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In my new interview with authors David Weber and Richard Fox, they discuss their new military sci-fi novel "Rebel," which is the second installment of their "Ascent To Empire" series, and the second prequel to Weber's 2006 novel "In Fury Born."
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Read “The Copenhagen Papers” by Michael Frayn and David Burke this afternoon.
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Meh. Thought this rather benign story was getting weirder, and thus more interesting, but I was wrong.  Ah well.

Finished reading Christopher Golden's "All Hallows."
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Freaky good in a rather “It” / first season “Stranger Things,”/ “Village Of The Damned” kind of way.

Started reading Christopher Golden's "All Hallows."
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I know, October is a weird month to read a scary story, but I was in a mood.

Finished reading Jonathan Maberry's "NecroTek."
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A crazy and exciting mix of , , and self-referential , but damn, if he didn't pull it off...

Finished reading Tayi Tibble's "Poūkahangatus: Poems."
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At her best when she's being rough, and this excellent collection was rough more often than not.

Author D.C. Gomez isn't the first to put their own spin on a fairy tale. But she is the first to turn Little Red Riding Hood into, as she explains in this exclusive interview about her novel "Cursed By Fur, "...an assassin / serial killer with a vendetta against werewolves."
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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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