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Back from the dead

Writer: Joshua Mertz
Joshua Mertz
Jul 31
1 min read

My first published novel, Machine Dreams, has been resurrected from the digital void, where bits and bytes go to... well, electrons can't die, can they?


Published by the late great Bald Mountain Books, Machine Dreams was released as a print-on-demand book in 2000. If memory serves, we printed 500 copies. It's still listed on Amazon (ISBN: 0966155442).


Believe it or not, using arcane spells and dubious science, the original book designer was laboriously located, unearthed, reanimated, and pressed to service to revive the ancient original files—so old they were practically analog. Thankfully, using his own doutless supernaturally-acquired skills (and lots of wailing and gnashing of teeth, he assures me), he was able to drag the ancient manuscript fully into the modern age and has handed it over to Planet Mertz for re-publication.


You can find this reanimated marvel on Amazon under its new ISBN: 979-8-9906575-4-0. But why give Bezos more money when you can buy it in person from the author at WorldCon in Anaheim, between August 27th and 31st?

 
 
 

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