About the Snippets
Snippets are excerpts from books which have not yet been published. I started posting snippets on Baen’s Bar back in 1999 and have maintained the practice ever since. Some years ago, when I first launched this web site, I carried over the snippets and post them here. They’re also still posted on Baen’s Bar, if you prefer that venue. (Go to www,baen.com, select “Baen Community,” and then select “Baen’s Bar” from the drop-down menu.)
All of the snippets are posted in my conference, titled “Mother of Demons.” They can sometimes also be found in other conferences, depending on the title.
The snippets begin with the start of a book and typically go through half the novel before breaking off when the book is published. In addition to posting snippets from my own novels, I also post (with their permission) snippets from books written by many other authors.
We post snippets every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Most Recent
The Eleventh Gate – Snippet 03
The Eleventh Gate - Snippet 03 2: POLYGLOT Near the sparsely-settled northern pole of Polyglot, Philip Anderson walked across the savannah away from the jeebee nest, stripping off his protective gear. He glimpsed Tara Landry coming toward him and immediately...
Forced Perspectives – Snippet 41
Forced Perspectives - Snippet 41 Vickery looked up. "It seems to start in media res." "'Perilous image' is suggestive," said Castine. "We'll have to --" She stopped talking, for a woman had walked up to their booth and stopped. Vickery laid the printout pages on top...
The Shaman of Karres – Snippet 06
The Shaman of Karres - Snippet 06 Chapter 2 Touching the captain, when he slumped like that, barely able to drink the energy-brew she'd gotten out of the robochef, frightened the Leewit badly. She had allowed herself to do what the Toll pattern in her mind said was an...
The Eleventh Gate – Snippet 02
The Eleventh Gate - Snippet 02 Gordon made a face. "Libertarians -- they don't agree on how to act, and with everybody doing their own thing, you're never sure that one Landry's thing won't derail another Landry's thing. I don't want to be derailed or...