7/21/10

Summer of Mooney

THE FOLLOWING IS A LETTER FROM CHRIS AND KEN:





Dear Esteemed Umpires of Taste,

We want to make Summer 2010 the Summer of Mooney. To do this, we will be offering different promotional gifts each month leading up to the official grand release (July, August, September)…starting now!

In July, if you purchase a copy of the physical book directly from Sator Press you will also receive a copy of the absolutely bonkers unabridged audio book extravaganza free of charge. To hear a sample of the audio book, click here. Come August, this deal will end and a different promotional gift will take its place.

Keep in mind, the book is currently available at a reduced price until the official grand release on 10/05/10. This means you can get your hands on the book right now for less than you will pay for it on Amazon come October.

Already, we’re hearing great things about The Complete Works of Marvin K. Mooney:

*Recently named as a Readers’ Favorite at The Huffington Post

*Dennis Cooper named it an early contender for Best of 2010

*And early responses are calling it:

“an incredible piece of work”
--Darby Larson, The Collagist

“a playful, tender, intellectually challenging, and funny novel”
--Josh Cook, The Huffington Post

“hands down, the most stunning piece of metafictional writing I’ve ever held in my hands”
--Renko Heuer, Lodown Magazine

Please take this opportunity to get your copy now, and help us spread the word by posting about The Summer of Mooney on your blog, Twitter, Facebook, or on a website to which you contribute, and/or emailing people, and/or discussing it with friends, family members, or strangers at the grocery store.

Thank you, thank you!

Most warmly,
Chris & Ken
I know that this is a couple of days old but I just got around to reading it. It's very insightful. Shane Jones & Adam Robinson talk at BOMBLOG.

7/19/10

Kevin Sampsell wrote about his time in Atlanta--reading at Solar Anus, etc.

And read a review of his memoir, A Common Pornography, at Atlanta's Creative Loafing.

Dead Space. Martyr by Brian Evenson.


I enjoyed the video game Dead Space. And I'm probably going to enjoy the Dead Space novel, too. Enjoy a video game novel? Yeah. Why? Because it's written by Brian Evenson and it's called Martyr.

The video game revolves around a religion called Unitology. The followers of the massive religion believe that the Marker (a divine relic) will bring about eternal life. "The Church is noted for having many cult like features including ritual sacrifices and mass suicides" (via Dead Space Wiki). Sounds like a good world for Evenson to play in doesn't it? I thought so. Not to mention that the man who created Unitology is named Michael Altman. Altmann's tongue? Coincidence? Probably not, but still.

“One of the most compelling storytelling aspects of Dead Space has been the Church of Unitology: its origins, power, and role in Dead Space,” says Tor editor, Eric Raab. “Writer B.K. Evenson gets into the terrifying aspects of mob mentality like no other writer today. This isn’t only a great story within the Dead Space universe; it’s a great novel on its own.” (Via Kotaku).


The novel is being published by Tor Books and should be available soon (listed with a 7/20 release date on Macmillan).

7/16/10

The first review of Flowing in the Gossamer Fold

is by Caleb Ross at Outsider Writers Collective.

Atlanta

Kevin Sampsell, Frayn Masters and I are reading at Beep Beep Gallery tonight 8PM (696 Charles Allen Drive). Hosted by Solar Anus.

And tomorrow I am reading with J. Bradley and Matt DeBenedictis at MINT 8PM (684 John Wesley Dobbs Ave NE, Suite B).