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Archives for August 2014

Farscape Rewatch: “The Locket” (spoilers)

August 31, 2014 By Michael G. Munz Leave a Comment

farscape_sm14Season 2, Episode 16: “The Locket”
* out of *****

“It’s boring. Like everything else around here: BOR-ring!”

Finally, I’m back to blogging about Farscape! Based on my memory of it the first time it aired, I wasn’t looking forward to this one. I only saw it the one time, going so far as to skip it when showing the series to others. I know, I’m a bad man. Maybe that’s why it took me so long to get to it. (Not that I didn’t have other things on my plate…) I know some people regard this episode highly, so I was prepared to find it much better than I remembered. [Read more…]

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8-bit Twin Peaks Intro

August 22, 2014 By Michael G. Munz Leave a Comment

I came across this on GeeksAreSexy and, being a Twin Peaks fanatic (did you know I graduated from Snohomish High School, which was used in filming Fire Walk With Me?), not to mention a gamer who lived through the 8-bit era, I thought this video from Filthy Frackers was worth sharing…

Suppose donuts give you magical FBI-powers? I bet the Black Lodge level is a pain in the neck…

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Filed Under: Movies and TV Tagged With: 8-bit, NES, Twin Peaks, YouTube

Blog Tour Recap!

August 19, 2014 By Michael G. Munz Leave a Comment

Last Friday marked the final day of my first ever book tour—the online tour for the release of Zeus Is Dead. It lasted July 21st to August 15th, and by all accounts was a success. Okay, so I haven’t caught up with Fifty Shades of Twilight Fanfic yet, but if I may quote our tall friend from Twin Peaks…

The Giant - Twin Peaks

“A path is formed by laying one stone at a time.”

The tour was a great experience, and it was suggested that I put a cap on it with a post about what I learned along the way. [Read more…]

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Filed Under: Books, Featured, Writing, Zeus Is Dead Tagged With: blog tour, Book Tour, Booktrope, Fantasy, Geek Interest, Mythology, Twin Peaks

Top 5 List: Must-have Items When Embarking On an Adventure

August 17, 2014 By Michael G. Munz Leave a Comment

Top5The secret algorithm has decided that it’s again time for another geek-related Top 5 List! (Said secret algorithm is totally a mathematical model run on a Cray supercomputer and is in no way just a fancy metaphor for my own personal whims.) This time around, it’s a special one originally created for the 8/12 stop on the Zeus Is Dead Blog Tour, but posted here on my own blog for the first time.

Top Five Things You Absolutely Cannot Leave Home Without When Embarking (Up)on an Adventure

This topic was suggested to me by fellow author Gareth S. Young as one of  a few possible ideas for a guest blog post on the tour. This was the one of his that I liked the most, as you likely already figured out due to the fact that I’ve written this. So, in no particular order… [Read more…]

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A Dragon at the Gate (early excerpt!)

August 9, 2014 By Michael G. Munz Leave a Comment

With all the work I’ve had to do amid the launch of Zeus Is Dead, it feels like it’s been months since I’ve been able to get any real work done on writing my current work-in-progress, the third and final installment of my sci-fi series The New Aeneid Cycle, tentatively titled A Dragon at the Gate. Yet this weekend I’m finally plunging back into it.

My first step: reacquaint myself with the characters and what I’ve written so far. I’m in the midst of re-reading the eleven chapters I’ve written thus far, and as I read Chapter Four it occurred to me that I could share an excerpt with all of you. [Read more…]

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Star Trek Las Vegas Loves Zeus Is Dead

August 5, 2014 By Michael G. Munz Leave a Comment

Zeus Is Dead: A Monstrously Inconvenient Adventure, written by a geek for geeks, took a trip (without me!) to the Star Trek Las Vegas convention last weekend. I present to you conclusive proof that the novel is accepted by geeks throughout the Alpha Quadrant:

Well, conclusive proof from a sample of one Orion woman and one bearded Starfleet commander. But that's infinitely more Orion women than Tolstoy ever got!

Well, conclusive proof from a sample of one Orion woman and one bearded Starfleet commander. But that’s infinitely more Orion endorsements than Tolstoy ever got!

“Zeus Is Dead is full of laugh-out-loud moments, lashings of sly wit, moan-worthy puns, and a complex, fast-paced storyline. There aren’t very many humorous fantasy murder mysteries out there, especially not as intricately constructed as this one. Michael G. Munz takes a ‘What if,’ and runs with it like a toddler with Mom’s smart phone. The guffaw-worthy throwaway bits will remind you of Douglas Adams. A very enjoyable read.”

-Jody Lynn Nye, author of View from the Imperium and co-author of the Myth Adventures of Aahz and Skeeve

THE GODS ARE BACK. DID YOU MYTH THEM?

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Filed Under: Featured, Zeus Is Dead Tagged With: cosplay, Humor, Mythology, Orions, sexy, Star Trek, STLV

Photoshopping: Louise Belcher

August 4, 2014 By Michael G. Munz 2 Comments

So in a fit of wanting to do something else beyond guest blogs posts and interviews for the Zeus Is Dead Tour, I got an idea in my head the other day and messed around in Photoshop in a way that was surely the most efficient use of time in the history of the UNIVERSE!

Bob’s Burgers fans may like this. The rest of you may just think I’m insane.

But let’s face it, most of you probably think that anyway, right? 😉

Louise in the sixties [Read more…]

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Filed Under: Miscellaneous Tagged With: Bob's Burgers, Humor, Photoshop

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