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Paul Levinson - science fiction and media theory
Here's a link to a page with some of my Freebies, including one short story, and one nonfiction article - http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2009...
And here's a bushel of review and blurb (from other science fiction authors) excerpts about The Silk Code -"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
and ... "Daddy, this is the best book I ever read!" -- Molly Vozick-Levinson, 12 years old at the time
23-second TV trailer for The Silk Code (from History Channel special about science fiction):http://youtu.be/Dd3If46mPxQ
I get quoted in the press from time to time - here I am waxing mildly eloquent about James Bond, in article in the The Post in Canada http://www.vancouversun.com/life/roya...
Complete review of The Silk Code in Sunday Book Review section of The New York Times, November 28, 1999 http://www.nytimes.com/books/99/11/28...
Here's a freebie - "Extra Credit" - published by BuzzyMag this past July http://buzzymag.com/extra-credit-by-p...
two new reviews of the "author's cut" edition by Amazon readers ... http://www.amazon.com/review/R1WYJOV7... and http://www.amazon.com/review/R2BK5HI3...
The Silk Code now selling a special 20% discount on Bookplex http://tbxebooks.com/products/the-sil...
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
"My favorite section was a long historical flashback, set in the eighth century" - NY Times Book Review http://www.nytimes.com/books/99/11/28...Here's a free sample from that section http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2012...
"The Chronology Protection Case" (original novelette) is required reading in University of Southern California course for 4th year in a row ... one savvy professor!
And just sold "The Chronology Protection Case" (original novelette) to Mammouth Book of Time Travel Science Fiction antho, to be published 2013 -5th reprint for my 1995 story, first published in Analog ... first appearance of Dr. Phil D'Amato.Been a good week for the novelette.
That's brilliant, Paul!I've got boxes and boxes of old Analogs and all sorts of other Sci-Fi mags back home.
They're treasures.
Thanks, Patti! There's nothing like a science fiction pulp magazine, is there. I also have boxes and bookshelves of old Analogs and Magazines of Fantasy and Science Fiction in the recesses of my attic.
Yah, so's Analog and Asimov's.
Really???Must seek them out! Thanks!
I'm quoted in this article about apocalyptic futures and science fiction http://www.timesunion.com/living/arti...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJP-Yq...Brief clip of me talking about the difference between time travel and space travel, and the significance of that difference for science fiction, in case this is of interest. NPR host Moira Gunn, former Analog editor Stan Schmidt, and Tor editor David Hartwell also on hand.
"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...
Blog post about the advantages to a traditionally published author - me - publishing science fiction on the Kindle http://robertoscarlato.blogspot.com/2...
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...
reading from the first chapter of Unburning Alexandria - which was actually included in the ebook of The Plot to Save Socrates, and was published as a part of Unburning Alexandria the novelette in Analog Magazine in 2008. It's complicated, but, hey, it's time travel - and, the important thing is I'm now writing the concluding chapter of Unburning Alexandria, which will be published on Kindle in the next few months. In the meantime, here's the video of the reading (from 2008), followed by a q & a about time travel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYkbFV...
1st peek at the cover of Unburning Alexandria, sequel to The Plot to Save Socrates, to be published on Kindle by JoSara MeDia next month
With publication of Unburning Alexandria by JoSara MeDia on Kindle just days away, here's a little piece by them on why they are publishing my novel http://www.josaramedia.com/2013/04/22...
Congratulations, Paul. If it's anywhere near as good as the Silk Code, I'm going to like it. I'll write a review for the Silk Code soon. Please keep writing and many thanks for your great work.
Thanks so much, Adam. Unburning Alexandria is a sequel to The Plot to Save Socrates, you might want to read that first.
What do Ptolemy, the paradox of the liar, The Girls in their Summer Dresses have in common? See Unburning Alexandria http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CMBWDXW
This gets filed under Everyone a Critic - or, no good deed goes unpunished -
Spotted on EBay - copy of Black Mist and other Japanese Futures, anthology edited by Orson Scott Card and Keith Ferrell, with my story "A Medal for Harry" which I was gracious enough to autograph :)
The world-renown illustrator Joel Iskowitz - who did the covers for The Silk Code, The Plot to Save Socrates, and The Silk Code - gave me the following as a gift -
Oh wow! That is one talented artist!
He's a master - and I've known that since we were students together in public school, and we both were 10 years old.
Something new for me - a short story, the author says, inspired by Unburning Alexandria - I'm honoredhttp://www.shanelindemoen.org/4/post/...
Adam wrote: "Congratulations, Paul. If it's anywhere near as good as the Silk Code, I'm going to like it. I'll write a review for the Silk Code soon. Please keep writing and many thanks for your great work."I just wanted to properly thank you, Adam, for your review of The Silk Code http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
You're welcome, It's a good book
The Plot to Save Socrates "is both very different from anything Levinson has done before and very satisfying. . . . This, I think, is the first of Levinson's novels to deserve to be called a tour de force." - Tom Easton, Analog, 2006 - now available for instant download on Kindle etc, with an additional chapter, and you don't need a Kindle to read it (free Kindle apps for Mac and PCs) http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AMUDJNS/r...
free ebook, with my essay “A Better Way to Get Out of the Cave: Surmounting the Traditional Publication Syndrome.” http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/...
Good interview with me by Jim Curtis in The Morton Report, just posted (interview conducted two days ago) http://www.themortonreport.com/books/...
Dr. Phil D'Amato's next adventure after The Silk Code has just been published as a Kindle http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00FEYVELG
more reviews of The Consciousness Plague -"Levinson's intelligent blend of police procedural and speculative fiction should appeal to fans of mystery and science fiction" - Library Journal
"Intriguing speculation, solid sleuthing, and agreeably baffling suspects" - Kirkus
"A satisfying blend of murder mystery, police procedure, and science fiction" - Orlando Sentinel
"D'Amato [is] ... an earnest Everyman, operating on a shoeshine and a hunch" - Paul Di Filippo, SFWeekly
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Good to be here. My 1999 novel The Silk Code - winner of the Locus Award for Best First Science Fiction Novel of 1999 - has just been published as an "author's cut" Kindle.
"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
link to The Silk Code on Kindle in Amazon UK:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Silk-Code-Phi...
link to my Amazon UK author's page: http://www.amazon.co.uk/-/e/B000APZZZK
of the 44 books listed there, 5 are for my novels, 8 my nonfiction (media theory), and the rest for books with my short stories or essays ... The Silk Code is at present my only fiction available on Kindle ... in media theory, The Soft Edge and Digital McLuhan are available on Kindle