tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18154128982157759592024-03-12T13:22:11.672-04:00The Baryon ReviewReviews of recent and upcoming science fiction, fantasy, horror and other genre related books. Sometimes I'll add something I think will be of interest.BARRY R. HUNTERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02347555625841376612noreply@blogger.comBlogger2160125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1815412898215775959.post-40251452880740072242024-03-12T13:19:00.002-04:002024-03-12T13:21:32.662-04:00Dejah Thoris in her first solo adventure<p> </p><h2 style="color: #3e1c44!important; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 150%; margin: 0; padding: 0; text-align: center;">The First Novel to Feature<br type="_moz" />
Dejah Thoris® as the Main Character!</h2>
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by noted science fiction author Ann Tonsor Zeddies, and the first novel
ever to feature the incomparable Martian princess Dejah Thoris in the
lead role.</p>
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<p style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 150%; margin: 10px 0; padding: 0; text-align: left;">Dejah Thoris, fairest daughter of Helium—and indeed, of all Barsoom—comes to life in the pages of <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://edgarriceburroughs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D656c77308d7c6ede9cd56f920%26id%3D23a1874969%26e%3D6565331a93&source=gmail&ust=1710348476585000&usg=AOvVaw37m7LaRZ1uIP-KFQQQqS_x" href="https://edgarriceburroughs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=656c77308d7c6ede9cd56f920&id=23a1874969&e=6565331a93" style="color: #4caad8; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><em>A Princess of Mars: Shadow of the Assassins</em></a>, as she sets off on the first adventure of her young life, plunging headlong into a murky den of treachery and deadly peril.</p>
<p style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 150%; margin: 10px 0; padding: 0; text-align: left;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://edgarriceburroughs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D656c77308d7c6ede9cd56f920%26id%3D291c58d09c%26e%3D6565331a93&source=gmail&ust=1710348476585000&usg=AOvVaw2YlutcQNCNvR3Et2roUTH9" href="https://edgarriceburroughs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=656c77308d7c6ede9cd56f920&id=291c58d09c&e=6565331a93" style="color: #4caad8; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Preorders of <em>A Princess of Mars: Shadow of the Assassins</em> may now be placed directly from ERB, Inc.</a>
Softcover and hardcover editions, as well as a limited Collector’s
Edition with a signed bookplate, will be available in a simultaneous
release. The book features wonderful wraparound cover art by
award-winning artist Douglas Klauba.</p>
<p style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 150%; margin: 10px 0; padding: 0; text-align: left;"><strong><em>A Princess of Mars: Shadow of the Assassins</em> is expected to ship to customers in early Summer 2024.</strong></p>
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<p style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 150%; margin: 10px 0; padding: 0; text-align: left;"><em>Born
to an ancient line of noble and courageous forebears, Dejah Thoris,
young and headstrong princess of the mighty empire of Helium, longs for a
life of excitement and purpose beyond the cloistered walls of her royal
palace. When a foreign ambassador arrives with an invitation to visit
his city-state in hopes of fostering diplomatic relations, the princess
defies the protests of her father and jed, traveling to the shadowy
metropolis of Zor as Helium’s emissary. But Dejah Thoris soon finds that
her hosts are not like the gallant folk of Helium, and before she knows
it, their nefarious machinations ensnare her in a tangled web of
artifice, perfidy, and murder—and a treacherous plot that portends
tragedy not only for her own family, but for the entire Heliumetic
empire.</em></p>
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<p style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 150%; margin: 10px 0; padding: 0; text-align: left;"><em>John
Carter is baffled when he encounters his son's badly damaged flier
racing through the Martian skies with no one on board. The mystery only
deepens when he traces the lost ship to its last port of call and finds
himself battling for his life in a city of illusions—where the peril is
all too real!</em></p>
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stalwart son of John Carter and Dejah Thoris. Collect all of the
trading cards by preordering each ERB Universe novel directly from
<a href="http://ERBurroughs.com">ERBurroughs.com</a>!</p>
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<p style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 150%; margin: 10px 0; padding: 0; text-align: left;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://edgarriceburroughs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D656c77308d7c6ede9cd56f920%26id%3D3dd6f5b22e%26e%3D6565331a93&source=gmail&ust=1710348476586000&usg=AOvVaw2cZg6lJmbJ_-f9kWm1H5u4" href="https://edgarriceburroughs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=656c77308d7c6ede9cd56f920&id=3dd6f5b22e&e=6565331a93" style="color: #4caad8; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img align="right" class="CToWUd" data-bit="iit" height="256" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/meips/ADKq_NbjzKaBJfQS0jGeCayH73syqYUp3PgmTOJ5M5zeJ4Y3UVdzzOBf7uHzXYNzcCY6V11N05gRxn0s5_vKkOkTQYRdxD5GQEzQzaCcFZxumde0iokRynnyGg9O3valwmm_vL1JCbla4s2SY4TiDofLnk1kdGg3Nv4_Mdo=s0-d-e1-ft#https://mcusercontent.com/656c77308d7c6ede9cd56f920/images/403d0a07-9305-2df3-8946-53de04aa394b.png" style="border: 0px; height: 256px; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; outline: none; text-decoration: none; width: 250px;" width="250" /></a>The hardcover Collector’s Edition features <strong>a special ERB Universe bookplate signed by authors Ann Tonsor Zeddies and Geary Gravel</strong>, as well as a facsimile autograph of Edgar Rice Burroughs, and includes <strong>a second exclusive ERB Universe trading card spotlighting Dejah Thoris</strong> and featuring Douglas Klauba’s cover art for <em>A Princess of Mars: Shadow of the Assassins</em> (in addition to the Carthoris trading card). The Collector’s Edition is limited to only 200 copies.</p>
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Enter a universe of adventure and <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://edgarriceburroughs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D656c77308d7c6ede9cd56f920%26id%3D1514ca0f94%26e%3D6565331a93&source=gmail&ust=1710348476586000&usg=AOvVaw3s26OsmhkNq81U0m0GOMw1" href="https://edgarriceburroughs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=656c77308d7c6ede9cd56f920&id=1514ca0f94&e=6565331a93" style="color: #4caad8; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">preorder your copy of <em>A Princess of Mars: Shadow of the Assassins</em> today!</a>
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<p style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 150%; margin: 10px 0; padding: 0; text-align: left;"><strong>Ann Tonsor Zeddies</strong>
first encountered the ERB Universe as a child, when an old professor
who lived down the street allowed her to choose a volume from his
shelves. She chose <em>Tarzan of the Apes</em>. Later, she read the
adventures of John Carter aloud to her young son. She is the author of
six science fiction novels, two of which were Philip K. Dick Award
nominees. Her short fiction includes stories in<em> The Ultimate Silver Surfer</em> and <em>Magic in the Mirrorstone</em>. She lives in Michigan with her husband, near the shores of an inland sea.</p>
<p style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 150%; margin: 10px 0; padding: 0; text-align: left;"><strong>Geary Gravel</strong> is the author of the Edgar Rice Burroughs Universe novel <em>John Carter of Mars: Gods of the Forgotten</em>; the Philip K. Dick Award finalist <em>The Alchemists</em>; and the novels<em> The Pathfinders</em>, <em>A Key for the Nonesuch</em>, and <em>Return of the Breakneck Boys</em>. He has written several novelizations, including <em>Hook</em>, based on the Steven Spielberg film, and <em>Batman: Mask of the Phantasm</em>,
based on the animated movie. He lives in western Massachusetts, where
he worked for decades as a Sign Language Interpreter for the Deaf.</p>
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<p style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 150%; margin: 10px 0; padding: 0; text-align: left;">An award-winning illustrator, <strong>Douglas Klauba</strong>
was born and raised in Chicago, and is a graduate of the American
Academy of Art. His paintings have been included in the art annuals of <em>Spectrum: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art</em>, the Society of Illustrators, and <em>Imagine FX</em>
magazine. He was Artist Guest of Honor at the 2016 Burroughs
Bibliophiles Dum-Dum convention, and he previously provided artwork for
the books <em>Tarzan Trilogy</em>, <em>Untamed Pellucidar</em>, <em>Dark Tides of Mars: A Novel of Barsoom</em>, <em>Tarzan and the Valley of Gold</em>, <em>The Girl from Hollywood Centennial Edition</em>, and <em>Tarzan and the Forest of Stone</em>, all published by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.</p><p> </p>BARRY R. HUNTERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02347555625841376612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1815412898215775959.post-55232057813236569402024-03-02T00:11:00.002-05:002024-03-02T00:11:41.247-05:00L. Ron Hubbard presents Writers of the Future, Volume 40 cover reveal<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYHe56vkgHyl8wyeWVYD6TXbbFP6jsCnquqxx4-EXzpYYNoc-EgUm8kDbhmUJgJMZUxKBBdNJvLi5AeWhcK45mYbrVcdgIJ1cg11rA-vJLREzfDIgmm2J7pHl94NpjYsNsGYS5Cm5WiY1DahKb9qkUqKTVsQ5P8908ZCsVE7ZOMXtAA7rEGyJXBYwtDE0w/s595/WOTF-40-Front-Cover-400x595-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="595" data-original-width="400" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYHe56vkgHyl8wyeWVYD6TXbbFP6jsCnquqxx4-EXzpYYNoc-EgUm8kDbhmUJgJMZUxKBBdNJvLi5AeWhcK45mYbrVcdgIJ1cg11rA-vJLREzfDIgmm2J7pHl94NpjYsNsGYS5Cm5WiY1DahKb9qkUqKTVsQ5P8908ZCsVE7ZOMXtAA7rEGyJXBYwtDE0w/w430-h640/WOTF-40-Front-Cover-400x595-1.jpg" width="430" /></a></div><br /> Available for pre-sale on <a href="http://galaxypress.com">galaxypress.com</a>, <a href="http://Amazon.com">Amazon.com</a> and other book sellers.<br /><p></p>BARRY R. HUNTERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02347555625841376612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1815412898215775959.post-17080639659050789272024-02-21T22:48:00.000-05:002024-02-21T22:48:36.592-05:00THE WOMAN OF COLOR'S TALE BY BRIAN A. HOPKINS<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiBjRqZTXaaUdES141dlTBEFFaoewDwe6Xzti8C0usDJ7jfb7ysbWO7mpwmylM50bu9Dg-S9Z7vNNRxXeatvRed4wZmXi81UPHXQlti4NpMyidQBY9CqNaP4zujuox5ALMrkdsDPOetTI7xXDSt4VhMo64u9c83DMO40y_6pYWRH4ijW8L_ZQJVuu7Vrvo/s1210/bahcover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="911" data-original-width="1210" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiBjRqZTXaaUdES141dlTBEFFaoewDwe6Xzti8C0usDJ7jfb7ysbWO7mpwmylM50bu9Dg-S9Z7vNNRxXeatvRed4wZmXi81UPHXQlti4NpMyidQBY9CqNaP4zujuox5ALMrkdsDPOetTI7xXDSt4VhMo64u9c83DMO40y_6pYWRH4ijW8L_ZQJVuu7Vrvo/s320/bahcover.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> Published by Yard Dog Press, $14.25 paper, $23.25 hardcover, 9781945941474. Available from <a href="http://www.yarddogpress.com">www.yarddogpress.com</a> and <a href="http://Amazon.com">Amazon.com</a>.