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Dennis
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Posted - 09 May 2012 :  02:01:55  Show Profile Send Dennis a Private Message  Reply with Quote

Great news. A great "gift" in the first quarter of 2013! Any chance that it'd be released in hardcover, or trade paperback at least?

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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author

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Posted - 09 May 2012 :  04:56:07  Show Profile  Visit Richard Lee Byers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
As far as I know, it will simply be a trade paperback like the previous ones in the series.
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Dennis
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Posted - 09 May 2012 :  06:06:22  Show Profile Send Dennis a Private Message  Reply with Quote

Trade paperback? That would be better.

Or maybe you mean mass-market paperback?

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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author

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Posted - 09 May 2012 :  14:23:43  Show Profile  Visit Richard Lee Byers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
I did mean mass market. Brain misfired. Sorry.
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Dennis
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Posted - 09 May 2012 :  18:27:47  Show Profile Send Dennis a Private Message  Reply with Quote

I'm trying to see the bright side...At least it's not an ebook-only release.

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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author

USA
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Posted - 17 May 2012 :  12:21:58  Show Profile  Visit Richard Lee Byers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
My new column at Airlock Alpha deals with the fine art of parody (and the new Dark Shadows movie.)

http://airlockalpha.com/node/9144/astrojive-how-to-spoof-and-how-not-to.html
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Thauranil
Master of Realmslore

India
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Posted - 17 May 2012 :  13:41:13  Show Profile Send Thauranil a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Your column pretty much cuts to the heart of Dark Shadows but as someone who didn't even exist in the 70's I cant comment on whether the movie Dark Shadows is better then the TV series but neither was it as bad as reviews and IMDB lead me to believe. Johnny Deep's acting was as good as ever though perhaps Helena Bonham Carters character should have had a larger part.
Eva Green was not the ideal choice as the villain, I feel someone like Charlize Theron would have been better.
Overall it was an entertaining movie and I for one cannot understand the vitriol people have unleashed upon it.
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Dennis
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Posted - 19 May 2012 :  04:01:25  Show Profile Send Dennis a Private Message  Reply with Quote

Never saw the movie. My friend vehemently discouraged me. [But of course, I'm one who doesn't always listen. So...]

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Thauranil
Master of Realmslore

India
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Posted - 19 May 2012 :  12:41:00  Show Profile Send Thauranil a Private Message  Reply with Quote
It was the same with me , but my brother watched and he quite enjoyed it so I decided to give it a try. Plus Indian reviewers not being that familiar with the original series gave it a better review. However i wouldn't say it was a great movie, I mean its not exactly Tim Burton's best work but it is entertaining.
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author

USA
1814 Posts

Posted - 20 May 2012 :  19:03:02  Show Profile  Visit Richard Lee Byers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Just in case anyone's interested, these were my nominations for Airlock Alpha's 2012 Portal Awards:


BEST ACTOR/TELEVISION
1. Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
2. Jensen Ackles, Supernatural
3. Dylan McDermott, American Horror Story
4. Matt Smith, Doctor Who
5. Andrew Lincoln, The Walking Dead
6. Jared Padalecki, Supernatural
7. Eric Loomis, The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes
8. Noah Wylie, Falling Skies

BEST ACTRESS/TELEVISION
1. Lena Headey, Game of Thrones
2. Connie Britton, American Horror Story
3. Colleen O’Shaughnessey, The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes
4. Karen Gillan, Doctor Who
5. Sarah Wayne Callies, The Walking Dead
6. Anna Paquin, True Blood

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR/TELEVISION
1. Aidan Gillen, Games of Thrones
2. Iain Glen, Game of Thrones
3. Jack Gleeson, Game of Thrones
4. Nikolai Coster-Waidau, Game of Thrones
5. Arthur Darvill, Doctor Who
6. Charles Dance, Game of Thrones
7. Jon Bernthal, The Walking Dead
8. Steven Yeun, The Walking Dead
9. Evan Peters, American Horror Story
10. Will Patton, Falling Skies,
11. Colin Cunningham, Falling Skies

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS/TELEVISION
1. Jessica Lange, American Horror Story
2. Michelle Fairley, Game of Thrones
3. Sophie Turner, Game of Thrones
4. Maisie Williams, Game of Thrones
5. Frances Conroy, American Horror Story
6. Taissa Farmiga, American Horror Story
7. Laurie Holden, The Walking Dead

BEST EPISODE/TELEVISION
1. Slash Fiction, Supernatural
2. The Ghost of Harrenhal, Game of Thrones
3. Piggy, Piggy, American Horror Story
4. A Good Man Goes to War, Doctor Who
5. Beside the Dying Fire, The Walking Dead
8. Open House, American Horror Story

