“Interference” book launch - with free plants

[mount_oregano]

The book launch for Interference will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, October 24, at Volumes Bookcafe, 1474 N. Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago.

The novel goes on sale October 22.

On the 24th, I’ll be reading from the novel, answering questions — and giving away the plants in the photo made from cuttings from one of my own houseplants.

These coleus plants come direct from my living room: happy, healthy, colorful, accustomed to human interaction, and mostly harmless.

The idea behind the novel Semiosis and its sequel Interference started when some of my houseplants tried to kill other plants. So far, these coleus seem enthusiastic but not aggressive.

No guarantees, though. As it says on the cover of Interference, “Sentience craves sovereignty.” Who knows what these plants are thinking?

Comments

[captlychee]

Oh, I do like 'Sentience craves sovereignty'! Is that one of yours? It's good if ti is.

However, what do we say when countries, governments etc want to surrender their sovereignty? Are they losing sentience?

Hmmm. I should've thought about that question more before I started typing. But I'm counting down the hours until the Kindle updates.

[mount_oregano]

I like it too, but someone in Tor did that, not me. Tor's publisher also came up with the title "Interference," which is just perfect for the book. (I didn't have any good ideas, so I dumped the task on Tor.)

As for the loss of sentience of countries etc. that surrender their sovereignty, that's a real possibility. I know that it's not unheard of for conquering countries to try to erase the history of the countries they conquer so that its citizens can't think for themselves in the same way anymore.