I like to think I’m showing up fashionably late to the “Top 5 of 2015” party. Then again, a lot of you are already blitzed out of your mind and laying haphazardly strewn across every plushy and hardwooded surface imaginable, so I might just be tossing this post up into the ether never to be seen…

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A couple quick things: CLICK HERE for my review of Linda Nagata’s Going Dark! Forgot to mention I recently reviewed Going Dark, the thrilling conclusion to Linda Nagata’s The Red trilogy, for SF Signal. This series was a real gem throughout, though I had some mixed feelings about this finale. Head over to SF Signal and check the…

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CLICK HERE FOR LINDA NAGATA INTERVIEW AT SFSIGNAL! A couple months back I got turned onto a little military sci-fi number called The Red by Linda Nagata. This book was a real highlight of 2015 for me, ’cause it did a number of things amazingly well. I’ve already gushed a plenty about this book HERE, so I’ll save…

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Ken Liu is one of those grandmaster level short story writers that simply boggles the mind with his deft characterization and hallmark tone. So, it was with great anticipation that I awaited his debut novel, Grace of Kings. Right off the bat you’ve got to give Liu kudos for the fact that a guy best known for…

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CLICK HERE FOR SFSIGNAL REVIEW! Looking for some fantastic military sci-fi? Whiz-bang-boom action merged with hair raising intrigue and aheartwrenching love story. Well, The Red: First Light and The Trials by award winning author Linda Nagata should be at the top of your to-be-read pile. Don’t believe me? Oh, doubting Thomas… what ever shall we do with you?…

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It’s rare I get hooked on a television show these days. The episodic nature depends so heavily on the intriguing interplay between micro and macro story arcs that all too often, at  some point, the plot-ball gets dropped and I lose interest. Conversely, I have a hard time getting into movies because they focus so…

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Here’s a thing you might be interested in. Goodreads is hosting a contest for a signed copy of my book, Time Heist. All you you have to do is head on over to Goodreads, click on the little button that says “Sell My Soul In Exchange for an Opportunity to Win a Signed Copy of Time…

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Today we’re gonna do something a little out of the ordinary. I’ve been wanting to do an interview with Ted Cross, author of The Immortality Game, since I reviewed it back in December. Incidentally, he’s been wanting to do an interview with me, as well. We didn’t want to pass like two ships in the night,…

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Last week I had the pleasure of sitting down with the author of The Ill-Made Mute, Cecilia Dart-Thornton. Back in 2000, Cecilia was launched into international best-seller status by a series of crazy fortuitous events. Don’t believe me? Check out the interview HERE!

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