Year / 2006

by Edward Champion

Paul Malmont in the Bay Area

I won’t be able to make this, but Paul Malmont, author of The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril, will be reading in the Bay Area on the following dates:

Tuesday, July 18th @ 12:30 pm
Stacey’s Bookstore
581 Market St near Montgomery, San Francisco
www.staceys.com

Tuesday, July 18th @ 7:00 pm
M is for Mystery
86 East Third Avenue, San Mateo
http://www.mformystery.com/events.html

Malmont also claims (first come first served, one presumes) that he’ll be offering rides to those heading down to San Mateo from the City. San Francisco literati may want to take him up on the offer if they’re interested in an in-vehicle chat with the man himself. But I suspect this is an elaborate attempt on Malmont’s part to collect some gas money.

by Edward Champion

Maybe I’m Daft, But In What Way is This Plotline “Smart”?

“Smart Girls Need Smart Porn”: “But the plot is one I would enjoy in a book. A human baby, Zuma, is abducted from Earth and taken to the other side of the galaxy to be raised as a slave. At age 25, her owner forces her into the arena as a sexual gladiator, where she finds her true calling and begins her rise to champion. In these contests, it’s make love not war, and the winner is the one who brings the other to orgasm first.”