Entries from January 2009
Yesterday put up an exclusive 3 chapter sampler from Chris Roberson’s Dragon’s Nine Sons (BooK I of his Celestial Empire series)!
Synopsis:
In a distant future where the Chinese have seized control of the world and colonised the stars, a disgraced naval captain and a commando who knows secrets he should never have learned are picked [...]
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Tags: Bscreview · Chris Roberson · Dragon's Nine Sons · contest
Yesterday over at BookSpot Central I announced an opportunity to grab a signed copy of the latest from Weis and Hickman, the bestselling duo that aided in creating the Dragonlance setting. Bones of the Dragon was released this month from Tor, and these copies will be signed!
Synopsis:
Welcome to the World of Dragonships!
Skylan [...]
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Tags: Bones of the Dragon · Bscreview · Margaret Weis · Tracy Hickman · contest
January 28th, 2009 · 1 Comment
More Dark Reign! Over at Jan-ken-pon I take a brief look at New Avengers#49. Brian Michael Bendis and Billy Tan taking us a step closer to a rumble coming in #50!
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Tags: Bscreview · Jan-ken-pon · New Avengers · New Avengers #49 · Review
Over at Jan-ken-pon I just put up some brief thoughts on Captain America #46. Written by Ed Brubaker and drawn by Steve Epting; it’s some Invaders goodness!
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Tags: Bscreview · Captain America · Captain America #46 · Ed Brubaker · Jan-ken-pon · Review · Steve Epting
Over in Jan-ken-pon I take a look at the third issue of the follow up to the classic Marvels storyline. Marvels: Eye of the Camera #3 is by Kurt Busiek, Roger Stern and Jay Anacleto. It’s absolutely beautiful!
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Tags: Bscreview · Jan-ken-pon · Jay Anacleto · Kurt Busiek · Marvels: Eye of the Camera · Marvels: Eye of the Camera #3 · Review
Just a post to note some recent articles and columns we’ve had at BookSpot Central and a look at the immediate future at Jan-ken-pon.
Author Sarah Zettel returned with her column Things That Don’t Go Away and offered us Hangin’ with a Vampire.
Today, I added to our project of collecting older essays and articles with a [...]
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Tags: Bscreview · Jacqueline Carey · Jan-ken-pon · Sarah Zettel
Way back in July BookSpot Central offered the exclusive look at this novel by Michael Jasper. Now, A Gathering of Doorways is finally being published and we have a signed copy for you!
Synopsis:
Sometimes you eat the forest… sometimes the forest eats you! And, the forest is always hungry! It’s reaching out for Gil, a former [...]
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Tags: A Gathering of Doorways · Bscreview · Michael Jasper · contest
In the latest Jan-ken-pon , I take a look at Thunderbolts #128 written by Andy Diggle and part of the Marvel’s Dark Reign arc. Nice little companion piece to my recent read of Dark Avengers#1
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Tags: Bscreview · Jan-ken-pon · Review · Thunderbolts #128
Back to bringing back some essays and reshowcasing them at the BSC! Today we have a little something from Hal Duncan titled The Last Teacup Tempest. Duncan is the author of Vellum and Ink and has garnered nominations for the Locus, World Fantasy, and British Fantasy Society Awards. Recently, his novella Escape from Hell! was [...]
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I just wanted to point to Brian’s latest installment of Electric Mayhem where he covers three recent reads: Escape From Hell! by Hal Duncan, The Knights of the Cornerstone by James P. Blaylock and Valley of Day-Glo by Nick DiChario. You can check that out here.
Also, I forgot to mention that at Jan-ken-pon I started [...]
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