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 21
1636 The Atlantic Encounter - Snippet 21 Chapter 13 Nye-Alborg Labrador Stephane found it easy to tell where the Danes had settled along the shore of the Saint-Lawrence: instead of the thick covering of tall pines, there was scarcely a tree to be seen inland to where...
Battle Luna – Snippet 24
Battle Luna - Snippet 24 Just to split Arris' attention, Crawford called him. "It's like this, Colonel: you can get in there and we can't really stop you. You can eventually find a way to cut your men free. In the meantime, you'll be running oxygen to them and your...
Battle Luna – Snippet 23
Battle Luna - Snippet 23 Arris replied, "It's a fabricator. Raw material goes in, it processes out as product." "So, a printer?" He tried for just a hint of scoff. "No, this is far more sophisticated. Much like a science fiction replicator." That was a good rough...
Days of Burning, Days of Wrath – Snippet 23
Days of Burning, Days of Wrath - Snippet 23 Chapter Eight Whoever makes me unhappy for a day, I will make suffer a lifetime. --Empress Dowager Cixi Task Force Macera, surrounding Task Force Jesuit He'd given it his best shot, Macera had, but his best hadn't been good...