<p></p><p>Val Morrow is on a bus trip to the Grand Canyon. She is trying to get over a loss and in a page taken from THE CANTERBURY TALES, Val has a story that starts in the Highlands of Scotland.</p><p>Allister Buchanan is captured after the Battle of Culloden in 1746 and is taken to the Port of Liverpool where is to be sent to the New World as a slave.</p><p>When he is carried to the <i>Reliant, </i>he is almost dead due to his treatment by his captor. It is here he is befriended by Tariq, who is an Overseer of the slaves but has plans that include Buchanan to become free and escape slavery or die.</p><p>It is here Hopkins excels in his narrative of the adventure of their escape, His research is meticulous in that his descriptions of the weapons used during this time are drawn so well that you can picture it and almost smell the gunpowder from the flash of the firearms and see the sharp cuts of the swords as the flesh is drawn apart.</p><p>Hopkins knowledge of sailing procedures as their adventures on the stolen ship, the <i>Serpente</i> and battle tactics are very important in the major chase/battle scenes that cover a good portion of Val's narrative to her fellow travelers.</p><p>Brian is in his best form as he uses his words to paint a landscape that your minds-eye converts it into a technicolor movie in full 4k resolution. This is nothing new to constant readers of his work, but will only gain more readers as they discover his talent.</p><p>The book also has a touch of magic, a taste of brutality, a wisp of love, and historically correct language. This is a bit different from his normal subject matter, but it is a welcomed addition to his overall body of work.</p><p>The Buchanan name is not new in his writings and this one calls for more adventures of the Scot as he is a character that would tell you that he only wants to live his life, but would not run you through if you did.</p><p>Brian, you need to give us more!<br /></p>BARRY R. 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<p style="color: #211b08; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 150%; margin: 10px 0; padding: 0; text-align: left;">Richard Lupoff called The Moon Maid trilogy Burroughs’ “masterpiece of science fiction.” You are invited to <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://edgarriceburroughs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D656c77308d7c6ede9cd56f920%26id%3D82ff3985ac%26e%3D6565331a93&source=gmail&ust=1708557240829000&usg=AOvVaw1bJGOjVvBbdDuBaHddVmNb" href="https://edgarriceburroughs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=656c77308d7c6ede9cd56f920&id=82ff3985ac&e=6565331a93" rel="noopener" style="color: #4caad8; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">order this very special edition of <em>The Moon Maid</em></a>,
published for the first time in hardback in three separate volumes with
20,000 words not found in the 1926 A. C. McClurg first edition.</p>
<p style="color: #211b08; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 150%; margin: 10px 0; padding: 0; text-align: left;">Each
book in the set is printed on archival paper, Symth sewn, bound in a
leather cover, double stamped in gold, and wrapped in an original dust
jacket. The set is housed, with a collector’s portfolio, in a decorated
leather clam-shell case. The three volumes are:</p>
<p style="color: #211b08; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 150%; margin: 10px 0; padding: 0; text-align: left;">Volume 1: <em>The Moon Maid</em>™ <br />
Volume 2: <em>The Moon Men</em>™<br />
Volume 3: <em>The Red Hawk</em>™</p>
<p style="color: #211b08; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 150%; margin: 10px 0; padding: 0; text-align: left;">The
edition is limited to 600 numbered and 52 lettered sets signed by the
contributors. It is the fourth matching set in the “New World” series
launched by ERB Books in 2020 with <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://edgarriceburroughs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D656c77308d7c6ede9cd56f920%26id%3D85665bdf1c%26e%3D6565331a93&source=gmail&ust=1708557240829000&usg=AOvVaw0wyi_4g3N99t1_ONzTN2jB" href="https://edgarriceburroughs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=656c77308d7c6ede9cd56f920&id=85665bdf1c&e=6565331a93" rel="noopener" style="color: #4caad8; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><em>A Princess of Mars</em></a>®—each
of which celebrates the first appearance of one of ERB’s newly created
realms filled with fantastic kingdoms, cultures, and creatures. This
trilogy set commemorates both the first publication of <em>The Moon Maid</em> in <em>Argosy All-Story Weekly</em> in 1923 and the 100th Anniversary of Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc.</p>
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endpapers, frontispiece and title pages. The Moon Maid trilogy will
feature a total of 100 illustrations from over 20 different artists past
and present and contain 20+ tipped in color plates, 30+ full page
b&w illustrations and 40+ spot b&w illustrations.</p>
<p style="color: #211b08; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 150%; margin: 10px 0; padding: 0; text-align: left;">A
partial list of artists includes Jamie Chase, William Stout, Mark
Schultz, Sanjulian, Bob Eggleton, Thomas Yeates, Daren Bader, Doug
Klauba, Lawrence Schwinger, Reed Crandall, Mike Hoffman, Iain McCaig,
Joe Jusko, J. Allen St. John, Jeffrey Catherine Jones, and Roy Krenkel.</p>
<p style="color: #211b08; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 150%; margin: 10px 0; padding: 0; text-align: left;">The case not only houses the books but a vintage-style collector’s portfolio with rare, curated replica items for <em>The Moon Maid</em>.
These include the first pages of the manuscripts for each novella in
the trilogy, pages and drawings from ERB’s notebook, letters and a
telegram between ERB and his editor, 1920’s ERB Inc. advertising and
numerous 11x17 reproductions of some of the best pieces of art from the
book.</p>
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for the lettered edition (A–ZZ): $449.99</p>
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HUNTERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02347555625841376612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1815412898215775959.post-69996590699206933732024-02-15T22:46:00.001-05:002024-02-15T22:56:05.046-05:00Now available from Amazon<p> </p><p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7UzNO69LyS9uXNrAEirtrhGweVnUvtTYSdACwjRB6i7a1qzCSzkicykdcVHtBEsADeSe30kGILFfx_Bz5x9ogFnoJGCUM9DWVqrXmM7Zau8RvDk61xz1E9qqokWJCRlaLpoix89b3mg1YJShPpERdQ79s0h-RQhL8CYbP3MFQC-HRmHgJBudtZtb-zA00/s1210/bahcover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="911" data-original-width="1210" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7UzNO69LyS9uXNrAEirtrhGweVnUvtTYSdACwjRB6i7a1qzCSzkicykdcVHtBEsADeSe30kGILFfx_Bz5x9ogFnoJGCUM9DWVqrXmM7Zau8RvDk61xz1E9qqokWJCRlaLpoix89b3mg1YJShPpERdQ79s0h-RQhL8CYbP3MFQC-HRmHgJBudtZtb-zA00/w640-h482/bahcover.jpg" width="640" /></a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1945941472?psc=1..." target="_blank"><span>https://www.amazon.com/dp/1945941472?psc=1...</span></a></div><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span>Ebook, trade paper and hardcover are available.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span>I'll have a review up as soon as my copy gets here. <br /></span></div></div></span><p></p><div class="x1rg5ohu xxymvpz x17z2i9w"><div aria-hidden="false" class="x1hy63sm x1hc1fzr xhva3ql"><span class="x4k7w5x x1h91t0o x1h9r5lt x1jfb8zj xv2umb2 x1beo9mf xaigb6o x12ejxvf x3igimt xarpa2k xedcshv x1lytzrv x1t2pt76 x7ja8zs x1qrby5j"><br /></span></div></div>BARRY R. HUNTERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02347555625841376612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1815412898215775959.post-77200093752035050132024-01-28T16:56:00.001-05:002024-01-28T16:56:28.440-05:00Brian Lumley, 1937 - 2024<p> </p><div class="" dir="auto"><div class="x1iorvi4 x1pi30zi x1l90r2v x1swvt13" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message" id=":r2u0:"><div class="x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u"><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">With a heavy heart, I share the info that my friend and long time collaborator -I did the art-on the US versions of NECROSCOPE books since 1987, has passed away....</div></div></span></div></div></div></div><div class="x1jx94hy x8cjs6t x1ch86jh x80vd3b xckqwgs x13fuv20 xu3j5b3 x1q0q8m5 x26u7qi x178xt8z xm81vs4 xso031l xy80clv xfh8nwu xoqspk4 x12v9rci x138vmkv x6ikm8r x10wlt62 x16n37ib xq8finb"><div class=""><div class="x1y332i5"><div class="x1n2onr6 x1mh8g0r x11i5rnm xod5an3"><div class="x1n2onr6"></div></div></div></div></div><div class="x1n2onr6 x1mh8g0r x11i5rnm xod5an3"><div class="x6ikm8r x10wlt62"></div></div><div class="x1a8lsjc x1swvt13 x1pi30zi"><div class="x1jx94hy x78zum5 x1q0g3np"><div class="x78zum5 xqtp20y x1emribx"><div aria-hidden="true" class="x1n2onr6 x1vqgdyp x1fns5xo"><div class=""></div></div></div></div></div><div class="x14yjl9h xudhj91 x18nykt9 xww2gxu x10l6tqk x1ey2m1c xds687c x2bj2ny xi0exxh xlzg99y"></div><div class="x14yjl9h xudhj91 x18nykt9 xww2gxu x10l6tqk x1ey2m1c xds687c x12z9wgx x18ky3vv xxn92k6 xjzw7kn"><span class=""><span class="xt0psk2"><a aria-hidden="true" class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz x1heor9g xt0b8zv" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/169560336403252/user/100001513151734/?__cft__[0]=AZVivhQ2vLfSydNQMBtoRocCDAUHMFEm_m7TrpaWPGOhNPRf2e1SP6bAqJiKb8V5RzOKa8yDiYQiUUCGPC2I5kk3WqypRe2J_hgiiVJJlJ9336RJ8K8RREBB5EUuGct3omJsHg_UeKwfZ0CieNq0SYdTWUy4JtLPRm_2eqm8JZ1_J7ySPeZlXOT6lF5TCfYUkBYJWePgPEmao8R7yYD5qODaKs3-tllnJknfPnnzMXH4yw&__tn__=%3C%2CP-y-R" role="link" tabindex="-1"><div class=""><div class="x1rg5ohu x1n2onr6 x3ajldb x1ja2u2z"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="x3ajldb" data-visualcompletion="ignore-dynamic" style="height: 24px; width: 24px;"><mask id=":r2ue:"></mask></svg></div></div></a></span></span></div><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"></span><div class="" dir="auto"><div class="" dir="auto"><div class="x1iorvi4 x1pi30zi x1l90r2v x1swvt13"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto"><div class="x1e56ztr"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsDLwb0jhGszIaBXOSQZwDKDM8DlEMLdLuj6_BZOsEA_qgbHbDs5JH7zrVR6SUc0Oqtz0e-NruiTSqBNmNGgs2B3t5YZqxbe9Loby5sXzei3b0bWfs6xeSJftPu-EYyhLoszZrUHSUZsuF2E1-hQ_DvW_0yfAXOsy28A8gL6PRjfukZ11EfYkPuD4gl019/s828/lumley.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsDLwb0jhGszIaBXOSQZwDKDM8DlEMLdLuj6_BZOsEA_qgbHbDs5JH7zrVR6SUc0Oqtz0e-NruiTSqBNmNGgs2B3t5YZqxbe9Loby5sXzei3b0bWfs6xeSJftPu-EYyhLoszZrUHSUZsuF2E1-hQ_DvW_0yfAXOsy28A8gL6PRjfukZ11EfYkPuD4gl019/s320/lumley.jpg" width="232" /></a></div></span></div><div class="x1e56ztr"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u"></span></div><div class="x1e56ztr"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u">Please
feel free to share this post, but please if you have my telephone
number don't call as I don't know when I'll be able to handle them.</span></div><div class="x1e56ztr"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u"> </span></div><div class="x1e56ztr"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u">It saddens me to have to tell you all that:</span></div><div class="x1e56ztr"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u">International
Best Selling Author Brian Lumley sadly passed away at his home this
January. He was the winner of many prestigious awards, including the
Lifetime Achievement Award from the Horror Writer’s Association in 2010.
