I pinched this off Ian Sales blog. You know me, I love a good literary meme. This one is very high-brow – all the Nobel Prize for Literature winners since 1901. The rules are the same as usual: bold if you’ve read anything by the author, italicise if it’s on the To Be Read...
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Books By Alan
Click on book covers for reviews, previews and purchase options.
RealmShift
A race against time and the Devil
"RealmShift is phenomenal. If it’s not already on your bookshelf it should be."
MageSign
Believe in the blood 
"a gritty tale of blood rituals, mystery, and mysticism… grabs hold of the reader and doesn’t let go"
Ghost Of The Black
"Everything about it is bang on"
Write The Fight Right
“The best way for a writer to learn what’s really involved in brawling, short of going down the pub and starting something.”
Awards
Meme – The Nobel Prize for Literature
NaNoWriMo and why I don’t
NaNoWriMo is National Novel Writing Month. I’m going to rant a bit here, because I’m pretty much against it in every way. However, and I’ll say this again at the end because it won’t sink in with the converts, if it works for you, more power to your elbow. But what is it really...
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2011 World Fantasy Awards and Lifetime Achievement Winners
The winners of the 2011 World Fantasy Awards and Lifetime Achievement Winners have been announced: BEST NOVEL: Who Fears Death, Nnedi Okorafor (DAW) BEST NOVELLA: “The Maiden Flight of McCauley’s Bellerophon”, Elizabeth Hand (Stories: All-New Tales) BEST SHORT FICTION: “Fossil-Figures”, Joyce Carol Oates (Stories: All-New Tales) BEST ANTHOLOGY: My Mother She Killed Me, My...
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2011 Hugo Award winners
The Oscars of the SF world, the Hugos, are awarded at Worldcon every year. They’ve just been announced for 2011 at Renovation in Reno, Nevada. The winners of the 2011 Hugo Awards are: BEST NOVEL: Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis (Ballantine Spectra) BEST NOVELLA: The Lifecycle of Software Objects by Ted Chiang (Subterranean) BEST...
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2011 Chronos Awards winners
The Chronos Awards for 2011 (the regional SF awards from the state of Victoria, Australia) were announced at Continuum 7 in Melbourne last night: Best Long Fiction: Madigan Mine, Kirstyn McDermott (Pan MacMillan Australia) Best Short Fiction: “Her Gallant Needs”, Paul Haines (Sprawl,Twelfth Planet Press) Best Artwork: Australis Imaginarium cover, Shaun Tan (FableCroft Publishing)...
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The Word
Welcome to the website of author Alan Baxter.
I write dark fantasy, sci fi and horror, ride a motorcycle and love my dog. I also teach Kung Fu, hence the Warrior Scribe tag above. A friend once referred to me that way and I liked it, so it stuck. Learn all about me and my work by clicking About Alan just below the header.
Our world is built on language and storytelling. Without stories, we are nothing.
The Word is a place to learn more about me, my stories and the words of others. Click the links along the top for all kinds of stuff, search the sidebars for loads of other stuff, click on book covers for reviews and previews, enjoy the blog and don't be shy to share your words, in comments or send me an email:
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