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The SolGrid Rebellion / The Title Change

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on December 24, 2016 by Michael D. SmithJuly 12, 2020

If anyone had paid attention to Jack Commer’s son before this day, it was to jeer that the kid had emerged non compos mentis from his stunt in Alpha Centauri, that he was an egomaniacal fool and that it served … Continue reading →

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CommWealth – The Origin Dream

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on November 18, 2016 by Michael D. SmithJanuary 7, 2024

The idea for CommWealth came from the first part of these notes from a dream (“Their Satanic Majesties Computer Software Guide”), although successive revisions changed much of the plot. The second part, “The Tremendous Romance,” wasn’t used in the novel. … Continue reading →

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CommWealth – The Ensemble Cast

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on November 16, 2016 by Michael D. SmithMay 16, 2020

I’ve always thought of the characters in CommWealth as an ensemble cast in a movie, where accomplished actors divide the plot between them and no one actor has the lead role.  I didn’t intend this approach from the beginning, but … Continue reading →

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Crisis! Restructure Major Metropolitan Library!

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on October 6, 2016 by Michael D. SmithJune 26, 2019

This summer’s Draft 7 of Sortmind completely changed the old library-centric plot of the original novel, and it was only after a small amount of grief that I finally knew I had to let go of the following mini-chapter from … Continue reading →

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The Hunter’s Rede (The Chronicles of Ealiron Book One) – Review

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on September 28, 2016 by Michael D. SmithJune 26, 2019

Fantasy author F. T. McKinstry offers a 2016 second edition of The Hunter’s Rede, now available from Amazon. The Hunters’ Rede, Book One of The Chronicles of Ealiron, offers an absorbing look into the psyche of a hired assassin with … Continue reading →

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The First Twenty Steps in Paperback

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on September 23, 2016 by Michael D. SmithJune 26, 2019

I’m not sure this is the protagonist, Harry Allen, but I drew him or someone today and there he possibly is.  The novella chronicling his first day out of prison, The First Twenty Steps, is now available in paperback from … Continue reading →

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Reviewing Reviews

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on September 13, 2016 by Michael D. SmithJune 26, 2019

Recently an episode of relentless plowing through a novel I didn’t really want to read sparked a happy realization.  I’m always open to abandoning a book I’m not enjoying–after all, there are millions of great books out there, so why … Continue reading →

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Corporal Rappol McBoerland, Date of Death June 15, 2034

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on August 28, 2016 by Michael D. SmithMay 19, 2023

Yellow light flooded the cell. Before them stood an obese man in gray uniform, his nametag reading McBoerland–Service Level 3. He also had a round green pin: Serving His Majesty the Emperor With a Trouble-Free Smile! But McBoerland’s expression was … Continue reading →

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The Tower Treasure Project

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on August 18, 2016 by Michael D. SmithDecember 25, 2024

1. The Hospital I’m not sure which copy of The Tower Treasure I read in the hospital in late February or early March 1960. The lower one pictured is the 1927 edition, the middle the 1959 revised book, and the … Continue reading →

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Rhys of Earth by Kara D. Wilson

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on August 16, 2016 by Michael D. SmithAugust 16, 2016

In Rhys of Earth, the first volume of The Falkrow Narratives, the teenaged engineer Rhys and his younger sister Alina flee the destruction of their deep space colony spaceship to find themselves marooned on an Earth abandoned by modern humans … Continue reading →

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