Richard Preston

Rain forest on Tantalus … my inspiration.

admin — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:40:40 +0000

Rain forest on slopes of Tantalus, a mountain peak on Oahu. Where action in Micro occurs. (I took the photo while hiking on Tantalus.)

Micro still on NYT bestseller list …

admin — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:28:30 +0000

Enhanced e-Book MICRO

admin — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 21:43:37 +0000

HarperCollins will release an enhanced e-book edition of MICRO. Yesterday a film crew was here at my house shooting an interview with me for the e-book. In it, I talk about poking around the rain forest on Oahu, learning the biology of micro-monsters, and doing the detective work with Michael’s notebooks and materials, figuring out what Michael intended for the story. There will be footage of Michael, and lots of scientific stuff, too. Good for an iPad or Kindle Fire or Nook, etc.

Maps in MICRO

admin — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 21:07:56 +0000

We’re putting two maps in MICRO. With hand-drawn topography by a great cartographer. Just finalizing the maps today. I’ve hidden a tiny Latin inscription in one of the maps. Had to check my Latin with Princeton professor to make sure I got it right. Fortunately I did. This is the fun part of publishing.

Jacket cover available

admin — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 21:08:24 +0000

HarperCollins has just released the jacket of MICRO. Here it is.

Added a scene

admin — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 17:09:18 +0000

I’m polishing the manuscript for Micro, working with my editor at HarperCollins. I just added a “whoa!” scene — some cool visuals at a certain moment in the story.

For me, this kind of tinkering is one of the most fun parts of writing. The book’s almost done and looking good, and now I get to cherry it up.

I’m working on Micro

admin — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 14:46:16 +0000

Right now I’m polishing the final draft of MICRO. Should have it done in a few days. This has been a fun ride.