Famous for his groundbreaking <span><b>Necroscope®</b></span> series,
he went on to become one of the top writers in the Horror field.
Although Brian had crossed genres between Horror, Sci-Fi, and Fantasy,
Brian had many other series under his belt such as: <span><i>The Primal Lands, Hero of Dreams, Psychomech, Titus Crow, </i></span>etc. And of course, all the Mythos stories with his own twist.</span></div><div class="x1e56ztr"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u"> </span></div><div class="x1e56ztr"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u">After
a 22-year stint as a Royal Military Policeman, he had a long and
prosperous lifetime of doing what he loved to do, bringing continued
enjoyment to all his readers and listeners. Brian has written
approximately 60 books along with many, many short stories, and
novellas.</span></div><div class="x1e56ztr"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u"> </span></div><div class="x1e56ztr"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u">He is survived by his wife, Barbara Ann (Silky) Lumley, his daughter Julie and many grandchildren and great grandchildren.</span></div><div class="x1e56ztr"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u"> </span></div><div class="x1e56ztr"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u">He may be gone but his legacy will live on in the hearts of us all. Especially me.</span></div><div class="x1e56ztr"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u"> </span></div><div class="x1e56ztr"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u">Barbara Ann Lumley</span></div><div class="x1e56ztr"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u">January 28, 2024</span></div><div class="x1e56ztr"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u">December 2, 1937 - January 2024</span></div><div class="x1e56ztr"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u">Gone But Certainly Not Forgotten</span></div><div class="x1e56ztr"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u"> </span></div><div class="x1e56ztr"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u">on a more personal note, I met Brian and Silkey at one of the DragonCons when they were able to make it to the US. Brian was set up for a signing session and was sharing a room with this fellow who was in comics, Stan Lee. The interesting part was that Brian's line was longer. Brian had time after finishing everyone in their line to sit and talk while waiting to see if anyone came in before his time was over. He and Silky were very pleasant and accommodating. Several weeks after the Con, I received a package in the mail and Brian send a couple of the volumes we had discussed in their UK editions. </span></div><div class="x1e56ztr"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u"><br /></span></div><div class="x1e56ztr"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u">A terue gentleman and he will be missed.<br /></span></div></span></div></div></div>BARRY R. HUNTERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02347555625841376612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1815412898215775959.post-80497697285211503992024-01-27T13:26:00.000-05:002024-01-27T13:26:28.738-05:00News from Brian A Hopkins<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilXXfR1PpgqUvS1RXTQIXX5X7M9xVJeLlWAMNH3soNOVkzomo9ugkOrRB1M5zRm_zWhG04SmqBJglk8dOBggCLERWe5lRU5GcniLfIlmWVhcXAjCj0Fr6ISRK4i-HrJLFdxAHOTtBlKtL49GnEqUlsM1JELVuf9WXZ5RN2LrRPWdxgtAcmkODu9eqpYHeF/s2048/bah.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilXXfR1PpgqUvS1RXTQIXX5X7M9xVJeLlWAMNH3soNOVkzomo9ugkOrRB1M5zRm_zWhG04SmqBJglk8dOBggCLERWe5lRU5GcniLfIlmWVhcXAjCj0Fr6ISRK4i-HrJLFdxAHOTtBlKtL49GnEqUlsM1JELVuf9WXZ5RN2LrRPWdxgtAcmkODu9eqpYHeF/s320/bah.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="" dir="auto"><div class="x1iorvi4 x1pi30zi x1l90r2v x1swvt13" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message" id=":r6b:"><div class="x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u"><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: COVER REVEAL!</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">I think it's time we talk about my next book:</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">THE WOMAN OF COLOR'S TALE </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">I <span><a tabindex="-1"></a></span>don't have a release date for you, but we should know that soon. The wonderful folks at <span><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/YardDogPress?__cft__[0]=AZXy-lhLJC8VwJzBdaOlORWwz2q8mmvCRIvL3SfC7HzBLdNfQQJy-GhdNwS9XO-kwHvaBudShSKmjM2TUxOM2yKRU2g-DIZ0kku6177oPt9MaDKub45_HDeHWWI7Y1AUekX-lGiuY6uoLdojby7SlZYyUCrw6rg7w3ZMMWpdGEqE8cRT8TFhwPCc1jIEgKNlRL0&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" tabindex="0" target="_blank"><span class="xt0psk2"><span>Yard Dog Press</span></span></a></span> are pretty quick once a project comes together, and they now have pretty much everything in hand. I should have probably waited before making the announcement, but I am just too excited about this book. Can't keep my mouth shut any longer.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">I teased quite a bit about the book while I was writing it, so I won't go into a lot of intimate details now ... just trust me when I say it's going to lift your knickers. Here's your first look at the cover art.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">---------------------------</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">...The Serpente was gently heeled to port, rolling waves breaking at her bow to ripple the length of her waterline, trailing abaft her stern in a foamy “V.” The sea was a roiling indigo landscape, tipped in crimson where her waves broke in spindrift. Breathing deep of the fresh air, Buchanan thought then that he could grow to love the sea. Love the ship, with the wind on her sails, the rigging taut, the sea dark and surging with immeasurable power, everything humming in a salty harmony. To reconfigure and restrict one’s world to the span of a vessel’s deck, the open ocean, and all that sky overhead might not be a bad trade. To test oneself against something so beautiful and dangerous in equal measure, it felt in that moment like a calling, something larger than himself. He knew he would recall to the end of his days what he was feeling, the music and mystery of it all.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">He was alive.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">He realized that he was the farthest from home that he’d ever been. The Scottish Highlands and all that he had ever known were lost in his wake. New countries, even new continents, lay before him. He knew that with each new land under his feet, he would grow and change, just as he had done when he first set foot on the Serpente. His life had been forever altered when he answered Clan Buchanan’s call at Culloden, and though he would still change that decision if he could, foregoing all that he’d suffered, he couldn’t argue that in the end he would be the better for it … if he survived the days to come.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">---------------------------</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">THE WOMAN OF COLOR'S TALE, a short novel by four-time Bram Stoker Award winner Brian A. Hopkins, coming soon from Yard Dog Press. (Available in ebook, paperback, and hardcover.)</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">UPDATE: Yard Dog says MARCH 1st. Woohoo!</div></div></span></div></div></div></div>BARRY R. HUNTERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02347555625841376612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1815412898215775959.post-67485357304209810682024-01-26T21:20:00.000-05:002024-01-26T21:20:23.501-05:00Terrific book news<p> </p><p>
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to everyone on the PJF Newsletter list! Today we mark Phil's 106th
birthday with an announcement from Meteor House! Their first book for
2024 is . . . <br />
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<strong><em><a href="https://pjfarmer.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=27fbbc78959e817cee4bc3884&id=892b03e447&e=3b978fe22d" rel="noreferrer" style="color: #656565; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Secrets of the Nine</a></em></strong>, an omnibus edition containing <em>A Feast Unknown</em>, <em>Lord of the Trees</em>, and <em>The Mad Goblin</em>. With
cover art by Douglas Klauba (coming soon!) and a new introduction to
the omnibus by R. Paul Sardanas (aka “Doc Talos”), this is the
definitive collection of the adventures of Doc Caliban and Lord
Grandrith! This volume also features previously published essays by
Theodore Sturgeon and Art Sippo, as well as a Nine Universe timeline by
Win Scott Eckert and a new afterword to the omnibus by Eckert.</p>
<p style="color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 150%; margin: 10px 0; padding: 0; text-align: left;">Meteor House also has news about their overdue project, <a href="https://pjfarmer.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=27fbbc78959e817cee4bc3884&id=0ab32024bd&e=3b978fe22d" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #656565; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><strong><em>The Full Account</em></strong></a>.
