{"id":391,"date":"2026-09-30T19:19:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T19:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grumpynovelist.com\/constitution\/?page_id=391"},"modified":"2026-10-26T09:03:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T09:03:19","slug":"essays","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/grumpynovelist.com\/?page_id=391","title":{"rendered":"News and ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-wrap.wp-block-kadence-rowlayout.kb-row-layout-id391_d2de6a-b9{margin-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-xl, 4rem);}.kb-row-layout-id391_d2de6a-b9 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id391_d2de6a-b9 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id391_d2de6a-b9 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-left:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 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mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading391_b88691-c8 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading391_b88691-c8[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading391_b88691-c8\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading391_b88691-c8 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading has-theme-palette-8-color has-text-color\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading391_b88691-c8\">NEWS AND IDEAS<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading391_036d71-a0, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading391_036d71-a0[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading391_036d71-a0\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading391_036d71-a0 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading391_036d71-a0[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading391_036d71-a0\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading391_036d71-a0 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading391_036d71-a0[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading391_036d71-a0\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h1 class=\"kt-adv-heading391_036d71-a0 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading has-theme-palette-9-color has-text-color\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading391_036d71-a0\">About stories, technology and the future<\/h1>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading391_7aa54f-4f, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading391_7aa54f-4f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading391_7aa54f-4f\"]{max-width:650px;font-size:var(--global-kb-font-size-md, 1.25rem);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-family:'Space Grotesk';}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading391_7aa54f-4f mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading391_7aa54f-4f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading391_7aa54f-4f\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading391_7aa54f-4f img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading391_7aa54f-4f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading391_7aa54f-4f\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading391_7aa54f-4f wp-block-kadence-advancedheading has-theme-palette-9-color has-text-color\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading391_7aa54f-4f\">News and ideas about science fiction, literature and the stories societies tell themselves when reality becomes inconvenient.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id391_b3a795-11 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id391_b3a795-11 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id391_b3a795-11 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}.kb-row-layout-id391_b3a795-11 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id391_b3a795-11 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-row-layout-id391_b3a795-11 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style><div class=\"kb-row-layout-wrap kb-row-layout-id391_b3a795-11 alignnone has-theme-palette8-background-color kt-row-has-bg 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.kb-post-list-item{display:grid;}<\/style><ul class=\"wp-block-kadence-posts kb-posts kadence-posts-list kb-posts-id-391_3f0652-be content-wrap grid-cols kb-posts-style-boxed grid-sm-col-2 grid-lg-col-3 item-image-style-above essays-card-grid wp-custom-css-c9177336\"><li class=\"kb-post-list-item\">\n\t<article class=\"entry content-bg loop-entry post-365 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-books\">\n\t\t\t\t<a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"post-thumbnail kadence-thumbnail-ratio-2-3\" href=\"https:\/\/grumpynovelist.com\/?p=365\" aria-label=\"Mutiny Has Begun\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-thumbnail-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"521\" src=\"https:\/\/grumpynovelist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mutineer_mockup-768x521.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Composite image of three versions of The Mutineer novel: epub for tablet, epub for mobile, and paperback.