So what are you reading? Fellow ComicMixer Bob Greenberger recently talked about To Kill A Mockingbird a couple days ago as he prepares to teach his class. To Kill A Mockingbird is, as I expect all of you to know, a masterpiece of American literature concerning the racial tensions and bigotries of a small town…
Few 20th century novels have been as warmly regarded as Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. Currently a perennial work taught in high schools around the nation, it was an acclaimed, award-winning work when released in 1961 as the southern author tried to recapture her childhood life in a small Southern town. I enjoyed the…
…comes from James Altucher on TechCrunch: If you, the entrepreneur, self-publish a book you will stand out, you will make more money, you will kick your competitors right in the XX, and you will look amazingly cool at cocktail parties. I know this because I am seldom cool but at cocktail parties, with my very…
ALL PULP: Nancy, share some background with our readers, both personal and professionally. NANCY HANSEN: I’ve been an avid reader since a very young age. Writing was always something I was good at; I was that lone kid in the classroom who actually looked forward to the essay questions on the test. When my sons…
What began as intimate, largely internal, spiritual conflict in Michele Lang’s historical urban romantic dark fantasy series with Lady Lazarus explodes onto the mind’s screen with the second installment, Dark Victory (Tor, Jan. ’12, hardcover $25.99, Kindle $9.99, release party at Book Review in Huntington, Jan. 22nd 4-6 p.m.), with new spiritual-ethical dilemmas of how…
TIPPIN’ HANCOCK’S HAT-Reviews of All Things Pulp by Tommy Hancock THE CABINET OF CURIOSITIESBy Douglas Preston and Lincoln ChildGrand Central Publishing2002 Yes, I admit it. Head hung low, eyes cast down, I have to confess the truth. Some of you may want to relieve me of my fedora after you hear this. I only just…
Barnes & Noble is currently running a sale on Deadly Games! the new thriller novel by Bobby Nash at http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/deadly-games-bobby-nash/1036007379?ean=9780615553436&itm=2&usri=deadly+games+bobby+nash Cover Price – $11.99Barnes & Noble Sale Price – $8.63That’s a 28% savings. Barnes & Noble also offers the Nook e-book edition of Deadly Games! at $3.00. About Deadly Games! They played the most dangerous…
BOOK FOR WEBCOMIC FLYING GLORY AND THE HOUNDS OF GLORY GATHERS TEN YEARS OF LYRICS AND HISTORY (Glendale, CA) – FLYING GLORY FLASHBACK: CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF THE LYRICS, WORDS, AND HISTORY BEHIND THE WEBCOMIC FLYING GLORY AND THE HOUNDS OF GLORY, a book that features the complete words for all of the lyrics featured…
This week’s Reviewing the Mail begins with a long-distance shout-out to Ellen Wright, who started at Wiley the first week I did, but has since moved up and on to working in Publicity with the fine folks at Orbit US. My pipeline of Yen Press titles — Yen being the manga arm of Orbit —…
ALL PULP REVIEWS-by Ron Fortier GIDEON’S SWORD Preston & Child Vision 380 pages In 1995, thriller specialist Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child joined forces to write a best selling novel titled, “The Relic.” In the process, they created one of the most popular action suspense heroes ever to appear on the printed page; FBI Special…
The end of the year is fast approaching, which means Certain People (I name no names) realize that they need to use up their vacation days or lose them. Changing subjects entirely, today I took off from work, and most of what I did was bop into the city to do some book-shopping. (I had…
Yep, the gift-giving holidays are upon us once again. Here’s three recent releases that are among the top of my list. The Stan Lee Universe, by Danny Fingeroth and Roy Thomas TwoMorrows Publishing, $39.95 hardcover; also available in softcover and digital If you’re asking “who’s Stan Lee and why should I care about his universe?”…
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