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Posts from ‘November, 2009’
Book Review: Plague Zone by Jeff Carlson
# Genre: Apocalyptic Fiction, Adventure
# Paperback: 336 pages
# Publisher: Ace
# Publication Date: November 24, 2009
# ISBN-10: 0441017991
# ISBN-13: 978-0441017997
# Author Website: Jeff Carlson
Jeff Carlson’s third novel Plague Zone returns the reader to the lives of tough guy Cam Navarro and nanotech researcher Ruth Goldman. Though the plague year is over and nearly everyone is immune [...]
WSJ: The Decline of Anime
The Wall Street Journal today in its print and online editions is talking about the “decline of anime“. Though it calls it a decline, it is more that the Japanese dominated industry is struggling due to increased competition and and low pay and long hours for employees. With anime’s growing popularity in the West, I [...]
Book Review: The Trouble With Heroes edited by Denise Little
# Genre: Anthology, Humor
# Paperback: 320 pages
# Publisher: DAW
# Publication Date: November 3, 2009
# ISBN-10: 0756405793
# ISBN-13: 978-0756405793
# Editor Website: Denise Little
The trouble with heroes, is, of course, that the truth about them is never quite as heroic as the songs, ballads, and stories would have us believe. Using this conceit, editor Denise Little [...]
Giveaway Winners: 7th Son:Descent by J. C. Hutchins
If forgot to announce the winners the 7th Son: Descent giveaway on Wednesday. The three winners are:
Karl S. from Minnetonka, MN
Greg L. from Sausalito, CA
Shalyana W. from Cincinnati, OH
Darra Update
Just wanted to give everyone and update on how my mini-dachshund Darra is doing.
She is excessively perky actually, back to her normal self – licking every exposed patch of skin till it is nearly raw. Her stitches have come out, she had a bath for the first time in six weeks and her hair [...]
Blog Stuff: LinkedIn
For some time now, I have had a profile on LinkedIn. However, some of you may not know that, so I wanted to say so here, and ask for a favor.
Since April, I have been unemployed. One of the tools I use for finding work is LinkedIn. I have included Grasping for the Wind and [...]
Cheap Fiction: GUD’s Pay What You Want
GUD Magazine is having a pay what you want sale on pdf copies of their magazine.
We’ve given you deals before, but nothing quite like this. Now’s the best time to get a PDF of any issue of GUD–for whatever price you like (minimum one US cent; though we don’t see a cent unless you pay [...]
Free Fiction: Death Inc. by Edward Morris
From Mercury Retrograde Press:
The first three installments of Death, Inc. by Edward Morris, Book Zero of his There Was a Crooked Man Series, are now available FREE at http://www.mercuryretrogradepress.com/Worlds/TWACM/DeathInc/index.asp
We’re publishing this volume as a free web-serial, with a new installment every Friday; it will also be available in Trade Paper and the usual eBook formats [...]
Interview: J. C. Hutchins
J. C. Hutchins is the author of the 7th Son (my review) series of podcast novels, the first of which is now in available in print. Visit him at jchutchins.net for lots more episodes, Hutchins’ podcasts on writing and podcasting and lots of other fun promotional stuff, including an entirely FREE prequel to the novel [...]
