrival

The preorder thing was sort of an experiment. To be honest, I'm not fond of the concept. Too many Amazon hoops and deadlines to jump through that, if ...

9 years ago
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RE: Is anyone Jonesing for Ep 16 yet?

In final editing of "Arrival" now. Hoping for a late March release. (Although I do worry that it is nothing like the Frontiers Saga. No space battles....

9 years ago
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RE: error in "captain's bars" when captain hands down command

Hmm. Nearly all humans on Earth were wiped out by a bio-digital plague. What was left had to rebuild, relearn, reinvent, nearly everything. And you'...

9 years ago
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RE: Carrier Class

A massive carrier is a cool idea, but for now, I don't think it's a wise investment for the Alliance. Their biggest concern at this point has got to b...

9 years ago
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RE: Episode 15 Thread *Spoilers Welcome*

Matthew; I appreciate your comments, and I'm not trying to be argumentative, I just wish to explain my positions. 1) I hear ya about military buildup...

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RE: Hypothetical Colony

No colony ship would carry so many people. It is not necessary, and it's a huge cost as well as a waste of space. And the more colonists you carry, th...

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