Team Phoenicia

Team Phoenicia is undertaking a herculean venture of gloriously confounding proportions: we are entering the Google Lunar X Prize. To complete this profound endeavor, we will have to land a robot on the moon and take High Definition panoramic video of its 500m journey from its point of landing and transmit it back to Earth. As if that were not enough, we have to take equally high quality images en route from the Earth to the Moon.

Welcome to the Team Phoenicia Blog

Team Phoenicia

Team Phoenicia is undertaking a herculean venture of gloriously confounding proportions: we are entering the Google Lunar X Prize. To complete this profound endeavor, we will have to land a robot on the moon and take High Definition panoramic video of its 500m journey from its point of landing and transmit it back to Earth. As if that were not enough, we have to take equally high quality images en route from the Earth to the Moon.

Welcome to the Team Phoenicia Blog

Team Phoenicia

Team Phoenicia is undertaking a herculean venture of gloriously confounding proportions: we are entering the Google Lunar X Prize. To complete this profound endeavor, we will have to land a robot on the moon and take High Definition panoramic video of its 500m journey from its point of landing and transmit it back to Earth. As if that were not enough, we have to take equally high quality images en route from the Earth to the Moon.

Welcome to the Team Phoenicia Blog

Baen

2010 books taken from here.

I'm discarding the anthologies and collections. Also, not having read most of these, going by online descriptions. Corrections and clarifications welcome.

                                                          
Title                                                         Protagonist    Author
                                                                 F    M       F   M
                            
The Warrior's Apprentice by Lois McMaster Bujold 	              X       X
The Sorceress of Karres by Eric Flint, Dave Freer 	         X    X           X
Honor of the Clan by John Ringo, Julie Cochrane 	         X    X       X   X 
DarkShip Thieves by Sarah A. Hoyt                                X            X	
The Crucible of Empire	Eric Flint, K. D. Wentworth 	         X    X       X   X
Much Fall of Blood by Mercedes Lackey, Eric Flint, Dave Freer 	 X    X       X   X
Migration by James P. Hogan 	                                                  X
Mission of Honor by David Weber 	                         X                X
In the Stormy Red Sky by David Drake 	                         X    X           X
Children No More by Mark L. Van Name 	                              X           X
What Distant Deeps by  David Drake 	                         X    X           X
1635: The Dreeson Incident by Eric Flint, Virginia DeMarce 	 X    X       X   X 
Jump Gate Twist by Mark L. Van Name 	                              X           X
Contact with Chaos by Michael Z. Williamson 	                      X           X
Fires of Freedom by Jerry Pournelle 	                              X           X
The Puppet Masters by Robert A. Heinlein                              X           X	
The High Crusade by Poul Anderson                                     X           X
Seeker's Bane by P. C. Hodgell 	                                 X            X
Diamond Star by Catherine Asaro 	                              X       X
Do Unto Others by Michael Z. Williamson                          X                X  	
Ragnarok by Patrick A. Vanner 	                                 X                X
1635: The Eastern Front by Eric Flint 	                            ?             X
Monster Hunter Vendetta by Larry Correia                              X           X 
Cryoburn by Lois McMaster Bujold                                      X       X  	
Carousel Tides by  Sharon Lee 	                                 X            X
Live Free or Die by John Ringo 	                                      X           X
Written in Time by Jerry Ahern, Sharon Ahern 	                      X       X   X
One Good Soldier by Travis S. Taylor 	                              X           X   
Cobra Alliance	by Timothy Zahn 	                         X    X           X  
Back to the Moon by Travis S. Taylor, Les Johnson 	              X           X
Torch of Freedom by David Weber, Eric Flint 	                      X           X
The Tuloriad by John Ringo, Tom Kratman 	                   ?              X 
Dragon's Ring by Dave Freer 	                                   ?
To the Galactic Rim by A. Bertram Chandler                            X           X
Total                                                            14  24     11   27
Total unmatched                                                   6  15      

Baen

2010 books taken from here.

I'm discarding the anthologies and collections. Also, not having read most of these, going by online descriptions. Corrections and clarifications welcome.

