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Will Wight's Kickstarter and Free Books

As threatened, Will Wight has indeed launched his own Kickstarter. While he hasn’t quite hit Brandon Sanderson levels of success, this is a very respectable showing for books that have already been published. In addition, you can get Unsouled, Soulsmith, and Blackflame, these same three books free in ebook

Around the World in Eighty Days Book Review

I don’t think I’ve reviewed anything by Verne at the blog. So let’s look at Around the World in Eighty Days [Amazon link]. I selected this one because of this blog post by DarwinCatholic, Around the World in 80 Days - Thoughts and Adaptations. It was this

Brandon Sanderson's Kickstarter

The big news in the publishing world today is Brandon Sanderson’s Kickstarter for four new novels. The totals just keep going up, but as you can see from my screenshot he is approaching 65k backers and $16.6M. That comes out to an average of $250 per backer, an

Pulp Rock Book Review

When I got a request from Alexander Hellene to review this volume of musically inspired short stories, I had to laugh, because I am one of the least musical people I know. I can lose the beat of a song I am listening to. I’m sure I missed a

Linkfest 2022-02-11: OG Conan

Voidpunk: The Original Conan Stories of Robert E. Howard The three illustrated volumes of Conan the Barbarian [Amazon link] published by Random House were my literary introduction to both Conan and Howard’s work in general. I highly recommend these volumes. I mentioned these in another Linkfest three years ago.

The Power of Setting

Nathan, the Pulp Archivist, has an awesome blog up at Castalia House Why Settings Matter. He uses the tiki bar as an example of a bit of fiction that seemed so real that it perpetuated itself into reality. You should go read it, as Nathan along with JD Cowan is

Ice and Monsters by Peter Nealen out Tomorrow

Peter Nealen’s Ice and Monsters comes out on Amazon tomorrow in ebook and paperback. You can still get it in audio format from the Galaxy’s Edge store, but if you have an Audible credit burning a hole in your pocket, you are going to have to wait. Nealen’