Ramblings of Jeff Somers, author
Over at the Orbit Books Blog, I’ve written a little post about 5 near-future SF movies I think are great. Check it out!
“You know, when the Telegraph called my Avery Cates novels “an action movie in print,” my immediate reaction was, of course, anger and suspicion. What kind of action movie did they mean? Jean-Claude Van Damme? Dolph Lundgren? Surely not . . . Steven Seagal?!?!? Bastards. I would have my revenge, I thought.”
Yea, verily: I have the best readers/friends in the world. Received today in my PO Box, a venerable Hoboken Baseball T-Shirt:
Huzzah! To me.
Well, it’s June, which means it’s just a few short weeks until the official release of #5 in the Cates series, The Final Evolution. Over in the U.K., we have our first review of the book over at The Bookbag:
“. . . when Cates is proven to be the one man to save the world, we find it suitably meaty, and gripping, despite that old saw – and it’s a rich nightmare of post-apocalypse for him to be saving, as well . . . Somers is an author of some powerful genre talents.”
Huzzah! We are a genius.
I also note the book is listed on IO9’s “Your Ultimate Survival Guide to June’s Science Fiction and Fantasy” calendar, although they are under the impression the title is The Final Evilution. What’s with people getting the title of this book hilariously wrong?
Anyways: Go forth and pre-order, or I will mail a monkey to your house. Which mail not sound like much of a threat, but that’s only because you’ve never opened a badly ventilated box containing a really hungry, pissed-off monkey.
When working on a book trailer for The Final Evolution, I had a lot of great ideas that were cruelly shunned by my Corporate Masters. As a result the official trailer is quite somber and serious. Fantastic, of course, but somber. And serious.
I saw no reason to trash all of my insanely great ideas for another trailer go to waste. So, featuring booze, pantslessness, and profanity, here is
B A M !
Just in the post this morning, the UK version of The Final Evolution:
BAM!
Over at the spanky new web site for The Final Evolution, I’m giving away 10 free copies of the book to the first 10 folks who can solve a puzzle. Just hours after the site went live, we have our first winner! So if you’re looking for a free copy o’ the book, get thee to the web site.
UPDATE: Now I have my 10 winners. Thanks for checking out the site!
Here’s the final Teaser trailer for The Final Evolution – web site now live!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itT7406a4MY
http://the-final-evolution.com
Hola: The fifth Avery Cates book, The Final Evolution, got a review in Publisher’s Weekly, which is nice. At least I think it did, because they seem to think the title is The Final Solution, which makes me think of unsavory things. Why does the universe hate me?
Anyways, it’s a nice little write up:
“Readers will enjoy the imaginative tale and look forward to more Cates adventures.”
Wo0t!