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grumpynovelist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mutineer_mockup-768x521.png 768w, https:\/\/grumpynovelist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mutineer_mockup-300x203.png 300w, https:\/\/grumpynovelist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mutineer_mockup-1024x694.png 1024w, https:\/\/grumpynovelist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mutineer_mockup-1536x1041.png 1536w, https:\/\/grumpynovelist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mutineer_mockup-2048x1388.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a><!-- .post-thumbnail -->\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-taxonomies\">\n\t\t<span class=\"category-links term-links category-style-normal\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/grumpynovelist.com\/?cat=5\" class=\"category-link-books\" rel=\"tag\">Books<\/a>\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-taxonomies -->\n\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/grumpynovelist.com\/?p=365\" rel=\"bookmark\">Mutiny Has Begun<\/a><\/h2>\t<div class=\"entry-meta entry-meta-divider-dot\">\n\t<span class=\"posted-by\"><span class=\"meta-label\">By<\/span><span class=\"author vcard\"><span class=\"fn n\">grumpynovelist<\/span><\/span><\/span>\t\t\t<span class=\"posted-on\">\n\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-04-10T08:49:13+00:00\">April 10, 2025<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2026-10-13T06:51:28+00:00\">October 13, 2026<\/time>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n\t\t<p>The Mutineer is now available at book outlets everywhere. In the last installment in The Planetwalker Trilogy, Imogen Hart is facing death head-on, and the situation aboard Conestoga is reaching&#8230;<\/p>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-summary -->\n\t<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-actions\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"more-link-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/grumpynovelist.com\/?p=365\" class=\"post-more-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\tRead More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Mutiny Has Begun<\/span><span class=\"kadence-svg-iconset svg-baseline\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kadence-svg-icon kadence-arrow-right-alt-svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"27\" height=\"28\" viewBox=\"0 0 27 28\"><title>Continue<\/title><path d=\"M27 13.953c0 0.141-0.063 0.281-0.156 0.375l-6 5.531c-0.156 0.141-0.359 0.172-0.547 0.094-0.172-0.078-0.297-0.25-0.297-0.453v-3.5h-19.5c-0.281 0-0.5-0.219-0.5-0.5v-3c0-0.281 0.219-0.5 0.5-0.5h19.5v-3.5c0-0.203 0.109-0.375 0.297-0.453s0.391-0.047 0.547 0.078l6 5.469c0.094 0.094 0.156 0.219 0.156 0.359v0z\"><\/path>\n\t\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-actions -->\n\t\t<\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"kb-post-list-item\">\n\t<article class=\"entry content-bg loop-entry post-331 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-art category-books tag-cover-art tag-new-release tag-science-fiction\">\n\t\t\t\t<a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"post-thumbnail kadence-thumbnail-ratio-2-3\" href=\"https:\/\/grumpynovelist.com\/?p=331\" aria-label=\"Anatomy of a Cover &#8211; The Mutineer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-thumbnail-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/grumpynovelist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/imogen-768x768.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Closeup detail from the cover of The Mutineer: The main heroine, Imogen, gazing steadfast into the future, her jet black hair with a pink streak waving around her head.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grumpynovelist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/imogen-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/grumpynovelist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/imogen-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/grumpynovelist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/imogen-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/grumpynovelist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/imogen-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/grumpynovelist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/imogen.png 962w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a><!-- .post-thumbnail -->\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-taxonomies\">\n\t\t<span class=\"category-links term-links category-style-normal\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/grumpynovelist.com\/?cat=27\" class=\"category-link-art\" rel=\"tag\">Art<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/grumpynovelist.com\/?cat=5\" class=\"category-link-books\" rel=\"tag\">Books<\/a>\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-taxonomies -->\n\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/grumpynovelist.com\/?p=331\" rel=\"bookmark\">Anatomy of a Cover &#8211; The Mutineer<\/a><\/h2>\t<div class=\"entry-meta entry-meta-divider-dot\">\n\t<span class=\"posted-by\"><span class=\"meta-label\">By<\/span><span class=\"author vcard\"><span class=\"fn n\">grumpynovelist<\/span><\/span><\/span>\t\t\t<span class=\"posted-on\">\n\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-03-11T18:52:11+00:00\">March 11, 