Bad Penny Update – 2 Chapters to Go

By John Brown | June 30, 2012 - 12:28 pm |June 30, 2012 News - updates on books, events, appearances, etc.

I just typed the last words of the climax! The last 15,000 words have been a blast to write. Heck, the whole thing has been fun. If you look at the progress meter, you’ll see I’m at 83,384 words. It’s weird writing something this “short.” I figure I’ll end up around 90,000 words. I did some →

The Avengers & The Paris Grill

By John Brown | June 18, 2012 - 3:17 pm |June 18, 2012 John's Reviews - books, movies, whatever

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Edit: I wrote this like a month ago and thought I posted it. But there is was in my drafts. Somebody give me some Ginko extract. The Avengers The Avengers is Marvel’s latest installment of the films in the Avenger world—Iron Man (2008), The Incredible Hulk (2008), Iron Man 2 (2010), Thor (2011), and Captain →

Ender’s World: Fresh Perspectives on the SF Classic Ender’s Game

By John Brown | June 18, 2012 - 3:15 pm |June 22, 2012 John's Reviews - books, movies, whatever, News - updates on books, events, appearances, etc.

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Smart Pop publishes smart, fresh, and engaging articles on the best of pop culture TV, books, and film, with a particular focus on science fiction and fantasy television and literature. You want to hear what Scott Westerfield (Uglies, Pretties, etc.) has to say about Buffy? Go to Smart Pop. What about Orson Card’s thoughts on Joss Whedon’s Firefly universe? Smart →

Servant of a Dark God in Italian!

By John Brown | June 14, 2012 - 1:03 pm |June 14, 2012 News - updates on books, events, appearances, etc.

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For all you Italian speakers, SERVANT OF A DARK GOD was published in Italy by Gruppo Editoriale Armenia for the 2011 holiday season. Here’s the cover. Don’t mess with the man in black! If you speak Italian, here’s the publisher’s page for it: http://www.armenia.it/libri/984/Fantasy/I-classici-del-fantasy/Servo-di-un-Dio-oscuro.html Do you know how cool it is to think somebody →