There’s a good variety of apocalypse across the triptych. We’ve got widespread devastation due to illness, alien invasion, zombies, a comet, environmental degradation, genetically modified foods, A.I., and many more. The sheer variety in the way these authors ended the world was amazing, as was the diversity of setting and voice.
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I’ve always been fond of dystopian and apocalyptic fiction for some odd reason. Here are several titles I’ve been reading lately that play with world-ending, evil robots, and more.
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Some say the world will end in fire, some say with sentient robots turning against their human masters. I’ve always been fond of dystopian and apocalyptic fiction for some odd reason. Here are several titles I’ve been reading lately that play with world-ending, evil robots, and more.
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GeekMom Samantha Cook (and her daughter) take a look at the newly released “Misty, the Proud Cloud,” a picture book about the joy of being yourself.
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Matthew Mather has had tremendous success as in indie author in the last year. The means to his success may represent a new normal in publishing.
Continue ReadingAfter a year-and-a-half of indie success, Hugh Howey’s Wool arrives in bookstores today.
Continue ReadingOld-media publisher Simon & Schuster embraces the future and options ebook phenom Hugh Howey’s Wool.
Continue ReadingGeekDads Erik Wecks and James Kelly hang out with indie authors Hugh Howey, Ernie Lindsey, Toni Dwiggins, and Will Hertling.
Continue ReadingJoin GeekDads Erik Wecks and James Floyd Kelly tonight as they inaugurate the GeekDad Authors’ Hangouts series with a discussion with Hugh Howey, Charles Lindsey, Toni Dwiggens, and Will Hertling.
Continue ReadingThis is part two of my interview with Hugh Howey. In the first interview we discuss his journey as a writer in general and the success of his Wool Series specifically. I have to confess I didn’t intend to write …
Continue ReadingHugh Howey is the indie author behind the Wool series which recently held six out of the top ten spots on the Amazon.com Science Fiction best sellers list. I had a chance to sit down with Hugh and discuss the …
Continue ReadingHere is a pop quiz for you: In early 2012, what author owned six of the top ten spots on the science fiction best sellers lists at Amazon.com? Would you believe it if I told you that author was an …
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