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
Days of Burning, Days of Wrath – Snippet 30
Days of Burning, Days of Wrath - Snippet 30 "What's that?" "If we use some demo to open more holes…" Ham let the thought trail off, suspecting, even before the division chief said anything, that it wasn't such a good idea. "Nah, forget it. Explosions...
The Newton Cipher – Snippet 05
The Newton Cipher - Snippet 05 Kew Gardens Kew Gardens London, England Two days earlier Charlotte Dovey pinned a new slide onto the metal stage and adjusted the knobs on her digital microscope. It was late, and most of the other techs had gone home, but Charlotte had...
1636 The Atlantic Encounter – Snippet 26
1636 The Atlantic Encounter - Snippet 26 Chapter 17 Atlantic Coast North America Maartens took his time sailing Challenger south from Newfoundland. Gordon would have liked to see the pace pick up, but the Dutch sailing master insisted that there were all sorts of...
At The End Of The World – Snippet 29
This book should be available now, so this is the last Snippet. At The End Of The World - Snippet 29 Carbs had been a problem from day one, even though we left South Georgia with more than our fair share. Willow was confident that if she and Johnnie didn't get...