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BOOK REVIEW – The Art of Dead Space by Martin Robinson

By Marty Mulrooney

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The Art of Dead Space by Martin Robinson is a full-colour hardback art book celebrating the Dead Space video game universe. Published by Titan Books to coincide with the release of Dead Space 3, it features over 300 images including original concept art and sketches, many never seen before, with commentary from some of the talented artists who contributed their work.

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AMO COMPETITION – Stephen King’s Joyland Online Carnival Tour

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Step right up! Step right up! Talk “the Talk” @TitanBooks to Win Money-Can’t-Buy Prizes! Best-selling author Stephen King returns with a breathtaking tale of love – and loss – set in a 1970s North Carolina amusement park. Read Alternative Magazine Online’s review here.

Celebrating the release of this bittersweet coming-of-age novel, Titan Books and Hard Case Crime are teaming up with a series of digital partners (including AMO) to host competitions to win free copies of Joyland and a limited run of exclusive Joyland canvas prints of Glen Orbik’s cover painting.

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BOOK NEWS – Doug TenNapel Sketchbook Archives (Video)

 By Marty Mulrooney

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Following the successfully funded Kickstarter campaign that took place at the end of last year, The Doug TenNapel Sketchbook Archives has finally arrived! Alternative Magazine Online interviewed legendary video game designer (Earthworm Jim, The Neverhood) and graphic novelist (Creature Tech, Cardboard) Doug TenNapel in 2010 and Power Up was also chosen as one of AMO’s best books/graphic novels of 2009, with TenNapel described as: “One of the great graphic novelists of our time.” AMO is therefore proud to present an exclusive video reveal of the Doug TenNapel Sketchbook Archives!

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BOOK REVIEW – Joyland by Stephen King

By Marty Mulrooney

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Joyland is the new novel from the world’s best-selling author, Stephen King. The latest release in the highly successful and hugely popular ‘Hard Case Crime’ book series, Joyland tells the story of college student Devin Jones as he takes a part-time job at a small-town North Carolina amusement park during the summer of 1973. Trying to escape a broken heart, he instead discovers a crime – and ghost – mystery that will not only see him coming-of-age, but force him to take a ride with an evil that hides in broad daylight. Published through a collaboration between Winterfall LLC and Titan Publishing Group, Joyland is due to be released in the UK on the 7th June 2013.

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