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
1636 The Atlantic Encounter – Snippet 32
1636 The Atlantic Encounter - Snippet 32 PART III July 1636 The outer voice of sky and cloud Wallace Stevens, "The Idea of Order at Key West" Chapter 21 Fort Orange On the Hudson River New Netherlands Dutch civilization in the New World looked very little more...
Days of Burning, Days of Wrath – Snippet 35
Days of Burning, Days of Wrath - Snippet 35 What was there neither Jorge, nor the platoon leader, Centurion Vicente, really knew. Certainly it had looked like a ranch, not really different from back home, except there was somewhat less mechanization that one...
The Newton Cipher – Snippet 10
The Newton Cipher - Snippet 10 Trader Vics Trader Vics London Trina waited nervously as Ulrik Stander removed his coat and set it on the bar of Trader Vic's. His eyes looked past her, as if he were thinking about his next question. They were blue -- the light, clear...
The Newton Cipher – Snippet 09
The Newton Cipher - Snippet 09 A and B British Library London "Hmmm," Trina peered closely at the corner of the page. "This very well could be Isaac Newton's signature." The signature's lines were thin, the letters uncertain, as if written by a shaky hand; but it...