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- eBook Deal: ‘The Fifth Woman’ (Kurt Wallander Mysteries)
- Video Game Deal: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare For PS3
- Geek Gear: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ‘Snozberry Smoothies’ Shirt
- Book Review: Domestic Violets
- Dynamite Entertainment Brings ‘Voltron’ To Comic Books
- Isaac Asimov’s ‘The Caves of Steel’ Headed For The Big Screen
- Comic Review: Red Sonja #57
- BOOM! Studios To Bring ‘Key of Z’ To NYCC
- Book Review: The Devil’s Diadem
| eBook Deal: ‘The Fifth Woman’ (Kurt Wallander Mysteries) Posted: 25 Sep 2011 05:58 AM PDT  The eBook deal of the day today for the Amazon Kindle is The Fifth Woman by Henning Mankell for only $1.99 (that's 72% the regular price of $7.19). Note, this deal is valid only for today, Sunday, September 25, 2011, until 11:59PM PST. If you'd like to own a physical copy of The Fifth Woman, the book is also available in trade paperback for $9.03 and mass market paperback for $7.99; the latter version is currently part of Amazon's 4-for-3 promotion [...]            |
| Video Game Deal: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare For PS3 Posted: 25 Sep 2011 05:28 AM PDT  The video game deal of the day over at Amazon today is Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Game of the Year Edition for Playstation 3 for only $14.99 (that's 50% off the list price of $29.99). Note, this sale is valid only for today, Saturday, September 25, 2011, until 11:59PM PST while supplies last [...]      |
| Geek Gear: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ‘Snozberry Smoothies’ Shirt Posted: 24 Sep 2011 10:56 PM PDT  The $10 t-shirt deal of the day over at TeeFury today is the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory-themed shirt "Snozberry Smoothies" by artist Jason Tracewell. The sale began at Teefury today, Sunday, September 25, 2011, at midnight EST, and will continue for 24 hours from then, and once it's over, it will not be sold on the site anymore [...]      |
| Posted: 24 Sep 2011 03:55 PM PDT  Domestic Violets By Matthew Norman Paperback | Kindle Harper Perennial Release Date: August 9, 2011 Have you wished that you'd have everything you ever wanted by the time you reached a certain age? Meet Tom Violet, he's just like you. He wants to be rich and famous with a gorgeous wife and a career as a novelist by the age of 35. Well, Tom is 35 now and has a beautiful wife, but hasn't become a successful novelist like his Pulitzer Prize-winning father. He's written a novel which sits in a desk and Tom works a soul crushing job that he doesn't love. Did I also mention he has a crush on his young female co-worker? Tom Violet's life is not the one he wanted but he's going to try to change it [...]      |
| Dynamite Entertainment Brings ‘Voltron’ To Comic Books Posted: 24 Sep 2011 11:46 AM PDT  In Decemmber, Dynamite Entertainment will be bringing the story and characters from the classic animated series Voltron to comic book stores nationwide. I'm fairly certain that all of those reading this site already know what Voltron is and are already heading down to their shops to put in pre-orders [...]      |
| Isaac Asimov’s ‘The Caves of Steel’ Headed For The Big Screen Posted: 24 Sep 2011 10:32 AM PDT  20th Century Fox has tapped into the works of the great science-fiction writer Isaac Asimov twice before -- Fantastic Voyage (1966) and I, Robot (2004). Hoping that the third time will be the charm the studio is turning the author's 1954 novel The Caves of Steel into a major motion picture and have already hired newcomers Henry Hobson and John Scott 3 to respectively direct and write the film [...]      |
| Posted: 24 Sep 2011 09:58 AM PDT  Red Sonja #57 Written by Eric Trautmann Art by Noah Salonga Colors by Ranier Petter Letters by Troy Peteri Covers by Fabiano Neves, Walter Geovani Dynamite Entertainment Release Date: August 31, 2011 Cover Price: $3.99 Red Sonja #57 was so action packed it is ridiculous, and I mean that in a good way. Out on an assassination assignment in Koth, she stumbles into a huge plot between members of an elite family and a ruler that may not be all he seems...one of whom she saved, another who she contracted to kill. The beginnings of the cross and double cross are brought to light, but only after Sonja battles a huge stone golem and dozens of men-at-arms [...]      |
| BOOM! Studios To Bring ‘Key of Z’ To NYCC Posted: 24 Sep 2011 08:00 AM PDT  BOOM! Studios and Evil Ink! Comics began rolling out their New York Comic-Con schedule this week, and one of the most prominent releases is Chondra Echert and Coheed and Cambria frontman Claudio Sanchez's Key of Z comic book series. The comic stars Nick Ewing, a man who has lost everything as a result of gang warfare in a zombie-infected New York City. Which, yes, we've seen a lot of stories about surviving in a post apocalyptic world, and more specifically, stories about surviving the impending Zombie Apocalypse. But one thing that makes this one stand out is that this isn't a survival story, it's a revenge story [...]      |
| Book Review: The Devil’s Diadem Posted: 24 Sep 2011 07:33 AM PDT  The Devil's Diadem Paperback | Kindle Written by Sara Douglass HarperCollins Voyager Release Date: July 26, 2011 Set in 12th century England, The Devil's Diadem is the story of Maeb Longtofte, whose mother died too soon and whose father ditched her to serve the Knights of Templar only to come home and die, leaving her with nothing but rags and a name of somewhat low ranking nobility. She's an orphan with no place to live and no dowry to attract a potential husband. It is her noble name that affords her the opportunity to serve Lady Adelie, Countess of Pengraic. Thus begins Maeb's roller coaster ride to infamy and riches. But there's a catch. Actually, there are several catches and twists and turns so mind-blowing, you'll never predict what will happen next [...]      |
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