This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.
<– Chapter 14 / Chapter 16 –>
Once again, Dorian and Amara assailed the mountains that crowded about the virtual Sonali, wending their way back along the path that had been provided for them to the bounce point. They left the city behind them, a blight on an otherwise pristine landscape, ever receding behind field [...]
Filed under: Agnosis | Tagged: Agnosis, blook, Darren Hawkins, science fiction | 1 Comment »
<– Chapter 13 / Chapter 15 –>
In the dark, the substance within the well began to hiss and churn. Dorian could hear the disturbance, the seething, and he took a step back from the ring of stones surrounding the void. Strange echoes bounded off the walls, so that he wasn’t certain where he [...]
Filed under: Agnosis | Tagged: Agnosis, blook, Darren Hawkins, science fiction | 2 Comments »
<– Chapter 12 / Chapter 14 –>
The descent to Sonali was gentle. Dorian didn’t even work up a virtual sweat as they followed a smooth trail that wound between thick bushes and the occasional eruption of bedrock. As they made their way down, stunted trees met them, giving way eventually to a thick, [...]
Filed under: Agnosis | Tagged: Agnosis, blook, Darren Hawkins, science fiction | 2 Comments »
<– Chapter 11 / Chapter 13 –>
“Amara!”
“I’m here, John.” Her voice was very small, timid and quavering. “You were gone a long time.”
[...]
Filed under: Agnosis | Tagged: Agnosis, blook, Darren Hawkins, science fiction | 2 Comments »
As of 9:13 PM, I would like to welcome the 1st Official Nephew of the blog, Cole Jameson Hawkins, into the world. (That link currently goes to Cole’s mom’s MySpace page. I’m sure Christy will have some pictures up there soon.)
Mom (Christy), Dad (my brother James), sister (Emma) and Cole are all doing well. Cole [...]
Filed under: Miscellany | Tagged: Cole Jameson Hawkins | 1 Comment »
Reuters is reporting that Random House is getting into the ebook business with a pilot program offering downloadable books at $2.99 per chapter.
No, that isn’t a typo. $2.99 per chapter.
Not per book. Per chapter. WTF?
For a model that requires almost zero distribution costs and no printing costs. That would be $60 for a twenty [...]
Filed under: Blooks and Blognovel Analysis | Tagged: ebooks, lead balloons, Random House | 5 Comments »
It’s once again time for me to shamelessly pimp some of the pop culture media that have grabbed my attention lately. (Because I am a sucker of the pop culture.) Plus, it’s hard to attract groupies if they don’t know the sorts of things they should be glomming upon. The last thing [...]
Filed under: Miscellany | Tagged: 3:10 to Yuma, Blue October, Nicole Kidman | 2 Comments »
<– Chapter 10 / Chapter 12 –>
It didn’t seem to matter how he tried to stretch out the work, to fend off the inevitable. The hours passed, the tasks somehow got done, and Dorian marched steadily forward with [...]
Filed under: Agnosis | Tagged: Agnosis, blook, Darren Hawkins, science fiction | 1 Comment »
As of early Sunday morning, the downloads for Agnosis over at manybooks.net have topped 500 in a little under two weeks. This is not a significant number in the grand scheme of things (and I owe Matt a big thanks and donation for making Agnosis one of his “Books of the Month” to round [...]
Filed under: Miscellany | Tagged: 500 | Leave a Comment »
<– Chapter 9 / Chapter 11 –>
They took up their places again in Lily and Danek’s sitting room. Dorian took the seat across the fire from Lily once more, so he could feel the warm stones against his back. It turned out to be evening, late evening, but still the same day. Dorian appreciated [...]
Filed under: Agnosis | Tagged: Agnosis, blook, Darren Hawkins, science fiction | 1 Comment »