As they've mentioned elsewhere, weaving two novels together turned out
to be more complicated than expected. And when it comes to Farmer, they
don't do anything halfway, so they kept working on it till they got it
right. But, all the files are now with the printer and the book will be
shipping in the next few weeks!<br />
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By the way, no such delays are expected with <strong><em><a href="https://pjfarmer.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=27fbbc78959e817cee4bc3884&id=c240d731a9&e=3b978fe22d" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #656565; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Secrets of the Nine</a></em></strong>, most of the book is already laid out and it should ship to customers in June.<br />
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And finally I'd like to share a hearty congratulations to my close
friend Christopher Paul Carey on being promoted to Vice President of
Publishing at ERB Inc. Chris was an early contributor to the Farmer
website and an editor and regular contributor to <em>Farmerphile: The Magazine of Philip José Farmer</em>. He also co-authored, with Farmer, <em>The Song of Kwasin</em>, then went on to write three more novellas in the Ancient Opar series: <em>Exiles of Kho</em>; <em>Hadon, King of Opar</em>; and<em> Blood of Ancient Opar</em>. And in his time at ERB Inc., he's done a fantastic job with the <a href="https://pjfarmer.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=27fbbc78959e817cee4bc3884&id=2d6ebf5699&e=3b978fe22d" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #656565; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">ERB Authorized Library</a>, the <a href="https://pjfarmer.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=27fbbc78959e817cee4bc3884&id=5e602c72c2&e=3b978fe22d" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #656565; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">ERB Universe</a>, and much more! <br />
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Mike Croteau<br />
The Official Philip José Farmer Web Page<br />
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HUNTERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02347555625841376612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1815412898215775959.post-58825508954704812802024-01-02T10:39:00.000-05:002024-01-02T10:39:26.089-05:002024, THE YEAR OF MARS, NEWS FROM EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS, INC.<p> </p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fbf8ef; border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; min-width: 100%; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; width: 100%; word-spacing: 0px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-859800997959866566mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-859800997959866566mcnTextContent" style="color: #211b08; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: left; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><h1 style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; display: block; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 30px; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Onward to the<br />Year of Mars, and More!</h1></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fbf8ef; border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; min-width: 100%; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; width: 100%; word-spacing: 0px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-859800997959866566mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-859800997959866566mcnTextContent" style="color: #211b08; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: left; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><h2 style="color: rgb(180, 146, 45) !important; display: block; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">ERB Authorized Library Update</h2><p style="color: #211b08; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><img align="right" class="CToWUd a6T" data-bit="iit" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEjmUn2wrbtozBF-V8bmSxnbaPtgmxhchgGDmDyql5kLOMw7eMB5Ozp_aJwZO0xomnQLq7XyhfygmThzkV9LJXYR9l7B8Gpfchgt10xhiCI8eD3fpqS64_-QESeetY54elBceGR9g9aIVyFpdiOQckrgKwO2SqdYuGI6aj1ZmnOjUrrHTtKrOFmIXV85iE2E2lHp7XbJ=s0-d-e1-ft" style="border: 0px; cursor: pointer; height: 250px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 15px; outline: none; text-decoration: none; width: 250px;" tabindex="0" width="250" />One major achievement of this past year was wrapping up production on<span> </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://edgarriceburroughs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D656c77308d7c6ede9cd56f920%26id%3D2e25632f8c%26e%3D6565331a93&source=gmail&ust=1704295981919000&usg=AOvVaw1FKY2d8fE4HgbrqjjLHjMV" href="https://edgarriceburroughs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=656c77308d7c6ede9cd56f920&id=2e25632f8c&e=6565331a93" rel="noopener" style="color: #4caad8; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Tarzan volumes #21–24</a><span> </span>in the<span> </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://edgarriceburroughs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D656c77308d7c6ede9cd56f920%26id%3D1334cb6b60%26e%3D6565331a93&source=gmail&ust=1704295981919000&usg=AOvVaw1Aaqoq2A9rZWuMQWUHoFWx" href="https://edgarriceburroughs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=656c77308d7c6ede9cd56f920&id=1334cb6b60&e=6565331a93" rel="noopener" style="color: #4caad8; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Edgar Rice Burroughs Authorized Library</a>. For the first time in decades, all 24 volumes of the original adult Tarzan books will soon be back in print. Since our printer slowed down its output over the holidays, we are now expecting the books to begin shipping sometime in January 2024. It won’t be long now!</p><p style="color: #211b08; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">So, you might ask, what’s next? Mars, of course! Specifically, what we have begun calling the Year of Mars, with multiple Barsoom titles to be released in 2024. We are already well underway on the production of<span> </span><strong>Barsoom volumes #1–3</strong>. The texts of the three novels are being proofread, the new front and back matter is being written, and artist Joe Jusko is hard at work creating a new set of stunning and iconic cover paintings and frontispieces destined to stand the test of time alongside more than a century's worth of imaginative visualizations of ERB’s Barsoom.</p><p style="color: #211b08; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">With rising printing and production costs, we’ve decided to make it a little less painful for your pocketbook by releasing smaller sets of ERB Authorized Library volumes at a time, which will also allow us publish sets at a faster rate and get them into your hands sooner. So the first Barsoom set will include the classic three-book John Carter of Mars trilogy—<em><strong>A Princess of Mars</strong></em>,<span> </span><em><strong>The Gods of Mars</strong></em>, and<span> </span><em><strong>The Warlord of Mars</strong></em>—which we hope to put up for preorder this Spring. Then, a few short months later, after the first set has shipped to customers, we’ll switch to releasing two-book sets, with the next set to go up for preorder consisting of<span> </span><em><strong>Thuvia, Maid of Mars</strong></em><span> </span>and<span> </span><em><strong>The Chessmen of Mars</strong></em>. And then presales for another two-book set will be announced only a few months later, and so on. This should help cut down on the time between preorder announcements and shipping the final product to customers—something we think we can all get behind, since we are as eager to release these timeless tales of adventure and romance as we know you are eager to read them!</p><h2 style="color: rgb(180, 146, 45) !important; display: block; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">Edgar Rice Burroughs Universe Update</h2><p style="color: #211b08; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><img align="left" class="CToWUd a6T" data-bit="iit" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEg-qtfsRYEMLP7cbsicrGTSvP6EbnH8SkwYCvJXbqCLZx8gUVRDCUqZsNjgcYMrxfW9ZGqeR_hTslJJIeoFlE-l114lMiaKJKxTUy0BqDWX_bKysRoSgK5K05gNTe8uM5mViWkW55L1aidLA5-3w0VrvkAVzXk1OvHi6I0ewD_x9WA7YfG0yFlsUVXz-HFPP0NEs28QF9M=s0-d-e1-ft" style="border: 0px; cursor: pointer; height: 250px; margin: 0px 15px 0px 0px; outline: none; text-decoration: none; width: 250px;" tabindex="0" width="250" />Continuing with the Year of Mars, we are thrilled to be publishing the first novel to feature everyone’s favorite incomparable princess in the lead role—Dejah Thoris!<span> </span><em><strong>A Princess of Mars: Shadow of the Assassins</strong></em><span> </span>by<span> </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://edgarriceburroughs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D656c77308d7c6ede9cd56f920%26id%3Db0c33da497%26e%3D6565331a93&source=gmail&ust=1704295981919000&usg=AOvVaw31E-6_HEXGdihQJkktQgjr" href="https://edgarriceburroughs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=656c77308d7c6ede9cd56f920&id=b0c33da497&e=6565331a93" rel="noopener" style="color: #4caad8; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Ann Tonsor Zeddies</a><span> </span>(author of<span> </span><em>Deathgift</em>,<span> </span><em>Steel Helix</em>, and<span> </span><em>Blood and Roses: A Jayne Taylor Novel</em>, as well as the ERB Universe novelette “Victory Harben: Stormwinds of Va-nah”) turned in her novel earlier this year and has been waiting patiently for it to advance in the publishing cue. Well, the time is almost nigh! As soon as the cover art is finished, we’ll be putting the book up for preorder. As a bonus, the back pages of<span> </span><em>A Princess of Mars: Shadow of the Assassins</em><span> </span>will feature a brand-new novelette,<span> </span><strong>“John Carter of Mars: Swords of the Mind”</strong><span> </span>by fan-favorite author Geary Gravel (<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://edgarriceburroughs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D656c77308d7c6ede9cd56f920%26id%3D3b41d58683%26e%3D6565331a93&source=gmail&ust=1704295981919000&usg=AOvVaw22ht6gU0LmhXe3QMZJS86a" href="https://edgarriceburroughs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=656c77308d7c6ede9cd56f920&id=3b41d58683&e=6565331a93" rel="noopener" style="color: #4caad8; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><em>John Carter of Mars: Gods of the Forgotten</em></a>).</p><p style="color: #211b08; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">While 2024 is the Year of Mars, it’s also the 100th anniversary of the book publication of<span> </span><em>The Land That Time Forgot</em><span> </span>and the 50th anniversary of the 1974 film of the same name directed by Kevin Connor and starring Doug McClure. To commemorate these occasions, we have commissioned a new Caspak novel to be written titled<span> </span><em><strong>The Land That Time Forgot: Fortress Primeval</strong></em>. The author of the novel will be Mike Wolfer, whom ERB fans will know from the quality work he’s done on a host of Edgar Rice Burroughs Universe comic books and graphic novels, as well as for writing the prose novelettes “Victory Harben: Clash on Caspak” and “Beyond the Farthest Star: Escape on Zandar.”