Cover for Homeland, the sequel to Little Brother

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I recently turned in the manuscript for Homeland, the sequel to my 2008 YA novel Little Brother. Tor's going to be bringing it out next February, 2013. I've got two more books coming in the meantime: Rapture of the Nerds (with Charlie Stross) and Pirate Cinema (a YA novel). (All three will be CC licensed)

I am absolutely delighted with this cover -- a matched set with the cover for Little Brother!

Homeland

I write books. My latest is a YA science fiction novel called Homeland (it's the sequel to Little Brother). More books: Rapture of the Nerds (a novel, with Charlie Stross); With a Little Help (short stories); and The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow (novella and nonfic). I speak all over the place and I tweet and tumble, too.

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FEBRUARY!?
- http://www.jjsaul.com Jim Saul
  
  It would have been good for it become part of the conversation before this fall’s election, considering the likely topics.
  
  Unfortunately, I guess the subject will still be all too relevant in February.
Lucas Jarche

I’m so glad you’ve decided to continue the series. It was the reason I started reading boingboing and I don’t regret it to this day. As a 17 year-old, I find it has struck closer to home than any other book in the same genre.
http://twitter.com/drcabl3 Thomas Walpole

Are there any launch events planned? In/around London?

EDIT, BLURB SPOILERS, Wild, mad fanboy guessing: Also, calling it that the politicin turns out to be corrupt. Maybe some of mashas files are incriminating to him?
Maybe some interesting morral questions ther (the world should know, but i think this guy can make a difference? Maybe a sex scandle/similar, so it’s not actually dammaging to the politician.

Or maybe I’m just jaded by assange of late. Though it does seem to be a Wikileaks kind of story.

Now I want to go write fic. This may have fic before it’s released. It’s a sign you’ve made it to the big leagues.
- CaptainPedge
  
  Or other, more remote parts of teh UK?
Nicky G

That is an AWESOME cover! And now I will read the first of the series. I’ve actually never read any of your books, methinks it’s time to start.
- http://twitter.com/ledflyd Zachary Kurtz
  
  you’re in for a treat! Make sure you check out Cory’s podcast where he reads a lot of his fiction out loud. It’s great stuff!
jeligula

Dang, Cory. With all your prolific posting on Boing Boing, I was wondering if you had the time to write prose. I guess this is my answer. You are making the rest of us look lazy, you know.
brec

To expand on CaptainPedge’s comment (first one above): why is publication lead time so long — not just for this book, but in general?
- septimar
  
  Warren Ellis once explained on his site that there are basically only 2 seasons for publishing, so new releases come generally in 6 month periods apart from each other. I don’t know the specific reason for it either, though.
- Cory Doctorow
  
  There are lots of reasons — not least the need to do solicitations to bookstores, etc — but in this case, it’s because I had so many other novels in production, and it makes sense to space them out.
  - CaptainPedge
    
    bu bu… FEBRUARY!?
John Vance

Congrats! Little Brother was marvelous, and it was important. I’m excited to see more in this vein.
http://twitter.com/strugglngwriter strugglngwriter

Little Brother is one of my favorite novels. I recommend it to people all the time. This (a sequel) makes me so happy. February is a long time away though.
Shibi_SF

Yay!

Congratulations!
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=513116467 Phil Gaulrapp

Are you at all worried that consumers may confuse your book with the Showtime series Homeland? I would think a book with that title would be a literary adaptation of the series.
http://www.facebook.com/stewart.berntson Stewart Berntson

Definitely need to take Feb. 5 and 6 off from work — Cory, your books are the only ones I’m sure to read the day they come out, and (despite having read it 4-5 times) I can’t put down Little Brother any time I pick it up.
desult

Does the CC License cover the cover art or is it just the text? Where is the licensing information at?
despralynn

I am so excited for this I can barely think straight! Hooray!
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1549842999 Joe Huey

Cory, really liked Little Brother, my daughter liked it at 12, then reread it as a HS freshman and loved the skype session w/ you last fall (she goes to HS in Littleton, CO
pKp

Awesome ! Can’t wait.
buddy66

As a professional sign painter (and fan) I feel compelled to advise Tor to Lose The Cover Font. It’s pointlessly “busy”.