This weekend, I decided to spend a little time formatting one of my books (Dragon Stones, natch) for the Amazon Kindle. The Kindle, of course, is an e-book reader notable for its built-in “Whispernet” wireless client, which allows the user to shop and buy books and have them delivered directly to the device without ever having to connect it to a computer. I got a Kindle 2 for my birthday this year and it quickly became my preferred way to read books. But this isn’t a post about the Kindle, it’s a post about creating Kindle content.
Archive for September, 2009
The Early Years: Zippy Rocket Shoes
Posted by jamesviscosi on September 20, 2009
From the “Was This Really Homework?” Department:
Posted in the early years | Tagged: 1984, alpha complex, brazil, burroughs, children, commie cockroaches, drawings, happiness is mandatory, idiocracy, monty python, nerds, online gaming, paranoia, r&d, rocket shoes, rocket skates, saving throws, the clone wars, the early years, thick yellow spray, treason, troubleshooters, vax | 5 Comments »
Scene(s)-Of-The-Month: September 2009
Posted by jamesviscosi on September 6, 2009
The votes have been counted (or more accurately, the percentages have been looked at) and for the first time since I started the Scene-Of-The-Month, we have a tie! Dragon Stones and The Wolf each received 49% of the votes. Now we could have a runoff election, but what fun would that be? Instead, here is one scene from each.
Posted in Books, Excerpts, Scene of the Month, fantasy, horror | Tagged: accidents, airstreams, dragon stones, dragons, Excerpts, fantasy, fires, game wardens, horror, novels, poachers, polls, scene of the month, the wolf, ties, werewolves | 4 Comments »
Review: “District 9″
Posted by jamesviscosi on September 13, 2009
So over the holiday last week, we watched the movie District 9. Originally my wife had declined to screen this film, but after hearing from several friends about how good it was, she agreed to go see it. I had also told her it was supposed to be good, but apparently, after suggesting she might like Hellboy because it was made by Guillermo del Toro (she is a huge fan of his Spanish-language movies like The Devil’s Backbone and Pan’s Labyrinth), suggesting she might like Kung Fu Hustle because because it was “probably like a Jackie Chan movie”, and trying to convince her that Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome is a classic of 80s filmmaking, I lack credibility. Go figure.
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Posted in Dramas, Movies, Reviews, science fiction | Tagged: aliens, apartheid, district 9, geena davis, hellboy, independence day, jeff goldblum, kung fu hustle, Movies, racism, Reviews, social commentary, the fly, watchmen, will smith | 10 Comments »