The Bodhisattva

Over at the Mysterybookspot.com Brian gives people trying to take their first or second step into mystery with A Mystery/Crime Fiction Primer.
When I look at something like this I can’t help but think how much I don’t like the ’specialist’ mentality. That isn’t to say that these authors consider themselves what people slot them [...]

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I want to start with the end as I think it gives you a bit of the moxy from the author that will filter through the pages of Crooked Little Vein. Many times we read the back-interior flap of a book and we read the author bio that at times has a personal touch [...]

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Been away but some interesting stuff going on at FBS:
- First, as a reminder you have a couple more days to enter our contest for a signed copy of Gregory Frost’s Shadow Bridge. If you missed my review from last year check it out! One of my favorites from last year and you [...]

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I believe this is the last performance before the Boomtron Bard moves on, unless we dare track down lurkers and interview them as well. That said our lurkers are the best in the industry and often their commentary is superior and more enlightening than 90% of posts I see on the net.
The closer (an assumption [...]

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A couple reviews at Fantasybookspot.com I read recently:
- Brian Lindenmuth checks out Joe Schreiber’s Eat the Dark
- Matt Denault reviews Interfictions: An Anthology of Interstitial Writing from Small Beer press.
- Justin gets a book I think a couple of us wanted and after he pummeled us, reviews The Book of Joby by Mark J Ferrari.
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Fantasybookspot.com jumps into a new area that we are going to mine the shit out of and Damon kicks it off with an audio interview with author Alex Bledsoe whose books The Sword-Edged Blood a Mystery/Fantasy hybrid.
I really like it as dude tells you about pimping teachers and writing his book…I also finally know how [...]

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Really cool stuff going on at Fantasybookspot.com, here are some of my favorite reads recently:
- We have a new reviewer and Kevin Main (Event) delivered two solid reviews. One was a review of the first volume of Takeshi Obata’s Death Note and the other a look at The Messiah of Morris Avenue by Tony Hendra. [...]

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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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We have some Mysterybookspot content Brian put up recently that should be checked out. He interviews Duane Swierczynski. Brian summarizes the topics discussed:
Hitler, Goodis, Drinking, Crime, Sherlock Holmes, Casing your own bank, The ensuing chaos
He also has put together a contest to win Allan Guthrie’s Hard Man. So check that out.
- Patrick reviews Patrick’s [...]

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A day or two late but I just pulled two lucky winners who will each win signed copies of The Blade Itself and Before They Were Hanged by Joe Abercrombie. Congrats to the winners and thanks to all you folks who overloaded my PM box!
In the meantime, Damon has announced a John Scalzi contest [...]

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Recently three contests over at Fantasybookspot.com have com to a close - all offering widely different books for various tastes! Brian has something for the Mystery fans, announcing the winner of a copy of Peter Spiegelman’s Red Cat, Damon has the something for the kiddies announcing the two winners of a set [...]

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FBS had two eyes at last week’s NY Comic Con (not including hired muscle, who had to beat down some folks to get FBS some Press Passes - bodies not yet found), but since Damon is a slacker, I am left having to make two seperate blog posts pointing them out (as I noted earlier [...]

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Some Mysterybookspot.com news:

Briian Lindenmuth just announced the winner of last month’s contest to win a copy of 47 Rules of Highly Effective Bank Robbers and has announced a new contest that will give two people a chance to win a copy of Probable Cause by by Edgar award winning author Theresa Schwegel.
So go find out [...]

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