Hoard food and it rots. Hoard money and you rot. Hoard power and the government rots. Chuck Palahniuk was one of the guests at this year’s NC Comicon: Bull City, so I was able to buy a copy of his latest novel Adjustment Day for him to sign. Which he did so, with his unique combination
Hey, you know what, basing an entire system of social, political and economic control on the vague, all-too-easily misinterpreted words of a single person claiming divine inspiration is probably not actually all that smart, now, is it.” In the second book of John Scalzi’s Interdependency series, the vital link between interstellar systems – The Flow
“You’re not telling me everything.” “No, I am not.” “Why?” She stood by the window; sprinkles beat the pane. “Because I’m still afraid. And you should be too.” “Of what?” “Of what happens,” Mrs. Sinnard said, “when your uncle is around.” On February 8, 2004, in the mysterious research facility known as Limetown, three hundred
Elevator pitch for In The Vanisher’s Palace: lesbian Beauty and the Beast and the beast is a dragon. Although it had ME at “new book by Aliette de Bodard” — Carl Rigney (@carlrigney) October 16, 2018 That was the tweet that got me to immediately buy a copy of Aliette de Bodard’s latest book. It’s
Only a few more days until NC Comiccon: Bull City begins! This year’s panels have a little something for everyone, including story writing discussions, cosplay tips, horror how-to’s, and conversations with a few of your favorite creators, including the author of Fight Club: Chuck Palahniuk! Click the jump for a rundown of all the panels
For each of man’s evils, there exists a special demon. There’s a new chapter to the Pumpkinhead story! Written by Cullen Bunn (Venomized and Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe) and illustrated by Blacky Shepherd (Voltron – From the Ashes), the graphic novel collects five issues of the Pumpkinhead series, and tells the story of another
I read this book months ago and meant to write a review, but I kept putting it off, because in the end I didn’t think the book was very good, but I’m such a John Varley fan I didn’t want to admit it. Here’s some random thoughts I jotted down when I was planning an
I enjoyed C. Robert Cargill’s robot apocalypse novel Sea of Rust so much that I snatched up his latest book We Are Where The Nightmares Go And Other Stories right away, but then saved it to read for my spooky-book month. And I’m glad I did, because this collection goes really well with the nights getting longer
The next book in Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles is out, just in time for Halloween! In this latest installment of Lestat’s adventures, the Brat Prince is doing a lot of soul-searching as he wonders about his place in the universe and in the Vampire Court. That right there is at least three-quarters of the plot.