Dr. Shaun Duke, Professional Nerd

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Promo Bits: The Fallen Queen by Jane Kindred

The folks over at Entangled Publishing brought this interesting book to my attention, and so I am passing on the information to all of you.  (FYI:  Lynn Flewelling, author of a whole bunch of lovely books, has a blurb on the back cover!) Here goes: Heaven can go to hell.  Until her cousin slaughtered the […]

Promo Bits: The Hermetica of Elysium by Annmarie Banks

Some interesting stuff is flying through my email.  I can’t read it all, so I’ve offered to toss up some information for all of you who might be interested. Here goes: 1494 Barcelona. As Torquemada lights the fires of religious fervor throughout the cities of Spain, accused heretics are not the only victims. Thousands of […]

Promo Bits: Ashes of the Black Frost by Chris Evans

It’s time for a little bit of love for someone’s book.  This time it’s for Ashes of the Black Frost by Chris Evans, which is one of those Iron Elves books.  If you’ve read his books before, leave a comment and let me know what you thought of them. Here goes: Title: Ashes of a […]

Promo Bits: Kafkaesque edited by John Kessel and James Patrick Kelly

The wonderful folks at Tachyon Publications are up to mischief again with a new anthology called Kafkaesque, edited by John Kessel and James Patrick Kelly.  I’m letting you all know about this book because I want it, and one of you is going to buy it for me for my Birthday, which is on the […]

Promo Bit: Department of Time Travel (A Kickstarter Project)

The fine folks behind Department of Time Travel asked if I could spread the word about their fundraising attempts. They want to product a 50-minute film and need to raise $15,000 to do it. Here’s the description: Time travel has been theorized by authors and scientists since before time travel was even possible. Now, with […]

Promo Bits: Arctic Rising by Tobias S. Buckell

Buckell has hit the Internet with news about his latest book, Arctic Rising.  Set to hit shelves in Feb. 2012, it’s certainly one of the few books I am eagerly anticipating.  I suspect I’ll be in line (in costume) when my local B&N or indie store gets it in stock. In any case, here’s some […]