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Entries from July 2007

I, 2007: Reads I Haven’t Forgotten Yet from 2007.

July 29th, 2007 · 6 Comments

Over at Fantasybookspot.com some of our contributors have put together pieces reflecting on 2006 reads and speaking on their favorites of this year thus far. No longer like the Kingslayer in Whispering Wood, I remain behind watching alone from my seat like Annatar in the Third Age. My favorite reads of 2006 have already been [...]

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Tags: Comics · Fantasybookspot.com · Science Fiction · books

Mysterybookspot.com: Black Crime Fiction: An Introduction

July 17th, 2007 · No Comments

Brian Lindenmuth just put up a pretty sweet article over at Fantasybookspot.com.
He also talks to writer Roland Jefferson:
Black alienation borne out of economic poverty and centuries old racial victimization will be a different experience from alienation in white, asian or hispanic cultures. And yet there are similarities that a skilled writer needs to be able [...]

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Tags: Article · Mysterybookspot.com

G.I.JOE: America’s Elite#25 Review

July 17th, 2007 · No Comments

I just put up my review of G.I.JOE: America’s Elite#25 at Fantasybookspot.com. This is the first issue in the 12-part World War III arc.
Check it out!

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Tags: Comics · G.I. Joe · Reviews · comicbookspot.com

August FBS Contest: Win Red Seas Under Red Skies signed by Scott Lynch (9 winners)

July 12th, 2007 · 1 Comment

I just announced the latest Fantasybookspot.com contest. This week NINE people have a chance to take home a signed copy of Scott Lynch’s Red Seas Under Red Skies due to be released at the end of the month. This is the sequel to last year’s The Lies of Locke Lamora.
My review of Red Seas [...]

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Tags: Fantasybookspot.com · Free Books · Red Seas Under Red Skies · Scott Lynch · books

Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch Review

July 12th, 2007 · No Comments

Okay peeps, I posted my review of Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch at Fantasybookspot.com. This is the sequel to his The Lies of Locke Lamora (I reviewed that last year here), and the second book in the Gentleman Bastard sequence.
Just a reminder, I mentioned previously that The Lies of Locke Lamora [...]

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Tags: Book Reviews · Fantasybookspot.com · Red Seas Under Red Skies · Reviews · Scott Lynch · books

Bored on the Fourth of July

July 4th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Over at FBS we have started our revamped Book Club, Patrick and Brian chose Scott Lynch’s The Lies of Locke Lamora. pretty good choice considering the second book (Red Seas Under Red Skies) comes out soon and the paperback just hit. Right now we are discussing the prologue to interlude II. I have to [...]

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Tags: Comics · G.I. Joe · Heliotrope Magazine · Interview · Red Seas Under Red Skies · Scott Lynch · The Lies of Locke Lamora · books