Updated January 1, 2012
Welcome to Mythic Island Press LLC
Aloha! My name is Linda Nagata. I'm a novelist and programmer, and also the founder of Mythic Island Press LLC, an online and print publishing venture launched in January 2010.
My primary goal with Mythic Island Press LLC is to publish and promote my own fiction. I'm the author of six novels originally handled by "Big Publishing"--an experience that for me, was both disheartening and financially absurd. So I am entering Round 2 as my own publisher, which is a new world indeed! Here is an overview of our projects, both live and upcoming:
Goddesses & Other Stories by Linda Nagata
NOW AVAILABLE! Ten science fiction stories by Linda Nagata, including the Nebula Award winning novella "Goddesses." This collection brings together for the first time Nagata's short fiction, originally published in Analog Science Fiction & Fact, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, More Amazing Stories, and SciFi.com. Read more about the book here.
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The Dread Hammer by Trey Shiels
NOW AVAILABLE! The Dread Hammer is my newest novel, written under my pen name, Trey Shiels. It's a darkly comic fairytale of love, war, murder, marriage, and fate. Read more about the book here.
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Click here to read an article on The Dread Hammer, published by The Maui News.
The Nanotechnology Novels . . . now, The Nanotech Succession
The nanotechnology novels were originally published from 1995 through 1998 by Bantam Spectra. In November 2010 they were re-published as ebooks by Mythic Island Press LLC under the collective title The Nanotech Succession. Each novel works as a stand-alone story, but since they share the same story world and sometimes the same characters, they can also be read as a loose series. Tech-Heaven is a near-future prequel. The Bohr Maker is Book 1, followed by Book 2, Deception Well, and culminating in Book 3, Vast.
Tech-Heaven - A Prequel to the Nanotech Succession
A political thriller that imagines the rise of nanotechnology in our world through the eyes of Katie Kishida, a mother and business woman whose life takes an extraordinary turn when she is widowed, and her husband's body is cryonically frozen against a time when advancing technology will allow his resurrection.
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The Bohr Maker - Book 1 of the Nanotech Succession
Society has expanded into the great orbital habitats known as the "Celestial Cities" and nanotechnology saturates every aspect of life--but the rules regulating its use are still being written. A brilliantly original, fast-paced thriller, The Bohr Maker won the Locus Award for Best First Novel.
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Deception Well - Book 2 of the Nanotech Succession
Advancing technology has allowed human civilization to expand across star systems, establishing settlements divided from one another by vast gulfs of space and time. But all along the frontier, human settlements are under attack by the ancient and deadly robotic warships of a mysterious alien race known as the Chenzeme.
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Vast - Book 3 of the Nanotech Succession
Four people are aboard the great ship, Null Boundary. They are bound for the lightless clouds of dust and gas in the galaxy's Orion Arm, determined to find the source of the alien Chenzeme warships that have ravaged human civilization. Vast is an extraordinary adventure embracing the limitless nature of both space and time.
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Science fiction writer Alistair Reynolds recently had some very nice things to say about Vast. Find his blog post here.
Other Story Worlds:
Memory
A unique far-future adventure set on a world where the past rises up each night to rewrite the future.
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Science fiction writer Tobias Buckell talks about Memory. Find his blog post here.
Limit of Vision
A near-future thriller set in the steamy Mekong Delta. Ethics and evolution collide in this tale of runaway biotechnology.
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Skye Object 3270a
A far-future, high-adventure young-adult novel aimed at an advanced middle school audience. The story is set in the Deception Well story world, but is otherwise independent of that book and its characters. If you want to infect a new generation with the science-fiction meme, start here!
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Goddesses & Other Stories
Ten science fiction stories by Linda Nagata, including the Nebula Award winning novella "Goddesses." This collection brings together for the first time Nagata's short fiction, originally published in Analog Science Fiction & Fact, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, More Amazing Stories, and SciFi.com.
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HawaiiNavigator.com
At Mythic Island Press LLC we're interested in publishing across multiple platforms. Our other major endeavor is a new website called HawaiiNavigator.com, exploring the plants, animals and places of our great state. Read more about it here, or visit the website at HawaiiNavigator.com.
Additional Projects
Ultimately I hope to provide print and audio versions of all our books. If you would like to be notified when books are released in new formats, please add your email address to our database. I anticipate only an occasional email announcement, and of course we won't share your address with anyone.
Please note that I'm not currently seeking other works of fiction or non-fiction, though this may change in the future.
Learn more about any or all of our goals and projects by clicking through the navigation links above. Also please follow me on twitter for news and chatter.
Thanks for stopping by--
Linda Nagata
Find my personal website here: MythicIsland.com
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