</p><p style="color: #211b08; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://edgarriceburroughs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D656c77308d7c6ede9cd56f920%26id%3Da5e6a31da1%26e%3D6565331a93&source=gmail&ust=1704295981919000&usg=AOvVaw2MY_i1bwlv8W419J2MfNSK" href="https://edgarriceburroughs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=656c77308d7c6ede9cd56f920&id=a5e6a31da1&e=6565331a93" rel="noopener" style="color: #4caad8; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img align="right" class="CToWUd" data-bit="iit" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEjXxQre3YLq9Phqy55BGxJtSYjrlswJOnoy2oLI3oaJIbc0ucSKtlZHGwdObrueS_DSLHe3ZSygde7ouPusdOhKB6nMPMxh5KXTfwnfsp3sxO96x33CPIwtsM8ev8VEyWcYAE7TnGpY50x3vvJsb24eHg6VKSqTLDSRnwP1jy2X-M2b2utNlkPI9t388SYEbHcALCL9=s0-d-e1-ft" style="border: 0px; height: 300px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 15px; outline: none; text-decoration: none; width: 201px;" width="201" /></a>We are also extremely excited to bring author<span> </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://edgarriceburroughs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D656c77308d7c6ede9cd56f920%26id%3D0fe1cd2953%26e%3D6565331a93&source=gmail&ust=1704295981919000&usg=AOvVaw3ditT2jNY3beGTO55U8YnF" href="https://edgarriceburroughs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=656c77308d7c6ede9cd56f920&id=0fe1cd2953&e=6565331a93" rel="noopener" style="color: #4caad8; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Joshua Reynolds</a><span> </span>on board the ERB Universe team to write a direct sequel to<span> </span><em>The Monster Men</em>, Edgar Rice Burroughs’ classic horror novel exploring the spine-tingling question of what it really means to be human. Josh has written more than 30 novels and numerous works of short fiction for properties such as Warhammer, Legend of the Five Rings, Mack Bolan: The Executioner, and Arkham Horror, in addition to penning his own excellent 1920s pulp-inspired Casefiles of the Royal Occultist series. We don’t yet have a release date for<strong><em> Return of the Monster Men</em></strong>, so it's possible this one may slip onto the 2025 release schedule, but we wanted to let you know that the Monster Men are coming! And just to make sure everyone’s caught up on the story, we plan to release<em> Return of the Monster Men</em><span> </span>simultaneously with a special Vintage Cover Art Edition of ERB’s original<span> </span><em>The Monster Men</em> novel. Stay tuned!</p><p style="color: #211b08; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">Additionally, we’re happy to report that Win Scott Eckert’s upcoming novel,<span> </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://edgarriceburroughs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D656c77308d7c6ede9cd56f920%26id%3D954aeb9c6a%26e%3D6565331a93&source=gmail&ust=1704295981919000&usg=AOvVaw1GZ8VmxWTGDEP_OpI1GZyG" href="https://edgarriceburroughs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=656c77308d7c6ede9cd56f920&id=954aeb9c6a&e=6565331a93" rel="noopener" style="color: #4caad8; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><em><strong>Korak at the Earth’s Core, Book One of The Dead Moon Super-Arc</strong></em></a>, is still on track for an early 2024 release. Win, of course, is the author of the very popular ERB Universe novel<span> </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://edgarriceburroughs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D656c77308d7c6ede9cd56f920%26id%3D35f69b5d41%26e%3D6565331a93&source=gmail&ust=1704295981919000&usg=AOvVaw2JBO7PwtWFN6kbdIUehnzP" href="https://edgarriceburroughs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=656c77308d7c6ede9cd56f920&id=35f69b5d41&e=6565331a93" rel="noopener" style="color: #4caad8; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><em>Tarzan: Battle for Pellucidar</em></a>, so you’re not going to want to miss this first book in this brand-new Super-Arc.</p><h2 style="color: rgb(180, 146, 45) !important; display: block; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">Edgar Rice Burroughs Universe Illustrated Epics Update</h2><p style="color: #211b08; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">Last year saw the publication of the ERB Universe prose novel<span> </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://edgarriceburroughs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D656c77308d7c6ede9cd56f920%26id%3D17c5f44b0d%26e%3D6565331a93&source=gmail&ust=1704295981919000&usg=AOvVaw1Zl_LOsC-AnsgtUrGXW8h0" href="https://edgarriceburroughs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=656c77308d7c6ede9cd56f920&id=17c5f44b0d&e=6565331a93" rel="noopener" style="color: #4caad8; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><em>Victory Harben: Fires of Halos</em></a><span> </span>by Christopher Paul Carey, featuring wayward scientist and adventurer Victory Harben, who finds herself unwittingly transported to the Omos planetary system from Edgar Rice Burroughs' novel<span> </span><em>Beyond the Farthest Star</em><span> </span>(among other destinations in the spacetime continuum). We are proud to be presenting the next chapter in Victory's far-flung exploits very soon, this time in the form of the full-length graphic novel<span> </span><em><strong>Victory Harben: Ghosts of Omos</strong></em>, written by Mike Wolfer and illustrated by Alessandro Ranaldi, with colors by Arthur Hesli and lettering by Natalie Jane. But that's not all. Alongside<span> </span><em>Ghosts of Omos</em>, we will also be releasing a trade paperback titled<span> </span><em><strong>Victory Harben: Warriors of Zandar</strong></em>, which will collect all four issues of the critically acclaimed<span> </span><em>Beyond the Farthest Star: Warriors of Zandar</em><span> </span>mini-series. The campaign for both graphic novels will launch on Kickstarter early in the New Year, and will include exclusive Kickstarter rewards that you'll truly have to see to believe! (Hmmm...handcrafted<span> </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://edgarriceburroughs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D656c77308d7c6ede9cd56f920%26id%3De953542e2c%26e%3D6565331a93&source=gmail&ust=1704295981919000&usg=AOvVaw0tsCJyFtrYaHfciduQ47U2" href="https://edgarriceburroughs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=656c77308d7c6ede9cd56f920&id=e953542e2c&e=6565331a93" rel="noopener" style="color: #4caad8; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Hucklebuck</a><span> </span>plushies, anyone...?)</p><p style="color: #211b08; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">Oh, we almost forgot... Another reason you might want to check out<span> </span><em>Victory Harben: Ghosts of Omos</em><span> </span>is because, in addition to being a satisfying standalone story, it just happens to be the lead-in to the upcoming, yet-to-be announced Victory Harben prose novel by Christopher Paul Carey. (Wait...did we just announce it...? More details on that later!)</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fbf8ef; border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; width: 100%; word-spacing: 0px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-859800997959866566mcnCaptionBottomContent" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 9px 9px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="m_-859800997959866566mcnImage CToWUd a6T" data-bit="iit" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEgzBeqCOuNuZpv4bExcF1yBy6tli6umCDdsCTdydavCwwU_v_3FXp2kN7pz8nyVyxSPuX6lHP9CSwXxgDTWt5AtYiAFZrLsGnkjeWcDYJNogFqlyDBrNcAfaf12kQfsWcsheIcL919GiIFBblZvYxxJrwxYuEhtaESmZR_FQd09k-dyeLaj0aYhzO6AB66hnX35f4Y4IQ3mbhlMhzjFhH55c8uH=s0-d-e1-ft" style="border: 0px; cursor: pointer; height: auto; max-width: 749px; outline: none; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: bottom;" tabindex="0" width="564" /></td></tr><tr><td class="m_-859800997959866566mcnTextContent" style="color: #211b08; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 9px; text-align: left; word-break: break-word;" valign="top" width="564"><center>Cover credits (left to right): Richard Ortiz & Arthur Hesli; Mike Wolfer & Arthur Hesli; Alessandro Ranaldi & Bruna Costa; and cover model Nina Andrade with design by Mike Wolfer</center></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fbf8ef; border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; min-width: 100%; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; width: 100%; word-spacing: 0px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-859800997959866566mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-859800997959866566mcnTextContent" style="color: #211b08; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: left; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><p style="color: #211b08; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">Also, if you missed the Kickstarter Edition of<span> </span><strong><em>The Moon Maid: The Three Keys</em></strong><span> </span>graphic novel (and even if you didn't!), look for the Mass Market Edition to be arriving soon in the<span> </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://edgarriceburroughs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D656c77308d7c6ede9cd56f920%26id%3D3e0a143e0e%26e%3D6565331a93&source=gmail&ust=1704295981919000&usg=AOvVaw3e-yAZn84kwFEHmYOOBBHM" href="https://edgarriceburroughs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=656c77308d7c6ede9cd56f920&id=3e0a143e0e&e=6565331a93" rel="noopener" style="color: #4caad8; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">ERB Universe Illustrated Epics section of our webstore</a>.</p><p style="color: #211b08; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">And if that's not enough for you, we have even more ERB Universe Illustrated Epics in the works, but we'll save the details of those projects for a later time!</p><h2 style="color: rgb(180, 146, 45) !important; display: block; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">Follow Us On Kickstarter!</h2><p style="color: #211b08; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">Get the first look at each ERB Universe Illustrated Epic as it launches on Kickstarter! Just create a Kickstarter account or sign into your existing account, then<span> </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://edgarriceburroughs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D656c77308d7c6ede9cd56f920%26id%3Ddde54e3702%26e%3D6565331a93&source=gmail&ust=1704295981920000&usg=AOvVaw0lc55KL5WgCtK0W_nGpIZ4" href="https://edgarriceburroughs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=656c77308d7c6ede9cd56f920&id=dde54e3702&e=6565331a93" rel="noopener" style="color: #4caad8; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">click on the “Follow” button on ERB, Inc.’s Kickstarter profile page</a><span> </span>to be notified each time we have a new campaign ready for launch! Special Note: Our Kickstarter campaigns offer collectible Kickstarter exclusive and variant editions, along with other merchandise, that will never be made available anywhere else.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fbf8ef; border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; min-width: 100%; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; width: 100%; word-spacing: 0px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-859800997959866566mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-859800997959866566mcnTextContent" style="color: #211b08; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-align: left; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><h2 style="color: rgb(180, 146, 45) !important; display: block; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">Wild Adventures of Edgar Rice Burroughs Update</h2><p style="color: #211b08; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://edgarriceburroughs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D656c77308d7c6ede9cd56f920%26id%3D4ddd8db6f7%26e%3D6565331a93&source=gmail&ust=1704295981920000&usg=AOvVaw0ivFqcqioqnrivZuRSFH8Q" href="https://edgarriceburroughs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=656c77308d7c6ede9cd56f920&id=4ddd8db6f7&e=6565331a93" rel="noopener" style="color: #4caad8; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img align="right" class="CToWUd" data-bit="iit" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEgMZBQJqRPQxvXKnUmFymiyDwmfNJ4DKbyPrNCIWaGBazEf0uRXUayAdzchfA2BuwT-RAdKViWhTquxJJxtQcmzvY33sYsYTw3XURfO9YuKZXpwBW6RtzBLitvSB6o0S3gZkSO2G-hq6ERx7-kxZRYuD74t5z6SaT0ToJAcrFiGUtmx6sfDJ8K0HVmzz0k6KKB7ySbGjRXBgdDu=s0-d-e1-ft" style="border: 0px; height: 300px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 15px; outline: none; text-decoration: none; width: 200px;" width="200" /></a>And closing out the Year of Mars, we have<span> </span><em><strong>Gauntlets of Mars: A Novel of Barsoom</strong></em>, the stunning sequel to Chris L Adams acclaimed novel<span> </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://edgarriceburroughs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D656c77308d7c6ede9cd56f920%26id%3D124b3afa8d%26e%3D6565331a93&source=gmail&ust=1704295981920000&usg=AOvVaw1QBn_HL3KrlfVVqXa3dV8v" href="https://edgarriceburroughs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=656c77308d7c6ede9cd56f920&id=124b3afa8d&e=6565331a93" rel="noopener" style="color: #4caad8; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><em>Dark Tides of Mars</em></a>. The latter story ended on something of a cliffhanger for protagonist Dat Voga, so we are all waiting with bated breath to find out what will happen in the next chapter of our hero's amazing odyssey. We’ll also get answers to some intriguing questions about the mysteries of Ancient Barsoom before the seas dried up and scavenging hordes of green Martians began roving the forlorn, moss-covered dead sea bottoms.