Well this is a bit wacky! Here’s a podcast review of my novelisation of 30 DAYS OF NIGHT. I really like the idea of podcast reviewing , and although the guys chatting seem sorta hazy about how the book came about – graphic novel, to movie, to novel – it’s good to hear that the reader’s favourite scene is the polar bear scene … which is the one major scene in the book that is my own creation, and not translated from the screenplay.
That polar bear is also indirectly responsible for the Jack London books I’m writing with the most excellent and unfeasibly sexy Christopher Golden. But more on that another time.
Here’s a fantastic review for my forthcoming collection LAST EXIT FOR THE LOST. Hoping to be able to announce release date in the next couple of weeks. It’s a massive book, full of loads of good stuff, and you want it. You do. You want it.
Check out this fun interview with Christopher Golden, Kelley Armstrong, Mike Carey, David Wellington, Jon Maberry, and yours truly, about the zombie anthology The New Dead (or ZOMBIE: An Anthology of the Undead in the UK)
Here’s a pretty unique review of BAR NONE for your delectation.
What I’m up to: just getting into THE WIRE, four episodes in to Season One and I’m hooked. The 5 minute ‘crime scene’ scene where the only word uttered was ‘fuck’ is genius, the characters are real, the writing intelligent and compelling. Brilliant stuff. Now I have to watch it all before anyone tells me what happens. (Yeah, I’m late catching up on this series … I’m always late. I’ve only just bought STATE OF PLAY and EDGE OF DARKNESS to watch, too).
What I’m listening to: Death Magnetic by Metallica really is a bloody good album.
And another thing: Lost Season 5 … finished watching it last night, and … it’s OK. I’m glad it’s finishing next season. I laugh out loud now, more than gasp in surprise. Too many staggering revelations just make for comedy. But it’s still compellingly written and quite addictive stuff. And Kate is a hottie (Tracey is a Sawyer fan).
By the way, exciting news still incoming soon. Here’s a clue: keep your eye on Variety.
Check out this great review for THE NEW DEAD, forthcoming very soon.
Thrilled to see my novel BAR NONE on Joe Gordon’s Best of the Year list. Joe writes the blog over at Forbidden Planet International, and he’s a man who knows what he’s talking about.
He’s also a lover of fine ales. Not that that swayed him, at all.
BAR NONE is still available … apocalypse and real ale, it’s a fine brew.
Here we go again … woke to four inches of fresh snow, the world looks beautiful, and I’m working for a couple of hours before heading to the woods with my family. Expect photo’s soon!
Meanwhile, check out this nice article at Dark Wolf’s Fantasy Reviews.
Here’s a wonderful review of THE ISLAND.
In the Scarborough Evening News, no less!
And here’s another one from My Favourite Books.
