The Red Skull (Doc Savage #17)
This is the sixth story originally published by Street and Smith. The Bantam one I have is in great condition, though it is a 5th printing (August 1977, ten years after the 1st Bantam...
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Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
Fiction that interweaves historical fact, especially the World War I or II time periods, are among my favorite reads (and I enjoy writing them as well). Sarah’s Key fits that bill very well, mixing...
Review on SFSignal.com of Chadbourn’s World’s End
My notes on Mark Chadbourn’s excellent first novel in his Age of Misrule trilogy, World’s End, has been published on SFSignal.com. An excerpt: There are almost as many end of world novels as there...
The Lightning Thief – Movie vs. Book
The movie The Lightning Thief, has excellent special effects (Hades in the fire and looking like an old rock musician is well done) and tells the story of Percy Jackson, half human, half Olympian...
Pirate of the Pacific (Doc Savage #19)
This is the fifth story originally published by Street and Smith. If I remember correctly, this is one of the first ones I purchased back in the late 60s or early 70s. My copy...
The Golden City by John Twelve Hawks
The Golden City is the final book in an ambitious trilogy by John Twelve Hawks, mixing a Orwellian 1984 big brother “Vast Machine”, the many worlds theory, quantum computing and martial arts. Sounds right...
The Polar Treasure (Doc Savage #4)
This is the fourth story originally published by Street and Smith. Lester Dent portrays a perplexed Doc Savage, unlike the other novels. Doc is several times surprised by events, which happens rarely. In this...
My New Book Cover
Thanks to Paul Levinson and Robert Flynn for the excellent quotes, and Kenny Manchester for a great cover. The novel should be available in December. Related posts: Echoes of Glory by Robert Flynn bookrev:...
This Weekend-Trinity U. Alumni Booksigning and Beerdrinking
For the fourth year in a row, I’ll be at the Trinity University Alumni book signing on campus in Ruth Taylor Hall. For the third year, my partner in crime (and excellent author) Robert...
U.K. Daily Mail science editor Michael Hanlon and me on SF Signal
My friends at SFSignal.com invited me to interview Michael Hanlon about his new book Eternity: our next billion years. Michael is the science editor for the Daily Mail in the UK. His book goes...