The paperback version of For Honor We Stand is now available in the Createspace store. Here is the link:
https://www.createspace.com/4194358.
It will be available on Amazon.com in a few days. There is no difference in the product as purchased from the two different sites, or in how your order will be fulfilled (Amazon owns Createspace). Although the price is the same in both locations, we make a slightly higher royalty on Createspace than Amazon so, if you're thinking of buying, there is no reason to wait for it to be available on Amazon.
3 comments:
Congratulations on your second book. As the husband of a Professor who had to spend almost two years working to publish her work (writing was easy compared to working with the editor), I can relate to your wife on those double digit work days. I just finished your 1st book and I had a puzzling thought. If you write that there are 205 billion humans in Union Space, how is that possible if it is a known fact that population growth on Earth is currently slowing down, even regressing in places like Japan? Then, being a scientist, I thought of an experiment that showed that if rats breed in a finite space, eventually they will stop breeding. Perhaps one could argue by your book that humanity expanded that rapidly due to the discovery of more space to grow. I like the explanation of the human understanding of why the Krag want to exterminate humanity. But, I think a more simpler explanation is that Krag need room to grow too (this concept can be found in Ender's Game). After all, the early white settlers in America were initially friendly to Native Americans, but they did displace them. That doesn't necessary mean the holy war by the Krag isn't any less real, but the potential anthropological factors outlined here may be driving it - since the Krag reproduce so fast with much offspring. So, I ask you, can this be a weakness on part of the Krag in your scenario of this conflict? Just a non-solictated thought. Love your work, can't wait to read your second book.
What kind of scientist are you? Just curious. You are right that the human diaspora through this part of the galaxy has enabled rapid population growth. Think of it this way--there are hundreds of "frontier planets" sparsely settled by pioneer families who have every reason to produce lots of children who are free farm labor--important no matter how much mechanized assistance you have. As far as the Krag needing the space, that is a plausible theory until you consider the volume of space the Krag control (you will see some of the size in Book II). If you take into account the number of planets that would have to be in that volume, for there to be enough Krag that they are crowded would also mean that there are so many that they would have quickly overwhelmed us. The "room to grow" theory is making a lot less sense now that we have the data on the abundance of extra solar planets. Card wrote the Ender books back when the consensus of astronomers was that stars with planetary systems would be fairly rare. Yet another bit of speculation that didn't pan out.
Thank you for the kind words about the book. I hope you like Book II even more--we think it's a better book than the first one.
I'm a biochemist-molecular biologist. Anthropology is not my strong suit :) but I do like to read up what other disciplines are doing and the interesting experiments stick in my head. I absolutely see your point about our understanding of planetary astronomy now vs when Card wrote his first book. I am currently reading the second book, off the top of my head, I'm really impressed with the level of thought you have taken into how a ship's long-term operational efficiency can be threatened by crewmen lying to the computer in order to meet deadlines imposed by a Tyrannical Captain. It really brings to life how important the enlisted are in maintaining a ship in fighting shape. Engagements are wonderfully thought out and details are as such that every time coffee is being drunk in the book, I feel like I'm drinking too - big coffee fan. I'm really glad you are planning to expand the stories beyond the original trilogy. I look forward to it all!
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