BEST SPECIAL GUEST/TELEVISION
1. Misha Collns, “Survival of the Fittest,” Supernatural
2. Jim Beaver, “Survival of the Fittest,” Supernatural
3. Mark Shepperd, “Survival of the Fittest,” Supernatural
4. James Patrick Stuart, “Survival of the Fittest,” Supernatural
5. Zachary Quinto, “Open House,” American Horror Story
6. Alex Kingston, “A Good Man Goes to War,” Doctor Who

BEST SERIES/TELEVISION
1. Game of Thrones
2. Supernatural
3. American Horror Story
4. The Walking Dead
5. Doctor Who
6. Falling Skies
7. The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes
8. Young Justice

BEST YOUNG ACTOR
1. Taissa Farmiga, American Horror Story
2. Maisie Williams, Game of Thrones
3. Sophie Turner, Game of Thrones
4. Jack Gleeson, Game of Thrones
5. Dave DeHaan, Chronicle
6. Isaac Hempstead Wright, Game of Thrones

BEST MOVIE
1. The Avengers
2. The Cabin in the Woods
3. Chronicle
4. Captain America: The First Avenger
5. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
6. X-Men: First Class
7. John Carter
8. The Woman in Black
9. The Darkest Hour


BEST ACTOR/MOVIE
1. Robert Downey, Jr., The Avengers
2. Mark Ruffalo, The Avengers
3. Tom Hiddleston, The Avengers
4. Daniel Radcliffe, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
5. Dane DeHaan, Chronicle
6. Bradley Whitford, The Cabin in the Woods
7. Chris Evans, Captain America: The First Avenger
8. Chris Hemsworth, The Avengers
9. James McAvoy, X-Men: First Class
10. Michael Fassbender: X-Men: First Class

BEST ACTRESS/MOVIE
1. Scarlett Johansson, The Avengers
2. Emma Watson, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
3. Hayley Atwell, Captain America: The First Avenger
4. January Jones, X-Men: First Class
5. Chloe Grace Mortez, Dark Shadows
6. Jennifer Lawrence, X-Men: First Class

GENE RODDENBERRY AWARD
1. Edgar Rice Burroughs
2. Robert E. Howard
3. Fritz Leiber
4. H. P. Lovecraft
5. Karl Edward Wagner
6. Jack Kirby


ROD SERLING AWARD
1. Dark Shadows (original)
2. The X-Files
3. Twin Peaks
4. Superman
5. Batman
6. Farscape

For more information on the Portal Awards (including how to help decide them yourself), look here:

http://www.genrenexus.com/community/viewforum.php?f=112
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author

USA
1814 Posts

Posted - 21 May 2012 :  14:13:52  Show Profile  Visit Richard Lee Byers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
My mistake. The link in the previous post is incorrect. Visit Airlock Alpha here:

http://airlockalpha.com/
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author

USA
1814 Posts

Posted - 22 May 2012 :  02:57:18  Show Profile  Visit Richard Lee Byers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Blogger Larry Gent interviewed me:

http://42webs.wordpress.com/2012/05/21/panic-view-richard-lee-byers/
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author

USA
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Posted - 24 May 2012 :  20:55:47  Show Profile  Visit Richard Lee Byers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
If you're a Floridian, you might be interested in this. I will be at the Oasis 25 SF convention in Orlando this weekend (Saturday and Sunday only.) More info here:

http://oasfis.org/oasis/index.php
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
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Posted - 24 May 2012 :  21:36:27  Show Profile Send Wooly Rupert a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Richard Lee Byers

If you're a Floridian, you might be interested in this. I will be at the Oasis 25 SF convention in Orlando this weekend (Saturday and Sunday only.) More info here:

http://oasfis.org/oasis/index.php



I'm going to be in Orlando this weekend, myself, but I've got other commitments.

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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author

USA
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Posted - 12 Jun 2012 :  22:40:04  Show Profile  Visit Richard Lee Byers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
My June column, which is about DC making Alan Scott/Green Lantern gay, is up at Airlock Alpha.

http://airlockalpha.com/node/9197/astrojive-yes-but-not-the-green-lantern-youre-thinking-of.html
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Dalor Darden
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USA
4211 Posts

Posted - 13 Jun 2012 :  00:25:02  Show Profile Send Dalor Darden a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Richard Lee Byers

My June column, which is about DC making Alan Scott/Green Lantern gay, is up at Airlock Alpha.

http://airlockalpha.com/node/9197/astrojive-yes-but-not-the-green-lantern-youre-thinking-of.html



Why do they have to retcon/reboot so much? Dang!

The Old Grey Box and AD&D for me!
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Dennis
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Posted - 13 Jun 2012 :  00:36:59  Show Profile Send Dennis a Private Message  Reply with Quote

Interesting read, Richard.

About this:

"Thus, if DC is ever going to have a LGBT character with the star power of Green Lantern, Batman or Superman, they won’t accomplish this by tinkering with an existing character. They’ll have to create a new one, and then the new hero will have to take off in a big way."

Well, I haven't heard of him until now. So he's new to me.

