Scott Sigler’s “Ancestor”: The Print Version
Scott Sigler’s Evil Plan ™ continues to unfold. He’s passing out the full-length PDF of Ancestor, and wants everyone who wants to get the print version of the book to go to Amazon and order it on April 1st. Read. Go. Now. Read More →
Win a Trip to the Nebula Awards in New York
ABE Books and The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America have just launched a contest where they will be giving a pair of SciFi & Fantasy fans a great fun weekend at the Nebula Awards in New York on May 11-12, 2007. A pair of banquet tickets and two nights in the event hotel will go to the winner. The contest is free and open to everyone. Battlestar Galactica’s executive producer... [Read More...]
KAMN Show #27: Highlander
Welcome to Show #27! Dave is joined this time by stunt ninja Brian Brown, who’s quickly becoming a regular all over FarPoint Media. For this, you can lay thanks or blame at Summer’s feet… this week, Brian is thankful because Highlander is one of his all-time favorite movies. Dave and Brian go over the highlights of the movie, and some lively discussion about what does and doesn’t... [Read More...]
Show #28: Pre-show Discussion
Show #28, due out mid-March, will be on Vernor Vinge’s Hugo Award-winning “A Fire Upon the Deep”. Start reading now… it’s about 600 pages of space-faring adventure! For those of you who are curious what our upcoming topics are, and what we’re considering for Ninja topics, don’t forget to check out our Future Topics section! Read More →
Show #27: Pre-show Discussion
Whoops! This is going out a little later than I’d planned, but not to worry, it’s an easy one. The Ninjas plus guests will be discussing Highlander, the 1986 Russell Mulcahy feature film. Chock full of mythic heroes and villains, and an abundance of swordplay, this movie not only spawned a successful and fun TV series spinoff, but it’s achieved “classic” status. We... [Read More...]
KAMN Show #26: Far-Seer
Welcome to Show #26! Joe Murphy is back, joining Dave and Summer in the discussion of Robert J. Sawyer’s 1992 novel, Far-Seer. This is the first book in the Quintaglio Ascension trilogy, and it features a planet of intelligent and advanced dinosaurs. Book 1 follows the quest of a Copernicus/Galileo of his planet. Book 2 is Fossil Hunter, fashioned after a Darwin-like discoverer, and Book 3... [Read More...]
The post-surgery Kuato update
Sorry, I should have posted an update a while ago. For those who haven’t heard, Kuato has officially kicked my ass. The doctors couldn’t remove the tumor, as there was not one, but six of them, and they were all in love with some major organs of mine. They took enough to verify that the cancer is indeed Leiomyosarcoma. So, I’m at Mike’s and Lorrie’s, vegging out and... [Read More...]
Show #26: Pre-show Discussion
It’s catch-up time. Show #26 will be about the Robert J. Sawyer novel, “Far-Seer”. Joe chose this one for us… sort of an allegorical tale about Galileo, only set in a world of intelligent and technologically advancing dinosaurs. You can read the opening chapters over at Rob’s website: Far-Seer It’s Book 1 of the Quintaglio Trilogy, Book 2 being Fossil Hunter, and... [Read More...]
KAMN Show #25: Buckaroo Banzai
Welcome to Show #25! Joe Murphy is out, still dealing with Kuato, and Brian Brown sits in to help with the analysis for this show. Don’t forget to donate to the Kill Kuato Fund, and help Joe out (second Paypal button on the right sidebar), and you can call the special voicemail line to leave a message for him. Two Ninjas plus One discuss the 1984 cult classic film, The Adventures of Buckaroo... [Read More...]
News: Not So Good
It took me a while to get home, and I still don’t know how to put this. Mike called me at about 9:30, and said that the doctors said the tumor was inoperable, and it had invasively spread to too many organs to remove. They removed a large chunk of it to do more tests, and see if it can respond to and be manageable with chemo or radiation, but the results of those won’t be in for a while. So... [Read More...]
Going in
Joe’s prepped, and as of 4:20pm, he was heading into pre-op. Michael kindly sent this along: Read More →
Good wishes and positive thoughts required
This afternoon, Arizona time, Joe goes into surgery, where those with their A-game and their scalpels are going after Kuato. Time to get that bastard out of there and to see what sort of a mess he’s made of Joe’s innards. Mike is headed down to Tucson and he has promised to feed me and Evo information via cell phone as he receives it. I’ll in turn post things here to keep you all... [Read More...]
CASFS Book Club
For those of you living in the Central Arizona area, and if you happen to be free at 7pm on the 3rd Tuesday of the month, you might want to check out the CASFS Book Discussion gathering. The Central Arizona Speculative Fiction Society is the energetic gang that brings you CopperCon and HexaCon each year, in addition to publishing the fan newsletter ConNotations. Once a month, at The Bent Cover bookstore... [Read More...]
The most recent Kuato update
Ok, here’s where I’m at. Just talked to my new surgeon this past Thursday. My case is still a mix of good and bad news. The GI doc biopsied a piece of the tumor back when I had the endoscopy and colonoscopy in Dec. He came back with a diagnosis of Leiomyosarcoma. Which is very nasty. To be frank, I pretty much thought the game was over, time to move into the mountains and call it quits. However,... [Read More...]
Show #25: Schedule Change
Show #25 will be both postponed and changed. Originally, we were going to talk about “Far-Seer” by Robert J. Sawyer, and since that book was a Joe selection, I really didn’t want to do this topic without his involvement. But he’s taking a Ninjas sabbatical until Kuato is taken care of, so “Far-Seer” is being put back on the shelf. Instead, Show #25 will go out... [Read More...]
