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Down With OPB – Unforgettable

Fellow Codex author Eric James Stone is currently serializing his novel Unforgettable online, adding one chapter a week, like I am (link goes to the first chapter). Unlike me, however, he has the entire thing available as an ebook if … Continue reading

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Bonus Chapter Up

Below is the Bonus Chapter (or if you will, the regularly scheduled chapter that got preempted by April Fool’s Day). Be here Friday when we return to the regular schedule, and next Tuesday, the return of Extras. Really.

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Down With OPB – The False Princess

Continuing March’s look at Other People’s Books, I’d like to feature a change of pace for Hero Go Home. There’s really no connection at all, either thematically or even proximately, between Digger, or superheroes in general, and Eilis O’Neal’s debut … Continue reading

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Big Game Wednesday – Champions Online

So I mentioned that I used to play City of Heroes and City of Villains. Well, not long after I started playing, the studio that developed the game, Cryptic Studios, sold off City of Heroes to NC Soft, the publisher. … Continue reading

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Down With OPB – Nobody Gets the Girl

I promised last week that I would talk more about James Maxey’s work this week. I first discovered James when my friend M.T.  Reiten was published in a Phobos anthology, All the Rage This Year. When I visited the Phobos … Continue reading

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Big Game Wednesday – Superhero City

After I joined Facebook, I decided to try a game I saw being promoted called Superhero City. Clearly (it seemed to me) trying to capitalize on name identification with City of Heroes, I wondered if the experience would be at … Continue reading

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Down With OPB – Final Flight of the Blue Bee

Okay, so this is not actually a book. “The Final Flight of the Blue Bee” is a short story which originally appeared in Asimov’s a few years ago, and which I later bought for $0.99 as a Kindle single. It … Continue reading

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Big Game Wednesday – City of Villains

Last week, I discussed City of Heroes, the Massively Multiplayer On-Line Roleplaying Game featuring superheroes. And before I get to City of Villains, the sequel, I’d like to revisit something I mentioned, but don’t think I emphasized enough. My attraction … Continue reading

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No Ordinary Television

I considered throwing together a graphic for “Television Tuesday” or something, but I don’t see doing this as a regular enough thing to merit it, plus that would just be one more damn thing on my plate. But as No … Continue reading

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Down With OPB – The Hollow Earth

Ya down with OPB? Yeah, you know me. OPB means Other People’s Books, which means I’m talking about fiction other than my own. In theory, given what this site is about, that means I should be trying to track down … Continue reading

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