While many fantasy novels are inspired and influenced by, well, other fantasy novels, in my exclusive interview with author Lynn Buchanan, she says her fairy taleu-esque adventure fantasy novel "The Dollmakers," was inspired by a painting and influenced by the films of an iconic anime studio.
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-the-dollmakers-author-lynn-buchanan/
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Written as a prequel, L.R. Gaunt's fantasy adventure novel "9th Dawn: The Book Of Nameless" shows what happened 100 years before "9th Wave: Remake," the updated version of the old school video game "9th Wave." To learn more, check out this exclusive interview with Gaunt.
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-9th-dawn-the-book-of-nameless-author-l-r-gaunt/
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Finished reading the #ScienceFiction #ShortStory / science fact anthology "Tales Of The United States Space Force."
https://amzn.to/3R8icrC
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A rather interesting mix of #HardSciFi / #MilitarySciFi / #SciFi #SpaceOpera / and #SpeculativeFiction.
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Read "The Maids" part of Jean Genet's "'The Maids' and 'Deathwatch': Two Plays" tonight.
https://amzn.to/4fNWrbe
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Genet at his most biting ... and he had quite the bite.
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In my new interview with editor Andrew M. Ferrell, he talks about "Fall Into Fantasy," this year's edition of the cleverly titled fantasy short story anthology series (check the date).
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-fall-into-fantasy-2024-editor-andrew-m-ferrell/
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While it may seem "inconceivable!", "The Princess Bride Pinball" table for "Pinball FX" is effortlessly fun whether you're a fan of the movie or just love pinball. Here's the link to my review.
https://paulsemel.com/the-princess-bride-pinball-for-pinball-fx-review/
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Started reading Isaac Asimov's "I, Robot."
https://amzn.to/4b6jx9B
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Yet another classic I'm just now getting to in my old age.
#books #reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi
Finished reading Sarah Crossan's "Hey, Zoey."
https://amzn.to/4exybbV
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This was a lot moodier, and not nearly as filthy or as #SciFi-y as I was expecting or hoping, but it was still interesting in a sad kind of way.
#books #reading
In my new interview with Sonia Sulaiman, editor of "Thyme Travellers: An Anthology Of Palestinian Speculative Fiction," she notes that "...none of these stories are meant to 'humanize' us. We're already human."
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-thyme-travellers-editor-sonia-sulaiman/
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It's both a great and terrible time to be an immigrant. But it is in such times that we often get the best art. In my new interview with cartoonist Teresa Wong, "a child of Chinese-Canadian immigrants," she talks about her new graphic memoir "All Our Ordinary Stories."
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-all-our-ordinary-stories-author-artist-teresa-wong/
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While "Goat Simulator Pinball" for "Pinball FX" is not the G.O.A.T., it is an engaging virtual pinball table for fans of both pinball and the titular game. And goats. Here's the link to my review.
https://paulsemel.com/goat-simulator-pinball-for-pinball-fx-review/
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Started reading Kim Addonizio's "Exit Opera: Poems."
https://amzn.to/3XBBN5P
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Long one of my favorite poets, and it's nice to see, from the first couple pages of this book, that she hasn't lost her edge.
#books #reading #poems #poetry
In my new interview with iconic author Dean Koontz, he says his new novel "The Forest Of Lost Souls" is a "suspense novel with fantasy elements ... about myths, how they are created, why they endure, and how they shape us."
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-the-forest-of-lost-souls-author-dean-koontz/
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We all deal with grief in our own ways. For cartoonist Sarah Leavitt, her way of dealing with the death of her longtime partner Donimo was to write and draw the comics she's now collected as "Something, Not Nothing." To learn more, check out this exclusive interview.
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-something-not-nothing-author-artist-sarah-leavitt/
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In my new interview with author Cat Rambo, we discuss their new hopepunk- and military fantasy-infused sci-fi space opera novel "Rumor Has It," the third book in their ongoing "Disco Space Opera" series.
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-rumor-has-it-author-cat-rambo/
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Started reading Sarah Crossan's "Hey, Zoey."
https://amzn.to/4exybbV
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I don't think this "unhappy wife / unhappy life" story ... but with a sexbot, is going to be very #SciFi, but it's still interesting so far.
#books #reading #ScienceFiction
Finished reading Hana Lee's "Road To Ruin."
https://amzn.to/3YBnRLj
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Was as exciting and engaging as the "Mad Max with magic" overview suggested. Will eagerly await the next "Magebike Courier" novel.
#books #reading #fantasy
Finished reading Mohammed El-Kurd's "Rifqa: Poems."
https://amzn.to/3X2xIrm
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While some of the more personal #poems in the first section were really good, there were far too few of them in the rest of this book. Ah well.
#books #reading #poetry
Started reading Mohammed El-Kurd's "Rifqa: Poems."
https://amzn.to/3X2xIrm
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Really interesting so far, especially the #poems about him, and the titular one about his grandmother.
#books #reading #poetry
With "Megacosmic Rift," author Abby Goldsmith is presenting the fourth entry in her six-part sci-fi space fantasy series "Torth." In this exclusive interview, she talks about this new installment, which she says is, "...secretly my favorite of the series."
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-megacosmic-rift-author-abby-goldsmith/
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