Author: Alex Irvine
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Brave New Worlds Cover and TOC
From editor John Joseph Adams comes the cover and ToC for Brave New Worlds, his anthology of dystopias. I mention this because my Salon.com and F&SF story “Peter Skilling” is part of the anthology, which is due out from Night Shade Books in January. Most excellent company to be in, as you’ll see in a…
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Dark Sun #1 Covers
Coming in January…covers by Wayne Reynolds and Andy Brase, interior art by Peter Bergting.
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Political Advice from H.P. Lovecraft
Not sure how much social commentary you want from a guy who had a cat named Ni**er-Man, but this is a pretty excellent rant. As for the Republicans—how can one regard seriously a frightened, greedy, nostalgic huddle of tradesmen and lucky idlers who shut their eyes to history and science, steel their emotions against decent…
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Maybe I Should Have Set Buyout in Arizona
I was thinking about influence and insurance and politics one day back in 2000, and I started a book that I thought would be called Buyout. About eight years later, after many fits and starts, I finished it and it came out in 2009. If you haven’t read it, Buyout tells the story of a…
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Megatron Vs. the Reaper!
Over at Suvudu, they’re doing a series of cage matches between the great villains of SF and fantasy. Most recently, on Wednesday, they threw Megatron and the Reaper (of Shannara) into the cage, and you can vote on the result! Here’s my take. Here’s the way this plays out. The Reaper comes in low… …oh,…
Crooked House Fictions 