Review: The Ark by Patrick Tomlinson
This is the story I wish I had written. Generation ship. Detective story. Tomlinson takes such discordant elements and weaves them into a fascinating story: a Manet painting, advanced probes, exoplanet imaging, and more. There are echoes of Robert Sawyer's Red Planet...
Young Gods, Book I: A Door Into Darkness is now available!
Realmwalker Publishing Group is proud to announce that J. Daniel Batt’s Young Gods: A Door Into Darkness is now available in paperback and ebook versions. An end-of-the-world urban fantasy tale framed within a modern retelling of Little Red Riding Hood against a mix...
Sneak Peek at the Cover Artwork for YOUNG GODS Book I
Here's a sneak peek of the cover artwork for my next novel YOUNG GODS by Realmwalker Publishing Group with artwork by Seth Roswell Penn. James Drake is the mastermind producing this. A quick shout out to the first person to read it (and edit it): J. Scott Wilson -...
Now on SoundCloud, through “A Story Goes On” Podcast: “The 27th Peace Talks Between the Parliament of Trees and the Mouse Kingdom”
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AC Scowcroft Center’s “Art of Future Warfare” Panel, 5/18/15
Posted here is a Storify collection of live tweets from the AC Scowcroft Center's "Art of Future Warfare" Panel on May 18, 2015. Jaym Gates (@jaymgates) created this and did the work to collect all of these in one place--I'm simply embedding here Storify. The Storify...
This Monday in D.C. with Atlantic Council, Jaym Gates, and David Brin on the Future of War
I'll be joining this great group of thinkers on Wednesday for the Atlantic Council's panel discussion "Conflict in Space During the Late 21st Century." The full list is: A conversation with: David Brin New York Times Bestselling Author Jason Batt Editorial Director...
Signed to Realmwalker Publishing
Full update (reprint of announcement from REALMWALKERPUBLISHINGGROUP.COM Realmwalker Publishing Group is thrilled to announce our first Young Adult acquisitions! J. Daniel Batt will be joining the RPG family and bringing two books, the all-new The Young...
“The Tales of Dreamside” iPad Mini Holiday Giveaway
a Rafflecopter giveaway Goodreads Book Giveaway Keaghan in the Tales of Dreamside by J. Daniel Batt Giveaway ends January 31, 2015. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter to win Also posted on...
Join me on SF Signal Episode 252: Space Opera
Thanks to the amazing Jaym Gates, I was apart of SFSignal Podcast (hosted by Patrick Hester) talking about Space Opera with Daniel Abraham (writer of the amazing Expanse series), Tansy Raynor Roberts, Stephen Hood, and Derek Kunsken. We talked everything...
Star Wars and Paper Writers
When launching the modern classic Star Wars, filmmaker George Lucas insisted that the universe, down to its smallest detail, feel as if it was lived-in. Kiri Hart, Head of Lucasfilm Development reflected on the 1977 film: "What was so special about what George created...