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An "author's cut" eBook of The Silk Code was just published as a Kindle and a Nook. The original science fiction - mystery novel won the Locus Award for Best First Novel of 1999.
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excerpts from reviews -"As a genre-bending blend of police procedural and science fiction, The Silk Code delivers on its promises." -- Gerald Jonas, The New York Times Book Review
"As twisted as a double helix. " -- Wired
"D'Amato is an appealingly savvy character, and Levinson brings a great deal of invention to the endeavor." -- San Francisco Chronicle
"It is hard to put down, easy to pick up again, and an interesting read. " -- San Diego Union-Tribune
"Mixes up-to-the-minute biotechnology with ancient myth, science fiction with police procedure, and prehistory with the near future. It's an impressive debut." -- Joe Haldeman
"Forensic detective Phil D'Amato is one of my favorite characters, and the puzzles he solves are always imaginative, ingenious, and addictive, but Paul Levinson really outdoes himself this time in a mystery involving murders, moths, mummies, the Silk Road, poisons, fireflies, and forensics, all woven into a mystery only D'Amato could solve! A marvelous book!" -- Connie Willis
"This damn book has everything: interesting science, suspense, characters that live on the page - and that we like! -- and it debuts a new series hero, Dr. Phil D'Amato, forensic detective. I couldn't put The Silk Code down. I'll wager you won't be able to either. Oh, and this is the kicker: The Silk Code is Paul Levinson's first novel. " -- Jack Dann
"At last we get Paul Levinson's superb forensic sleuth, Phil D'Amato, in a full-length novel. If you know Phil from his previous appearances, I need say no more. If you don't, kick back and enjoy a mystery that spans the ages." --Jack McDevitt
"The Silk Code is an intriguing story refreshingly rich not only in action but in ideas. Seldom have I seen a story so engagingly weave together so many seemingly disparate (dare I say it?) threads." --Stanley Schmidt, editor of Analog
"Paul Levinson is an exceptional new writer, behind whose work stands an impressive body of knowledge and a great deal of human understanding. His first novel signals a writer to watch for the provocation and pleasure that he will bring to thoughtful readers. The Silk Code is smoothly written, evocative, and spicy! Highly recommended." -- George Zebrowski
"The Silk Code is a splendidly imaginative novel that explores worlds of ideas both scientific and philosophical, while carrying the reader effortlessly across countries, times, and cultures." -- Charles Sheffield
"The Silk Code is science fiction in the classic style, with an innovative mystery that breaks new ground. Acclaimed for his short fiction and insightful writing on the computer age, Paul Levinson now brings his many talents to a complex novel that will keep you guessing until the last page. " -- Catherine Asaro
"... sheer conceptual verve" -- Robert K. J. Killheffer, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
"...cerebral but gripping" -- Booklist
"Combining Neanderthals and mechanical looms, cantaloupes and coded butterflies, Levinson's debut novel...offers a flurry of amazing prehistoric technologies, demonstrating that the mysteries of our past can be just as fruitful as those of our future... Levinson creatively explain gaps in both ancient history and biology... providing more wonders than many a futuristic epic." -- Publishers Weekly
"...well-informed and imaginative" -- Kirkus Reviews
"...spins an ingenious web of genetic manipulation and anthropological evidence" --Library Journal
"A rare thriller that actually achieves its goals as a detective tale and a work of boldly speculative sf." -- Gary K. Wolfe, Locus Magazine
"I read this book quite a few years ago but I felt compelled to re-read it because parts of the story have been so firmly wedged in my brain that I needed to experience the entire thing again." -- Cannonball Read
23-second TV trailer for The Silk Code (from History Channel special about science fiction):http://youtu.be/Dd3If46mPxQ
from new review of The Silk Code "Great to see such a classic of the genre available at long last for our e-reading" http://www.amazon.com/review/R1WYJOV7...
http://www.adherents.com/lit/sf_amish... ... The Silk Code as Amish science fiction ... scroll down to Levinson
They hide under the bed, lurk in the shadows - & I'll be talking about monsters, scientific and science fictional, throughout the ages from 7-8am Sat (New York time) on WFUV Radio http://www.wfuv.org/fordhamconversations
If you missed it this morning, now up online for eternity http://www.wfuv.org/news/fordham-conv... ... I talk about all kinds of strange things, including the Neanderthals that survived in The Silk Code
Two more reviews of The Silk Code -"This is one I don't hesistate to recommend." - Jandy's Reading Room http://www.jandysbooks.com/sfbooks/si...
"Paul Levinson's The Silk Code is inventive. I can't said I'd ever read another SF novel that included Neanderthals, bioengineering and the Amish." - Kristin's Book Log http://www.kbuxton.net/blog/?p=448
"Take a look at Paul Levinson's book The Silk Code. Coincidentally, this week's PBS Nova episode Decoding Neanderthals show's Paul' s prescience in one aspect of the plot." - Gerry Elman http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/11...
Bernie Overly's complete interview with me ... the stories behind The Silk Code, Twice Upon a Rhyme, my work with legendary djs Murray the K and Wolfman Jack, New New Media and more ... much of this never discussed before! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDKztm...
"Perhaps the science fiction writer who has used the Amish most extensively as subject matter is Paul Levinson, in the story 'The Mendelian Lamp Case,' and in the 1999 novel The Silk Code which expands that story's plot and themes." http://www.adherents.com/lit/sf_amish...
New review of The Silk Code - not completely favorable, but "The story is about a genetic virus on a DNA level and it discusses DNA based technology used by the Amish. I found the concept fascinating."http://silkscreenviews.wordpress.com/...
critic Ian Beardsley says of this video, "When he plays the instrument at 3 minutes 20 seconds it makes me think of the singers that come out of the ancient cave walls in ancient basque iberia in Paul Levinson's Silk Code."http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCVaEw...
The Silk Code ebook for Kindle, list-priced at $7.99, will be ON SALE for $2.99 (a five dollar saving) from December 29, 2014 through January 2, 2015.http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0091W43JW
Ring in the New Year with the book that won the Locus Award for Best First Science Fiction Novel of 1999.
What they've been saying about The Silk Code since then -
"As a genre-bending blend of police procedural and science fiction, The Silk Code delivers on its promises." -- Gerald Jonas, The New York Times Book Review
"As twisted as a double helix. " -- Wired
"D'Amato is an appealingly savvy character, and Levinson brings a great deal of invention to the endeavor." -- San Francisco Chronicle
"It is hard to put down, easy to pick up again, and an interesting read. " -- San Diego Union-Tribune
more about Phil D'Amato here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_D%2...
The Silk Code introduces Dr. Phil D'Amato, who previously appeared in award-nominated short stories, in a novel that involves Amish, Neanderthals, quantum mechanics, and, silk.
Silk Road may been shut down by the FBI, but The Silk Code is flying.
on sale now through Sunday for 99cents (list price $6.99) http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0091W43JW/r..."As a genre-bending blend of police procedural and science fiction, The Silk Code delivers on its promises" -- The New York Times Book Review
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