The Bodhisattva

I didn’t really dig the round-up being at the BSC so, here we go, the last couple of the weeks that were at BookSpotcentral!
Exclusives:
- We have the exclusive on the first 2 parts of Matthew Stover’s latest Caine Black Knife published by Del Rey this week!
- In late September we also featured an [...]

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Over at BookspotCentral I just put up an exclusive look at forthcoming work from the wonderful Zoran Zivkovic. Impossible Encounters is slated for a an Autumn release from AIO Publishing.

Here is a synopsis of the book:

“A nuanced mix of the ordinary with the surreal, the mundane with the sublime, this mosaic novel quietly twists trusted [...]

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Just wanted to apologize , I’ve been spending the most of my time on the new site and getting it set-up, I have several excerpts, contests and a couple of reviews and an interview ready to go that will go up soon but at the moment we are focusing on getting the new platform up.
It’s [...]

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Time for another Forgotten Friday (a special Friday edition of Forgotten Friday for those in continuity) and I dare say the most disappointing. It seems that  something like the San Diego Comic Con should not be allowed to occur unless I’m in the house, but alas via several reports and press releases, I’m sure that [...]

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The power of the word, books, reading and writing always hit you hardest on the most unfortunate occasions. I don’t know the man, never met him, there are words by those who did (Ellen Datlow,  and Patrick Nielsen Hayden)  and as I sit here being a part of a hobby that often talks about undermentioned [...]

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Another edition of Forgotten Friday where I join a group of bloggers who recommend a book  every week that slips through the cracks. Now that sounds very straight forward but it’s all lies. One, type in Forgotten Fridays in google right now…
…waits
See me there? I’m a headliner baby, and while I do talk about books [...]

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Some serious, significant Malazan history goes down in this novel  and here is a chance for ten lucky people to take one home slightly before the regular edition hits stands! On August 7, ten people walk away with Malazan goodness as fans of Malaz get one half (along with Erikson’s Toll of Hounds) of the [...]

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Besides being the title of my book coming out in 2047 (pre-order now) they are also two principals in a new original art page I just bought (and on the way). This is straight out of childhood here but first some some commercial reference goodness:

There are two really classic vehicle duels in the MARVEL G.I.Joe [...]

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I listen to a lot of comic book related podcasts as kind of background while I’m doing Bookspot related stuff and when I work out.  While I’m sure also of are used to hearing our names it always strikes me dumbfounded when I hear it on what is essentially a radio. No matter how short [...]

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Saw this reported at the Beat. I don’t know the man and I never met him, but he did the covers to the series that brought me back to comics (Identity Crisis). I’m not sure what it means, and it seems petty in the wake of news, but now that I’m reflecting - it seems [...]

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Just brief thoughts on books I have/have been reading recently that I don’t plan to do a longer review on or that I’m just starting and a general update:
Bloodheir by Brian Ruckley - This is the second book in the Godless World trilogy that was released this month. I really didn’t enjoy Winterbirth but I [...]

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If you gravitate to comic communities I participate in this is where the broken record starts - I loved Final Crisis#1 and one of the main reasons I’m glad Heidi MacDonald is reporting that Dan Didio is getting an extension (after a really silly internet-spawned attempt at a Shellian neighborhood watch meeting with people a [...]

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Got another exclusive!  I was browsing through the FBS community and saw one of our members (Craig Gidney) mention a book he was currently reading. Now obviously I get all the - more -  publicity info anyone else gets but as I told Ms. Kimberling at Blind Eye Books I have less time these days [...]

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Once again, I’m participating in Forgotten Fridays, an activity summed up by a bunch of people I don’t know telling you about books that have been forgotten. That of course leaves for a lot for definition by all participants, but for me they are book that are not only that in a broader sense by [...]

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Table of Contents is a bit farther off, but over at Heliotrope I just dropped the list of contributors for our next issue. The official, no-fun list that is! Test your Speculative Fiction knowledge by finding out via some of their fictional creations:
The Rev
Metatron
Fat Charlie
Don Entrerosca
Erevis
Roxanne Bonaventure
Luther Arkwright
Ayako
Shadrach
 Or just go to Heliotrope and check out the list!

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