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Thursday, 12 June 2008 |
A New Terrorist Threat in Our Midst, Mike Hogan
Review by Lauren S. Smith
We've heard of bombs on planes, suicide bombers, anthrax and car bombers. A new fictional thriller puts an incredible and unheard of spin on terrorists and what they might be up to that will make the hairs on your neck stand up. The Ovary Wars, written by Mike Hogan, effectively documents a type of bloodless terrorism targeting - American women.
In Hogan's book, American women are becoming permanently sterilized by a method unknown to everyone except an evil foreign power. As the nation's population dramatically declines over a four month period, the American economy begins to collapse and chaos ensues. Everyone is puzzled why women can't become pregnant and are discovering that they've become sterilized by a process they had no part in.
A deadly type of silent terrorism, originating from an unknown, but lethal power, is obliterating America's future - and no one knows how. From a state of overpopulation to almost non-existent, births become so rare in America that new form of crimes are being committed - drugs are rampant, baby-selling becomes a popular black-market affair, female immigrants are selling their eggs and ruthless criminals are selling fertility lists.
As America falls into the greatest and deadliest depression the world has ever known, people become desperate and would do anything to find a way out - even commit murder. In The Ovary Wars, terrorists have found the perfect way to destroy a population - prevent them from being born - and it seems as if their plan is going to work.
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Wednesday, 21 May 2008 |
Lifetime Loser: Satire and Suspense on the LinksReviewed By Stuart Nachbar
James Ross’ Lifetime Loser is the story of a multi-million dollar estate real swindle by a humorous cast of con artists, and one unsuspecting golf pro who tries to make things right.
If you enjoy Carl Hiassen or Harlan Coben stories, and you’re deeply into golf, you will enjoy Lifetime Loser. The con artists are similarly developed: they have their slick moments, and their clumsy ones as well. They are just vulnerable and stupid enough, and full enough of themselves to get caught—and they do. It just takes 15 years to solve the crime, an extremely long time period for a story of this type.
Ross’ main character, J.W. Schroeder, better known as J Dub, is a former golfer who comes just one stroke away from qualifying for the PGA Tour. After his near-miss, he decides to give it up and becomes a golf pro at his local driving range. There, he meets con artist Lewford E. (Lew) Zerrmann, and joins him as a minority partner in the decrepit Prairie Winds Golf Club. Lew has no interest in golf; he just wants to bleed the club dry while scaring away the customers he doesn’t like, just because he wants to. He rides his motorcycle on the course, and he imitates Adolf Hitler as art, again because he wants to. Lew is also as horny and unkind to women who resist him as any con in stories like these.
J Dub is a likeable and gullible fool; everyone around the man knows that Lew is cheating him, but he does nothing about it. He gets plenty of good advice from regular patrons to Prairie Winds, Julie his bookkeeper and office manager, his wife Marcia and, his brother Curt, but it takes years for that advice to finally sink into his head—and when it does, it’s almost too late and even an aggressive U.S. Attorney and the Internal Revenue Service are unable to help. He’s allowed the statute of limitations to compromise any case he has. |
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Monday, 05 November 2007 |
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Lauren Smith: What is your book about? The cover describes it as "Mormon cyberpunk." Jessica Draper: The jacket copy gives a good summary: "Hunting Gideon is a near-future cyberpunk novel with an optimistic Mormon twist. Incorporating elements from the hard-boiled detective novel, film noir, and postmodernist prose, much of the novel's action takes place online in cyberspace, blurring the border between actual and virtual reality." "Cyberpunk" refers to the genre of science fiction that novels like Neuromancer and movies like The Matrix trilogy belong to—stories that take place in a near-future world where societal order is breaking down and technology is inescapable. It may be a bit of an exaggeration to call HG pure cyberpunk, but it fits the genre, a tale of digital cops 'n robbers in a full-immersion virtual world. That's a bit more precise than labeling it as simply "science fiction," let alone "Mormon science fiction." It's full of visuals and events that anybody who's played Second Life or World of Warcraft will relate to. In fact, when I first started writing, the idea of an "avatar" was really exotic, but since then has become commonplace; I feel rather proud of myself for anticipating trends so well! Lauren Smith: Where do you get your ideas from? |
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Monday, 10 September 2007 |
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Mystery, Romance, Skiing and those who love Vermont....an interview with the author
Lauren Smith: What is your book about? John Hilferty: Here are two short summaries: Lying helpless and drugged with painkillers in an Italian hospital, Ethan Atwood, a World Cup ski racer, is visited in the dark of night by Lina Biancavello, who is wealthy, lovely and determined. Her visit upends Ethan's plans to marry Marie Queensbury, his long-time love in Vermont, sending him on a downward spiral of drunkenness and depression. When a corpse is found frozen on a ski lift where it had been trapped overnight, the question arises: Was it a suicide, an accident, or something else? Moonlight in Vermont, a Novel, which is set in New England, Colorado and the Alps of Europe against a thrill-filled background of ski racing, deals with a man's struggle to exist without the one he loves the most. A summary reads: "Like the mountain stream in winter rushing unseen beneath dark ice, the love that is forbidden will seek a coming out wherever it can, never finding lasting release in something as honest and soft as moonlight, but it will burst forth beneath the cold wind of seduction and betrayal, jealousy and rage, and finally, death itself." |
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