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Publications, Appearances, Reviews, etc.
Great review of Ahab's Return at The Washington Independent Book Review
http://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/ahabs-return-or-the-last-voyage
http://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/ahabs-return-or-the-last-voyage
Great review of Ahab's Return at Barnes and Noble Reviews
www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/sci-fi-fantasy/in-ahabs-return-stories-are-the-great-white-whale/
www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/sci-fi-fantasy/in-ahabs-return-stories-are-the-great-white-whale/
My new novel, Ahab's Return, is coming out this week, on Tuesday, Aug. 28th. I'll be teaching, but you can run out and buy a copy of it. Fun for the whole family. Buy early and often. Also, on the 29th of Aug., Wednesday, I'll be reading from the new book at the Easton Barnes and Noble at 6:00PM. Hope some of you Ohioans can get to it. I look forward to seeing you there.
Great review of Ahab's Return in the August issue of Locus Magazine by Gary Wolfe. I'll be able to link to the entire review probably later in the month, but for now, here's a quote from it.
"As effective as Ahab’s Return is as a fast paced and efficient thriller, it’s also a sharply critical fiction, raising issues of addiction, homelessness, and demagoguery, with the metaphysical whiteness of Melville’s whale replaced by the more toxic whiteness of ‘‘Me First’’ and ‘‘a quest for the reclamation of white Protestant superiority.’’ Manticores and gangsters might make for hazardous adventures in a steampunk past, but the actual horrors have never really gone away."
"As effective as Ahab’s Return is as a fast paced and efficient thriller, it’s also a sharply critical fiction, raising issues of addiction, homelessness, and demagoguery, with the metaphysical whiteness of Melville’s whale replaced by the more toxic whiteness of ‘‘Me First’’ and ‘‘a quest for the reclamation of white Protestant superiority.’’ Manticores and gangsters might make for hazardous adventures in a steampunk past, but the actual horrors have never really gone away."
Ahab's Return on Kirkus Reviews list of Best SF/F books for August.
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/…/augusts-best-science-ficti…/
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/…/augusts-best-science-ficti…/
Got a new story, "Big Dark Hole," coming this Fall in Conjunctions 71: A Cabinet of Curiosities. Follow the link for more info and a look at the complete Table of Contents.
www.conjunctions.com/print/archive/conjunctions71
www.conjunctions.com/print/archive/conjunctions71