2025<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-03-11T19:28:30+00:00\">March 11, 2025<\/time>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n\t\t<p>Like the previous titles in the series, the cover art for my upcoming novel was conjured by the magic hands of Martin Trokenheim. He&#8217;s a good friend with whom I&#8230;<\/p>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-summary -->\n\t<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-actions\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"more-link-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/grumpynovelist.com\/?p=331\" class=\"post-more-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\tRead More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Anatomy of a Cover &#8211; The Mutineer<\/span><span class=\"kadence-svg-iconset svg-baseline\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kadence-svg-icon kadence-arrow-right-alt-svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"27\" height=\"28\" viewBox=\"0 0 27 28\"><title>Continue<\/title><path d=\"M27 13.953c0 0.141-0.063 0.281-0.156 0.375l-6 5.531c-0.156 0.141-0.359 0.172-0.547 0.094-0.172-0.078-0.297-0.25-0.297-0.453v-3.5h-19.5c-0.281 0-0.5-0.219-0.5-0.5v-3c0-0.281 0.219-0.5 0.5-0.5h19.5v-3.5c0-0.203 0.109-0.375 0.297-0.453s0.391-0.047 0.547 0.078l6 5.469c0.094 0.094 0.156 0.219 0.156 0.359v0z\"><\/path>\n\t\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-actions -->\n\t\t<\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"kb-post-list-item\">\n\t<article class=\"entry content-bg loop-entry post-308 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-books tag-new-release\">\n\t\t\t\t<a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"post-thumbnail kadence-thumbnail-ratio-2-3\" href=\"https:\/\/grumpynovelist.com\/?p=308\" aria-label=\"The Final Installment of the Planetwalker Trilogy arrives April 8\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-thumbnail-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/grumpynovelist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cover-reveal-mut-768x768.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"The Final Installment of the Planetwalker Trilogy arrives April 8\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grumpynovelist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cover-reveal-mut-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/grumpynovelist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cover-reveal-mut-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/grumpynovelist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cover-reveal-mut-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/grumpynovelist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cover-reveal-mut-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/grumpynovelist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cover-reveal-mut-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/grumpynovelist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cover-reveal-mut.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a><!-- .post-thumbnail -->\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-taxonomies\">\n\t\t<span class=\"category-links term-links category-style-normal\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/grumpynovelist.com\/?cat=5\" class=\"category-link-books\" rel=\"tag\">Books<\/a>\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-taxonomies -->\n\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/grumpynovelist.com\/?p=308\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Final Installment of the Planetwalker Trilogy arrives April 8<\/a><\/h2>\t<div class=\"entry-meta entry-meta-divider-dot\">\n\t<span class=\"posted-by\"><span class=\"meta-label\">By<\/span><span class=\"author vcard\"><span class=\"fn n\">grumpynovelist<\/span><\/span><\/span>\t\t\t<span class=\"posted-on\">\n\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-01-09T18:06:52+00:00\">January 9, 2025<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-03-11T19:28:51+00:00\">March 11, 2025<\/time>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n\t\t<p>Part three of The Planetwalker Trilogy, The Mutineer, is getting closer. It arrives on April 8 to online book outlets, and will be available as ebook and paperback. With The&#8230;<\/p>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-summary -->\n\t<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-actions\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"more-link-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/grumpynovelist.com\/?p=308\" class=\"post-more-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\tRead More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> The Final Installment of the Planetwalker Trilogy arrives April 8<\/span><span class=\"kadence-svg-iconset svg-baseline\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kadence-svg-icon kadence-arrow-right-alt-svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"27\" height=\"28\" viewBox=\"0 0 27 28\"><title>Continue<\/title><path d=\"M27 13.953c0 0.141-0.063 0.281-0.156 0.375l-6 5.531c-0.156 0.141-0.359 0.172-0.547 0.094-0.172-0.078-0.297-0.25-0.297-0.453v-3.5h-19.5c-0.281 0-0.5-0.219-0.5-0.5v-3c0-0.281 0.219-0.5 0.5-0.5h19.5v-3.5c0-0.203 0.109-0.375 0.297-0.453s0.391-0.047 0.547 0.078l6 5.469c0.094 0.094 0.156 0.219 0.156 0.359v0z\"><\/path>\n\t\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-actions -->\n\t\t<\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"kb-post-list-item\">\n\t<article class=\"entry content-bg loop-entry post-289 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-books\">\n\t\t\t\t<a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"post-thumbnail kadence-thumbnail-ratio-2-3\" href=\"https:\/\/grumpynovelist.com\/?p=289\" aria-label=\"The Planetwalker is out now\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-thumbnail-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"390\" src=\"https:\/\/grumpynovelist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/mockup_webb-768x390.