</p><h2 style="color: rgb(180, 146, 45) !important; display: block; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">Last Chance—Holiday Sale Ending Soon!</h2><p style="color: #211b08; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">Don't miss out on unprecedented savings—<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://edgarriceburroughs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D656c77308d7c6ede9cd56f920%26id%3D0966e99da6%26e%3D6565331a93&source=gmail&ust=1704295981920000&usg=AOvVaw3s2viHFu8A09shGGkQ5vZT" href="https://edgarriceburroughs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=656c77308d7c6ede9cd56f920&id=0966e99da6&e=6565331a93" rel="noopener" style="color: #4caad8; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><strong>the massive Holiday Sale in our online store</strong></a><span> </span>ends January 8, 2024! 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HUNTERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02347555625841376612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1815412898215775959.post-79934619112848882322023-12-31T23:44:00.000-05:002023-12-31T23:44:11.310-05:00Happy New Year 2024<p> I will be the first to admit that 2023 was probably the worst year of my life. Too many hospital stays; too many friends gone to their rewards; and, Kathy going too soon.</p><p>I'm doing okay with the help of family and friends, I'm doing well and in better health sinc my pacemaker implant.</p><p>Thanks to all of you who check on the site and i will try to do better in the coming year.<br /></p>BARRY R. HUNTERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02347555625841376612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1815412898215775959.post-41728567614046875332023-12-31T00:00:00.000-05:002023-12-31T00:00:00.128-05:00FAIR USE NOTICE<br />
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Atlanta 1978, I met this fellow in search of a Coke because of low
sugar. It was David and whenever we ran into each other, I always bought
him a Coke in remembrance of that day. My friends are passing way too
soon. Rest in peace, my Brother!</span><p></p>BARRY R. HUNTERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02347555625841376612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1815412898215775959.post-82772545876284583462023-11-29T10:50:00.000-05:002023-11-29T10:50:38.704-05:00ANTICIPATING 2024<p> </p><h1 style="color: #555555; direction: ltr; font-family: Lato, Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; font-size: 30px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 120%; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; margin: 0; text-align: center;"><span class="yiv9688530938tinyMce-placeholder" style="color: white;">MOST ANTICIPATED FANTASY OF 2024</span></h1><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv9688530938row-content yiv9688530938stack" role="presentation" style="background-color: #0b1c48; color: black; margin: 0 auto; width: 640px;"><tbody><tr><td class="yiv9688530938column yiv9688530938column-1" style="border-bottom: 0; border-left: 0; border-right: 0; border-top: 0; font-weight: 400; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;" width="33.333333333333336%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv9688530938image_block yiv9688530938block-1" role="presentation" style="width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="yiv9688530938pad" style="padding-left: 30px; width: 100%;"><div align="center" class="yiv9688530938alignment" style="line-height: 10px;"><div style="max-width: 183.33333333333331px;"><img alt="I'm an image" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.sailthru.com%2Fcomposer%2Fimages%2Fsailthru-prod-6jb%2FTalesofCelestialKingdom_HC.jpg&t=1701272746&ymreqid=6fc63175-ddea-4246-1c8f-5100e401d100&sig=SS8EPmUo3fBWsKC4ard5SQ--~D" style="border: 0; display: block; height: auto; width: 100%;" title="I'm an image" width="183.33333333333331" /></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv9688530938text_block yiv9688530938block-2" role="presentation" style="width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="yiv9688530938pad" style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 10px;"><div style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;"><div style="color: #555555; font-family: Lato, Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.2;"><p style="font-size: 16px; margin: 0; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><strong>TALES OF THE CELESTIAL KINGDOM</strong></span></p></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv9688530938text_block yiv9688530938block-3" role="presentation" style="width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="yiv9688530938pad" style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 5px;"><div style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;"><div style="color: #555555; font-family: Lato, Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.2;"><p style="font-size: 14px; margin: 0; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;">A compilation of stories and illustrations from before, during, and after <em>Daughter of the Moon Goddess </em>and <em>Heart of the Sun Warrior. </em>Use code <strong>CELESTIAL25</strong> for 25% off when you preorder via Barnes & Noble. (On sale 2/6)</span></p></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv9688530938button_block yiv9688530938block-4" role="presentation" style="width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="yiv9688530938pad" style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: center;"><div align="center" class="yiv9688530938alignment">
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<span style="color: white;"><strong>DRAGON RIDER</strong></span></p></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv9688530938text_block yiv9688530938block-3" role="presentation" style="width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="yiv9688530938pad" style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px;"><div style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;"><div style="color: #555555; font-family: Lato, Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.2;"><p style="font-size: 14px; margin: 0; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: white;">Set in an empire at war, a royal orphan
hostage manages to escape with a handmaiden and a stolen dragon
hatchling, sparking the beginning of a bond which will change his fate –
and that of the world – forever. Oh, and the dragon is called Winter,
so we guess Winter really is coming! (On sale 4/23)</span></p></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" class="yiv9688530938button_block yiv9688530938block-4" role="presentation" style="width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="yiv9688530938pad"><div align="center" class="yiv9688530938alignment">
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<span style="color: white;"><strong>SUN OF BLOOD AND RUIN</strong></span></p></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv9688530938text_block yiv9688530938block-3" role="presentation" style="width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="yiv9688530938pad" style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 30px;"><div style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;"><div style="color: #555555; font-family: Lato, Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.2;"><p style="font-size: 14px; margin: 0; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;">This
Zorro reimagining weaves Mesoamerican mythology and Mexican history
into a swashbuckling, historical debut fantasy with magic, intrigue,
treachery, and romance. (On sale 2/20)</span></p></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv9688530938button_block yiv9688530938block-4" role="presentation" style="width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="yiv9688530938pad" style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-right: 30px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: center;"><div align="center" class="yiv9688530938alignment">
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</div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p>BARRY R. HUNTERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02347555625841376612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1815412898215775959.post-8904883282259756912023-11-13T19:13:00.000-05:002023-11-13T19:13:05.101-05:00Michael Bishop, November 12, 1945 - November 13, 2023<p> For nearly 50 years, Mike Bishop has been in my life. From the day Cliff Biggers told me about A FUNERAL FOR THE EYES OF FIRE, I was hooked and then meeting him at a small convention in 1976, we became friends.</p><p>Mike was always Mike and I will miss him greatly.<br /></p>BARRY R. HUNTERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02347555625841376612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1815412898215775959.post-21732009265531578802023-10-15T22:14:00.002-04:002023-11-13T19:13:40.111-05:00Kathy Christian Hunter, 1950-2023<p> Another reason I have been lax in posting is that Kathy was diagnosed with MDS Leukemia in July. She had been treated for anemia and they continued running rests and did a bone marrow test and discovered that her bone marrow was not producing viable cells or platelets.</p><p>Normally in the case of MDS Leukemia, the body will be lacking in red blood cells or white blood cells or platelets. Sometimes two of the three types may be affected. In rare cases (approximately 6,000 cases annually) all three types of cells are undeveloped.</p><p>She was able to get into treatment within a week of the diagnosis and went through three rounds of treatment and two or three units of blood and platelets a week. She continued to get weaker and spent 10 days in the hospital in September.</p><p>She fell on October first and spent another 10 day in the hospital. Her oncologist told use that the treatments and blood infusions were no longer working and there were no other options.</p><p>We brought her home on October 11 on Hospice care and she died on the 13th. I'm posting her obituary below.</p><p></p><p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Hunter, beloved wife of Barry Hunter, to whom she was married on December 22,
1968, and mother to Scott Hunter, went to her forever home (on October 13, 2023)
after a short fight with MDS Leukemia. She was surrounded by her family and
dearest friends.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Kathy was born on
November 21, 1950, at McCall Hospital to Julian C. and Kathryn Eubanks
Christian, who preceded her in death. She was also preceded in death by her
daughter, Kimberly Dawn Hunter and her brother, Robert C. Christian.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Kathy graduated from
West Rome High School in 1968, and Coosa Valley Tech in 1969. She worked at
GMAC while Barry was in Vietnam. She joined him at Fort Hood, Texas where their
daughter Kimberly was born and died in 1970. After returning to Rome, she resumed
her career as sales secretary at Boise Cascade Homes in Rome and Atlanta. She
was private secretary to J.B. Dodd at Rome Bank & Trust. Later she joined
the firm of Smith, Shaw, Maddox, Davidson, and Graham as executive secretary to
Oscar Smith. When Smith retired, she became legal secretary to C. Wade Monk and
Preston Smith. She was in that position until Monk took the position as
Corporate Attorney at Floyd Medical Center where she joined him as his
paralegal. She remained in this position until her retirement.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Kathy is survived by
her husband Barry, her son Scott, his wife Apryl; grand-children Addisyn York,
Christopher Barber, and <span style="color: black;">Taylor Beard (Jonathan)
of Sparks, Nevada; </span>Gregory Barber (Jasmine) of Rockmart, Georgia,
Kayla Bevers (Kyle) and Blake Jones of North Topsail Beach, North Carolina; great-grand-children
River Beard, Abigail, Wyatt and Delayne Bevers, and Ramsey Jones. She is also
survived by sister-in-law Brenda Christian of Savannah, Georgia, brother-in-law
Jon Hunter (Kym) of Brooksville, Florida, and Joyce Port (Steve)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>of Atlanta, Georgia. Other nieces, nephews
and cousins also survive.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">The family would