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Dalor Darden
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Posted - 13 Jun 2012 :  03:11:50  Show Profile Send Dalor Darden a Private Message  Reply with Quote
You haven't heard of Green Lantern?

The Old Grey Box and AD&D for me!
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Dennis
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Posted - 13 Jun 2012 :  03:20:24  Show Profile Send Dennis a Private Message  Reply with Quote

I meant Alan Scott.

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The Sage
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Australia
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Posted - 13 Jun 2012 :  03:44:53  Show Profile Send The Sage a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Dennis


I meant Alan Scott.

Alan Scott was the original Golden Age Green Lantern, though he wasn't, and still largely isn't, actually a Green Lantern in the same respect as Hal Jordan, John Stewart, Guy Gardner, or Kyle Rayner. The original Green Lantern's powers and abilities were, and still remain, somewhat different.

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Dennis
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Posted - 13 Jun 2012 :  03:52:11  Show Profile Send Dennis a Private Message  Reply with Quote

I may not wholeheartedly approve of their choice of a "new" gay superhero, but at least they're making one. And in the end, that's all that matters. Given the many Earths that DC made, isn't there one (alternate reality) where the A-lister heroes like Superman, Batman, and Wonderwoman are gays?

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Richard Lee Byers
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USA
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Posted - 16 Jun 2012 :  14:53:19  Show Profile  Visit Richard Lee Byers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
My new urban fantasy novel is now available for preorder. More info here:

http://www.amazon.com/Blind-Gods-Bluff-Billy-Novels/dp/1597804436/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1339854584&sr=1-1&keywords=Blind+God%27s+Bluff
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Thauranil
Master of Realmslore

India
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Posted - 17 Jun 2012 :  11:35:11  Show Profile Send Thauranil a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Dennis


I may not wholeheartedly approve of their choice of a "new" gay superhero, but at least they're making one. And in the end, that's all that matters. Given the many Earths that DC made, isn't there one (alternate reality) where the A-lister heroes like Superman, Batman, and Wonderwoman are gays?


I agree with you, i mean I have heard of Alan scott but how many ordinary people have? A minuscule percentage. This seems like a waste of time to me and will lead to confusion in DC canon. If they wanted an obscure gay superhero then you already have the Question and Batwoman.
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Dennis
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Posted - 18 Jun 2012 :  04:27:19  Show Profile Send Dennis a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Richard Lee Byers

My new urban fantasy novel is now available for preorder. More info here:

http://www.amazon.com/Blind-Gods-Bluff-Billy-Novels/dp/1597804436/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1339854584&sr=1-1&keywords=Blind+God%27s+Bluff


Not really a fan of urban fantasy. But the blurb sounds interesting. I might like this.

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Richard Lee Byers
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Posted - 18 Jun 2012 :  06:31:17  Show Profile  Visit Richard Lee Byers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
At the risk of sounding like the self-serving guy I am, I think that anyone who likes my Forgotten Realms stuff and other sword-and-sorcery stories stands a good chance of enjoying Blind God's Bluff as well.
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Kajehase
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Posted - 30 Jun 2012 :  07:14:12  Show Profile Send Kajehase a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Speaking of new books - I saw the blurb for Richard's upcoming Pathfinder novel, Called to Darkness.

Is t just me, or would it be correct to say the plot sounds a bit westerny?

Mod edit: tweaked the coding to make it all pretty.

Edit: It was those darn quotation marks, right? I always forget them.

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Edited by - Kajehase on 01 Jul 2012 16:28:06
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Richard Lee Byers
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USA
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Posted - 30 Jun 2012 :  14:29:31  Show Profile  Visit Richard Lee Byers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Kajehase: Thanks for posting the link. I had not seen the cover before.

I wasn't consciously using Westerns as a model when I wrote the book. Still, you could be right. There may be a resemblance.
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Kajehase
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Posted - 01 Jul 2012 :  16:30:34  Show Profile Send Kajehase a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Richard Lee Byers

Kajehase: Thanks for posting the link. I had not seen the cover before.

I wasn't consciously using Westerns as a model when I wrote the book. Still, you could be right. There may be a resemblance.



You're welcome. And it could just be that I'd watched True Grit two days ago and the whole "tracking someone down in a wild, uncivilised part of the world in order to get revenge" felt like something you see/read in a lot of westerns.

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Wooly Rupert
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Posted - 01 Jul 2012 :  17:24:27  Show Profile Send Wooly Rupert a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Kajehase

Edit: It was those darn quotation marks, right? I always forget them.



Yup, the quotation marks.

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Richard Lee Byers
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USA
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Posted - 03 Jul 2012 :  18:41:30  Show Profile  Visit Richard Lee Byers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
For those who might be interested, here's a link to a review of my collection The Q Word and OtherStories by writer John Ottinger:

http://www.graspingforthewind.com/2012/07/03/book-review-the-q-word-and-other-stories-by-richard-lee-byers/
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