{"id":4983,"date":"2023-10-07T14:22:18","date_gmt":"2023-10-07T14:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.godefy.com\/pluralistic-the-lost-cause-prologue-part-2-07-oct-2023"},"modified":"2023-10-07T14:22:18","modified_gmt":"2023-10-07T14:22:18","slug":"pluralistic-the-lost-cause-prologue-part-2-07-oct-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.godefy.com\/pluralistic-the-lost-cause-prologue-part-2-07-oct-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Pluralistic: The Lost Cause prologue (part 2) (07 Oct 2023)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today’s links The Lost Cause prologue (part 2): It’s a small world, after all. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming\/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading The Lost Cause prologue (part 2) (permalink) My next novel is The Lost Cause, out on November 14; it’s a hopeful tale of the fights we’ll face after we address the polycrisis. Bill McKibben called it “The first great YIMBY novel”: https:\/\/us.macmillan.com\/books\/9781250865939\/the-lost-cause As with my other books, I’ve had to produce my own audiobook for this one. Amazon won’t carry any of my audio, so I make my own and pre-sell them through Kickstarter, along with ebooks and hardcovers (including signed, personalized hardcovers). The Kickstarter’s going really well, and there’s still time to back it: http:\/\/lost-cause.org Yesterday, I kicked off a serialization of the book’s prologue, which jumps straight into the action: https:\/\/pluralistic.net\/2023\/10\/06\/green-new-deal-fic\/#the-first-generation-in-a-century-not-to-fear-the-future And now, here’s part two: He was so surprised he fumbled the sledge, then squinted at me. I held the flash under my chin, squinting. \u201cIt\u2019s me. Brooks. Palazzo. Richard\u2019s grandson.\u201d That was when the siren blatted down on Verdugo, blatt blatt, two toots, and a crackle of PA. \u201cOn the roof, this is Burbank PD.\u201d He did drop the sledge then, said, \u201cFuck,\u201d and produced a water pistol from the suit\u2019s marsupial pouch. He handled it with extreme care, shedding a glove to delicately peel away a big blob of some kind of plastic or wax…Pluralistic: The Lost Cause prologue (part 2) (07 Oct 2023)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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