like to express thanks to Dr Dilawar Khan and his staff, the Atrium Hospital
Infusion team, the third floor Oncology staff, and Heyman Hospice for their
professional and sympathetic care.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">According to her
wishes, Kathy was cremated, and no services are planned at this time. Her wish
is for everyone who knows her to remember the times she may have touched your
lives and to hug your family and friends. Tomorrow is not promised, and one
never knows what may happen.</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">In
lieu of flowers, Kathy requests that you make donations to Cancer Navigators,
Heyman Hospice or your favorite Veterans charity.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">I will post more later... <br /></span></p>BARRY R. HUNTERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02347555625841376612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1815412898215775959.post-29471759045736647352023-09-05T17:25:00.001-04:002023-09-05T17:25:10.812-04:00Apologies<p> </p><p>I hope everyone will accept my apologies for the lack of content during this year. It is getting hard to remember the work ethic that was the various incantations that was Baryon.</p><p>From ditto and mimeo to xerox and inkjet to pure electronic content and now to this not frequent enough epistle to my few remaining friends and dare i say "fans"? </p><p>This year started out with a knee replacement and a fall resulting in an ankle injury that is just now almost fully healed. A trip to the hospital for dehydration and kidney failure, then a case of the Covid Delta (I've had three shots and two boosters and still caught it.)</p><p>Lately, there have been more falls and strained muscles in my other knee resulting in more hospital time with all kinds of tests. Again, they decided my kidneys weren't working properly, my heart was playing flippity flop with my blood pressure bouncing like a red rubber ball.</p><p>This time, they did a total revamp on my meds and so far they are making me feel somewhat better. I would say more human, but don't want to get carried away. The meds keep that out of reach. Sluggish, dizzy, no desire to be creative are what my waking hours are filled with.</p><p>Don't get me wrong - I still get joy from my job helping Veterans. After all, I've been in their boots and fought the system, so who is better to help them than a crazy old 75 year old veteran.</p><p>Life at 75 is a lot different at 75 than it was at 35 when I started this Baryon journey. Always remember that a baryon is one of the smallest particles of matter and I hope that it has matter a small amont for you.</p><p>(See how my mind wanders!)<br /></p>BARRY R. HUNTERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02347555625841376612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1815412898215775959.post-69892655280312097282023-07-23T23:32:00.001-04:002023-07-23T23:35:47.160-04:00Earthling's Halloween Book Reviewed<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1hTum9Hrkty6FdWJzGn-swp6nYTv6v7cCD_CQ2SMSPX5F6BwaR7a_Jyl7HZ5_T4o8bhWZGleB6AkQPRoeRsXHm4LZzuFZn8t_Ps5dxDXXzKGobkX3vsnr6K-FA18YSOQ7k1RXz20k8J3xK4rZ4d8TR4oNLYXsXQ3EDnEMwgI3nextL1TuIIYQLbQ47xBE/s1507/midas-lg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1507" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1hTum9Hrkty6FdWJzGn-swp6nYTv6v7cCD_CQ2SMSPX5F6BwaR7a_Jyl7HZ5_T4o8bhWZGleB6AkQPRoeRsXHm4LZzuFZn8t_Ps5dxDXXzKGobkX3vsnr6K-FA18YSOQ7k1RXz20k8J3xK4rZ4d8TR4oNLYXsXQ3EDnEMwgI3nextL1TuIIYQLbQ47xBE/s320/midas-lg.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><p></p><p> </p><p> MIDAS by Tyler Jones, Earthling Publications, Limited signed edition, $60, ISBN:9781736928479.<br /><br />I'm sure that the title might give you an idea about the subject matter of this years addition to the annual Halloween volume from Earthling Publications. It is always a welcomed addition to the season and one I look forward to every year.<br /><br />This one is a bit different in that it is a western themed story about the search for the cause of the Midas touch and the cost you have to pay to possess it.<br /><br />Jeremiah Pevensie, a former preacher, and his wife are suffering the loss of their young son when a dead man and his brother arrive at their farm.The dead man has a map that leads to an impossible location and promises great riches.<br /><br />Solomon and his group of followers are also seeking for the map and will not let anything get in his way to find it.<br /><br />After Jeremiah returns from his journey, he begins a building project that refurbishes the town and begins a construction project on a mansion that seems to have no end.<br /><br />Jeremiah is also working on a project of his own that will return his wife to her former happier self.<br /><br />The story is well written and has a different take on greed and how it can come in different ways. A husbands sacrifice, a zealots plan to rule the world, and a mothers love all lead to a story of terror the likes I have never read before.<br /><br />Here is another winner from Earthling and you need to get a copy before they are gone. <a href="http://www.earthlingpub.com">www.earthlingpub.com</a></p>BARRY R. HUNTERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02347555625841376612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1815412898215775959.post-43898984677054268452023-07-01T00:17:00.005-04:002023-07-01T00:17:44.885-04:00Facebook message from Mike Bishop, June 30, 2023<p> </p><div><div class="" dir="auto"><div class="x1iorvi4 x1pi30zi x1swvt13 xjkvuk6" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message" id=":Ral8qtalaqj6l5bb9l5qq75b5klbaH2:"><div class="x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u"><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">It's been a long while -- our adult daughter Stephanie informed Jeri and me recently -- more than a year, in fact, since I've posted any sort of comment on Facebook. My apologies to those who have deserved replies, explanations, pleas for forgiveness.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Earlier this week I consigned myself to hospice care, with the advice and consent of my family. I did so to escape the maddening anxiety-producing roller-coaster of contemporary medical care. </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">This doesn't mean that I am at <span><a tabindex="-1"></a></span>death's door, only that I recognize the inevitability of its opening for me in the (relatively) near future. I hope, for example, to last at least as long as our hospice-pent (albeit at home) former president Jimmy Carter. But there are no guarantees. </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">I wish you all well and hope to create at least one more Fairwood Press title, with the help of my nearly lifelong friend, Michael Hutchins, something like "Stolen Faces and Other, Briefer Science Fiction Tales." Blessings on you all.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Reposted from Facebook, wiithout permission (forgiveness is asked). Coppyright 2023 <br /></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div>BARRY R. HUNTERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02347555625841376612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1815412898215775959.post-72610401820967592482023-06-14T17:50:00.001-04:002023-06-14T17:50:20.205-04:00John Romita, Sr has passed.<p> John Romita, Sr has passed at the age of 93. He was instrumental in developing the First Marvel Super Hero age. He may have drawn many characters, but he will always be the man who made Spiderman the most famous and and loved character in comics.</p><p>I haven't kept up with comics in my later years, but Romita has always been a favorite of mine and willbe remembered by myself and others as one of the best.</p><p>Rest in peace, your mark on comics history is secure.<br /></p>BARRY R. HUNTERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02347555625841376612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1815412898215775959.post-41402304576372447662023-06-05T22:49:00.000-04:002023-06-05T22:49:36.700-04:00Coming August 22<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0ft7gve8PMOYHo6QkNz7juWAyqv5oTSaiHXzWisierQs_weqtfz8uCedQ7lpBKwPiK6lj6yWigrav2kobw9FifL5t1_EsIr1llVkbiX8ThiBIPdib3blq1sTf1Q2ehrbohLwEEkotMejASBiGlg8bFyhKzUyKVMm5c9uFmTY-olGQT9T0-3QvybctBw/s960/warborn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="633" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0ft7gve8PMOYHo6QkNz7juWAyqv5oTSaiHXzWisierQs_weqtfz8uCedQ7lpBKwPiK6lj6yWigrav2kobw9FifL5t1_EsIr1llVkbiX8ThiBIPdib3blq1sTf1Q2ehrbohLwEEkotMejASBiGlg8bFyhKzUyKVMm5c9uFmTY-olGQT9T0-3QvybctBw/w422-h640/warborn.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>BARRY R. HUNTERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02347555625841376612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1815412898215775959.post-4593221915270488092023-06-04T14:03:00.001-04:002023-06-04T14:03:31.909-04:00New from Angry Robot<p> </p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="m_7808700265123038763r3-c"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_7808700265123038763r4-o" role="presentation" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_7808700265123038763r5-i" style="background-color: black; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-top: 20px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><th class="m_7808700265123038763r6-c" style="font-weight: normal;" valign="top" width="50%"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_7808700265123038763r7-o" role="presentation" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_7808700265123038763r8-i" style="padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px;" valign="top"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="m_7808700265123038763r11-c"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_7808700265123038763r12-o" role="presentation" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="m_7808700265123038763r14-i m_7808700265123038763nl2go-default-textstyle" style="color: #3b3f44; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; padding-top: 15px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"> <div><p style="font-size: 22px; margin: 0;"><span style="color: #20a78f;"><strong>March's End by Daniel Polansky</strong></span></p></div> </td> </tr></tbody></table></td> </tr><tr><td align="left" class="m_7808700265123038763r11-c"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_7808700265123038763r12-o" role="presentation" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="m_7808700265123038763r15-i m_7808700265123038763nl2go-default-textstyle" style="color: #3b3f44; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-top: 15px; text-align: left; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"> <div><p style="margin: 0;"><span style="color: white;">A
multi-generational portal fantasy of strange magics, epic warfare, and
deadly intrigue, in which the personality conflicts and toxic struggles
of the Harrow family are reflected in the fantasy world they’ve sworn to