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Image of three formats for The Planetwalker: e-book on phone, e-book on tablet, and paperback.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grumpynovelist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/mockup_webb-768x390.png 768w, https:\/\/grumpynovelist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/mockup_webb-300x152.png 300w, https:\/\/grumpynovelist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/mockup_webb-1024x520.png 1024w, https:\/\/grumpynovelist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/mockup_webb-1536x780.png 1536w, https:\/\/grumpynovelist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/mockup_webb-2048x1039.png 2048w, https:\/\/grumpynovelist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/mockup_webb-2000x1015.png 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a><!-- .post-thumbnail -->\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-taxonomies\">\n\t\t<span class=\"category-links term-links category-style-normal\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/grumpynovelist.com\/?cat=5\" class=\"category-link-books\" rel=\"tag\">Books<\/a>\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-taxonomies -->\n\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/grumpynovelist.com\/?p=289\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Planetwalker is out now<\/a><\/h2>\t<div class=\"entry-meta entry-meta-divider-dot\">\n\t<span class=\"posted-by\"><span class=\"meta-label\">By<\/span><span class=\"author vcard\"><span class=\"fn n\">grumpynovelist<\/span><\/span><\/span>\t\t\t<span class=\"posted-on\">\n\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2023-11-01T10:35:11+00:00\">November 1, 2023<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-03-11T19:29:45+00:00\">March 11, 2025<\/time>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n\t\t<p>Part 2 of the Planetwalker Trilogy, aptly named The Planetwalker, is out now almost everywhere. When I&#8217;m writing this, there are still some outlets left in the roll-out, but I&#8230;<\/p>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-summary -->\n\t<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-actions\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"more-link-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/grumpynovelist.com\/?p=289\" class=\"post-more-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\tRead More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> The Planetwalker is out now<\/span><span class=\"kadence-svg-iconset svg-baseline\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kadence-svg-icon kadence-arrow-right-alt-svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"27\" height=\"28\" viewBox=\"0 0 27 28\"><title>Continue<\/title><path d=\"M27 13.953c0 0.141-0.063 0.281-0.156 0.375l-6 5.531c-0.156 0.141-0.359 0.172-0.547 0.094-0.172-0.078-0.297-0.25-0.297-0.453v-3.5h-19.5c-0.281 0-0.5-0.219-0.5-0.5v-3c0-0.281 0.219-0.5 0.5-0.5h19.5v-3.5c0-0.203 0.109-0.375 0.297-0.453s0.391-0.047 0.547 0.078l6 5.469c0.094 0.094 0.156 0.219 0.156 0.359v0z\"><\/path>\n\t\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-actions -->\n\t\t<\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"kb-post-list-item\">\n\t<article class=\"entry content-bg loop-entry post-177 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-books tag-science-fiction tag-space-colonization\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-taxonomies\">\n\t\t<span class=\"category-links term-links category-style-normal\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/grumpynovelist.com\/?cat=5\" class=\"category-link-books\" rel=\"tag\">Books<\/a>\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-taxonomies -->\n\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/grumpynovelist.com\/?p=177\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Adventure Continues&#8230;<\/a><\/h2>\t<div class=\"entry-meta entry-meta-divider-dot\">\n\t<span class=\"posted-by\"><span class=\"meta-label\">By<\/span><span class=\"author vcard\"><span class=\"fn n\">grumpynovelist<\/span><\/span><\/span>\t\t\t<span class=\"posted-on\">\n\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published updated\" datetime=\"2023-10-26T16:30:45+00:00\">October 26, 2023<\/time>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n\t\t<p>Marooned on the planet Alamea, Pioneer Imogen Hart and her team have to find a way back aboard the spaceship Conestoga\u2014their home. 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