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Ok, I don't make any money producing this comic, which is ok, because I do it for the chicks, not the cash. But if you feel bad for getting all this quality entertainment without giving something back in return, maybe you'd consider buying one of my novels. These are real novels published by a supposedly-legitimate publishing house. I've got two novels in print so far:
The first novel I wrote is called City of Pillars and it's a sort of conspiracy-laden adventure novel. I like to tell people that it's a cross between Fight Club and DaVinci Code, which usually gets weird looks and closed wallets. It also came out before DaVinci Code so suck it Dan Brown. It's a pretty dark novel that I wrote when I was pretty depressed and listening to the Art Bell show at work all day long. Some people also think that it's got a bit of a Lovecraft/Cthuthlu vibe to it, but I think any connection to the Elder Gods is very minor at best. But don't take my word for it, listen to what the publisher says about it: |
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City of Pillars
Men in Black... An innocent man accidentally comes into possession of an ancient text. Soon he is being chased to the ends of the earth, pursued by shadowy forces who seem intent on getting the book back and eliminating all evidence of it. As he attempts to stay alive and translate the mysterious document he uncovers horrific and ominous details of an ancient, worldwide conspiracy. But the question is, can he find the answers he seeks before he loses everything? City of Pillars charts one man's journey into madness, past the narrow confines of Western notions of reason and scientific reality. As he decodes more and more of the secrets of the City of Pillars, Sinclair is pushed farther and farther outside the bounds of traditional society and is forced to discard his morality piece by piece to stay alive. He is forced to answer the question: How far am I willing to go to uncover the truth?
$14.95 retail. 220 pages, 8.5"x5.5", trade paperback
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City of Pillars was a real hard novel to sell because it didn't really fit into any genre (although now it's the DaVinci Code genre I suppose). So I decided to write something that'd be easy to sell, and what sells better to internet geeks than Sci-Fi! So I wrote my version of a sci-fi novel, which probably isn't very sci-fi because I don't read books like that, so it's just my approximation of the genre. I like to tell people that this one is sort of like the movie Independence Day only without all the sucking. Although nominally a story of alien invasion based on Roswell Incident and the stories of 'abductees', it touches on a lot of today's social and political topics including; racism, terrorism, xenophobia, war, the intelligence community, bio-warfare, love, peace, family, genetic engineering, militarism, government bureaucracy, and what it means to be human. Here's what the publisher says about it: |
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Adopted Son
The invasion has begun. Celebrated fiction author and bioterrorism expert Dominic Peloso weaves a complex tale of alien invasion, environmental catastrophe, and societal upheaval, in a world not too removed from our own. Adopted Son perfectly blends hard sci-fi with biting political and social commentary to create a truly modern literary masterpiece that transcends genres.
$15.95 retail. 332 pages, 8.5"x5.5", trade paperback
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I also have a short story published in an anthology by another webcomic creator. He produces Sinister Bedfellows and wears a kilt in public. I don't get paid for this one, so don't buy just it to make me happy, I'm just presenting it here for completeness, and because I met the guy once and he had me sign his copy of this book, which made me feel like a celebrity. |
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Sinister Bedfellows Anthology...being a collection of short stories based on the critically acclaimed photobased webcomic. $19.99 retail. 68 pages, 9"x6", trade paperback Order online from Lulu: |
