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While superhero novels are often inspired by the usual suspects (Superman, Spider-Man), in my new interview with author Ty Drago, he says the hero of his superheroic science fiction novel "Checkmate" is inspired by one who predates them all.
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Started reading T.H. White's "The Book Of Merlyn."
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Huh, was not expecting this King Arthur story / ending to White's "The Once And Future King" to get so...weird.

Finished reading T.H. White's "The Once And Future King."
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This was a really engaging take on the Arthurian legends. Now for the companion / concluding novella.

So, this illustrates a confusion I have about and social media in general, and how I use it. Why is he following so many liars? And why is he still following them when he knows they're liars? I don't follow people if they're full of shit, and if I realize they're full of shit, I stop following them (and have). I don't get it.
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No matter who records there (Led Zeppelin, Taylor Swift, Stevie Wonder...), Electric Lady Studios will always be the house that Jimi built. Here's the link to my review of the "Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision," which includes the titular documentary as well as 38 unreleased tracks Jimi recorded there.
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While she's best know for the sci-fi stories of "Sholan Alliance" series, in this exclusive interview, she says she's presenting her fantasy side in her first short story collection, "The Pharaoh's Cat," because she, "...wanted to show I could do more and with another genre."
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With "Shadow Of The Smoking Mountain," author Howard Andrew Jones has reached the half-way point of his 5-book sword & sorcery / sword & sandal fantasy series "The Chronicles Of Hanuvar." And in this new interview, he discusses both this new installment and his plans for books four and five.
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In my exclusive interview with poet Dobby Gibson, he talks about his fifth collection of poems, "Hold Everything," including how one was inspired by a famous club where royalty used to appear.
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Finished reading Rae Armantrout's "Next Life: Poems" tonight.
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Unsurprisingly, this ended as strong as it began.

Who says The Grim Reaper can't be a woman ... named Kathy? Certainly not author Maxie Dara who, in this exclusive interview, talks about her "cozy mystery against a magical realism backdrop" fantasy / mystery novel "A Grim Reaper's Guide To Catching A Killer."
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A tiny, fragile, useless wall? Geez, we get it, , you feel bad about your penis! Stop taking it out on everyone else and get over it.
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In "The City In Glass," her new fantasy novel about angels and demons, author Nghi Vo defies expectations by having it be about demons and angels. To find out how, and why, check out this exclusive interview.
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With "The Armageddon Protocol," author Dan Moren is presenting the final book in "The Galactic Cold War" series. Though as he explains in this exclusive interview about this sci-fi space opera spy novel, "final" might not be the right word...
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Started reading Angela Sylvaine's "The Dead Spot: Stories Of Lost Girls." 🐝
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Man, that first story was Fucked. Up.
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Started reading Angela Sylvaine's "The Dead Spot: Stories Of Lost Girls." 🐝
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Man, that first story was Fucked. Up.
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Like other writers assembling a collection of their short stories, Kirti Bhadresa did so around a theme for her first short story collection, "An Astonishment Of Stars." Though as she explains in this exclusive interview, the theme is...uh...kitchens.
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Started reading T.H. White's "The Once And Future King."
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"We're...Knights of the Round Table..."

Finished reading Isaac Asimov's "I, Robot."
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While individual were good, I found this collectively worked better when I approached it as a collection with a framing device as opposed to a novel comprised of short stories.

Started reading Rae Armantrout's "Next Life: Poems" tonight.
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Unsurprisingly, this starts off strong.

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Paul Semel

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