                                                          
Title                                                         Protagonist    Author
                                                                 F    M       F   M
                            
The Warrior's Apprentice by Lois McMaster Bujold 	              X       X
The Sorceress of Karres by Eric Flint, Dave Freer 	         X    X           X
Honor of the Clan by John Ringo, Julie Cochrane 	         X    X       X   X 
DarkShip Thieves by Sarah A. Hoyt                                X            X	
The Crucible of Empire	Eric Flint, K. D. Wentworth 	         X    X       X   X
Much Fall of Blood by Mercedes Lackey, Eric Flint, Dave Freer 	 X    X       X   X
Migration by James P. Hogan 	                                                  X
Mission of Honor by David Weber 	                         X                X
In the Stormy Red Sky by David Drake 	                         X    X           X
Children No More by Mark L. Van Name 	                              X           X
What Distant Deeps by  David Drake 	                         X    X           X
1635: The Dreeson Incident by Eric Flint, Virginia DeMarce 	 X    X       X   X 
Jump Gate Twist by Mark L. Van Name 	                              X           X
Contact with Chaos by Michael Z. Williamson 	                      X           X
Fires of Freedom by Jerry Pournelle 	                              X           X
The Puppet Masters by Robert A. Heinlein                              X           X	
The High Crusade by Poul Anderson                                     X           X
Seeker's Bane by P. C. Hodgell 	                                 X            X
Diamond Star by Catherine Asaro 	                              X       X
Do Unto Others by Michael Z. Williamson                          X                X  	
Ragnarok by Patrick A. Vanner 	                                 X                X
1635: The Eastern Front by Eric Flint 	                            ?             X
Monster Hunter Vendetta by Larry Correia                              X           X 
Cryoburn by Lois McMaster Bujold                                      X       X  	
Carousel Tides by  Sharon Lee 	                                 X            X
Live Free or Die by John Ringo 	                                      X           X
Written in Time by Jerry Ahern, Sharon Ahern 	                      X       X   X
One Good Soldier by Travis S. Taylor 	                              X           X   
Cobra Alliance	by Timothy Zahn 	                         X    X           X  
Back to the Moon by Travis S. Taylor, Les Johnson 	              X           X
Torch of Freedom by David Weber, Eric Flint 	                      X           X
The Tuloriad by John Ringo, Tom Kratman 	                   ?              X 
Dragon's Ring by Dave Freer 	                                   ?
To the Galactic Rim by A. Bertram Chandler                            X           X
Total                                                            14  24     11   27
Total unmatched                                                   6  15      

Baen

2010 books taken from here.

I'm discarding the anthologies and collections. Also, not having read most of these, going by online descriptions. Corrections and clarifications welcome.

                                                          
Title                                                         Protagonist    Author
                                                                 F    M       F   M
                            
The Warrior's Apprentice by Lois McMaster Bujold 	              X       X
The Sorceress of Karres by Eric Flint, Dave Freer 	         X    X           X
Honor of the Clan by John Ringo, Julie Cochrane 	         X    X       X   X 
DarkShip Thieves by Sarah A. Hoyt                                X            X	
The Crucible of Empire	Eric Flint, K. D. Wentworth 	         X    X       X   X
Much Fall of Blood by Mercedes Lackey, Eric Flint, Dave Freer 	 X    X       X   X
Migration by James P. Hogan 	                                                  X
Mission of Honor by David Weber 	                         X                X
In the Stormy Red Sky by David Drake 	                         X    X           X
Children No More by Mark L. Van Name 	                              X           X
What Distant Deeps by  David Drake 	                         X    X           X
1635: The Dreeson Incident by Eric Flint, Virginia DeMarce 	 X    X       X   X 
Jump Gate Twist by Mark L. Van Name 	                              X           X
Contact with Chaos by Michael Z. Williamson 	                      X           X
Fires of Freedom by Jerry Pournelle 	                              X           X
The Puppet Masters by Robert A. Heinlein                              X           X	
The High Crusade by Poul Anderson                                     X           X
Seeker's Bane by P. C. Hodgell 	                                 X            X
Diamond Star by Catherine Asaro 	                              X       X
Do Unto Others by Michael Z. Williamson                          X                X  	
Ragnarok by Patrick A. Vanner 	                                 X                X
1635: The Eastern Front by Eric Flint 	                            ?             X
Monster Hunter Vendetta by Larry Correia                              X           X 
Cryoburn by Lois McMaster Bujold                                      X       X  	
Carousel Tides by  Sharon Lee 	                                 X            X
Live Free or Die by John Ringo 	                                      X           X
Written in Time by Jerry Ahern, Sharon Ahern 	                      X       X   X
One Good Soldier by Travis S. Taylor 	                              X           X   
Cobra Alliance	by Timothy Zahn 	                         X    X           X  
Back to the Moon by Travis S. Taylor, Les Johnson 	              X           X
Torch of Freedom by David Weber, Eric Flint 	                      X           X
The Tuloriad by John Ringo, Tom Kratman 	                   ?              X 
Dragon's Ring by Dave Freer 	                                   ?
To the Galactic Rim by A. Bertram Chandler                            X           X
Total                                                            14  24     11   27
Total unmatched                                                   6  15      

