No, I didn´t forget my Ambergris Week. But the last few days have been very hectic, and for a very good reason: my first novel has finally seen the light of day.
The novel, Os Dias da Peste (In an approximate translation, In the Days of the Plague), is a post-cyber near-future story involving the birth of real AIs. This was a long time coming, and I wanted to share it with you.
The cover art is by Marcelo Tonidandel, who also painted the cover of the first Brazilian Steampunk anthology (there´s a short story of mine in there as well).
I´ll be signing the novel in a kind of micro-book tour (four events in different cities in Brazil this year, with more to come in early 2010). The first one will be later today (yep, Friday 13rd - I wouldn´t let this pass). Wish me luck!
Congratulations! Hope it does well.
Good luck today, brother. Wish I could be there physically.
Thanks, Cheryl! The first leg of the journey began splendidly, thank god! :-)
Man, it was great yesterday. You should have been there. Hope I can be in Recife next year signing the book. :-)
Congratulations Fabio! I hope it will be received well and will be available soon in English too. The cover looks good too :)
Keep up the great work.
Thank you very much, Mihai!
Would have wished you congrats a couple of days ago, but the comments verifer was broken, so I'll wish it now :P Can't wait to read this...in the original, of course, since I've spent the past few weeks working on my Portuguese grammar to make sure my reading comprehension gets closer to what it is in Spanish :D
There´s a copy here for you, Larry - don´t go buying yourself a copy now! ;)