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Elizabeth Moon’s “Books That Inspired Me”


Elizabeth Moon’s “Books That Inspired Me”

What books inspired the work of New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Moon? Read on . . .

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SQUEE! Steampunk Mad Science With Agatha H and the Airship City!


Phil and Kaja Foglio’s awesome new fantasy Agatha H and The Airship City is busting at the seams with all kinds of Steampunk goodness: burly brass automatons, infernal machines and more airborne swashbuckling than you can shake a Death Ray at. Taking place in a Europe ruled (and terrorized!) by unstoppable dynasties of Mad Scientists, [...]

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Gaps in Your Reading History: What Should You Have Read by Now?


It stands to reason that in a genre full of great things to read, even the most prodigious consumer of popular culture is bound to miss a few choice morsels now and again.
Larry Niven’s Ringworld books are a great example. I spent my formative years working in a public library, and can clearly [...]

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THE DAY AFTER EARTH DAY: Preparation is Key!


The day after.
For many, it’s an ominous time. It could be something as innocuous as a hangover–

–or something as sinister as waking up next to someone you really didn’t expect to wake up next to.
And yet we wax poetic about the promise of tomorrow–little red-headed orphans even sing about it. So which is [...]

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Rock n’ Roll is Dead: Zombie Music Videos


This is completely, blood-spatteringly, flesh-rendingly awesome: Rifoki, a hardcore spin-off project from DJ Steve Aoki and Sir Cornelius Bob Rifo (The Bloody Beetroots) just released the video for “Zombie Attack,” the new single from their EP “Sperm Donor” (dammit, i didn’t name the thing – don’t look at me like that.)

A brutal and short onslaught [...]

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Paranormal’s Got Its Claws, Fangs, Whatever Sunk In Me


On second thought – I’m really not that surprised that I’ve been suckered into these books. I was an avid reader of the Twilight Saga and may have been an occasional peruser in the romance section back in the day… but man oh man – you add supernatural elements to a romance and it [...]

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THE NEW VAMPIRE’S HANDBOOK – Midwest Tour Dates!


If you live in the Midwest, The New Vampire’s Handbook could be coming to your town next week! Come see the multi media show that accompanies the book that Publisher’s Weekly called ” a giggle-inducing, undeniably comprehensive look at the absurdity of life among with undead.”
Even if you don’t live in a big city, chances [...]

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The Trouble with Zombies


They’re everywhere, zombies. They’re rising up all around us. We have movies (Zombieland, Dead Snow), video games (Dead Rising, Left 4 Dead), board games, and books (World War Z, Zombie Survival Guide, Breathers). This Fall, they’ll shuffle and chew their way into the Star Wars universe (Death Troopers). Increasingly large groups of still-living people go [...]

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The NEW VAMPIRE’S HANDBOOK – NYC reading and performance, tonight!!!


If you’re in NYC, please come on out to Brooklyn TONIGHT for a performance and reading from The New Vampire ’s Handbook: A Guide for the Recently Turned Creature of the Night!
When: Thursday, October 8th, 7:30 pmBarnes and Noble (Park Slope)267 7th Avenue, Brooklyn NY

The Vampire Miles Proctor will dispatch his slaves, culled [...]

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Taste Great, Less Filling: The Rise of Vampire Lite


* note: the following blog was submitted in the evening; however, the author requested it be published this morning.
Good Evening. I am the Vampire, Miles Proctor.
As someone who’s lived through more than his share of fads (pantaloons, the telegraph, the hula hoop and the Hustle were just a few of my favorites), I can tell [...]

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