Sylvia Engdahl Is Back in Action
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alanajoliWhen I was in middle school, I happened upon the wonderful children's novel Enchantress from the Stars by Sylvia Engdahl, and the related teen novel, The Far Side of Evil. She's written a few more books for teens, but by the time I was working in publishing and had the opportunity to work with her, she'd largely stopped writing new books. Instead, she worked as a copyeditor and an expert in scanning/editing old hard copy text into electronic format, and I had the privilege to work with her on a number of projects in a freelance capacity.
It was with great pleasure (and I acknowledge, some squee-ing), that I read a recent e-mail from Sylvia's mailing list. After twenty-six years, she finally has a new novel coming out! While this novel is (as she describes) definitely written for an adult audience, it looks like it deals with many of the same themes that I enjoyed in her previous novels. Stewards of the Flame is set on a planet where medicine has advanced so far that no one is allowed to die. Instead, even when their bodies stop, they're put into "vaults" where they are kept alive, in vegetative states. You can read more about Stewards of the Flame on the novel's website, and you can learn more about Sylvia herself at her home page, or in the autobiographical essay in Contemporary Authors that enabled me to actually enter e-mail contact with one of the favorite authors of my youth.
It was with great pleasure (and I acknowledge, some squee-ing), that I read a recent e-mail from Sylvia's mailing list. After twenty-six years, she finally has a new novel coming out! While this novel is (as she describes) definitely written for an adult audience, it looks like it deals with many of the same themes that I enjoyed in her previous novels. Stewards of the Flame is set on a planet where medicine has advanced so far that no one is allowed to die. Instead, even when their bodies stop, they're put into "vaults" where they are kept alive, in vegetative states. You can read more about Stewards of the Flame on the novel's website, and you can learn more about Sylvia herself at her home page, or in the autobiographical essay in Contemporary Authors that enabled me to actually enter e-mail contact with one of the favorite authors of my youth.
New blog about my books (and more)
Date: 2007-09-08 03:45 am (UTC)I've just started a new blog, Toward Tomorrow, at http://towardtomorrow.blogspot.com. I'll be writing several times a week and I hope people who like my books will visit.
Sylvia
Re: New blog about my books (and more)
Date: 2007-09-08 03:52 am (UTC)