Twinmaker
“Twinmaker took my breath away. A triumph of thrilling action and vivid
imagination.”-Alison Goodman, author of EON and EONA
“A mind-blowing adventure about what it means to be human, and what it means
to find ourselves.”-Scott Westerfeld, author of UGLIES and LEVIATHAN
“A gripping YA thriller, coming of age and love story that transports the
reader to a future that looks a whole lot better than it really is …
Highly Recommended.”-Garth Nix, author of SABRIEL
“Twinmaker asks smart questions without easy answers, and presents a future
so simultaneously wonderful and terrible you can only believe in it–and
maybe wish you could be there, too. A thrilling, existential head trip
worthy of my favorite anime, I couldn’t stop reading this book. More
importantly, I couldn’t stop thinking about it.”-Alaya Dawn Johnson, author
of THE SUMMER PRINCE
“In a time when every second book seems to be a dour dystopia TWINMAKER is a
breath of fresh air. Not just because it’s hugely fun, or because it’s so
smart, but because behind its vision of a world in which distance has been
eliminated by matter transportation lies a book urgently engaged with the
ways social media and technology are transforming us, and unafraid of their
possibilities. I loved it.”
“Williams marries accessibly explored moral ramifications of future
technologies-a hallmark of mature science fiction-with a strong, capable
teen heroine and heart-pounding action” -KIRKUS
May 28, 2015
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OUT NOW! I’ve just come back from the Copper Coast where I’ve had a great time at this year’s Kernewek Lowender, and now I’m in Melbourne for Reading Matters, with a quick stop in Alice Springs on the way home. This explains why I haven’t posted for a while. But now I have news! “Redux” […]
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May 7, 2015
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Here’s another dark urban myth from the Twinmaker universe. You can hear me read it here. “Artistic License” Once upon a time, people used to steal things. I know. Crazy, isn’t it? Before everything was backed up in the Air, anything lost or broken or stolen couldn’t be made again from scratch in a fabber, […]
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This story is set in the Twinmaker universe. I say “story”, but it’s really intended as a reading, or some kind of spooky performance art, which you’ll hear below if you play the first audio clip. Below that is the text. I created it by breaking the text into nineteen fragments, each of which I […]
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April 23, 2015
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I’m stoked that Astred Hicks’ design work for the Twinmaker series is up for an Australian Book Design Award. Greatly deserved! I love these covers, and also the abandoned “d-mat cat” version from her blog that I’ve posted before: Best of luck to Astred and everyone at Allen & Unwin. They’ve worked so hard on […]
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March 31, 2015
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To celebrate Kaleidoscope‘s nomination for a Best Collected Work Ditmar Award, plus numerous Aurealis and Ditmar nominations for individual stories (including those by Tansy Rayner Roberts, Garth Nix, Faith Mudge, and Dirk Flinthart – and me) the e-book is on special for the awesome price of just $2.99. That’s a saving of 70%. Get it […]
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