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Final Post of 2007 - Happy Holidays!

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Another semi-geek thing that I’m into are podcasts, especially podcast novels. I may sit down and write a post one day spotlighting my favorites, but there are two specific podcast novelists that I have a reason to plug today. Coincidentally, they’re also my two favorites, but that’s not really the point.

JC Hutchins recently completed the podcasting of his Seventh Son trilogy, which was one of the greatest stories I’ve heard or read in a long time. JC explains the plot better than anyone, so I’ll just quote him:

7th Son is a free serialized audiobook. It chronicles the story of seven strangers who have been brought together after the recent assassination of the U.S. president. These men quickly discover they all appear to be the same man … with identical childhood memories.

Unwitting participants in a human cloning experiment, these “John Michael Smiths” have been assembled to catch the man who murdered the president. Their target? The man they were cloned from; the original John Michael Smith, code-named John Alpha.

In creative writing classes, they teach you that writing a good “hook”, or opening line to your story, is essential. I can’t think of one better than “The president of the United States is dead. He was murdered in the morning sunlight by a four-year-old boy…”

Last year for Christmas, JC released the song “Seven Days of Clonemas” sung by fan favorite character Kilroy 2.0. This year, JC has released Clonemas Don’t Be Late. I strongly recommend both for your caroling needs.

Also, congratulations to JC for inking a deal with St. Mary’s Press to publish the trilogy in print! Book One: Descent will be released in 2009 - expect to see me pimping it.

Scott Sigler is the diabolical genius behind several excellent podcast novels, like Earthcore, Infection/Infected, The Rookie, Ancestor, and the currently running Nocturnal. Sigler is a master of horror and suspense, putting out work that - in my opinion - is better than the more recent work of his idol, Stephen King. One thing that really makes Sigler’s work stand out to me is that the underlying plot of his novels has basis in scientific fact or theory. He may take it to a crazy place sometimes, but he’s not completely pulling it out of thin air.

Sigler also recently inked a deal with Crown Publishing. The first book under this deal, Infected, will be released in April 2008. You can pre-order it now from Amazon.

And I believe that’s all for now. As I mentioned before, I’ll be going on vacation to a place with little to no internet access, so posts aren’t likely until I get back on January 4th. Happy Holidays to all of you and I’ll see you in the new year.

I leave you with this image from the late great Mike Wieringo, found via the Perhapablog.

tag: Podcasts, JC Hutchins, 7th Son, Clonemas, Scott Sigler, Infected, Mike Wieringo, Tellos, Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, See Ya Next Year

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