Ken Liu is one of the major names in modern short science fiction, and I'm a big fan. When I heard he had a novel out I jumped at the chance to buy it--only to be disappointed when I found out it was a fantasy novel instead of sci fi. But I got it anyway, …
No Country for Old Men, by Cormac McCarthy
I'm not sure why I read this. The only other thing I'd read of McCarthy's was The Road, which I read back when I thought I wanted to write a post apocalyptic novel (barf). For some reason I pulled this one off the shelf at half priced books and read a couple pages, then decided I …
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Ready Player One, by Ernest Cline
Did you grow up in the 80's? Do you like video games and geek culture? Then you might only be a little bit irritated by this book. In the future, a global total immersion video game dominates the worlds economy, with most of humanity spending every available waking hour inside of it. The creator of …
Nano?
Well, it's not November, Â but I'm doing a Nano challenge this month anyway. Sort of a half-nano. I'm going to write 22,000 words this month, which is about 700 per day. Doesn't sound like much, but I haven't been writing that regularly in ages, so its going to be a challenge! And if I don't …
A free short story
Get my fantasy short, Queen of Bones, free today and tomorrow only! Hurry!
Jonas David 