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 01
The Eleventh Gate - Snippet 01 THE ELEVENTH GATE by Nancy Kress MAJOR CHARACTERS ON NEW CALIFORNIA Sloan Peregoy, CEO of Peregoy Corporation Sophia Peregoy, Sloan's older daughter and chief advisor, heir to all Peregoy holdings Candace Peregoy, Sloan's younger...
The Shaman of Karres – Snippet 05
The Shaman of Karres - Snippet 05 "Try to make a modification on the klatha cocoon I put you and Goth into. An airtight one," said Pausert. He started working through the klatha patterns in his mind… a change there… "Move them across in those clumping cocoons? I guess...
Forced Perspectives – Snippet 40
Forced Perspectives - Snippet 40 "Under the bridge last night," Vickery went on thoughtfully, "one of the ghosts said, 'Quoth the raven.'" Castine inhaled audibly. "Good Lord, you're right. I forgot that." "I thought the next word was nevermore, like in the poem, but...
The Shaman of Karres – Snippet 04
The Shaman of Karres - Snippet 04 Pausert looked anxiously at his instruments, but except for the fleeing life-craft, they showed nothing. The other dream things. In that piece of the ship "Pirates left their friends, did they?" said the Leewit. "Just like you left...