Christopher Farnsworth's Blog, page 26

And that's enough out of you today, Mr. Internet…

Rush Limbaugh says this to an 11-year-old who lost his mother:

"And, I would say this to Marcelas Owens: 'Well, your mom would still have died, because Obamacare doesn't kick in until 2014.'"

You're all heart, Rush. No wait, not all heart… Pure asshole. That's it.

I'm sure it was hilarious in context.

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Tiger Woods "adult-themed" products.

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Two candidates for governor in Georgia accused of inappropriate conduct with underage girls.

I'm sure it was hilarious in context.

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And some good things...

Dot. Dot. Dot.

I'm not sure who invented it, but back in the days of newspaper yore, when one of the great columnists — Mike Royko, Herb Caen, Jimmy Breslin — had a lot to cover and too little time, they'd throw out a "three-dot" column: a bunch of random items from the notebook separated by three dots. I'm slammed, but I need to feed the blog, so here are some of the things that have been distracting me from the real work.

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American Vampire by Stephen King and Scott Snyder hit the stands yesterday, and...

Reinventing the Franchise, Pt. 2

Christopher Nolan gives a look at his plans for the reinvention of Superman, as well as what's coming up in the third Batman film, in this great piece by Geoff Boucher at Hero Complex.

Publishers Weekly Review

Not quite sure how I missed this, given my obsessive need to plug my name into search engines every 20 minutes or so. But Publishers Weekly reviewed Blood Oath, and it was, overall, pretty positive.

Blood Oath Christopher Farnsworth. Putnam, $24.95 (400p) ISBN 978-0-399-15635-9

This action-filled debut by scriptwriter Farnsworth reads like a cross between P.N. Elrod's historical vampire adventures and Thomas Greanias's conspiracy thrillers. Nathaniel Cade, "the president's vampire," swore to...

Iron Man 2 Trailer

Very nearly squealed like a little girl at this.

BLOOD OATH: First chapter available to read for free

The book doesn't hit stands until May 18, but you can read the first chapter now at:

presidentsvampire.com

Hope you enjoy it.

Chris

How Lost Will End (Serious This Time)

As of this writing, we're ten episodes away from the end of "Lost," the obsessive joy of me and mine for over five years now. (That's longer than some of my friends' marriages, just FYI.)

Since about Season Two, there have been promos for "Lost" that say, "QUESTIONS. WILL. BE. ANSWERED." And every time, they're not. Or they're answered with more questions. This past week, for instance, were any questions answered? No. And they won't be next week, either. That's the nature of compelling serial ...

Today in Vampires…

My buddy Borys Kit (AKA Borys From Canada) has the scoop on a director for a new Dracula project, The Last Voyage of the Demeter. It takes my favorite segment of Bram Stoker's Dracula — the section where Drac is transported from Transylvania onboard a ship, snacking on the crew as he goes — and plays it out over the whole of one movie. Hell yes, I'd see that.

Congratulations to Seth Grahame-Smith, currently burning up the charts with his alt-historical novel, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. a

Down for the Count

This is seriously the greatest thing I've seen in days:

"Down for the Count" by Poopbear at DeviantArt

Someone needs to turn this into a T-shirt, stat.

Vampire Forensics

This book just went on the buy list: Vampire Forensics by National Geographic editor Mark Jenkins, which explores the history and origins of vampire folklore around the world. There's a quick interview with the author at the National Geographic's Intelligent Travel blog:

Originally, when the dead came back, they weren't really malicious. There's a story of a shoemaker who came back and helped his family out by making shoes. Other dead people who were thought to have returned from the grave...