Here’s a special preview of the podiobook of my 1999 award-winning novel, The Silk Code, as read by Shaun Farrell – Chapter 1! Background: The Silk Code was my first science fiction novel – and it won the Locus Award for Best First Science Fiction of 1999. It marks the first appearance in novel form of Dr. Phil D’Amato (see below for more on Phil). The Silk Code has sold over 20,000 copies. Now, for the first time, The Silk Code will be available in free, weekly installments in this great podiobook reading by Shaun Farrell. See http://thesilkcode.blogspot.com for more info about the podiobook. You’ll soon be able to subscribe to the podiobook novel at podiobooks.com, via iTunes, etc. from the reviews: The Silk Code delivers on its promises… –Gerald Jonas, New York Times cerebral but gripping -Booklist a rare thriller that actually achieves its goals as a detective tale and a work of boldly speculative sf –Gary K. Wolf, Locus as twisted as a double helix –Wired impressive debut –Joe Haldeman forensic detective Phil D’Amato is one of my favorite characters … a marvelous book! –Connie Willis about Phil D’Amato The Chronology Protection Case, published in Analog in 1995, marked the debut of my fictional forensic detective. The novelette was nominated for Nebula and Sturgeon Awards. You can listen to Mark Shanahan’s 38-minute radioplay of The Chronology Protection Case right here. It was nominated for the Mystery Writers of America’s Edgar Award in 2002. Jay Kensinger earlier made a low-budget movie of The Chronology Protection Case. There’s a nice trailer for the movie at paullevinson.blogspot.com on the right hand side of the page, just scroll down. D’Amato appeared in two additional novelettes (The Copyright Notice Case, 1996, and The Mendelian Lamp Case, 1997, both published in Analog), and in three novels (The Silk Code, 1999; The Consciousness Plague, 2003; and The Pixel Eye, 2004, all published by Tor Books). Dr. Stanley Schmidt was editor at Analog for all three D’Amato novelettes. Dr. David Hartwell edited the three D’Amato novels at Tor Books. Further details on D’Amato’s adventures and accomplishments can be found at his Wikipedia entry: Phil D’Amato’s Wikipedia article my latest time-travel novel: The Plot to Save Socrates The Silk Code – Written by Paul Levinson. Read by Shaun Farrell. More info at www.thesilkcode.blogspot.com This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivs 2.5 License. A Podiobooks.com presentation. Less