Prometheus Project

New fiction by L. Neil Smith

Bretta Martyn, a sequel to L. Neil Smith's 1989 novel Henry Martyn, currently is under contract to Tor Books. The new novel is set 15 years after the first book, and concerns Arran Islay's teenage daughter, Robretta. Most of the original characters return, plus many more new ones. Lots of surprises—there's a new CEO of Hanover. And we'll get to the bottom of the Oplyte Slaver Trade.

L. Neil Smith's celebrated first novel, The Probability Broach (1980), winner of the Prometheus Award in 1982, will be republished, with material restored, by Tor Books in October, 1996, as well as new cover art and an introduction by Andrea Rich of Laissez Faire Books.

Brad Linaweaver made the Nebula Preliminary ballot for his short story, “Wells of Wisdom” (Galaxy 6/1994).

Linaweaver had three novels published this year within a few months of each other. His Sliders Novel was published by Boulevard in March. Sliders, The Novel, is reviewed in this issue.

In June, Pocket will release the new Doom novels co-written by Linaweaver and libertarian co-conspirator Dafydd ab Hugh. The third and fourth novels in the series are sub-titled Thy Flesh Consumed and Endgame, respectively.

Victor Milán has three novels due out in 1996: New Order, a sequel to his Prometheus Award-nominated novel CLD (Collective Landing Detachment), will be published by AvoNova in December. Penguin/ROC is publishing two BattleTech novels by Milán. Hearts of Chaos will be out in June, and Black Dragon in November.

F. Paul Wilson edits a horror anthology, Diagnosis: Terminal, to be published by Tor/Forge in July. His multimedia tie-in novel, Mirage, co-written with Matthew Costello, is due in August by Warner.

Vernor Vinge is the editor of a forthcoming non-fiction anthology True Names and the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier, published by Tor in August. History may yet succeed in granting Vinge primacy over the ‘cyberpunks’ in having created the first vision of cyberspace.