I recently had the privilege of being a guest on a podcast at RedeemedReader.com, a site that reviews children’s literature from a Christian perspective. The other guests were a few writers from WORLD magazine and an editor from Thomas Dunne. We talked about the value of fiction to children (and adults) and of science fiction…
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Quintessence Sky Release!
The day has arrived! QUINTESSENCE SKY is now available in trade paperback and ebook formats. I hope you will all enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. Buy the trade paperback. Buy an ebook for your Kindle. Buy an ebook for your Nook/Kobo/iPad/etc. Some of you have asked about Tor Books, the…
Quintessence Sky Preview
The release day for QUINTESSENCE SKY is only ten days away! On November 1, it will be released in both trade paperback and e-book formats. QUINTESSENCE SKY continues the story of Horizon, the island perched on the edge of the flat Earth. A strange fire is burning in the heavens, weakening the power of quintessence…
99 Cents
For this month only, the ebook of my debut novel TERMINAL MIND is available for only 99 cents. Terminal Mind won the Philip K. Dick Award in 2009 for the best paperback science fiction novel of the year. It usually sells for $4.99, so if you haven’t read it yet, this is a rare opportunity…
Author Event
On Thursday, April 18, at 7:00, I will be appearing at the Valley Forge Barnes and Noble to read an excerpt from Quintessence and sign copies. (Isn’t that cool? It’s like I’m a real author or something.) If you live in the area, stop by! There will be no pressure to buy anything; feel free…
Tell Us About Yourself
In the wake of the launch of Quintessence, a number of bloggers have been kind enough to interview me. If you wonder what they asked and how I replied, read on! As I mentioned earlier, Fantasy Literature asked me some insightful questions about some of the themes in the book. My Bookish Ways focused on…
Making Jules Verne proud
Popcorn Reads posted a superlative review of Quintessence. Here was their conclusion: Along with characters written with a lot of depth, the voyage, the fantastical creatures, and the land at the edge of the world are what make Quintessence sing off the page. It’s one of those action-adventure novels that grabs you and will not…
Lost Everything
I take a special interest in the Philip K. Dick awards, since I was a winner in 2009 and a judge in 2011. The award is given to the best paperback original science fiction novel published in the United States. This year’s winner was just announced: the book is LOST EVERYTHING by Brian Francis Slattery. …
A Literary Alchemist
SFReviews posted a wonderful review of Quintessence today. Here are some of the highlights: David Walton is a name probably unknown to many of you, despite his having tied for the 2008 Philip K. Dick award for his small press debut, Terminal Mind. He won’t stay unknown for long. The man has brought his A-game…
The Flat Earth Society
In the world of Quintessence, the Earth is flat. I had a lot of fun with this, dreaming up an alternate astronomy, physics, marine biology, etc. to make it work. (Some of which I’ve saved for the characters to discover in the sequels.) In this world, everyone has believed for ages that the Earth is…
A Quintessential Listen
If you like to have your fiction read to you instead of reading it yourself, Quintessence is available in audio book format as well. It’s read by John Keating, who has read all of John Flanagan’s Ranger Apprentice books. Even if you don’t read books this way, you can listen to a sample of his…
Quintessence Release Day
Today is the day! Quintessence is hitting bookstores and available from Amazon, Audible, Kindle, Nook, Kobo, and all the rest. I had the great fun of visiting two local bookstores, being treated like a author by the staff, and invited to come back and do readings or signings. (More news on those when the dates…
Religion in Fiction
I was at a convention in New York this weekend, where I ended up on a panel with David Silverman, president of American Atheists, on the topic of religion in fiction. American Atheists is the organization founded by Madalyn Murray O’Hair, most famous recently for their atheist billboard campaign publicly attacking various religions. Silverman himself…
An Author to Watch
In this new review, Ms. Bibliophile has the following lovely things to say: I read this book in a day because I just couldn’t stand the thought of putting it down for more than a few moments at a time. My friends and family could attest to the fact that I sat there at dinner…
The Quintessence of Speculative Fiction
In a new review, Rick Kleffel says “you can’t go wrong with David Walton’s Quintessence” and calls the book “the quintessence of speculative fiction.”
Early Reviews
With only one week left until the release of Quintessence, some reviews are starting to roll in. This one from Kirkus Reviews was mostly positive, but with this intriguing conclusion: Against this intricate backdrop, the characters experiment, explore, debate ethics, philosophy and religion, and try to coexist with intelligent nonhumans. The big drawback, however, is…
Bloggers Take Note!
If you’re a blogger who writes about books, I want you to read Quintessence! To receive a free advance digital review copy, you can request one on the Quintessence page at NetGalley. It works like borrowing e-books from a library; you will be able to download the book to your e-reader for free, but it…
Terminal Mind on Audible.com
Terminal Mind, my Philip K. Dick Award-winning debut novel, is now available on Audible.com! I listen to audio books all the time, so this is especially thrilling for me. Narrator Ben Rameaka does a great job with it. I’ve also been communicating with the narrator for the audio book version of Quintessence, as he prepares his performance. …
Juego Mortal
The Spanish language edition of my Philip K. Dick Award-winning novel Terminal Mind is hitting bookstores in Spain and available from Amazon and in Kindle format. I can’t read the reviews, because they’re in Spanish, too, but I’m certain they loved it. The cover art they came up with for it is pretty creepy, though: In…
The Frozen Sky
My friend and fellow PKD award nominee, Jeff Carlson, has finally come out with a new novel, The Frozen Sky. It’s classic science fiction this time, with spaceships and aliens and mysteries hiding under the ice. If you read his blockbuster Plague Year series, you know he’s a king of suspense. You can get your e-book copy…
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