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Guest Post and Excerpt: DEADROADS by Robin Riopelle (+Giveaway)

While that cover certainly sparks my curiosity, I thought I’d ask Robin Riopelle (@Robin_Riopelle) to come over and share an introduction and sample from her new novel, Deadroads. Have at it, Robin!

It’s largely unavoidable. Sometimes, you just have to make a deal, no matter how unsavory. Sometimes we accept a proposition knowing all the details of the transaction. Other times, it’s like the ...

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Published on May 28, 2014 03:45

SF Book Releases This Week: May 27, 2014

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Crown of Renewal (Legend of Paksenarrion) by Elizabeth Moon

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Published on May 27, 2014 01:56

AISFP Podcast 261 – Michael J. Martinez, The Daedalus Series

Timothy C. Ward hosts two authors from Night Shade Books, Michael J. Martinez to introduce his debut novel, The Daedalus Incident, Book One in the Daedalus Series; his writing journey through Night Shade Books’ upheaval; his improvement in Book Two, The Enceladus Crisis; and writing across genres with four POV’s. Great writing advice and encouragement for aspiring authors and insight into a very cool ...

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Published on May 25, 2014 14:20

New UK Release and Excerpt: NO HARM CAN COME TO A GOOD MAN by James Smythe

While I’m loving the cool breeze here in Des Moines, Iowa, this latest release by James Smythe is making me wish my back yard connected across the pond. If you’re also not in the UK and haven’t heard of this brilliant author, I highly recommend checking out his modern-day Frankenstein in The Machine (finalist for the 2014 Arthur C. Clarke Award) and his gripping space-horror series, beginning ...

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Published on May 24, 2014 13:11

The Story Behind SALT: A Post-Apocalyptic Thriller by Colin F. Barnes

Colin F. Barnes is one of the most loveable, hard-working freelance authors I know. We had him on the podcast to discuss his Technothriller series, The Techxorcist, and now I’ve asked him to write a guest post on what makes his novel, SALT: A POST-APOCALYPTIC THRILLER, unique in a crowded genre of Post-Apocalyptic fiction.

Here’s what Colin had to say:

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Published on May 22, 2014 03:40

Review + Giveaway: The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume 8, ed. Jonathan Strahan

When it comes to anthologies, it’s almost unheard of that I enjoy every story. So it was an enormous pleasure and surprise to find that this was the case with The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume 8. And if my review seems like a rave, number 1 with a bullet, chart topper it’s only because editor Jonathan Strahan and the authors he chose ...

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Published on May 21, 2014 04:00

SF Book Releases This Week: May 20, 2014

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This week’s giveaway: 5 ebook copies of Salt ...

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Published on May 20, 2014 01:46

AISFP Podcast 260 – Writing A Successful Character (Nancy Kress at Paradise ICON)

Nancy Kress presented a lecture at the Paradise ICON workshop in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on the topic of what makes a successful character and how to write that information onto the page.

A little more about Nancy:

She earned an M.S. in education (1977) and an M.A. in English (1979) from State University of New York at Brockport. In 1990 she went full-time as an ...

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Published on May 19, 2014 19:29

Book Review: SALT: A POST APOCALYPTIC THRILLER by Colin F. Barnes

Colin F. Barnes begins a new series withSALT: A POST-APOCALYPTIC THRILLER, and I have to say, he really scratches my itch for apocalyptic settings. The title is apt: while the world has ended, this is a thriller down to its bones, and the book’s best and worst aspects are a direct result of this.

***Giveaway details at the end of the post***

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Published on May 19, 2014 01:00

Book Review: CALIBAN’S WAR by James S.A. Corey

Caliban’s War, the second book in James S.A. Corey’s The Expanse series is at times the best Space Opera I’ve read, and in others hard to keep reading. It took me ten months to finish. Part of that could be that the ending was partially spoiled, another because it is a big book to lug around. There is an element to the story telling that ...

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Published on May 15, 2014 11:44