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15 Minutes of Fame--plus a weekend of fun. The Nebula weekend was great. Getting together with congenial people, including old friends and new (with a trip to the La Brea Tar pits and another to the Getty Museum thrown in) would have been pleasure enough. The Nebula banquet and awards ceremony was a once-in-a-lifetime experience. The food was scrumptious, Janis Ian sang her classic "At Seventeen" with new, richly science-fictional lyrics, and to my amazement the multiple speeches were all short and entertaining. When it came to my acceptance speech as Author Emerita, my throat was so dry I could barely croak, but I got through all four minutes of it. Then came my biggest thrill--announcing the winner of the short story Nebula. Three cheers for Nina Kiriki Hoffman, a truly wonderful person and a joy to know!
New book! New book! After a gap of never mind how many years, I have a new book out. No, it isn't a novel. It's pure history: In the Name of Heaven: 3000 Years of Religious Persecution. (See "My Works" page for details.) I'm still pursuing the same question that drives almost all my work, whether fiction or non-fiction: How can we deal with the inexcapable fact that people do horrible things to each other?
E-readers take note! My novels Arslan and Wheel of the Winds are both available as e-books, as well as paperbacks. You can buy them from many sources, including Diesel eBooks.com, eBookMall.com, fictionwise.com, and others.
Support your local on-line bookstore! New (never sold or used), signed copies of some of my out-of-print books are available from small book sellers. The following out-of-print titles are currently available: Rainbow Man Wheel of the Winds (British edition) Contact Lady Jayne's Books or email Dragon Tales at dragon17@ |
Welcome! Science fiction fans know me as M.J. Engh, author of Arslan and other books. I'm also an independent scholar of Roman history, and in that field I write as Mary Jane Engh. This website is for talking about both those interests, and maybe a few more. Come right in! For those of you who have asked, “But where can I find your other stories?” you'll find all my published fiction listed on the My Works page, with bibliographic information and notes about how I came to write each story. For those interested in real history, there's In the Name of Heaven, which is, so far as I know, the only general history of religious persecution in English. Then take a look at Femina Habilis, a major non-fiction project that will eventually bring together information on thousands of women who played practical roles in Roman history. |
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