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Book Review: The Newsflesh Trilogy (Feed, Deadline, and Blackout)

Do you think 2012′s political drama is suffering from a lack of the living dead?  If so, check out “Feed” by Mira Grant, which is the first in the deliciously titled Newsflesh Trilogy. Twenty five...

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An Interview With Local Author, Ravyn Crescent

Glendale, AZ - Attending Saboten Con 2012 this year, I had the wonderful opportunity of interviewing local author and artist Ravyn Crescent. She is a multi-talented professional who has been involved...

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Trailer: WORLD WAR Z

  Synopsis:  A U.N. employee is racing against time and fate, as he travels the world trying to stop the outbreak of a deadly Zombie pandemic. Production Co: Plan B Entertainment, Apparatus...

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Book Review: The Martian War by Kevin J. Anderson

Let me start by getting the unpleasantness out-of-the-way: I am not a huge fan of steampunk.  The aesthetics of it are interesting, and there are certainly exceptions to this general preference.  But...

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Book Review: Dark Shadows: The Visual Companion by Mark Salisbury

Visual companions are often released to plug a movie.  They tend to be put together quickly with a bunch of quick screen-grabs and maybe some design sketches they had lying around.  You can usually...

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Flash Gordon: The Tyrant of Mongo review

Flash Gordon: The Tyrant of Mongo Titan Books invites you on a thrilling trip back to the Golden Age of science fiction with their new collection, “Flash Gordon: The Tyrant of Mongo.” For those of you...

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“Wanderer” novella Free on Kindle

If you have a Kindle and a hankering for a good, quick read then head on over to Amazon and download Wanderer by  James Lincoln. Wait a minute, isn’t this article written by a Jim Lincoln? That is...

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All Steampunk Fans MUST Read James P. Blaylock’s “The Aylesford Skull”

If you’ve never read any of James P. Blaylock’s Langdon St. Ives stories, don’t let that dissuade you from picking up The Aylesford Skull.  In fact, read The Aylesford Skull and then ask yourself why...

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The Aylesford Skull: Early Character Notes

A Note from the Author: The following is a random collection of working notes taken from scores of pages of such notes that I wrote out when I was thinking through The Aylesford Skull.  Please be...

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Dead Space: Liberation & Salvage, A Review

On February 5th, Titan Books released Dead Space: Liberation, a prequel graphic novel which ties in to the current game in the series (Dead Space 3) They also re-released Salvage, Christopher Shy’s...

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Book Review: Seduction of the Innocent by Max Allan Collins

Max Allan Collins’s novel The Seduction of the Innocent is a great read.  The plot centers on a murder mystery, set against the backdrop of the anti-comic hysteria of the 1950s. The novel has a pulp...

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A Review of “The Complete David Bowie” by Nicholas Pegg

David Bowie is one of the seminal creators of pop culture in the 20th century.  As a musician, his songs were never far from the airwaves during the 70s, 80s, and 90s.  His song “Space Oddity” was one...

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Tankbread, by Paul Mannering: A Review

I am not as crazy a zombie fan as seems to be the fad these days, but I did like the idea of a REAL zombie apocalypse story. Tankbread, by Paul Mannering seemed to fall into that category, and being in...

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Above Suspicion and Pray for a Brave Heart

The moment I received  Above Suspicion and Pray For a Brave Heart, two espionage novels by Helen MacInnes re-released by Titan Books last year, I had a considerable number of doubts. Spy books are not...

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“Plague Nation” Book Review

Zombies. Secret paramilitary organizations. Pop-culture references. Cute and realistic love stories. If you dig at least one of those things, then boy do I have a book for you! Plague Nation by Dana...

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Book Review: Big Brain

Big Brain: The Origins and Future of Human Intelligence by Gary Lynch and Richard Granger is an unfortunate read. The book explores an important question in biology, the origin of human intelligence....

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A Look Inside “Nick Cardy: The Artist at War”

Nick Cardy is one of the most prolific comic book artists to ever grace the medium. He has drawn for many publications but most notably for DC on titles which included Aquaman, Teen Titans, Superman,...

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Book Review: John Dies at the End

I admit it, I broke the rule.  I saw the movie, then read the book. The adaptation’s admittedly pretty brilliant, but it spoils quite a bit of the book. But not all of it. The story follows small-town...

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“Plague Nation” Blog Tour – Author Q&A

It’s ZOMBIE time again! I got the chance to ask Dana Fredsti, author of Plague Town and the sequel, Plague Nation, a few questions about her writing process, her own “zombocalypse” plan, and even got...

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“Wanderer” Book Review

James Lincoln broke into the book-writing scene with this little gem, simply titled Wanderer. Wanderer follows a young man who has locked himself away from the virus-decimated world, retreating instead...

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