Nicked from Andrew Ducker

How does the US compare to other industrialized nations?
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Nicked from Andrew Ducker

How does the US compare to other industrialized nations?
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Nicked from Andrew Ducker

How does the US compare to other industrialized nations?
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A message from Peter Watts

"The good news is, I’m not dead [...]

A message from Peter Watts

"The good news is, I’m not dead [...]

A message from Peter Watts

"The good news is, I’m not dead [...]

Dear SF writers of the world

I hit my lifetime tolerance for heroic tales of children drafted into draconian, high mortality super-soldier programs justified as required for the greater good sometime around the end of the novel version of Ender's Game. Please adjust your story lines accordingly.

Dear SF writers of the world

I hit my lifetime tolerance for heroic tales of children drafted into draconian, high mortality super-soldier programs justified as required for the greater good sometime around the end of the novel version of Ender's Game. Please adjust your story lines accordingly.

Dear SF writers of the world

I hit my lifetime tolerance for heroic tales of children drafted into draconian, high mortality super-soldier programs justified as required for the greater good sometime around the end of the novel version of Ender's Game. Please adjust your story lines accordingly.

Apparently "Eddie Izzard is in it" is enough for me to put movies in my queue

What do people think of the 2009 BBC version of Day of the Triffids?

Apparently "Eddie Izzard is in it" is enough for me to put movies in my queue

What do people think of the 2009 BBC version of Day of the Triffids?

Apparently "Eddie Izzard is in it" is enough for me to put movies in my queue

What do people think of the 2009 BBC version of Day of the Triffids?

Tor

Sample selected from here. In retrospect, picking 2011 because it offered fewer titles probably was a bad idea, given that most of these are not out yet. I am going from online descriptions. Corrections etc happily accepted.

That said, it may be that there's a discernible pattern here.
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Tor

Sample selected from here. In retrospect, picking 2011 because it offered fewer titles probably was a bad idea, given that most of these are not out yet. I am going from online descriptions. Corrections etc happily accepted.

That said, it may be that there's a discernible pattern here.
( Read more... )

Tor

Sample selected from here. In retrospect, picking 2011 because it offered fewer titles probably was a bad idea, given that most of these are not out yet. I am going from online descriptions. Corrections etc happily accepted.

That said, it may be that there's a discernible pattern here.
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And yes

The Baen sample had a larger fraction of female writers than the Tor sample: 1:2.5 as compared to 1:3.7. Female characters to male at Baen ran 1:1.7, and at Tor 1:2.3.

And yes

The Baen sample had a larger fraction of female writers than the Tor sample: 1:2.5 as compared to 1:3.7. Female characters to male at Baen ran 1:1.7, and at Tor 1:2.3.

And yes

The Baen sample had a larger fraction of female writers than the Tor sample: 1:2.5 as compared to 1:3.7. Female characters to male at Baen ran 1:1.7, and at Tor 1:2.3.