The 5-2: Crime Poetry Weekly,Vol. 1: Gerald So: Amazon.com: Kindle Store: Editor Gerald So collects the first year of fifty-two poems originally published on The 5-2: Crime Poetry Weekly website (2011-12). Featuring Nyla Alisia, R.A. Allen, Margaret Anderson, Michael A. Arnzen, Randall Avilez, Jack Bates, Alec Cizak, Robert Cooperman, Ray Daniel, Michael Chacko Daniels, Cassandra de Alba, C.J. Edwards, John M. Floyd, Kent Gowran, Bruce Harris, Clarinda Harriss, Chad Haskins, Kathleen Hellen, Kyle Hemmings, Paul Hostovsky, Peter Ivey, Dorothy James, Tonia Kalouria, Susan Kelley, Ian Khadan, Rauan Klassnik, Lola Koundakjian, Dennis Mahagin, Catfish McDaris, Trevor Nelson, Brett Peruzzi, Thomas Pluck, David S. Pointer, Kimberly Poitevin, William Dylan Powell, Charles Rammelkamp, Keith Rawson, Stephen D. Rogers, Nancy Scott, Jackie Sheeler, Hal Sirowitz, Duane Spurlock, Jay Stringer, and Ray Succre.
Thursday, October 18, 2012
PimPage: An Occasional Feature in Which I Call Attention to Books of Interest
The 5-2: Crime Poetry Weekly,Vol. 1: Gerald So: Amazon.com: Kindle Store: Editor Gerald So collects the first year of fifty-two poems originally published on The 5-2: Crime Poetry Weekly website (2011-12). Featuring Nyla Alisia, R.A. Allen, Margaret Anderson, Michael A. Arnzen, Randall Avilez, Jack Bates, Alec Cizak, Robert Cooperman, Ray Daniel, Michael Chacko Daniels, Cassandra de Alba, C.J. Edwards, John M. Floyd, Kent Gowran, Bruce Harris, Clarinda Harriss, Chad Haskins, Kathleen Hellen, Kyle Hemmings, Paul Hostovsky, Peter Ivey, Dorothy James, Tonia Kalouria, Susan Kelley, Ian Khadan, Rauan Klassnik, Lola Koundakjian, Dennis Mahagin, Catfish McDaris, Trevor Nelson, Brett Peruzzi, Thomas Pluck, David S. Pointer, Kimberly Poitevin, William Dylan Powell, Charles Rammelkamp, Keith Rawson, Stephen D. Rogers, Nancy Scott, Jackie Sheeler, Hal Sirowitz, Duane Spurlock, Jay Stringer, and Ray Succre.
Once Again Texas Leads the Way
Dallas father's pride after daughter, 21, shoots dead intruder
Though why she shot him after he was dead remains a puzzle.
Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.
Though why she shot him after he was dead remains a puzzle.
Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.
Eddie Yost, R. I. P.
Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.
Sylvia Kristel, R. I. P.
Fox News: Actress Sylvia Kristel, the Dutch star of the hit 1970s erotic movie "Emmanuelle," has died of cancer at age 60.
Her agent, Features Creative Management, said in a statement Thursday that Kristel died in her sleep Wednesday night. Kristel, a model who turned to acting in the 1970s, had been fighting cancer for several years.
I Miss the Old Days
A Turn of the Page for Newsweek: After 80 years in print, the newsmagazine adopts an all-digital format.
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Now Available for Kindle!
One Dead Dean - A Carl Burns Mystery (The Carl Burns Mysteries): Bill Crider: Amazon.com: Kindle Store: Hartley Gorman College, in Pecan City, Texas, is hardly a bastion of serious scholarship. The little Baptist school is more interested in shielding its students from the evil influence of The World, The Flesh, and The Devil than in turning out future Nobelists. But its staff, by and large, is worthy of a more demanding institution; they are victims of a glutted market in Ph.D.s and they do the best they can. So it is they who are most upset at Dean Elmore's "secret plan" to award credit hours for "undirected study" by "independent scholars"—in plain words, to turn the school into a diploma mill. Which may be why Dean Elmore, shortly after unveiling his plan, is found bludgeoned to death at his desk. It is certainly why, at his funeral, there is not a wet eye in the house.
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
It Figures
BBC News - Creativity 'closely entwined with mental illness': Creativity is often part of a mental illness, with writers particularly susceptible, according to a study of more than a million people.
Jane: The Woman Who Loved Tarzan -- Robin Maxwell
After the frame story there's a lot of setup, as we learn about Jane. She has an American father who teaches at Cambridge. Which is good because he's able to pull a lot of strings and get Jane into the medical program. No women are allowed, technically, and Jane won't be allowed to graduate even if she completes her studies.
Before she gets very far, the attractive Ral Conrath shows up with an offer Jane and her father can't refuse. He'll be their guide in Africa as they search for the "missing link."
Things pick up a lot when they arrive in Africa. There's action and adventure aplenty, and while I won't tell you any more about the plot, I'll say that it does involve some traditional Burroughs tropes.
