Rundberg reviewed at Horror-Web

Posted on July 12, 2006

Horrorwench over at Horror-Web reviewed A Trip to Rundberg today, and wonder of wonders, she gave it four stars!  This is pretty momentous since she hates zombies in all forms.  I keep telling her I’m going to write a were-zombie book in her honor.  She’ll probably end up pummeling me the way she did Cullen Bunn at World Horror, but that’s the price I pay to bring you, the people, the entertainment.

Horrorwench’s Rundberg review.

FEAR Pre-Order Today!

Posted on July 12, 2006

FEAR will be up for pre-order today at such wonderful online retailers as Shocklines, Clarkesworld, Bad Moon, and Bloodletting.  All copies ordered from these retailers will be signed by Brian Keene.

Go!  March!

FEAR Pre-Order Info

Posted on July 11, 2006

Tomorrow, FEAR will be available for pre-order at both Shocklines and Clarkesworld.  All copies sold through SHocklines will be signed by Brian, while you can order personally inscribed copies through Clarkesworld.

FEAR retails for $11.95, but you will not be charged until your book arrives (December).

So order, damn you!  ORDER!

Taco Tour 2006, week six

Posted on July 10, 2006

Here’s the thing.  Jardin Corona, a small Mexican place around the corner from my house, used to be very good.  Now, they’re just very busy, so busy they can’t bother to do things like update their menu prices.  For example, when you order two $0.75 tacos and your bill is over $4 because they forgot to update the price to $1.99.  That’s bad business.  When you get home and find out the chicken taco you order is actually beef — cold beef with melted cheese on it instead of that nice shredded stuff — that’s fucking inexcusable.

Avoid Jardin Corona.  You have been warned.

Beef Fajita: 5

Ground Beef (should have been chicken): 2

Incorrect pricing penalty: -3

Average: 2

AAAGH!

Posted on July 5, 2006

From the “I used to be attractive” file: Keira Knightly.

FEAR… the cover!

Posted on July 5, 2006

Brian went ahead and posted, this, so I’m following suit.  Here’s the cover to Brian Keene’s FEAR, the next graphic novel coming out from Frequency Press. Expect this sucker to be avaiable for pre-order real soon.

Taco Tour 2006, week four

Posted on July 3, 2006

Four weeks in, and I had a fun little time on Saturday.  The Taco Tour has taken me to a dark little out of the way place, the kind of place that’s a little creepy.

Welcome to El Tacolote.

I found El Tacolote On Lamar, just north of Rundberg.  It used to be a trailer.  I know this, becuase the trailer was the only other thing on wheels when I pulled into the parking lot.  El Tacolote is now located in what appears to have once been a free-standing Chili’s or something.  The neon sign next to the door assures me they’re open, so I enter.

Wow.

Apparently, the fine owners of El Tacolote could not afford all of the form restaurant space.  Instead, they rent out the front room/waiting area and a portion of the kitchen.  There were no lights, no illumination but the sunlight filtering through old windows and a dirty yellow light coming from the kitchen.  There was no sound but the far off sharpening of a knife.  A wrought iron security door stood at one end of the high counter.  Two small tables and a few tables finished up the room.  No other humans appeared to be anywhere, except for the knife sharpener in the back.

Immediately, two thought popped into my brain.

1: I’m going to die in here, and no one will ever know.

2: This is awesome!

A small Mexican woman appeared on the other side of the counter and took my order.  One carne guisada taco and one chicken fajita taco, plus a coke.  I took a seat and waited, taking in the room.  A moment later, the security door squeaked open and my food and drink were presented.  Wonders be known, my coke came in a good old glass bottle.  Don’t get that much anymore.

All in all, the tacos weren’t that great (though not that bad, either).  The experience, though, was pretty damn good.

Carne Guisada: 5.5

Fajita de Pollo: 6

Seedy experience bonus: + 3

Average: 7.25

Superman Returns, or getting it as close to right as they’re ever going to.

Posted on July 2, 2006

Saturday night, Shawna and I went to go see Superman Returns (you gathered that from the entry’s title?  huh!). I enjoyed it.  Truly, a solid popcorn flick.  It might not have any lasting effect (because it’s a pop culture visual feast, not Ben Hur), but better than the last summer tentpole movie I went and saw.  In case you’re wondering, that one was Revenge of the Sith.  Come to think of it, this was better than any of the previous Superman movies (mostly due to Kevin Spacey, see below).
Okay, so I liked the movie.  I’m now going to break it down, as the young kids say.  Here are five comments to be taken with a grain of salt.

1: Brandon Routh did not act like anybody other than Christopher Reeve.   He did a good job of it, though.  I hope he doesn’t end up in a shitty John Carpenter movie opposite Kirstie Alley.

2: Finally, finally, FINALLY! Thank you, Kevin Spacey, for finally getting Lex Luthor right.  Lesson one, folks: Lex Luthor is not comic relief.  He is not a foil.  He’s a greedy, mean, manipulative son of a bitch.  He also happens to be a genius.  Thanks to Spacey and Singer for realizing that.

3: Ditch the Parker Posey character.  She drags Lex down, giving him a hint of that comic edge he had in the eighties.  I mean, at least he didn’t have a henchman named Otis, but Kitty Kowalski was awful and pointless at every turn.

4: Lois Lane is not, has never been, and will never be sixteen years old, so don’t cast an actress who looks that young to play her.  We’re supposed to believe she has a five year old son?  Riiiiiiiight.

5: Superman is not an asshole, so don’t make him one.  Superman’s whole gig is that he’s not just a man; he’s a Super Man.  So, don’t make him get all petty over Lois having a guy in her life.  “He’s a pilot.  He takes me up all the time.”  “Not like this.”  C’mon!  You might as well have had Superman say “Is his dick bigger than mine?  Mine’s a Superdick, y’know!”

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