Author Archive
Free Postcards
You may remember me blogging about the cool Wastelands business cards I ordered from OvernightPrints.com. Well, now they’re having another special offer. This time, you can get 100 one-sided postcards for free (you only have to pay for shipping). Enter coupon code FREEPC08 to redeem the offer, which ends February 29.
I haven’t seen the quality of their postcards yet, but as I noted previously, I was quite happy with the business cards. This seems like a great thing to buy to help spread the word about your books at conventions, etc. But a word of caution: resist the temptation to print on both sides of the postcards. I think if you use up all the real estate on the card, people will be much less likely to take them. If, however, you actually leave space on the back to write, people might take them and then use them as postcards, which will then actually market your book to two people instead of one.
Survivalists on Wastelands
New review of Wastelands on the Bison Survival blog. He seemed to like the book, but was annoyed that it didn’t sufficiently focus on the survivalist aspect of life after apocalypse. Which is fair enough–I didn’t put the book together with that being a factor in my mind at all.
My favorite line from the review: "Killers by C. Emshwiller was clever and a great story. Along the lines of ‘femi-Nazis protect town from male hobos.’"
Bad-Ass Metal Vocalists Can Be Geeks Too
links for 2008-02-10
links for 2008-02-08
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This sounds like an interesting SF film: “Bottom Line: A smart and imaginative science-fiction tale set intriguingly in the third world.”
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Your must read post of the day.
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Thank you, HBO, for making this seven-part mini-series about my life. I’m not so sure about the whole “Join or Die” tagline though….
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In other doppelgangery news, this guy friended me on Facebook. And I noticed he already had another John Adams as a friend. Why is he hunting us all down? What’s he going to do when he finds us all? Looks like he’s ready to lay the smackdown on us and cla
Alumni Meet N’ Greet
I got the following email the other day from my alma mater:
Fellow Knights,
Two representatives from the UCF Alumni Association and UCF Foundation will be in New York City on February 12 and would love to meet and mingle with you! The event will be held at [restaurant] near Rockefeller Center. Complimentary hors d’oeuvres will be served in a relaxed lounge setting.
Anyone ever been to something like this? Will it be fun? Should I go?
Dave Truesdale vs. SFWA Nebula Voters
Dave Truesdale goes "Off on a Tangent" again. What’s it about? Well, the title of the article–"SFWA Nebula Apathy Slights Original Anthologies: Or Why I Like the Hugos"–pretty much sums it up.
links for 2008-02-07
Books Received
Elak of Atlantis (trade paperback)
Author: Henry Kuttner
Book Description: Explore the origins of Sword & Sorcery with Henry Kuttner’s Elak of Atlantis! Published in Weird Tales to satisfy fans of Conan the Barbarian in the wake of Robert E. Howard’s death, the four long stories depict a brutal world of flashing swords and primal magic, touched by a hint of Lovecraft’s Cthulhu mythos. Never collected in a mass market edition since their publication in the late 1930s, these exciting tales helped to establish a genre and are a critical part of any fantasy library. Included as a bonus are Kuttner’s two Prince Raynor stories from 1939’s Strange Tales. With seminal, thrilling adventure tales from one of the most important writers in science-fiction and fantasy, Elak of Atlantis is not to be missed!
The Secret Of Sinharat (trade paperback)
Author: Leigh Brackett
Book Description: Enter Eric John Stark, adventurer, rebel, wildman. Raised on the sun-soaked, savage world of Mercury, Stark lives among the people of the civilized solar system, but his veneer of calm masks a warrior’s spirit. In the murderous Martian Drylands the greatest criminals in the galaxy hatch a conspiracy of red revolution. Stark’s involvement leads to the forgotten ruins of the Martian Low Canals, an unlikely romance and a secret so potent it could shake the Red Planet to its core.
Madhouse (mass market paperback)
Author: Rob Thurman
Book Description: Half-human Cal Leandros and his brother, Niko, aren’t exactly prospering with their preternatural detective agency. Who could have guessed that business would dry up in New York City, where vampires, Trolls, and other creepy crawlies are all over the place? | But now there’s a new arrival in the Big Apple. A malevolent evil with ancient powers, dead set on making history with an orgy of blood and murder, is picking off humans like sheep. And for Cal and Niko, this is one paycheck they’re going to have to earn…if they live long enough to collect it.
Bloodheir (ARC)
Author: Brian Ruckley
Book Description
The world has fallen from its former state. The war between the clans of the Black Road and the True Bloods has spread. For Orisian, thane of the ruined Lannis Blood, there is no time to grieve the loss of his family, brutally slain by the invading armies. The Black Road must be stopped. However, as more blood is spilled on the battlefields, so each side in the conflict becomes more riven by internal dissent and disunity. Amidst the mounting chaos, Aeglyss the na’kyrim uses his new-found powers to twist everything and everyone around him to serve his own mad desires.Meanwhile, the long-dormant Anain are stirring – and when the most potent race the world has ever known returns, the bloodletting may never stop.
The Edge of Reason (ARC)
Author: Melinda Snodgrass
Book Description: Since the dawn of consciousness, a secret war has been fought between the forces of magic and religious fanaticism, and the cause of reason, understanding, and technology. On one side are the Old Ones, malign entities that feed on the suffering of mankind. On the other are the Lumina, an ancient order dedicated the liberation of the human spirit. | Officer Richard Oort of the Albuquerque Police Department is caught in the middle of this primal battle when he rescues a mysterious teenage girl from a trio of inhuman hunters. Recruited by the Lumina to serve as their latest paladin, Richard ends up fighting beside a handful of unlikely allies, including an adolescent sorceress, an enigmatic philanthropist, a sexy coroner, and a homeless god with multiple personalities. | The Old Ones and their mortal pawns are determined to destroy Richard–or subvert him to their cause. And they have all powers of magic and organized religion at their disposal. As the gates between the universes shred apart, it may be up to Richard to save humanity from the endless horror of a new Dark Age. | Provocative as The Golden Compass or the Illuminatus! trilogy, The Edge of Reason dramatizes the fundamental conflict behind the hot-button issues of today…and the future of the human race.
The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy (ARC)
Author: Ellen Datlow
This collection of sixteen all-new stories could count as a virtual "best of the year" anthology. Here you will find slyly twisted alternate histories, fractured fairy tales, topical science fiction, and edgy urban fantasy. [TOC]