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“The Running Man” Slovak edition
Let’s start running, literally! I wonder what Stephen King thought of this cover.
How Gen Z is embracing naturism in Australia | The Morning Show - YouTube
Younger generations, particularly Gen Z and millennials, are increasingly participating in nudist and naturist activities, challenging traditional demographics. Naturism involves being naked in natural settings like beaches and rivers, while activities include nude sauna sessions, cruises, and charity winter solstice swims across Australia. Participants report experiencing body positivity and empowerment, with community events raising significant funds for charitable causes. - Sunrise- 7Plus
New box of hardcovers + bookmarks!
It’s been about a month since launching my science fiction novel and to celebrate I had the same artist who drew the book cover also draw bookmark designs. The male and female soldiers are some of the story’s main human characters while the red alien is the antagonist. I can’t wait to send these bookmarks to readers and offer them at book signings 😄
Starship Troopers, By Robert Heinlein
Ouch
"Most accurate, blatant representation of narcissism i've read yet. The authors ability to step into an entirely different characters shoes-" uhm, they're my shoes though. But thanks I guess.
A critic said this word for word in one of my reviews.
Isaac Asimov Foundation series, complete set. Cover by Chris Foss
For your consideration “Bilbo le hobbit!”
I feel like this would have been a good cover for Bored of the Rings. There have been a lot of Tolkien covers lately. So, let’s give this very special edition some “love?”
The Road to the Middle Islands by Niel Hancock
Sorry for the crunchy image. It was the biggest, clearest one I could find.
(Self Promo) Innocents, Immortals, and Amoral Gods
The advent of Qu-drive and Qu-Ducts has allowed mortals to colonize nearby planetary systems. But in the newly colonized planetary system of Amestra Nuvo, a dark shadow looms. On Kannari, a mutilated body of an elite is found, and on Mosaar, Governor Jaas concocts schemes sinister. Simultaneously, ethereal visions plague the mortals of Amestra Nuvo, who seem to phase between realities.
Within this vast hegemony of mortals, the rival planetary systems vie for supremacy; the powerful manipulate the masses; hyper-intelligent minds and mechanical bots aid mortals; warriors don self-learning enhanced bodysuits.
Dr. Bloodmoney by Philip K. Dick. Cover by Peter Elson
Bonus artwork on page 1.
The first PKD novel I ever bought. Must be 1978 or 79 I think. The cover bears relevance to the story, as it concerns a marooned astronaut in space who beams radio broadcasts to the post-apocalyptic population below...
Presumably the pic on page 1 depicts the astronaut Walt Dangerfield in his space capsule.
I did the thing!
After more time and effort spent than I’d like to admit (self pub is no joke), Sentient is finally out in the world! It’s a sci-fi novella about AI evolving on their own planet, and follows two bots who start to question the system they live in.
I’m not great at the marketing side of this, but I wanted to share it here so it doesn’t just disappear into the void. Sooooo here’s a selfie of me with my first printed copy 😊
If you’re into slow-burn, philosophical sci-fi, it’s free on kindle unlimited!
Ready Player One
A friend read it and gave it four stars. Has anyone else read this one?
It’s a smash for me!
Just finished smash or pass by birdie schae and honestly it really got me. Sapphic YA about an autistic girl at beach volleyball camp, pretty base story like, but it’s also doing something genuinely smart about masking and coming out being the same process. The slow burn is SLOW but it earns it, again it’s YA so the spice is tame but wholesome.
Anyone else gotten through this?
Full review https://queerbookclub.org/reviews/smash-or-pass-birdie-sch/
Fox and Empire, by Harry Turtledove
The Empire is back… and someone is launch naked babies at Romans
Propagation
Read my newest novel Propagation on KU today: https://a.co/d/05gXLcOY
And check out all five of my novels, all of which are on Kindle Unlimited: https://dhjonathan.com/2024/10/12/my-four-book-links/
I’m also an actor, and a movie starring me was just released on Amazon Prime for rent or Purchase. Just search for “Naked as Created: The Pastor Jim Moore Story”.
[SELF PROMOTION] Trust the system, betray yourself.
Trust the System. Betray Yourself.
The most disturbing thing in my novel isn’t the AI sidekick. It’s that the protagonist becomes better at being someone else than he ever was at being himself. And he likes it.
Zero Trust is a near future thriller with plausible sci-fi and is available now on KindleUnlimited.
Hungerstone
If the author say hunger / hungry one more time I am going to scream. That was my internal dialogue while reading this book. I am almost done and can’t form an opinion at the moment. Is this a sapphic or sapphic adjacent .What was your experience reading it?
Promotion
I've written my first novel that's garnered a positive Kirkus Review, won some minor awards, been well-reviewed in general across the web but nobody knows it exists. I've run some Facebook ad campaigns, am retired and living from savings so am not rich and trying to wrap my head around how to get the word out that my book exits.
Each option seems limited:
Go to conventions and "cons," rent a table, sit there and watch people walk past and hope one will look at my book and consider buying a copy. They cost alot to attend, are stressful to prep for and go to and carry large boxes around for after going through cancer and the one I went to was depressing since there were dozens of indie authors there with nobody selling one book at all.
Amazon Ads seem hit or miss and expensive
BookBub Ads, not sure
BookInfluencers dot come seems sketchy but I don't know.
One agency told me to just keep writing and after I have more books, then promote them, which to me seems like them saying "your budget is not big enough for us."