Over on Whatever today, I talk about how the translation of fiction from one language to another isn't just a matter of exact words, and why I now have it as a contract point that the translations of my novels have to be done by humans, not by machine or "AI":

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How Translation Works, Book Title Edition

As any translator will tell you, translating a piece of fiction isn’t about simply transcribing words one-to-one from one language to another...

Oh no, the Chinese plagiarism machine might have plagiarized the American plagiarism machine

Bloomberg.com

Microsoft Probing If DeepSeek-Linked Group Improperly Obtained OpenAI Data

Microsoft Corp. and OpenAI are investigating whether data output from OpenAI’s technology was obtained in an unauthorized manner by a group linke...

Oh no the Chinese are doing the useless thing that gives wrong answers cheaper https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/27/tech/deepseek-stocks-ai-china/index.html

2025 is not a great year so far

Happy New Year! Today is an important day for me: it's the 20th(!) anniversary of the release of Old Man's War. On my site I write about how this unusual, not-actually-great release date turned out to be a blessing, and where the book and series go from here:

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20 Years of Old Man’s War

In retrospect, Tor Books officially releasing Old Man’s War on January 1, 2005, doesn’t seem like a huge vote of confidence in the nove...

"Is it 2025 yet?"

I am frequently asked what is the "best" way for people to buy my work so that the most money gets to me, enough so that I've finally written a primer about it to point people toward, and it also covers my opinions re: libraries, used bookstores and pirating:

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Acquiring My Work: A Primer

Several times a month I get an email or social media message from someone who wants to know what the “best” way to buy my work is so th...

And now, the last stack of New Books and ARCs of 2024, featuring quite a few snazzy limited editions by the always fabulous Subterranean Press. What here would you like to take into the new year?

I have been reliably informed that it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas everywhere you go, please be vigilant

THIS JUST IN: Snow.