Hello September! Hello AW'ers!
-That's all she wrote.-
I hope you enjoyed the newsletter — if you have any questions or notice any errors, just send me a message!
Apocalyptically yours,
Authors: if you are interested in a giveaway, here is the signup page for 2016.
Altered Genes: Genesis by Mark Kelly
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Under A Colder Sun: A Grim Dark Fantasy Adventure (Khale the Wanderer Book 1) by Greg James
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Omega Beginnings Miniseries by Lizzy Ford
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Captured (The Captive Series Book 1) by Erica Stevens et al.
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The Rat Collector: A Dystopian Thriller (Age of End Book 1) by Chris Yee
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Consensus: Part 1 - Citizen by Jason Tesar
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Bad Bloods: November Rain by Shannon A. Thompson
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Code Breakers: Beta by Colin F. Barnes
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Lycan Fallout: Rise Of The Werewolf: A Michael Talbot Adventure by Mark Tufo
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FREEBIES
Ooooh, an anthology! This one is filled with little known stories as well as classics from well-known authors.
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"21 classic, thrilling stories of the apocalypse including little-known brilliant pieces by Jules Verne, Olaf Stapledon, James Tiptree, Jr., and Fritz Leiber, plus modern tales by Dale Bailey, Megan Arkenberg, Connie Willis, Ursula K. Le Guin, and more, with introductions to each and two definitive works by the editor, beloved sci-fi master writer Robert Silverberg."
This Way to the End Times: Classic Tales of the Apocalypse
5 paperbacks, U.S., Canada and Europe, click here to enter.
August Book Giveaway: last chance to enter!
"The Shift of the world transitioned without delusion. A large corporation called Slader Corp invents a bizarre lottery, randomly choosing a winner, awarding infamous amounts of BodyKredd to spend however they wish; though, in turn, surrendering their bodies to a suicide center when demi agents come calling.
But what if a child wins?"
The giveaway roster is completely full this month, so you'll have PLENTY of chances to win!
"The horrors of the past meet the brutality of the present."
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I have to share the start of the GR blurb because I love it:
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"On the day of his birth the dead walked and society crumbled. His mother took one look at him and pronounced him Meat. He survived, she didn't."
"When 13-year old Jason Conrad's older sister, Mia, disappears in the middle of the night, the only person willing to help look for her is Fee, a former history professor broken by grief and hiding in her own past. Together, they search a brutal and terrifying post-war America that will test not only who they once were, but who...and what...they will now become."
"Stormy Theo survives her first encounter with the Supervirus, but her boyfriend is consumed by it. Propelled by pure anger, Stormy does what many want to do, but no normal person actually does. She assembles a team of survivors and goes after Cold World, the organization that is infecting the masses and gearing up to jump-start the apocalypse. Can Stormy cripple Cold World or will her inner turmoil work in their favor?"
The Apocalypse Whenever book club
NOW: September book discussion: The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey
This one is probably at your library. Discussion opens September 1st.
I'm sure most of you have seen this one mentioned here and there - it's been a huge hit in our PA circle, so we're giving it a shot for the club discussion. Bonus - the movie comes out the end of the month!
"Melanie is a very special girl. Dr Caldwell calls her 'our little genius.'
Every morning, Melanie waits in her cell to be collected for class. When they come for her, Sergeant Parks keeps his gun pointing at her while two of his people strap her into the wheelchair. She thinks they don't like her. She jokes that she won't bite, but they don't laugh.
Melanie loves school. She loves learning about spelling and sums and the world outside the classroom and the children's cells. She tells her favorite teacher all the things she'll do when she grows up. Melanie doesn't know why this makes Miss Justineau look sad."
We've really planned ahead this season, so you will have plenty of time to acquire books and read them. I hope you can join us!
NEXT: October book discussion: Mockingbird by Walter Tevis
If you can't find this at your library, it can be found in inexpensive print form.
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"Mockingbird is a powerful novel of a future world where humans are dying. Those that survive spend their days in a narcotic bliss or choose a quick suicide rather than slow extinction. Humanity's salvation rests with an android who has no desire to live, and a man and a woman who must discover love, hope, and dreams of a world reborn."
At your library.
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Blindness is one of those books some people like to call an "instant classic" — it leaves a lasting impression on many who read it. It is, however, quite graphic in parts, so we are choosing to do this as a bonus read for those who would like to participate.
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"From Nobel Prize–winning author José Saramago, a magnificent, mesmerizing parable of loss.
A city is hit by an epidemic of 'white blindnes' that spares no one. Authorities confine the blind to an empty mental hospital, but there the criminal element holds everyone captive, stealing food rations and assaulting women. There is one eyewitness to this nightmare who guides her charges—among them a boy with no mother, a girl with dark glasses, a dog of tears—through the barren streets, and their procession becomes as uncanny as the surroundings are harrowing. As Blindness reclaims the age-old story of a plague, it evokes the vivid and trembling horrors of the twentieth century, leaving readers with a powerful vision of the human spirit that's bound both by weakness and exhilarating strength."
BONUS: Mid-October book discussion: Blindness by Jose Saramago
NEXT: October book discussion: Mockingbird by Walter Tevis
If you can't find this at your library, it can be found in inexpensive print form.
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"Mockingbird is a powerful novel of a future world where humans are dying. Those that survive spend their days in a narcotic bliss or choose a quick suicide rather than slow extinction. Humanity's salvation rests with an android who has no desire to live, and a man and a woman who must discover love, hope, and dreams of a world reborn."
