Book of the Week: Lovecraft’s Iraq.

I saw David Rose’s Lovecraft’s Iraq and I thought I’d give it a whirl. I’m about halfway through it now, and it’s not half bad. The author is a war veteran from the time period that the book’s set in, and he’s obviously intimately familiar with what military life in Iraq was at that point. This gives the book a certain built-in authenticity when it suggests how the military would react to the Mythos.

Warning: it’s kind of bleak. Even by modern “Thomas Ligotti is my dark guru” cosmic horror standards.

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Book of the Week: Monster Hunter Files (MHI).

There’s gonna be a new Monster Hunter Files story collection coming soon (MONSTER HUNTER FANTOM, written by Czech authors) , so if you haven’t read MONSTER HUNTER FILES yet, now’s the time to get your MHI short story fix. I gotta go see if it’s still on my own Kindle. If not, looks like I’ll have to download it from Baen again…

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Book of the Week: Empire From The Ashes.

Empire from the Ashes is a compilation of David Weber’s Mutineers’ Moon, The Armageddon Inheritance and Heirs of Empire. Obviously science fiction, with a very heavy dose of space opera tacked on. Fun early Weber, particularly if you enjoy space battles… which is pretty much something you’re going to get from late David Weber, too. And everything science fictional in between.

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Book of the Week: Just Stab Me Now.

This one is sort of meta. Jill Bearup’s Just Stab Me Now is about a romance novelist who is dealing with a main character that is being far more obstreperous than normal, or perhaps physically possible in a normal universe. I don’t actually know; I haven’t read it yet. I’m recommending it because a lot of genre writers who I wouldn’t expect to recommend a romance novel are recommending this one, and I take note of that kind of crossover appeal.

Also, I’m a bit of a sentimentalist. Don’t tell anybody, okay?

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Book of the Week: Vampires: A Hunter’s Guide.

So, my wife and I went over to Games and Stuff‘s new store opening, partially because I wanted to talk to their staff about possibly doing a book signing, and partially because it was, you know. Games. And stuff. It’s a nice story, by the way. The used games section was one of those places where you either walk out at high speed with nothing in your hands; or slowly, and about a hundred bucks poorer. Twenty years ago, it would have been the latter*.

Anyway, I ran across Vampires: A Hunter’s Guide from Dark Osprey. It’s one of the ones I didn’t have, and now I do. Note that, cover to the contrary, it is not a World of Darkness product. It was merely accidentally put there, which had to have been the intent of the publisher. And, one must admit: it worked, didn’t it?

Moe Lane

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*I’m not going to tell you what they have. I haven’t decided yet whether or not I’m going back.

Book of the Week: The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.

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Damien Lewis’s The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler’s Downfall, Giving Birth to Modern-Day Black Ops! Soon to be a major motion picture! One unsullied by any attempt to Guy Ritchie to prioritize historical accuracy over gee-whiz (thank God)! Only four bucks on Kindle!

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Book of the Week: Tales From the Fermi Resolution: Vol. 1: Shadow of the Tower.

Sorry, it was a long day and not a very productive one. Tales From the Fermi Resolution: Vol. 1: Shadow of the Tower is on 99 cent sale this week in Kindle, and happens to be less than four bucks on paperback. The Kickstarter for Vol 2 is also going live in two days. Every little bit, as they say, helps.

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