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Sons of Anarchy

October 19, 2012 | 8 Comments

Sons of Anarchy could be loosely described as The Sopranos with bikers, but like anything, it’s execution dependent, and in this case the execution is awesome…

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Harvard Divinity

October 17, 2012 | 0 Comments

A good villain is neither black nor white. Take Pastor John Parris. Is he a villain or victim? Well… villain, but even the most evil come from somewhere. In this short story, we explore some important questions about the creepy little man…

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Cabin in the Woods – Post Modern Fun

October 5, 2012 | 3 Comments

Post modern pastiche of the classic teen horror that succeeds in being both funny and a genuine horror film in its own right…

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A Fiction Frolic for All Hallow’s Read

October 3, 2012 | 0 Comments

In honor of the coming invasion of demons, witches, and the like, I and The Darkening Dream are participating in Fiction Frolic for All Hallow’s Read, an event supporting Neil Gaiman’s All Hallow’s Read…

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The Dark Knight Rises

September 26, 2012 | 25 Comments

The final Chris Nolan Batman draws upon the comic mythos and reinvents itself with a dark nihilistic 21st century zeitgeist. Stripped of camp, free of post-modern self-reference (which The Avengers is packed with), shorn of sentimentality…

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Debt: The First 5,000 Years

September 21, 2012 | 8 Comments

If you are interested in politics, economics, history or just being human you owe it to yourself to read this book…

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A Second Trailer for The Hobbit

September 20, 2012 | 0 Comments

Today brings us a new trailer for The Hobbit!

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Untimed Characters

September 19, 2012 | 0 Comments

My upcoming novel, Untimed, features an amusing cast of characters, so I gathered up their likenesses into a rather oddball “family” album…

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Untimed Cover Reveal!

September 5, 2012 | 11 Comments

The new Cliff Nielsen cover for Untimed is here!

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Untimed – Logo Faceoff

August 29, 2012 | 26 Comments

I’m experimenting with some logo ideas for Untimed and want to see what you guys think…

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BlogTalkRadio Interview

August 22, 2012 | 2 Comments

Yesterday I did a really fun one hour radio interview on BlogTalkRadio about The Darkening Dream, with tangents into writing, video games, TV, and all that good stuff…

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Wool – Life in a Tin Can

August 20, 2012 | 5 Comments

If you like Science Fiction, post apocalyptic worlds, or just plain old good novels. Read this. Seriously, it’s one of the most enjoyable speculative novels I’ve read in years…

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More Awards

August 19, 2012 | 0 Comments

The Darkening Dream has recently won a few more book awards for both the novel itself and the awesome cover.

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Game of Thrones – Season 2 CGI

August 13, 2012 | 0 Comments

A video of Game of Thrones season 2 effects shots shown before and after.

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Untimed Art Finished!

August 13, 2012 | 10 Comments

All twenty-one interior illustrations for my time travel novel, Untimed, are now finished! I thought I’d use the occasion to release two new ones to the public…

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The Alchemist – Fantasy Snack

August 8, 2012 | 6 Comments

A tasty fantasy snack from the author of Ship Breaker and The Windup Girl…

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Maximum Weird – Perdido Street Station

August 6, 2012 | 5 Comments

I am in utter awe with regard to the creativity oozing from this novel. Part Dickens, part steampunk, part fantasy, part Blade Runner, part Lovecraft and a whole lot more…

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Video Games, Novels, and Ideas

August 1, 2012 | 15 Comments

Since I’ve created thirteen video games and written two novels I’m often asked how the process compares between the two. This is a complex topic, but here goes one stab at it, focusing on the generation of the idea. The…

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Ship Breaker – desk jockeys beware

July 25, 2012 | 1 Comments

Hugo and Nebula wining author of the Sci-Fi novel, The Windup Girl, brings his unique vision of the future to YA…

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The Amazing Spider-Man

July 18, 2012 | 3 Comments

This new Spider-Man has to be one of the fastest reboots in film history. Ten years, just five since the wretched Spider-Man 3! So valuable is this franchise that in recent decades, Sony Pictures has only made money during Spider-Man years…

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