The NY Daily News today reported that author and Brooklynite Peter V. Brett completed his first novel, The Warded Man (in Europe and other countries, 'The Painted Man') while commuting between the Fort Hamilton F-Train stop in Kensington and his office in midtown. Not having read it, we can't vouch for the book yet, but his is a compelling story, especially his comment that, although raised to give up his seat on the subway, while writing the book, he would surrender his seat only if you were 'really old or pregnant.' Well, I guess he wasn't writing Pollyana or the Life of Christ. Unlike those books, his is already hitting bestseller lists in Poland. Publishers Weekly: "A classic high fantasy framework of black-and-white morality and bloodshed..With its nameless enemies that exist only to kill, Brett's gritty tale will appeal to those who tire of sympathetic villains and long for old-school orc massacres."
More on the Daily News story today:
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2009/04/22/2009-04-22_train_of_thought_bklyn_writer_found_muse__wrote_first_novel_while_commuting_on_t.html
Link to Mr. Brett's dark yet nicely styled website here:
http://www.petervbrett.com/news/
An interview with the author here from Booklounge: http://www.booklounge.ca/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780345512659&view=printqa
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Saturn: Cassini spacecraft shows 6th planet, moons, in stunning detail
Hidden knowledge and logic, slowly becoming uncovered, guides the motion and activity of the universe, from the micro to the macro. But, tracked and photographed by spacecraft, this is pure art and poetry. The article from the TImes U.K. here:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1172205/Saturn-close-Sensational-cosmic-images-bring-ringed-planet-life.html