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Kathryn Hoff
Aug 6, 20221 min read
Sneak preview: Cover for Silverrock
Dear friends: I'm really stoked about the new cover for Silverrock, due to come out in fall of 2022! Many thanks for the input of all...
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Kathryn Hoff
May 5, 20224 min read
All Hail the Queen
In the dim light of the royal reception hall, the Queen raised her voice for all to hear. “Come, Children of Darkness! I would speak to...
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Kathryn Hoff
Oct 8, 20212 min read
And the Nobel Prize in Physics goes to…climate researchers? It’s complicated.
The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to three scientists who have delved into the intricacies of climate, Giorgio Parisi of Italy,...
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Kathryn Hoff
Sep 14, 20211 min read
Bringing back mammoths
A new startup venture co-founded by gene editing pioneer George Church aims to bring woolly mammoths back to the Arctic. This is not a...
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Kathryn Hoff
Apr 22, 20212 min read
Earth: There's no place like home
As a science fiction writer, I spend a lot of time thinking about what life on other worlds might be like. For Earth Day, let’s celebrate...
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Kathryn Hoff
Jan 25, 20211 min read
Sneak preview: Project Hannibal
Stuck at home for the last ten months, I've immersed myself in thinking about the future. The result: a new science fiction book, Project...
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Kathryn Hoff
Jan 15, 20212 min read
Danger to Earth: Climate change threatens the permafrost
2020 was a terrible year. We’re all hoping 2021 will reign in the coronavirus, stem the death and destruction the disease has caused,...
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Kathryn Hoff
Sep 17, 20201 min read
One year means so much...
One year ago, I published my first book! The last year has let me publish the full Sparrowhawk series, three books I'd been working on...
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Kathryn Hoff
Aug 18, 20201 min read
Drilling for oil in a pristine refuge
Earth is running a fever. From 100°F in Siberia to 130°F in Death Valley, summer temps in 2020 are setting grim records and fires so...
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Kathryn Hoff
Aug 8, 20202 min read
Bringing back the mammoths!
During the Covid-19 pandemic, I've been working on a great new science fiction book: Project Hannibal. The story is inspired by the...
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Kathryn Hoff
Jun 2, 20202 min read
"Shameful!"
If ever there was an impeachable offense, this is it: the US President mobilizing federal forces to attack and tear-gas peaceful citizens...
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Kathryn Hoff
May 18, 20201 min read
Re-purpose the shopping malls
Lots of office-oriented businesses, including government, are finding they don't have enough floor space to bring their employees back to...
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Kathryn Hoff
May 8, 20202 min read
Watching my story come true
I wrote my pandemic novel Eclipsed in 2017, two years before Covid-19. While I was writing, I tried to imagine what the US would be like...
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Kathryn Hoff
Mar 30, 20202 min read
Science fiction to the rescue
As a science fiction writer, I spend a lot of time considering what the future may look like. For my book Eclipsed, which takes place in...
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Kathryn Hoff
Mar 20, 20201 min read
Indie Fantasy and Sci Fi books
Some friends put together a list of fantasy and sci fi books by indie authors we know. Need something new and different to read? Download...
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Kathryn Hoff
Feb 4, 20201 min read
A terrifying epidemic, racing to find a cure...
... and I'm racing to get out my newest book, Eclipsed. Scheduled for release in March! The Eclipse epidemic has caused millions of...
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Kathryn Hoff
Jan 24, 20201 min read
The new Sparrowhawk book is coming!
The cover artists have provided a great cover my new book, Fugitive. I'm going through the last stages of editing for Patch and Kojo's...
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Kathryn Hoff
Jan 16, 20201 min read
The warmest decade on record
2018 global temperature data: higher than average (1951–1980) temperatures are shown in red, lower than normal temperatures are in blue....
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Kathryn Hoff
Jan 5, 20201 min read
Another nail in our coffins
In another betrayal of our future, the Trump administration proposes to instruct US federal agencies to no longer consider climate change...
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Kathryn Hoff
Jan 1, 20202 min read
Science abuse and neglect
Something wonderful—and frightening—happened at the US Environmental Protection Agency this week: The EPA’s panel of science advisers...
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