The Bodhisattva

Here I have been talking about interviews I’m working and one pops up at the good old ‘bookspot by someone else. John Markely interviews author Neal Asher. I may not have talked about this before but I dig Asher’s work in the way I tend to dig anything Pan published (that I have read - [...]

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Just wanted to let people know Heliotrope that the latest issue has its first fiction contribution announced.
- The FSB guy

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Just wanted to make sure people were aware of our 2007 tourney is moving - even with a bit of controversy (or something). Still in play are:
Dark Harvest by Norman Partridge VS Territory by Emma Bull
The Traitor by Michael Cisco VS The Metatemporal Detective by Michael Moorcock
One for Sorrow by Chris Barzack VS The Merchant [...]

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I recently was directed to a post at Pat’s blog and it speaks loudly regarding how busy I have been that I hadn’t seen it until today.
My feeling is that a lot of blogging has become a bit of shadow-posting in terms of relationships we may have with each other. Honestly, I don’t think anybody [...]

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Anybody ever listen to Clue?
You know when there used to be tapes - mix tapes?
Well…New Shit!
Exclusive to FBS, we got the first chapter of R. Scott Bakker’s forthcoming Neuropath.
Big thanks to Mr. Bakker and the powers that be. I have been excited about this book for (as Larry has verified) years now - enjoy!
Check it [...]

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May be a week without the this thread net (as I’m in the final phase of moving in). Maybe not so long, maybe a bit longer. Will have tons of reviews done by then though!
I have some goodies I’m working on (or rather other people did and I begged for) that will probably be [...]

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Awhile ago VALIANT Comics announced it would follow-up it’s Harbinger: The Beginning hardcover up with another remastered hardcover X-O Manowar: Birth. I reviewed issues#0-#6 late last year and that will give you an idea of what you are getting (along with a brand new story included entitle The Rise of Lydia by Bob Layton [...]

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I don’t know what’s next for me. I have a few galleys read but I’ll wait closer to publication date before posting them. Probably a random graphic novel or trade thrown in as well - I actually enjoying doing those more, talking about shit I don’t get for free for some reason gives me this [...]

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In some of my earliest bloggasms I spoke of my evolution to becoming a fan of Science Fiction. I was already – as a reader – a hardened veteran of the fantastic but it took awhile – even after my first read - Chapterhouse: Dune, to get to a point that reading Science Fiction was [...]

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I was looking at the Fantasybookspot.com news wire and apparently some free stories are being put up at Night Shade and they are Unique Chicken Goes in Reverseby Andy Duncan and Garth Nix’s Ditmar-nominated story Bad Luck, Trouble, Death, and Vampire Sex.
You can also get a free book and that’s a damn bargain. I [...]

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Everytime I do some kind of FBS round-up somebody throws something new up. Jim C. Hines makes his second stop to Fantasybookspot.com this time talking to Maria. Check that out.
You can read Damon’s interview with him from 3 years ago here.
As to what I’m doing. Let’s see, well…things. Have a couple of cool [...]

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That light you see is not glare, it’s actually made of a clear kryptonite and has a trapped elder warren in it people! I wanted a figure doing a Prince Adam transforming to He-Man pose but we didn’t want to upset sensitive slipstreamers who sing the theme song in the shower.
I’d ask that everyone please [...]

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Some FBS stuff stuff -
Before I get to the usual, I just want to once again say we have news system working at FBS now, so all publishes and writers please do contact us if you have what you think is newsworthy. People not named Jay did a pretty awesome job at integrating it [...]

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Just wanted to point to a small update at the Heliotrope site addressing some common issues I have been seeing.
This is more of a read for potential contributors/submitters, not an announcement regarding content.
Helio Stuff

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Looks like we have an exclusive on the first chapter of Austin William’s Crimson Orgy. Check that out.
Man of mystery, Brian’s got a review of the novel for you here. He says:
Crimson Orgy is an entertaining novel that deftly straddles the line between horror and crime and becomes not so much a who-dun-it but instead [...]

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