Click on book covers for reviews and previews.
RealmShift
"an inventive and action-packed story"
"a gripping, thought-provoking tale"
"a novel I am loath to put down. A most surprising read. Quite a ride"
"fast-paced and engrossing"
"RealmShift is phenomenal. If it’s not already on your bookshelf it should be."
MageSign
"a fast-paced ride through a visceral reality"
"a fast paced supernatural adventure that will leave readers rethinking how they view the Cosmos"
"a gritty tale of blood rituals, mystery, and mysticism… grabs hold of the reader and doesn’t let go"
"fantastic qualities … horrific at times... I highly recommend it"
"Alan Baxter takes the reader right to the edge and then pushes us over. And I thank him for it."
Ghost Of The Black
"Excellent pacing"
"I’ve found myself not wanting to stop reading"
"Everything about it is bang on"
"very, very readable."
This will be the last post on The Word for a little while. I’ll pause briefly while you all cry out in anguish and plead the gods to hear your cry. I’m heading overseas again and won’t be able to get to a computer very regularly. When I’m not being an author, I work...
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It has to be one of the most tasteless announcements of the decade. O J Simpson, the former US football star found not guilty of murder in the June 1994 stabbing deaths of his former wife, Nicole and her friend Ron Goldman, has released a book called If I Did It. The book contains,...
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In an unusual step away from their usual American-centric attitude to everything, Microsoft is updating it’s spellchecker software in its 2007 Office release. The update will, in part, recognise distinctly Australian slang and prevent those irritating red squiggly lines from appearing under words such as ‘bonza’ and ‘dinky-di’. Although the current software only considers...
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“The razor-toothed piranhas of the genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world. In reality they seldom attack a human.” Pretty interesting, huh? I bet that’s information that you can use at the next dinner party you attend. But wait, there’s more. That’s the official piece of text authorised...
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In the ‘truth is often stranger than fiction’ category, this is the kind of publicity that Borat couldn’t buy. With Sacha Baron Cohen’s new movie about the hapless Kazakhstani due out next week, the nation of Kazakhstan itself has made a blunder that Borat himself would be proud of. Borat, “Kazakhstan’s sixth most famous...
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No, I’m not talking about a secret ‘other’ life I indulge in through the dank streets of Kings Cross under cover of darkness. This is a new book released by the London Review of Books and it’s a collection of the best personal ads they’ve featured in their infamous lonely hearts column. The cover...
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Have you ever wondered if shows with a premise as simple and mindless as Jackass have any real underlying meaning? Is there something deeper than the obvious male-bonding tomfoolery, with violence at every turn and a strange penchant for men inserting things into their bodies? Well, the answer is no. There’s not. And if...
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Words and stories fascinate me. Our world is built on language and storytelling. Without stories, we are nothing.
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