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Night of the Living Trekkies
Last February, a woman from Quirk Books contacted me in hopes that I would do a review of the soon to be released book, Dawn of the Dreadfuls. It sounded like a fun assignment and when I received my review copy, I immediately started reading it. Problem was … I couldn’t finish it. I was a good fifty pages into the book when I noticed I kept checking my pages and soon found myself making reading goals … “gotta make it to page 115 tonight”. Ultimately, I found myself avoiding the book like an unwelcome guest at party who, at the end of the night, doesn’t want to go home. The book, in a word, was bad. While it was technically well written, the plot, the characters, the … Read entire article »
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Dawn of the Dreadfuls Trailer
Tiffany, over at Quirk Books, just sent me an email, letting me know that Quirk has just released a trailer from the upcoming book, Dawn of the Dreadfuls. Mind you, it’s really called Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls, but I feel like it’s sort of like saying Star Wars: The Empires Strikes Back. About the trailer … it looks fabulous. If this were a real movie instead of book trailer, I would be reserving my ticket right now. As it stands, this two minute clip gives you a brief glimpse of horrors of lurking beneath the surface in this prequel. Which is my problem with it. … Read entire article »
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Live Long and Eat Brains
Our friends and neighbors over at Quirk books are at it again with an upcoming zombie book that attempts to fuse the Star Trek universe with our flesh eating undead friends. Aptly titled, Night of the Living Trekkies, the book follows a group of Star Trek fans who happen to get caught in a zombie apocalypse created by mad alien scientists. The story is pitched as a Galaxy Quest meets Dawn of the Dead mashup with plenty of Star Trek references to make your head spin. … Read entire article »
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