protect.</span></p><p style="margin: 0;"> </p><p style="margin: 0;"><span style="color: white;">File Under: Fantasy [ Not Narnia | Secrets will out | Growing up |</span></p><p style="margin: 0;"><span style="color: white;">Love is all ]</span></p></div> </td> </tr></tbody></table></td> </tr><tr><td align="center" class="m_7808700265123038763r3-c"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_7808700265123038763r16-o" role="presentation" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 135px;"><tbody><tr class="m_7808700265123038763nl2go-responsive-hide"><td height="15" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 15px;"></td> </tr><tr><td align="center" class="m_7808700265123038763r17-i m_7808700265123038763nl2go-default-textstyle" height="18" style="color: #3b3f44; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"> <a class="m_7808700265123038763r18-r m_7808700265123038763default-button" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://r.watkinsmediaemails.com/mk/cl/f/cQZjvcl0oMPr76iJma14YFFqAoVFNCIyWq2JgrvaMUGvo0ZUMgyvuR8CpO-rzfbztQ9lUdAK4ZrCEVhEKyItIIpdRN-8wMG8kvhvxWMwHPQGAkZdrNGLWQrB2V-c6AvuP-09xbdI6ZDCDXkS71zAEPNSsqbz5kkZImUfWO1D7lZCQLqmC7lwGNQRamHeHM9SIe7_XzpgZVhHjqZjdcBOiB2w6ECqI-WSTYkFOd-KbVhUd_aRy72-&source=gmail&ust=1685986925022000&usg=AOvVaw2JK5jrm_psvLx84tkw35iv" href="http://r.watkinsmediaemails.com/mk/cl/f/cQZjvcl0oMPr76iJma14YFFqAoVFNCIyWq2JgrvaMUGvo0ZUMgyvuR8CpO-rzfbztQ9lUdAK4ZrCEVhEKyItIIpdRN-8wMG8kvhvxWMwHPQGAkZdrNGLWQrB2V-c6AvuP-09xbdI6ZDCDXkS71zAEPNSsqbz5kkZImUfWO1D7lZCQLqmC7lwGNQRamHeHM9SIe7_XzpgZVhHjqZjdcBOiB2w6ECqI-WSTYkFOd-KbVhUd_aRy72-" style="background-color: #0092ff; border-color: #0092ff; border-radius: 4px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; color: white; display: inline-block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; height: 18px; line-height: 1.15; padding-bottom: 12px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 12px; text-decoration: none; width: 125px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank"> <span>Order now!</span></a> </td> </tr><tr class="m_7808700265123038763nl2go-responsive-hide"><td height="15" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 15px;"></td> </tr></tbody></table></td> </tr></tbody></table></td> </tr></tbody></table></th> </tr></tbody></table></td> </tr></tbody></table></td> </tr><tr><td align="center" class="m_7808700265123038763r3-c"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_7808700265123038763r4-o" role="presentation" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_7808700265123038763r5-i" style="background-color: black; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-top: 20px;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><th class="m_7808700265123038763r6-c" style="font-weight: normal;" valign="top" width="50%"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_7808700265123038763r7-o" role="presentation" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_7808700265123038763r8-i" style="padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px;" valign="top"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="m_7808700265123038763r11-c"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_7808700265123038763r12-o" role="presentation" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="m_7808700265123038763r14-i m_7808700265123038763nl2go-default-textstyle" style="color: #3b3f44; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; padding-top: 15px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"> <div><p style="font-size: 22px; margin: 0;"><span style="color: #d8a90a;"><strong>Myriad by Joshua David Bellin</strong></span></p></div> </td> </tr></tbody></table></td> </tr><tr><td align="left" class="m_7808700265123038763r11-c"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_7808700265123038763r12-o" role="presentation" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="m_7808700265123038763r15-i m_7808700265123038763nl2go-default-textstyle" style="color: #3b3f44; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-top: 15px; text-align: left; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"> <div><p style="margin: 0;"><span style="color: white;">Myriad
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feelings about her brother’s death she works to prevent crimes from
happening but finds herself committing one instead…</span></p><p style="margin: 0;"> </p><p style="margin: 0;"><span style="color: white;">File Under: Science Fiction [ Myrioi | Baked In | Three Ravens | The Dark Backward ]</span></p></div> </td> </tr></tbody></table></td> </tr><tr><td align="center" class="m_7808700265123038763r3-c"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_7808700265123038763r16-o" role="presentation" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 135px;"><tbody><tr class="m_7808700265123038763nl2go-responsive-hide"><td height="15" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 15px;"></td> </tr><tr><td align="center" class="m_7808700265123038763r17-i m_7808700265123038763nl2go-default-textstyle" height="18" style="color: #3b3f44; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"> <a class="m_7808700265123038763r18-r m_7808700265123038763default-button" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://r.watkinsmediaemails.com/mk/cl/f/Qd2OqQ2YGXDNKl6S0SdO9HpK2LAEOLp-r2Gk8EKiKsQy7qFWPQ8LS07ZcutGw1CQNJR8lQCvO7iF4h2ow5h2s4-6PIw0rz9rUItrlyyiGBmB9soHqtx2qqqGeA4LLi0jTpoPsMQCJySj3LMM3asx94cWHOPBa2oqAGX1dQNuzEp5J5_TPTVtdAs9u7KrInyU74jQAEY6O9ktvf0ZAPCb1c5Ux49quN6I4hREkoVfae-aGhU&source=gmail&ust=1685986925022000&usg=AOvVaw0mh_L2VgeH-rHWCi87w5Sn" href="http://r.watkinsmediaemails.com/mk/cl/f/Qd2OqQ2YGXDNKl6S0SdO9HpK2LAEOLp-r2Gk8EKiKsQy7qFWPQ8LS07ZcutGw1CQNJR8lQCvO7iF4h2ow5h2s4-6PIw0rz9rUItrlyyiGBmB9soHqtx2qqqGeA4LLi0jTpoPsMQCJySj3LMM3asx94cWHOPBa2oqAGX1dQNuzEp5J5_TPTVtdAs9u7KrInyU74jQAEY6O9ktvf0ZAPCb1c5Ux49quN6I4hREkoVfae-aGhU" style="background-color: #0092ff; 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font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.875rem; margin: 0px 0px 0.9375rem; max-width: 100%; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline; width: 600px;">Around the time that the Federal Bureau of Investigation was examining the equipment recovered from the wreckage of the Chinese spy balloon shot down off the South Carolina coast in February, American intelligence agencies and Microsoft detected what they feared was a more worrisome intruder: mysterious computer code that has been popping up in telecommunications systems in Guam and elsewhere in the United States.</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0" style="border: 0px; color: var(--color-content-secondary,#363636); font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.875rem; margin: 0px 0px 0.9375rem; max-width: 100%; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline; width: 600px;">The code, which Microsoft said was installed by a Chinese government hacking group, raised alarms because Guam, with its Pacific ports and vast American air base, would be a centerpiece of any American military response to an invasion or blockade of Taiwan. It was installed with great stealth, sometimes flowing through routers and other common internet-connected consumer devices, to make the intrusion harder to track.</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0" style="border: 0px; color: var(--color-content-secondary,#363636); font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.875rem; margin: 0px 0px 0.9375rem; max-width: 100%; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline; width: 600px;">But unlike the<span> </span><a class="css-yywogo" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/15/us/politics/balloon-ufo-us-china.html" style="border: 0px; color: var(--color-signal-editorial,#326891); font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-color: var(--color-signal-editorial,#326891); text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;" title="">balloon that fascinated Americans</a><span> </span>as it performed pirouettes over sensitive nuclear sites, the computer code could not be shot down on live television. So instead, Microsoft and the National Security Agency were set on Wednesday to publish details of the code that would make it possible for corporate users, manufacturers and others to detect and remove it.</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0" style="border: 0px; color: var(--color-content-secondary,#363636); font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.875rem; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline; width: 600px;">The code is called a “web shell,” in this case a malicious script that enables remote access to a server. 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HUNTERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02347555625841376612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1815412898215775959.post-925160733623982023-05-23T21:19:00.000-04:002023-05-23T21:19:10.335-04:00PHOENIX has risen-back in print<p> </p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXNMV_8Yt5wljMQdhT_thrxfzNo7xN8xdrpe1O6Exne6r3jLXaYXW5L3CQEnGxJFKX1L-mtT_k7g9xcJIraduE5E7yMs0IXzBJ92t91LmMSLGG3ZcshQgoOkAgzKOxWwmeKg2-j-edg3WD6za0rO7ngJDdAsYGqTulvcl7R5KRQRfWRTL9Nd575miozA/s900/phoe.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXNMV_8Yt5wljMQdhT_thrxfzNo7xN8xdrpe1O6Exne6r3jLXaYXW5L3CQEnGxJFKX1L-mtT_k7g9xcJIraduE5E7yMs0IXzBJ92t91LmMSLGG3ZcshQgoOkAgzKOxWwmeKg2-j-edg3WD6za0rO7ngJDdAsYGqTulvcl7R5KRQRfWRTL9Nd575miozA/s320/phoe.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>PHOENIX, Brian A. Hopkins, Terradan Press, $15, 228 pages, ISBN: 9781492101260, reviewed by Barry Hunter.<br />
<br />
First of all, I’ve known Brian from chats on Cybling, his writing, and
being one of the Coon Hunter (a Martin Zolotow story) and Waders
(unpublished at this time) first readers that provided feedback on his
work. So I’ve got a sort of vested interest in his writing.<br />
<br />
This is his first book in around ten years and it was worth waiting
for. It features some stories reprinted from anthology’s he has
contributed to, his collaboration with Gene Wolfe (who provides the
introduction), and some stories published here for the first time.<br />
<br />
Brian is one of those writers that can draw you into the story and
immerse you into it with powerful description. Here’s an example from
“Black Rider”-“its appearance strikes me as a symbolic scream from Hell,
the visual manifestation of an auditory overload, all those billions of
souls crying out at once until the landscape becomes the gaping
mouthpiece to their torment-but it’s as wide and barren as an ocean,
rippling in heat waves to the far horizon where I imagine the clouds
sizzle as they touch the red earth.” You can picture this in your mind’s
eye and you are drawn in.<br />
<br />
“Diving the Coolidge” is dedicated to Dietmar Trommeshauser, who died
in 1998 (and another internet friend of mine) and is the story of two
divers who find and photograph shipwrecks and the secret of how one of
them finds the wrecks. “Black Rider” tells of a motorcycle chase across
the desert and what the narrator is actually trying to escape. This is a
moving and thoughtful story. “Communion with the Worm” is a
Lovecraftian tale of a priest and the Mafioso in Sicily. “The Land of
the Awful Shadow’ is a tale of youth that doesn’t turn a blind eye to
friendship. “Roadkill” is not what you expect from the title.<br />
<br />
“El Dia De Los Muertos”, the Stoker winning story, was previously
available in a limited edition is presented here along with “Pieces”.
“Eleven Minutes in September”, “Rattler”-with Gene Wolfe, and others
fill out this outstanding collection that is for all fans of horror and
those who like great writing.<br />
<br />
Hopefully, this will not be the last we see from this extremely
talented four time Stoker Award winner. It’s available from
TerradanPress.com, Amazon and other booksellers. </p><p>This is reprinted from 2013.<br /></p>BARRY R. HUNTERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02347555625841376612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1815412898215775959.post-65326593413392427552023-05-23T12:42:00.000-04:002023-05-23T12:42:11.561-04:00Seven Shades of Evil by Robert McCammon Trade Hardcover Coming This October!<p> <a class="yiv5254621184" href="https://lividian.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fe1a17ee33765445fae30f61d&id=190e97d8c5&e=6042e03853" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank" title="">
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<span style="color: black;">For those who missed the news, Lividian Publications is proud to be publishing a deluxe trade hardcover edition of </span><a href="https://lividian.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fe1a17ee33765445fae30f61d&id=9a3a2d4d02&e=6042e03853" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #6dc6dd; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;"><em>Seven Shades of Evil</em></span></a><span style="color: black;">
by Robert McCammon, the ninth volume in his acclaimed Matthew Corbett
series. This beautiful hardcover edition features exclusive Vincent
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the ninth volume in bestselling author Robert McCammon’s acclaimed
series of historical thrillers featuring Matthew Corbett, and this
fascinating installment features a wide range of adventures undertaken
by both Matthew and his friends over the years.</span>
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is the penultimate volume in the Matthew Corbett series, and the
perfect table setter for the final adventure of the multifaceted
character USA Network has called “the Early American James Bond.” This
is another masterful volume from one of America’s most skilled authors,
featuring some of his most memorable, compelling, and chilling
characters.</span></p>
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