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March 3, 2021

David Ebenbach’s HOW TO MARS is Andy Weir’s THE MARTIAN infused with poetry in a superbly concise package

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Though not coming out until May, David Ebenbach’s HOW TO MARS is already spawning excitement. HOW TO MARS is currently available for pre-order through all finer booksellers or direct from Tachyon.

How to Mars cover — Cover by Elizabeth Story

For BOOKLIST, Don Vicha praises the novel.

HOW TO MARS is Andy Weir’s The Martian (2014) infused with poetry in a superbly concise package.

Jeff Sexton, at BOOKANON in a five star review, recommends the book.

Zany Space Story. The best way to describe this book, really, is that if you like Hitchhiker’s Guide To the Galaxy – a perennial favorite among the geek set for decades now that has in many cases transcended into pop culture – … you’re probably going to like this one too. There are quite a bit of similarities, given the hilarious and offbeat humor and even the “guidebook” element of the story. (Though unlike the Adams epic, this one actually includes at least parts of the guide in the story.)

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If you’re looking for a more serious/ Hard Science Fiction ala Andy Weir’s take on The Martian… this isn’t that. So strap in and get ready to blast off on one wild ride. Very much recommended.

BOOK INVASION includes the work among 2021 Anticipated Science Fiction & Fantasy releases.

FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE includes HOW TO MARS among Upcoming Sci-Fi Novels That Could Hits In 2021.

Sci-fi doesn’t need to be serious, now does it? It can also have a little bit of humour and poke fun at people. That’s what David Ebenbach’s debut HOW TO MARS promises. Described as the perfect merger of Ray Bradbury’s Martian Chronicles and Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, it already sounds like something you should be pre-ordering and adding to your reading lists way in advance.

For THE RAY BRADBURY EXPERIENCE MUSEUM, Dominic Loise talks with the author.

SWEET LIT interviews their past contributor Ebenbach.

What are some major accomplishments you have had since your Sweet publication?

I’m excited to say that I’ve had four books published since those publications, including two collections of poetry—We Were the People Who Moved (2015) and Some Unimaginable Animal (2019)—but I think the biggest accomplishment is just coming back to the page again and again. Books are great—it’s an unbelievable privilege to get to share my work with other folks—but the foundation is the writing. So I think that’s the most important accomplishment any writer can point to. #amwriting

Can you tell us about a current/ongoing project that you’re excited about?

I’m finishing edits on a novel due out in 2021 (Tachyon Publications). It’s called HOW TO MARS and it’s a sci-fi novel about an ill-advised one-way mission to Mars; the small group of Marsonauts, who went in order to escape life, unexpectedly have to get ready for the first pregnancy on another planet.

On the Tachyon Publications Channel, David Ebenbach reads from HOW TO MARS.

September 1, 2020

Happy book birthday to R. B. Lemberg’s remarkable THE FOUR PROFOUND WEAVES

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Today, September 1, Tachyon welcomes their new child, R. B. Lemberg’s acclaimed debut THE FOUR PROFOUND WEAVES, now available from all finer booksellers.

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY includes the birthday book among their Books of the Week, August 31, 2020.

Lemberg’s outstanding debut novel expands on the short stories of the Birdverse that they have been publishing for about a decade, most frequently in the lit mag Beneath Ceaseless Skies, drawing readers into a lush desert world and the two elders from different cultures navigating its wilds.

TRAVELING IN BOOKS concurs.

THE FOUR PROFOUND WEAVES is a remarkable story, and not simply for the heartbreaking and beautiful ways in which it deals with gender norms, cultural expectactions, family, and friendship. In just 192 pages, Lemberg weaves a multi-facted story in which two aging characters still have a lot to learn about themselves, their strengths, and their flaws. Although, while the prose is elegant and lyrical, its beauty can sometimes obfuscate the meaning. But this is a minor issue overall, as it detracts very little from the story. With elegant prose and an understanding of human nature in all its genders, Lemberg weaves a golden tale of human longing, friendship, and hope.

Then they double down with another mention in Sunday Sum-Up: August 23, 2020.

THE FOUR PROFOUND WEAVES is a beautifully written novella about a world where, in certain cultures, the ability of people to change gender is assumed and the transformation is a celebrated part of life, if one so chooses. But there are cultures that do not accept these changes, which makes life difficult– if not impossible– for those who wish to change. It’s also a story about love and family, and the sacrifices we must make in order to make the world a better place.

THE FOUR PROFOUND BOOK WEAVES book trailer premiered on the Tachyon Publications YouTube Channel. After you finish with the trailer, be sure to check out the other Tachyon goodies on the channel.

Amy Mitchell for THE /TEMZ/ REVIEW continues the love.

THE FOUR PROFOUND WEAVES packs an enormous aesthetic and emotional punch, especially considering how short it is. No details are wasted, and everything knits together in complicated, compassionate and dreamlike ways. It’s a mature look at how life can always still be celebrated, despite the pain and wasted time that people can increasingly feel weighing on them as their lives progress. It’s also a profoundly moving and intimate look at the harms that are specifically caused by transphobia, homophobia and gender-based violence. I highly recommend it for all readers, even if fantasy is not normally a genre you frequent.

THE NOVEL APPROACH REVIEWS joins the celebration.

THE FOUR PROFOUND WEAVES is an emotional story, at times intense and brutal in its telling, but nothing less than sincere. Its beauty is in its weaving of words into a fantasy steeped in its characters’ truths and desires.

MAIJA READS adds ther thoughts about the beautifully written novella.