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Anxious!

May 31, 2016 By Michael G. Munz Leave a Comment

So with today being the last day my old publisher is in business, and my being nervous about making sure my books get transferred back to me and set up again for sale properly, you might say I’m a little anxious. How anxious? Well I’m glad you asked, hypothetical person! I’ve been venting a bit on Twitter…

Big day today.
Anxious as a red shirt marooned alone with Captain Kirk.

— Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) May 31, 2016

Anxious as an Imperial Stormtrooper at the shooting range.

— Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) May 31, 2016

Anxious as a travel agent for LV-426.

— Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) May 31, 2016

Anxious as Batman at a father-son picnic.

— Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) May 31, 2016

Anxious as Gollum at the jewelry store.

— Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) May 31, 2016

Anxious as James Bond at the STD clinic.

— Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) May 31, 2016

Anxious as Linda Blair at a pea soup cook off.

— Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) May 31, 2016

Anxious as a wookiee playing sabaac against an armless droid.

— Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) May 31, 2016

Anxious as a lone dalek in London.

— Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) May 31, 2016

Anxious as Dire Straits watching VH1.#improbablydatingmyself

— Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) May 31, 2016

As anxious as GlaDOS when she is no longer able to flood the Enrichment Center with a deadly neurotoxin.

— Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) May 31, 2016

Anxious as Sarah Connor in the Apple Store.

— Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) May 31, 2016

Anxious as Chris Evans reading the latest Captain America comic.

— Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) May 31, 2016

Anxious as a snake on a plane with Samuel L. Jackson.

— Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) May 31, 2016

Anxious as Indiana Jones having to partner with Snake Plisken.

— Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) May 31, 2016

Anxious as Serenity pilot Hoban “Wash” Washburne taking a poll.

— Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) May 31, 2016

Anxious as Deadpool in a G-rated film.

— Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) May 31, 2016

Anxious as someone fighting a land war against a Sicilian in Asia.

— Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) May 31, 2016

Anxious as the planetary governor of Alderaan who just noticed a new, unexplained moon in the sky.

— Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) May 31, 2016

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Filed Under: Books, Featured, Miscellaneous Tagged With: anxious, Booktrope, Geek Interest, Humor, Star Trek, Star Wars, twitter

Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Last Olympian – Ch 3

May 29, 2016 By Michael G. Munz Leave a Comment

Alternate chapter title:

Alternate chapter title: “Only Godzilla Can Save Us Now”

I have no idea what’s about to happen, because I’m writing this entry before even looking at the chapter title! What chapter, you ask? Why, the third chapter in Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Last Olympian, otherwise known as…um… *looks* Oh!

I Get a Sneak Peak at My Death

Well that sounds cheery, doesn’t it? [Read more…]

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Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Last Olympian – Ch 2

May 23, 2016 By Michael G. Munz 2 Comments

Alternate chapter title: "SOmething"

Alternate chapter title: “Life Is Much Better Down Where It’s Wetter, Under the Siege”

Visions, squid, and aging gods, oh my! …Okay, so that set-up doesn’t really work very well. But there’s no time to fix it, because it’s time for the 2nd installment of Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Last Olympian, which you might better know as…

I Meet Some Fishy Relatives

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Book Review: Aberrant Vectors

May 17, 2016 By Michael G. Munz Leave a Comment

Aberrant Vectors by JM Guillen

My rating: ★★★★☆ (4 out of 5)

Aberrant Vectors continues the tradition of throwing J.M. Guillen’s Asset 108 into a nightmarish mess of other-reality dangers and forcing him and his cadre to sneak, fight, and think their way out of it. Guillen’s skill with description is at full strength here as he paints vivid images of the strange, the terrifying, and the weird. He takes us through the depths (and heights) of a skyscraper housing alien geometries, an alien world of mind-stripping symbiotes, and even the most horrible evil known to mankind. Yes, that’s right: telemarketers.

I enjoyed the characters, particularly two newcomers that I do hope to see again. While there are many long stretches where the protagonist is on his own, my favorite parts of the book allow him to interact with the others. As with other tales of Asset 108, there is a LOT of sci-fi action in Aberrant Vectors. I found myself wishing for a little more breathing room between the action, but that’s just my own personal taste. And Guillen does write some of the most unique action scenes I’ve ever read.

Bottom line: If you’re craving sci-fi action with incredible tech and reality-bending locales, grab this book.

…If you’re craving nachos, grab some nachos. This book will not turn into nachos. No book will turn into nachos. That is not how books work.

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Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Last Olympian – Ch 1

May 14, 2016 By Michael G. Munz Leave a Comment

Alternate chapter title: "I Get Cockblocked by a Pegasus"

Alternate chapter title: “I Get Cockblocked by a Pegasus”

Riordan’s wasting no time here, is he? The book opens with a bang, and I’m only going to partially apologize for that pun. All this and more in the first installment of Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Last Olympian, also called…

I Go Cruising with Explosives

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Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Last Olympian – Predictions

May 10, 2016 By Michael G. Munz 2 Comments

The Last Olympian title

Fancier graphic to come later…

Well, I’m dealing with the heap-load of unexpected tasks on my plate after my recent unfortunate news, but I’m at last ready to get back to Michael Reads Percy Jackson. It’s time for the final book in the series!

But before I get going on The Last Olympian, it’s time for a look back at how accurate my pre-Battle of the Labyrinth guesses were…

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My publisher is dissolving. So what’s next for me?

May 1, 2016 By Michael G. Munz Leave a Comment

Booktrope Logo

Gone at the end of the month.

On Friday I received some disheartening news: Booktrope, my publisher for the past two years, will be going out of business on May 31st. The news hit me and the rest of my fellow Booktropian authors pretty hard. While there were recent signs of problems, I hadn’t expected things to take this particular turn. [Read more…]

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Filed Under: A Dragon at the Gate, A Memory in the Black, A Shadow in the Flames, Books, Featured, Press, Zeus Is Dead Tagged With: Booktrope

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