My paternal grandfather, Stan Johnston, was a survivor of Pearl Harbor stationed aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise. And yes the Navy had a ship named the Enterprise. It boldly went where no sailor had gone before. Sadly I didn’t know my grandfather very well. He and my grandmother divorced when my dad was still in high [...]
Earth Unaware Sweepstakes
Win a free copy of Earth Unaware, the new book coming out in July from me and Orson Scott Card. Tor is giving away ten ...
My dad the poet
My dad wrote a poem yesterday and sent to me. I asked if I could post it, and he graciously agreed. If you don’t know my dad, you’re missing out. He’s an amazing guy. Extremely intelligent and very loving. A great grandfather to my kids. It was his love of books that motivated me to [...]
Formic Wars: Silent Strike #1
The second arc of Formic Wars begins this month with issue one of Formic Wars: Silent Strike from Marvel. It hits comic book stores on 21tst, I think. The official solicit is below: The all-new prequel to Orson Scott Card’s science-fiction classic Ender’s Game returns! With 44 million people killed by the toxic gas the [...]
Speaker for the Dead Hardcover
Marvel has compiled my five-issue adaptation of Orson Scott Card’s novel Speaker for the Dead into a beautifully bound hardcover. This project was a thrill to work on since Speaker is one of my all-time favorite novels. If you haven’t read it, I strongly advise you to do so. It won the Hugo and Nebula [...]
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Formic Wars Covers
The covers for Formic Wars have been amazing. A lot of artists have contributed, most recently Billy Tan, who did the pencils for issues three through seven. They droop my jaw. I wish I could make huge framed posters of them and put them in my living room. But something tells me my wife wouldn’t [...]
A horse by any other name
This past Saturday was the Kentucky Derby. I’m not that interested in horse racing. As in, at all. It’s always struck me as slightly cruel. Riding horses for recreation is one thing, but whacking the horse with a crop and essentially whipping it repeatedly to make it run faster doesn’t seem especially kind. But one [...]