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by | 30/08/2011 · 10:45 pm

INTERVIEW – In Conversation With David Lester (Graphic Designer/Cartoonist/Guitarist)

By Marty Mulrooney

David Lester Interview (The Listener)

AMO recently reviewed a powerful graphic novel entitled The Listener, explaining how it “offers a unique blend of fact and fiction delivered in an original, unique style.” The Listener actually tells not just one story, but two: the rise of Hitler in the 1930s and the search for meaning in the great art of Europe by a female artist in the present day. The book’s author was recently kind enough to join us to discuss The Listener in further detail and I am therefore proud to present an exclusive online interview with David Lester.

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by | 26/08/2011 · 1:35 pm

BOOK REVIEW – Hardware: The Definitive SF Works of Chris Foss

By Marty Mulrooney

Hardware: The Definitive SF Works of Chris Foss

Chris Foss is a British artist and illustrator whose groundbreaking artwork revolutionised science fiction book covers of the 1970s and 80s. His cover art often depicted looming mechanical spacecraft – the ‘hardware’ of this book’s title – superimposed over vast alien landscapes. Featuring book covers made for such prolific science fiction writers as Isaac Asimov, E. E. ‘Doc’ Smith, Arthur C. Clarke, A. E. Van Vogt and Philip K. Dick, as well as design work for film directors such as Ridley Scott and Stanley Kubrick, Hardware: The Definitive SF Works of Chris Foss offers a comprehensive retrospective of Foss’s career to date.

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by | 25/08/2011 · 4:16 pm

BOOK REVIEW – Broetry by Brian McGackin

By Marty Mulrooney

Broetry

Broetry is a contemporary poetry book written by Brian McGackin. It contains poetry written for men, about stuff that men are actually interested in. Cue poems about Star Wars conventions, video game tournaments and Taylor Swift…

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by | 18/08/2011 · 2:45 pm

BOOK REVIEW – Bloodshot by Cherie Priest

By Marty Mulrooney

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Bloodshot is the latest novel from award-winning author Cherie Priest. Offering a change of pace from her previous science fiction/steampunk novels, Bloodshot tells the story of Raylene Pendle (AKA Cheshire Red), a vampire and world-renowned thief living in Seattle. When fellow vampire Ian Stott asks for help, the usually reclusive Raylene sets out on a mission to retrieve missing government files that will see her unexpectedly teaming up with a kick-ass drag queen, Men in Black hot on their trail…

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