Book News and Reviews

Book Review on Dead Mech by Jake Bible. Rated at 10 out of 1 through 10. Let me set the scene for Dead Mech. The zombie apocalypse has happened in America. Humanity has coalesced in various pockets of the US, some in huge, walled city-states, others in the wasteland which is outside the city-state walls. Protecting these city-states and maintaining some kind of order in the wasteland are the Mechs. Additionally, there is technology now which fries the brain of any city-state resident as soon as he or she dies, so they don’t become a zombie. However, this tech has to be turned off to operate a mech and facilitate the mech/human interface. So, there’s the rub. What happens if a mech pilot dies before disconnecting from his mech? You get a dead mech.
On top of this very strange state of affairs, something strange is happening in the city-states. The mech pilots have to find out what is going on, and save the rest of humanity before it’s too late.

As you all know, I went to the Los Angeles Scott Sigler Tailgate at the Happy Ending Sports Bar on Sunset Blvd.  The Sigler book signing at the bar was completely different than any other book signing I’ve ever experienced.  For example, most book signings either have an author behind a table you walk up [...]

If you live in Los Angeles (like me) or in San Diego or San Francisco, check out Scott Sigler as he comes to town to pimp his book The Rookie. I’m going to the LA one, so if you want to be cool like me, check out the Tailgate. And, if you want to find [...]

Here is the next on my list of gift, suggestions for the upcoming holidays. Horror For those friends and family members who like the thrill of fear crawling up their spines when they read: – Salem’s Lot or The Shining or really anything by Stephen King Salem’s Lot is a classic vampire novel (they don’t [...]

Author: Scott Sigler Book: Contagious Genre: Sci Fi/Horror Julia Rating: 10 Comments: First of all, Scott Sigler is, in my opinion, the best new author to enter the horror genre to date. Don’t get me wrong, I love Stephen King, but there’s just something about Sigler’s mixture of hard science and pure, gross, blood and [...]

Scott Sigler’s new book: Contagious is out!  It’s the sequel to Infected.  I haven’t read it yet, but so far all of Mr. Sigler’s work has stood up and I’ve enjoyed it.  Check it out if you have a chance!

Is Ray Bradbury truly a “horror” author?  I think he’s one of those authors you cannot pin down to any particular genre, except to say that what he writes is classic “genre”  fiction (meaning anywhere from Sci Fi/Fantasy to Supernatural to Horror). Bradbury’s works from Fahrenheit 451 to the classic short story compilation The Illustrated Man all the way [...]

Author: Scott Sigler  Book: Infected: A Novel Genre: Horror/Sci Fi/Thriller Julia Rating: 10 Comments: Scott Sigler is one of those “new” authors who has actually been kicking around on independent channels for years. His newest book (the first he’s released with a major publisher) is Infected.  This is the story of a terrible infection contracted [...]

I know I always post on Sundays – but Horror month is coming up.  I am flat out reading the huge list of books that I so ambitiously promised to review.  So, please wait until Weds, October 1st for my first horror review on Scott Sigler’s Infected: A Novel. 

So, starting the first of October, I will be reviewing at least three horror books weekly. I may do more then that. The books will include: Week 1 – New Books: October 1st – 11th – Infected: A Novel by Scott Sigler – Devil Bones by Kathy Reichs – Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris [...]