Reviews

Everyone's Reading Bastard By Nick Hornby

Posted by Patrick Dooley 05Jul

Bestselling author Nick Hornby (High Fidelity; Fever Pitch; About a Boy; Juliet, Naked) is a virtuoso at love gone wrong. In Everyone's Reading Bastard, published by Byliner Fiction, Hornby paints a wincingly comic picture of just how messy modern relationships can become, as his characters hit delightful new lows of cruelty, misery, and pettiness.

The City of the Mirage, An Epic Adventure

Posted by Dominic Kennedy 04Jul
The City of the Mirage, Jerome Brooke

Regular contributor to Kalkion, Jerome Brooke has had his book, The City of the Mirage published by Books to Go Now, the digital book publisher. The fantasy novel is the first in the series, Myths of the Divine Astarte, where an American pilot is shot down in the desert and finds himself in a strange land ruled by Astarte the Immortal Queen. He is called by the Queen to fight for her against her brother in the Battle of the Myths.

The Hollywood Producer and the UFO's

Posted by Patrick Dooley 29Nov

How many people can say their inventions prove UFOs are real? That's the claim of Hollywood producer J. Herbert Klein in his new book BEYOND HOLLYWOOD: A MEMOIR OF FATE, LUCK, THE UNEXPLAINED, AND LIVING THE AMERICAN DREAM. The 296-page book features nearly 100 photos - including many amazing shots of unexplained phenomena.

Jules Verne’s Steampunk Captain Nemo

Posted by Patrick Dooley 21Nov

International bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson’s newly released novel CAPTAIN NEMO tells a steampunk version of Jules Verne’s greatest creation, Captain Nemo, builder and captain of the Nautilus and secret benefactor to the castaways on the Mysterious Island.

Reinventing Storytelling for the Digital Age

Posted by Patrick Dooley 17Nov

Cognito Comics didn’t want to simply make another graphic novel. They wanted to completely change the way people looked at digital publishing, storytelling and the iPad.

Did Lee Harvey Oswald Infiltrate the Plot to Assassinate JFK?

Posted by Patrick Dooley 11Nov

As the 48th anniversary of America’s saddest weekend approaches, Author Ed Haslam, DR MARY’S MONKEY, says it’s time to re-think our history. He's willing to explore that in interviews as the JFK Assassination date approaches on Nov. 22.

Brace Yourself for a New Breed of Vampire in "Vaempires: Revolution."

Posted by Patrick Dooley 31Oct

Author Thomas Winship turns the world of vampires upside down in his blood-curdling new book, "Vaempires: Revolution." Set in a post-apocalyptic future where humans and vampires have learned to live in peace, "Vaempires: Revolution" introduces vaempires—mutated vampires armed with a little something extra (hence the added "e"), due to either evolution or evilution.

New Novel Challenges "Anonymous" Movie’s View of Shakespeare and the Earl of Oxford

Posted by Patrick Dooley 28Oct

"My Dark Lady: Shakespeare's Lost Play" by Dan Walker opens in Queen Elizabeth's glittering Court. The year is 1580. Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, has just lost his heart to the Queen's newest maid of honor. Their forbidden love inspires the greatest writer ever born to compose numerous passionate and extremely personal sonnets.

Charles Dickens and the Night Visitors details the author's attempts at ghost-hunting

Posted by Patrick Dooley 24Oct

Charles Dickens and the Night Visitors, a novel by David James, tells the story of the Dickens family's year in Italy (1844-45) and of the famous author's unorthodox relationship with the wife of a close friend that split his family apart.

Author Exposes Theory on Assassination of Wild Bill Hickok

Posted by Patrick Dooley 23Oct

Why was James Butler 'Wild Bill' Hickok killed in the gold camp of Deadwood Gulch on August 2, 1876? Author and hobby historian David A. Soma notes that five killings took place at the camp on those first three days of August. Hickok was just one of them. Revisiting the murders, Soma recreates this debate-riddled period in the American Old West in his new novel, The Yellow Doll: Deadwood, Hickok & Opium.

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