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Milkweed Triptych
"A major talent... I can't wait to see more."
—George R. R. Martin
"Mad English warlocks battling twisted Nazi psychics? Yes please, thank you. Tregillis's debut has a white-knuckle plot, beautiful descriptions, and complex characters-- an unstoppable Vickers of a novel."
Cory Doctorow on Bitter Seeds
"Ian Tregillis triumphantly concludes his astonishing, brilliant, pulse-pounding debut trilogy, The Milkweed Triptych."
Cory Doctorow on Necessary Evil
"Tregillis' conclusion of the Milkweed Triptych is the pièce de résistance of the series. Necessary Evil is a perfect marriage of science fiction, fantasy and alternate history."
RT Book Reviews (4.5 stars, Top Pick) on Necessary Evil
"Darkly fascinating…A thoroughly fascinating conclusion to an imaginative tour de force."
Kirkus on Necessary Evil
"A cross between the devious, character-driven spy fiction of early John le Carré and the mad science fantasy of the X-Men... Despite the jaw-dropping backdrop and oblique plotting, the narrative is driven by character and personal circumstance...
Grim indeed, yet eloquent and utterly compelling."
—Kirkus on The Coldest War
"The characters come alive via [Tregillis's] imaginative dialogue and his storyline will keep readers spellbound and on the edge of their seats with an intense sci-fi/alternate history thriller plot."
RT Book Reviews (4.5 stars, Top Pick) on The Coldest War
"Well-drawn characters and a feel for time and place make this an excellent journey into an alternate Britain."
—Library Journal on Bitter Seeds
"Engrossing... Tregillis ably mixes cold war paranoia with his mythology."
Publishers Weekly on The Coldest War
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My Favorite TV Commercial (Autumn 2010 Edition)
Wednesday, November 3 2010, 10:32 PM

Apropos of nothing, this has been stuck in my head for months. 

What can I say?  I likes savings the money.

(Link courtesy of Dan Goodman.)

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Comments (4)
I has the love fer this commercial - Susan, Thursday, November 4 2010, 12:38 PM
I don't see many non-German commercials these days. That's not necessarily a bad thing except when I miss hilarity such as this.

I think I watched this four times in a row, and I'm still chuckling over it. Thanks for sharing... I think I'm gonna go watch it again now.

AND IS HE EATING GOLD GRAPES!? I wants the opulence.

Re: I has the love fer this commercial- - Ian, Thursday, November 4 2010, 12:49 PM
I wants the pygmy giraffe.

I didn't even notice the DOGS PLAYING POKER in the background until the Nth time I'd seen this on television. And I didn't notice until I watched it on YouTube that one of the dogs is hiding an ace under the table.

But when YouTube tells me they has five month free premium televisions commercial... I jump in it.

Apparently this guy (along with the two supermodel girlfriends/arms candy) was at the MTV Music Awards.

Totally didn't see dogs... - Susan, Monday, November 8 2010, 02:16 AM
I definitely didn't see the dogs. THAT'S AWESOME. Ahahahaha. So ridiculous, so fantastic. I just had to watch the video a few more times to make sure I caught that Ace. Phew -- sharp eyes, Mr. Tregillis.

I tried to make my hubby watch him, but...he couldn't understand the Russian accent. Not a single word. I guess I don't understand Russians speaking German either, so I can see the difficulty. Still, he didn't even laugh at the giraffe! ::sigh::

(P.S. I just noticed my name on your Links pages. THANKS! That's really nice of you.)


Re: Dogs - Ian, Monday, November 8 2010, 08:09 AM
I didn't notice the dogs, either, until the third or fourth time I saw this on TV. (They were running it pretty heavily for a while, because in spite of how it sounds, I don't actually watch a ton of TV right now.)

And I certainly didn't notice the ace under the table until I saw it mentioned in the comment thread on YouTube. :-)

Oh-- and you're very welcome for the link! Just please remember this when you're rich and famous and I need a job answering your phone.

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Interviews
Interview with SFX Magazine
Unwalkers interview [English | French ]
Interview with Speculate! Podcast Interview with Adventures in SciFi Publishing
Ian Tregillis on the Sword and Laser Podcast
Ian Tregillis on John Scalzi's The Big Idea
Interview with Pat's Fantasy Hotlist
Interview with SFRevu
Interview with Mad Hatter Book Review
Interview with Apex Books

Interview at Literary Musings Interview with Pat's Fantasy Hotlist
An interview with the authors of Busted Flush at Pat's Fantasy Hotlist
Interview with Travis Heermann at The Write Line
9-way interview with the contributors to the Wild Cards novel Inside Straight at Pat's Fantasy Hotlist
Interview in the February, 2008 newsletter of the Online Writing Workshop for Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror
An extended interview with Ian Tregillis by Ty Franck, on www.wildcardsbooks.com.

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