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 Shaman of Karres – Snippet 27
The Shaman of Karres - Snippet 27 "You have before," she said. He looked at her in surprise. "How did you know?" Goth did not say because the desperation, and hope of that passenger left a trace, a memory imprinted in this greasy ferrostone counter-top. Instead she...
The Eleventh Gate – Snippet 23
The Eleventh Gate - Snippet 23 20: GALT The nurse bot brought Rachel another blanket and laid it over her. Its mechanical voice said, "Can I bring you anything else?" "No," Rachel said. She didn't like human-shaped bots, not even those manufactured by a...
The Shaman of Karres – Snippet 26
The Shaman of Karres - Snippet 26 She grabbed Mindi. "We have to go. Now!" And she hustled the startled young woman out. "What was wrong?" asked Mindi, once they were on the slidewalk and well away. "Just a feeling," said Goth. "After the last time on the sheen...
The Eleventh Gate – Snippet 22
The Eleventh Gate - Snippet 22 18: GALT Philip lay on a blanket hand-woven of rough juba fibers in a field of experimental crops at the edge of the university campus. Stars glittered above him, impossibly high. He couldn't name any of the Galt...