And our next guest is…
by morgan on Nov.23, 2009, under Steven R. Boyett
Ariel
I”m very pleased to welcome Steven R. Boyett, author of Ariel and the brand new Elegy Beach. Steven will be joining us to debate our “Favorite ways for the world to end.”
The Apocalypse is getting a lot of attention thanks to 2012 and the upcoming release of Cormac McCarthy’s the Road as a feature film. So tell us how you really want to go out. Zombie invasion? Mass alien abduction? Massive explosion induced by time paradox?
If you have not yet read Ariel, give it a try. I could say it’s the timeless story of a boy and his unicorn, but that doesn’t even begin to do it justice. This quest story is set in what is left of our world after the electricity goes out, the guns stop firing and magic comes back. The story is great, but it’s the exceptional characterization that will really get your attention.
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