Kia ora
I finished Part 1 of ” Superhuman Fiction” talking about Mur Lafferty. Another author who has been around for a while but is not as prolific as Mur is Matthew Wayne Selznick. This is lifted straight from his website.
Brave Men Run
As I said previously there are many authors podcasting their works but there are only a few that I have also purchased the book. Matthew Wayne Selznick’s Brave Men Run is one of those.
This is a novel based in the Sovereign era. In this novel the appearance of people with these powers is sudden and very public, the power behind the powers wants all people with powers to be granted status as citizens of a “Sovereign Nation” .
This is the story of Nate Charters, living with his Mum (Dad is dead), an outcast at school and his only friends are those labelled freaks and geeks. Not only outcast but bullied because he is different. The story is about the adventures, ups and downs as Nate adjusts to the fact his history isn’t what he thought and he might just be “special”. This is coming of age from a superhero perspective.
From a writing perspective its well written, suitable for all ages, nicely paced and the characters are real.
Matthew Wayne Selznick is important as he was/ is a trail blazer this is lifted straight from his website
A New Media Landmark
“Brave Men Run” was the first novel with an initial simultaneous publication in paperback, five formats of e-book free of digital rights management restrictions, and free podcast audiobook (podiobook) editions. People on five continents have read or listened to it, and people in developing nations are free to create commercial derivative works based on the book thanks the the Creative Commons Developing Nations license.
Jeffrey DeRego’s – Union Dues
Every now and then in either the “clonepod” or the “escape pod” podcasts a Union Dues story drops, rather than wait they are put onto the iPod instantly ( at present that would mean leaping over 1300 other podcasts ). No matter what I am listening to gets put on hold while I listen, Union Dues stories are some of the only stories I listen to again.
I heard my first Union Dues story about 12 months ago, the delivery podcast was “escape pod” this was so good that I had to go back and find all previous Union Dues stories. I think I got them all.
I think the title gives it away, superheros are unionised with a truckload of rules and regs that they have to live with. If as a child you exhibit powers then the Union comes and by law takes you away from your family.
Since Christmas escape pod has published a Union Dues origin story, about 30 minutes long. If you like superhuman fiction and listen to this and are not hooked then………
If I had a wish list of things I would like to happen this year ( apart from world peace of course, it would be )
- Tickets to the worldwide premier of Watchmen
- Another novel in the Playing For Keeps world by Mur Lafferty
- More regular Union Dues stories and something published in hardcopy. I will buy it!
Dave A
