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Bookshelf: Lincoln’s Wizard
Braxton Wright is no war hero, no matter what the newspapers say. He’s just the engineer who was aboard the Union battle walker Monitor at the Battle of Parkersburg, and who drove the Monitor across enemy lines, disrupting their formations … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil War, Dan Willis, Dragons of the Confederacy, Jeff Brimley, Lincoln's Wizard, Steampunk, Tracy Hickman
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Bookshelf: The Dandy Boys Mysteries
The Dandy Boys Mysteries are the cast of Downton Abbey trying to prove that Bram Stoker’s Dracula is a figment of Mina Harker’s imagination. This gothic mystery tale styles itself a publication of excerpts out of the journals of Friedrich … Continue reading
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Tagged Downton Abbey, Dracula, J.R. Boyett, Peter J. Wacks, The Dandy Boys Mysteries, Wordfire Press
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Magic City!
Allegedly, Miami is called “Magic City” because the city sprouted up overnight due to a flood of immigrants. Since Juan Ponce de León rolled through here in the sixteenth century looking for the Fountain of Youth, though, I think the … Continue reading
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Tagged Kevin J. Anderson, Magic City Comic Con, Miami, Peter J. Wacks, Quincy J. Allen, Tracy Hickman, Wordfire Press
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New Worlds!
As of the middle of the night last night, StoryBundle has a new bundle of books available. This one is a particularly huge bonanza, and I happen to be in it! This is a package of deal of ebooks, designed … Continue reading
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Tagged Autumn Kalquist, Bradley Beaulieu, Jody Lynn Nye, Kevin J. Anderson, New Worlds, Rebecca Moesta, Steven Savile, Story Bundle
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We Have Winners!
I recently ran a meme generation contest, which I announced to my mailing list (you can sign up for my mailing list here). The Space Balrogs judged the entries. The Second-Place Winner (and recipient of an ARC of THE KIDNAP … Continue reading
Bookshelf: Monster Hunter Alpha
Monster Hunter Alpha continues Larry Correia’s Monster Hunter series with all its trademarks: white-knuckle action, gritty gun details, wild swaggering characters on both the heroes’ and the villains’ side, and comic wisecracking in the best tradition of Hollywood action films. … Continue reading
Bookshelf: The Worker Prince
Prince Xander Rhii, fresh out of the academy and headed for his new post overseeing workers (slaves) on Vertullis, has been called Davi by his mother all his life. Like the unique necklace he wears, he bears the name as … Continue reading
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Tagged Bryan Thomas Schmidt, Exodus, Moses, Superman, The Worker Prince, Wordfire Press
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ARC Contest Still Open!
We are halfway through the contest to win one of two ARCs of THE KIDNAP PLOT. You can read about the contest here, if this is news to you. Here are some of the memes that have been submitted so … Continue reading
Bookshelf: Trial of Intentions
The characters in Peter Orullian’s Trial of Intentions curse by gods who are not there; dead gods, mute gods, deaf gods. This is a world abandoned by its creating gods, the Framers, who also sealed humanity apart from the rogue god Maldea … Continue reading
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Tagged Epic Fantasy, Peter Orullian, The Unremembered, Trial of Intentions, Vault of Heaven
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The Game of Science
“The game of science is, in principle, without end. He who decides one day that scientific statements do not call for any further test, and that they can be regarded as finally verified, retires from the game.” — Karl Popper, … Continue reading
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Tagged Karl R. Popper, Philosophy, Science, The Logic of Scientific Discovery
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