Con-Tinual, the never-ending electronic science fiction convention, recently hosted a panel discussion with part of the crew behind the forthcoming anthology (and current Kickstarter project) Three Time Travelers Walk Into…. Listen in as we discuss time travel, where authors get our ideas, the difference between short and long fiction, and much more. Participants include panel host and author Gail Z. Martin, editor Michael A. Ventrella, authors David Gerrold, Jonathan Maberry, Jody Lynn Nye, and Leslye Penelope, and me. The video is on YouTube, the campaign is on Kickstarter.
Historical Trio 9?
George Custer, Erwin Rommel, and Hannibal fighting at the Alamo. Would the outcome have been any different? Want to write that story? Check out Three Time Travelers Walk Into… on Kickstarter. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/667435382/three-time-travelers-walk-into
Pre-Orderings
Not sure why Amazon can’t do it, but Barnes and Noble understands that On Samuel R. Delany’s Dhalgren is available for pre-order (publication date is September 9). Publishers Weekly has already said that fans “will want to snap up” “this immersive and comprehensive collection.”
In other pre-ordering news, last night Michael Ventrella, I, and four other authors slated to be a part of Three Time Travelers Walk Into… participated in a Zoom interview which will be posting in the next day or three; it was a lot of fun. And speaking of TTTWI, the Kickstarter campaign continues, and it would be great if you told a friend about it. Thanks!
Historical Trio 8?
Grace Hopper, Sally Ride, and Amelia Earhart as the crew of Apollo 11. Next step: the stars! Think that’s a story you can write? Check out Three Time Travelers Walk Into… on Kickstarter. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/667435382/three-time-travelers-walk-into
Won’t be able to think of a good title
All the punch lines are ruined!
Check out Three Time Travelers Walk Into… on Kickstarter. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/667435382/three-time-travelers-walk-into
What’s the worst thing about time travel jokes?
50.7
50.7% funded! And David Gerrold! As of today, Three Time Travelers Walk Into… is half-way to being funded and existing! And as of today, David Gerrold—creator of tribbles, Sleestaks, and the Martian Child—is a part of the project, planning to write a story. Twelve days down, eighteen to go; please tell your friends! And check it all out at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/667435382/three-time-travelers-walk-into
Historical Trio 7?
Napoleon, Aristotle, and Dolley Madison go to Burning Man. How will they react? Is that a story you can write? Check out Three Time Travelers Walk Into… on Kickstarter. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/667435382/three-time-travelers-walk-into
Historical Trio 6?
Shaka Zulu, Montezuma, and Marie Antoinette walk into the Dew Drop Inn… sounds like a joke? Perhaps a fracture in the ripples of time. Think you can write it? Check out Three Time Travelers Walk Into… on Kickstarter. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/667435382/three-time-travelers-walk-into
I forgot dessert
I just realized there was a reward level missing from the current Kickstarter campaign: dessert! So now it’s there, The Sweet Time Machine, limited to only the first ten backers at that level!
Also, a comment elsewhere reminded me that the time traveling trios I’ve been posting are simply ideas for stories that might appear in the book… if you choose to write them. But the stories haven’t yet been written, and I have no idea which writers are going to write about which characters (though there is one pledge level where you can tell Peter David which characters to use).
Check out Three Time Travelers Walk Into… on Kickstarter. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/667435382/three-time-travelers-walk-into
Historical Trio 5?
Groucho Marx, Karl Marx, and Richard Marx at the signing of the Declaration of Independence… or writing it. Will the world today even be recognizable? Check out Three Time Travelers Walk Into… on Kickstarter. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/667435382/three-time-travelers-walk-into
Ian Randal Strock 