Nope to ebooks

I tried out the Sony ebook reader - one of the better readers out there - and returned it. The concept will eventually win - even now you can store 400 books on one reader - but the grey-on-grey e-ink screen ain't quite there yet. Once they go black on white I'll try again; for now, it's still Gutenberg paper for me.

The kids like Mantids

410media.com gives it an honest review.

NEA for Piracy

Writers and pirates don't get to bitch about a lack of appreciation. Crank up your parrot and board that ship!

SFSite.com's John Enzinas reviews Mantids

"The real star of the book is not the narrator but the writing.  Dakron is a poet and his skill with words makes this book shine.  He pulls all of your senses in while describing a world awash with giant, man-crazy, killer mutant bugs who think like the humans they once were.  How can you not respect that level of skill?.... Read this book for the prose .... It's worth it."  

Read the full review here.

Mantids is ForeWord Magazine 2008 Book of the Year Finalist

ForeWord Magazine named Mantids a 2008 Book of the Year Finalist in the Fiction - Science Fiction category.

Mahalo!

As they say in the land of Kona coffee--thanks to everyone who made "Mantids" happen, especially the fruitalicious Julia, Jerry and Jean Gold of Black Heron Press, major patron jimgermanbar, the Elliott Bay Book Co., Portland's Wordstock festival, and the online bloggers who kept my Google stats happening.