Tag: Philip K. Dick

Science Fiction and Paranormal Fantasy with a Noir Twist

Tarzan and the City of Gold: My Gateway Book

I must have been about eight years old. Our neighbor, a grandmotherly type whose children had all grown up, was cleaning out her garage and brought over a box of books, mostly Whitman Classics hardcovers. I could have them if I wanted them, she told me. I wasn’t a big reader at eight, but it…
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June 21, 2014 0

Dystopian Cyberpunk Science Fiction–On Sale for 99 Cents

Anniversary Week Continues with Another Discounted Book “This is an awesome book. It seamlessly blends the classic pulp private dick character of Raymond Chandler and the darkly humorous science fiction of Philip K. Dick into a wonderful read.”–Mary C. Moore For a limited time, my dystopian Science Fiction novel, Strictly Analog, is on sale for…
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January 22, 2014 0

Cyberpunk Dystopian Science Fiction–On Sale for 99 Cents

“This is an awesome book. It seamlessly blends the classic pulp private dick character of Raymond Chandler and the darkly humorous science fiction of Philip K. Dick into a wonderful read.”–Mary C. Moore “…fast-paced futuristic thriller…“–Publishers Weekly My dystopian Science Fiction novel, Strictly Analog, is on sale for 99 cents at Amazon.com. Fans of William…
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November 11, 2013 0

My Favorite Ways to Destroy the World

UPDATE: The Girl at the End of the World has now been released and is available in ebook and paperback formats at Amazon. Continuing with the end-of-the-world theme here in preparation for the upcoming release of my new book. I’ve settled on a title, by the way. It’s The Girl at the End of the…
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November 5, 2013 0

Strictly Analog On Sale Today for 99 Cents

“This is an awesome book. It seamlessly blends the classic pulp private dick character of Raymond Chandler and the darkly humorous science fiction of Philip K. Dick into a wonderful read.”–Mary C. Moore “…fast-paced futuristic thriller…“–Publishers Weekly Today Only! Strictly Analog is on sale for 99 cents at Amazon.com. Fans of William Gibson, Jonathan Letham,…
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October 23, 2013 0

My Favorite Bookstores

Given the choice between a neat bookstore with all the shelves perfectly arranged and a disordered bookstore where the books are stacked 2 deep on the shelves, I’ll take the messy store any day. Of course, I’m talking about used bookstores here. Any new bookstore that’s a complete mess wouldn’t be worth my time. But…
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July 9, 2013 7

Why I Write Science Fiction

First off, let me say I’m sticking with the general term science fiction even though some of the things I write fall more accurately under the heading speculative fiction. Whatever. SF is generally the better known term, so I’ll stick with that for now. Let me also say that I didn’t always write science fiction.…
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June 18, 2013 3

Free Book Week Continues with Strictly Analog

The week rolls on, and I’m continuing to celebrate the release of my paranormal fantasy Unfinished Business by offering another free book on Amazon. Today it’s Strictly Analog, a dystopian science fiction novel set in the near future. It follows Ted Lomax, a private detective living in a society where nothing is private any longer,…
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March 26, 2013 0