More Amortals Raves

Over at Amazon UK, their Amazon Vine program has produced another two excellent reviews for Amortals. Dinky writes: This is a blast of fresh air… This book not only throws together all the elements of a good modern thriller – shoot-outs, chases, explosions, gadgets, intrigues, a sparky agent of the opposite sex, politics, hints of exotic foreign travel (as in Mars, …

Vegas Knights in SFX Magazine

The latest SFX Magazine features a review of Vegas Knights. It’s only available in the print edition, but I’m told it says many good things about the book, including: What’s clever about the way Matt Forbeck has structured this novel is that the magic-heist stuff is a good enough hook to get you reading, but as it develops beyond that …

See Sixteen Forty-Nine

My wife Ann is one of the leaders of Project 16:49, an effort to set up a shelter for homeless teens here in Rock County, Wisconsin. One of their biggest tools for drawing the public’s attention to this problem has been a documentary about three such teens, filmed right here in Beloit by Ruben Burgos. Ann and the other members …

More Praise for Amortals

Over at SF Signal, John DeNardo (who I met at the World Fantasy Convention) has a number of kind things to say about Amortals. He calls the book: [T]hought-provoking rather than preachy as it deals with topics of privacy, civil liberties and caring about what happens to the world around you. Also, the Amazon Vine program produced another great review …

Duty Calls at Tor.com

My latest post is up at Tor.com. This one’s about Duty Calls, a parody of military-themed first-person shooters. Even though it’s an ad for the upcoming game Bulletstorm, it’s still hilarious.

The Eloquent Page Raves for Vegas Knights

Over at the Eloquent Page, Pablo Cheesecake gives Vegas Knights a rave review. He remarks on a couple fun, spoilery details but adroitly avoids any of the big reveals. (To be absolutely fair, the back of the book likely reveals more.) He writes: If Hollywood is listening, someone needs to snap up the rights to the movie version of this sharpish. It’s a sure …

Mind Meld: Surprising SF Films

The folks over at SF Signal ran a new “Mind Meld” column and asked me to join in. This time around, they asked “What was the last science fiction film that surprised you in a good way? What about in a bad way? Explain why.” Click on over to read my answer, along with ones from Tobias S. Buckell, Lucius …

More Amortals Reviews

A pair of kind Amortals reviews cropped up recently. Over at SFSite.com, Michael M. Jones says many great things, including: The end result is a much deeper, more complex story than I was expecting, with a thought-provoking ending. What you get, thusly, is an action-filled, tense piece with plenty of cinematic moments and a heck of a payoff. Some of …

Another Vegas Knights Review

Over the weekend, Matthew Caine Gill posted a glowing, five-star review of Vegas Knights over at Living Social. (Cunning as he is, he received an advanced reader copy, courtesy of the Robot Army.) About the book, he writes: Matt Forbeck delivers an electrifying roller coaster ride, filled with Magic, Poker, and so much more… This book was just a blast to …