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Read/Write: Spunk and Bite
The best authors use language as a playground, and Arthur Plotnik swings from those monkey bars with abandon. Read more…
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Read/Write: Lexicon, by Max Barry
Readers enjoyed last month’s tandem review with author Corey Furman so much, I just had to invite him back for another round. Read more…
Read/Write: Book of Poisons
Like many authors, I’d probably be held for questioning if the FBI searched my bookshelves. My reference library includes books on knives, books on explosives, books on improvised anti-personnel devices, books on hacking computer security, and books on building nuclear devices in your bathtub. But I think the one book that would raise the most eyebrows at Homeland Security would be The Book of Poisons, by Serita Stevens and Anne Bannon. Read more…
Read/Write: vN, by Madeline Ashby
I enjoyed vN; it’s a lively cyberpunk action-adventure coming-of-age robot cannibalism story set in a world where synthetic humanoids — the Von Neumann androids — are built to serve man. Read more…
10 Books I Loan To Friends and Never See Again
I’m a bit of a story evangelist. Throughout the years, I’ve cornered many a friend and, brandishing a dog-eared copy of a novel that’s caught my fancy, demanded to know if they have accepted the author as their prophet and savior. If the answer is no, I thrust a copy of the book into their hands with the stern admonition to give it back when they’re done, because it’s my only copy.
They rarely do. Read more…
Read/Write: 14, by Peter Clines
Peter Clines is a veteran of the film industry, and his love of pop culture is evident in his blog. That background is an incubator that gives birth to wonderful stories like 14. Read more…