While the book was written with the full consent, cooperation, and approval of the Burroughs estate and heirs, I don't know how true fans will react. I read the Tarzan novels long ago and haven't tried them again. I loved them at the time, but I'm not a scholar or obsessive fan. I saw many movies with Johnny Weismuller, Gordon Scott, Lex Barker, and Jock Mahoney. But that's as far as it goes.
That being said, I enjoyed the book. It's well written and clever and entertaining. There's plenty of room for a sequel, as you can imagine. I suppose of Maxwell wants to, she can retell all the tales from this new perspective. Check it out.
Bigfoot Update
Mail Online: A U.S. venture plans to use a remote-controlled 'stealth' airship to hunt for signs of Bigfoot in the mountains of California.
Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.
Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.
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AbeBooks: Akashic Noir series
AbeBooks: Akashic Noir series: There's been a murder at a Mumbai spice market, the corpse's fingers sunset-stained with turmeric and saffron. A grisly discovery on a Copenhagen beach sends Danish police scurrying for answers. A woman with eyes like warnings and a terrible secret walks into a Pittsburgh P.I.'s office and won't be denied... If you love the grit, grime and sultry sweat of a good piece of noir fiction, the Akashic Noir series is for you. Akashic Books is an independent publisher based in Brooklyn, and begun by musician Johnny Temple, the former bassist for long-running post-hardcore band Girls Against Boys. Temple founded Akashic Books in 1996, with the goal of publishing shining writing stars who might otherwise go overlooked, particularly in the arenas of urban literary fiction and political non-fiction.
Overlooked Movies: The Long Kiss Goodnight
Okay, you guys know me. I'm the one who likes Cutthroat Island. So naturally I love this one, too. Could it be that I'm a Geena Davis fan? Yes. Yes, it could.The plot is one of my favorites from the Gold Medal days: the amnesia plot. Davis plays Samantha Caine, your average everyday suburban housewife who has no idea who she really is. She's hired a private-eye (Samuel L. Jackson) to find the answer, but before he uncovers anything, she has an auto accident and her memory starts to return. She has some skills that the average everyday suburban housewife doesn't have. That's because she's really a former CIA assassin.
Jackson finds some clues, more of Davis' memory returns, and people are trying to kill her. The movie really races along. Will the baddies kill Davis and Jackson? Will Davis ever return to her suburban homelife? Hey, you can't expect me to tell you, but I'll bet you already know. Getting there is all the fun, however, and it's plenty of fun for me. Explosions, car crashes, you name it. The critics didn't like it, as I recall, which is yet another reason I'm not a movie critic. I think it's great.
Monday, October 15, 2012
Castles in Space - Michael Dirda
The American Scholar: Castles in Space - Michael Dirda: The other day, while roaming through the book-sale room at a local library, I spotted eight or nine issues of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. All of them were from the early 1960s, with the muted, matte covers of that era, most of them with illustrations by the late Ed Emsh (whose wife, Carol Emshwiller, is one of the greatest living writers of fantasy and sf). Each digest originally cost 40 cents, but now—50 years later—they were only a quarter apiece, and I bought them all.
Read the rest (especially the final paragraph) at the link.
Hat tip to Todd Mason.
Read the rest (especially the final paragraph) at the link.
Hat tip to Todd Mason.
Free Today for Kindle
The Affair of the Wooden Boy (A Mina and James Stark Investigation): Ian Doyle: Amazon.com: Kindle Store: In Drummond, James Stark and his pretty wife Mina run a discreet inquiry agency and are used to laying their lives on the line to see that justice and the truth prevail. The city is rife with dark creatures, great monsters and men who are beasts, and fantastical foes live in the shadows, waiting for victims. When a puppet knocks on their door in the dead of night claiming to be a real boy who has had his body stolen through black arts, James takes up his pistol and sets out to balance the scales. Mina accompanies her husband as they investigate the dangerous affair of the wooden boy.
Currently Free on Smashwords
Smashwords — Collision — A book by Alison Nussbaum: Short story by bank robber turned writer, Al Nussbaum which originally appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine. This is the first in a series of previously published and unpublished manuscripts planned for release.
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Once Again Texas Leads the Way
Houston Chronicle: A North Texas woman has been charged with retaliation for allegedly posting an undercover police officer's photo on Facebook and identifying him by his job.
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Tarzan: King of the Bookshelves on AbeBooks
Tarzan: King of the Bookshelves on AbeBooks: Tarzan remains one of the most recognizable characters in storytelling – a genuine cultural icon. He has appeared in books and comics, and his adventures have been broadcast on radio, television and cinema (80 plus movies). Edgar Rice Burroughs’ creation first appeared in an issue of the pulp publication All-Story Magazine in October 1912 and a book version followed two years later.
Once Again Texas Leads the Way
Craft brewers try new tactic in pitch to change state alcohol... | www.statesman.com: For a few dollars, customers can buy an empty pint glass at East Austin’s Hops & Grain brewery, but the year-old business cannot legally sell any of the beer it makes to fill the glass. So, the company gives away its product for free.
Once Again Texas Leads the Way
North Lake College students panic at sound of gunfire | wfaa.com Dallas - Fort Worth: What Culton didn't know was that the gunfire was all part of a planned drill.
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