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BOOK NEWS

R. Scott Bakker

R. Scott Bakker has established a new blog site called Three Pound Brain. The blog does have some interesting news including hints for his new book The Disciple of the Dog and some information on the second book The White-Luck Warrior from the Aspect-Emperor series.


K. J. Parker

Over at Orbit.com you can read a free extract of K J Parker's The Folding Knife. The extract contains the prologue and the first chapter of the novel. While not a huge Parker fan I may be giving this one a shot if I can clear some shelf space.

From Orbit.com:

This extraordinary book was released in the UK this month, and is a powerful tale of politics and war 

“Basso the Magnificent. Basso the Great. Basso the Wise. The First Citizen of the Vesani Republic is an extraordinary man. He is ruthless, cunning and, above all, lucky. He brings wealth, power and prestige to his people. But with power comes unwanted attention, and Basso must defend his nation and himself from threats foreign and domestic. In a lifetime of crucial decisions, he’s only ever made one mistake. One mistake, though, can be enough.”

You can read a free extract of it here and it’s also available in the States and will be out soon in Australia.

Cover Launch and Extract

Gail Z. Martin

From Orbit.com:

The Sworn, book 1 in the Fallen Kings cycle (US I UK I ANZ). This is a new series but has many familiar faces from Gail’s Necromancer series, so will be great for new readers and Gail Martin fans.

We wanted something that would draw you into Gail’s world, that would hint at the action and pure thrill of her writing and I think Steve Stone has delivered something wonderfully atmospheric with this visual. Here be swords, brigands, dark magics and other forms of mayhem aplenty, so those seeking adventure between the pages need look no further.

In addition to saying something about this new book, we were also keen to produce something that would be in sympathy with the cover style of the Necromancer Chronicles, as this book is set in the same world as that series. But at the same time, we had to balance this against not wanting to reproduce the previous style exactly as this book is of course the start of something new. And to find out for yourself just how much excitement is in store, have a look at our first sneak preview of The Sworn with this early extract here.

Magazine News

If you have not checked it out yet now is a great time to head over to Lightspeed Magazine the latest Science Fiction and Fantasy magazine to hit the internet. They have some short stories for you to read or listen to and an spotlight on author David Bar Kirtley. This is the first month for the new periodical so why not get in on the ground floor and check it out. 

Death Star Tweets

Topless Robot was having a fairly humorous contest over the weekend. Each contestant was asked to create 5 made up tweets from Star War's Death Star. They had nearly 2,500 "tweets." nearly every entry had at least one winner. I recommend checking out the comments for a quick laugh. 

Here are a few of the entries:

@Clone7323: @Clone6323 I'm telling you, they looked really similar. They weren't bf/gf. They could have been brother sister for all we know.


@Motti: And they all just sat there. The f*cking guy is choking me with his f*cking mind, and they do NOTHING!!!!

@TK421: Nocked out, yelld at 4 not @ post, and lost uniform to boot. ASSigned 2 garding cell blok 1138. Could this day get ANY worse? FML

@BigPapaPalpintine You sure you don't want to to order a thermal exaust post cover? They are like 20 credit

@Randall: @Dante I told you working here was a bad idea

@Dante: @Randall I'm not even supposed to be here today!

@Clone9376 @Clone7245 You think your job sucks? Big green laser breezes past me and I don't even have a rail to lean against.

@Mark Hamill: The moon is so beautiful tonight

@Alec Guinness: @Mark Hamill That's no moon, it's a space station.

@Gold_5 RT @Gold_5 hey @GoldLeader maybe you should STAY ON TARGET

@CorrellianPimp: I can't believe they bought that. 12 parsecs? Might as well have been 573 wookiemiles. 9384 jawameters. Effing N00bs.

@Master_P: @YoungJedi - you want this? Hmm? Gonna strike me down? Hmm? Use your hate? Hmm? So cute when they're young. #shitmyapprenticesays

RebelAgent1: Boooored in my prison cell. Death Star food sucks. Pretty bummed Leia's gone. Hopeful our comrades will rescue me soon!

@R2D2DaShizit: Why do these MFer's not understand I am telling them Vader is their F'ing DAD! Beep wooo Beep Beep Wooo MFer's!!!!

UFettUrAss: Slave 1 in pursuit of Milennium Falcon, OMG HATE YOU SO MUCH SOLO #followfriday

@LonelyGunner15: It's like no one gets me. But at the same time, everyone IS me. #Confused

@Clone1579: Someone explain why WE don't get laser swords! I mean wtf?

@OB1KENOBI @LukeSky NOT DEAD! QUIT SHOOTING AND GET IN THE FALCON!

WaxOnWaxMoff: Terrorist attack a government structure, and WE'RE the bad guys?! #NVR4GET

@Dianoga: You know what would be great? If you guys threw something other than random scraps of metal down here.

@DeathStarPR: Don't think of us as a "Death" Star, think of us as an "Opportunity" Star. #deathstarcares

StormTrooper3482: I'm supposed to guarding the exhaust, but I'm on Twitter, LOL!

MOVIE NEWS

Green Hornet

New official pictures from the Seth Rogan film Green Hornet have been released. Thanks to SciFi Wire for the images. Green Hornet will hit theaters 14 January 2011.

City of Scars

For a limited time (30 days) you can catch the 30 minute Batman fan film City of Scars. The movie was made for $27,000 by Aaron Schoenke.