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Paul Semel

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Freelance writer for hire: music, movies, books, comics, video games, TVโ€ฆ (he/him)

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Started reading Dean Koontz's 'The Bad Weather Friend.'
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Well, this is pretty interesting so far (though I suspect it's about to get...weird).
Dean Koontz Amazon Publishing

Started reading Dean Koontz's 'The Bad Weather Friend.' amzn.to/47FRkEG ๐Ÿ“–๐ŸŽ Well, this is pretty interesting so far (though I suspect it's about to get...weird). #Books #Reading #fantasy @deankoontz @AmazonPub #BookTwitter
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Finished reading Tim Waggoner's 'Alien: Prototype.'
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Okay, this one got super good when...uh...something happened to the Xenomorph. Cough cough.
Tim Waggoner Titan Books Alien

Finished reading Tim Waggoner's 'Alien: Prototype.' amzn.to/49wV11E ๐Ÿ“–๐Ÿ‘พ Okay, this one got super good when...uh...something happened to the Xenomorph. Cough cough. #books #reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi @timwaggoner @TitanBooks @AlienAnthology #BookTwitter
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I really wish that, when you blocked some shitty advertiser here on Twitter, you could also send them a message. Few things are as cathartic as telling someone to go fuck themselves.

I really wish that, when you blocked some shitty advertiser here on Twitter, you could also send them a message. Few things are as cathartic as telling someone to go fuck themselves.
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With 'Wicked Problems,' Max Gladstone is presenting the middle piece of his trilogy 'The Craft Wars,' a subset of 'The Craft Sequence.' And if you need help sorting that out, or just want to know more about this book, check out this Q&A.
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With 'Wicked Problems,' Max Gladstone is presenting the middle piece of his #UrbanFantasy trilogy 'The Craft Wars,' a subset of 'The Craft Sequence.' And if you need help sorting that out, or just want to know more about this book, check out this Q&A. paulsemel.com/exclusive-inteโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ“–๐Ÿช„
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Started reading Rahul Mehta's 'Feeding The Ghosts: Poems.'
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Oh, this is super good. Especially the more personal / narrative .
Rahul University Press of Kentucky

Started reading Rahul Mehta's 'Feeding The Ghosts: Poems.' amzn.to/3PwaLtF ๐Ÿ“–๐Ÿ‘ป Oh, this is super good. Especially the more personal / narrative #poems. #books #reading #poetry @_RahulMehta @KentuckyPress #BookTwitter #PoetryTwitter
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FYI: The original version of Dead Space 2, and Dead Space 3, absolutely hold up.

I replayed them after playing the Dead Space remake a second time.

They're also all on Gamepass, I believe.

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While stories are often about the person in charge, S.A. Barnes' 'Ghost Station' is about their shrink. Which is good; since it's a story. For a proper diagnosis, check out this exclusive interview I did with Barnes.
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While #ScienceFiction stories are often about the person in charge, S.A. Barnes' 'Ghost Station' is about their shrink. Which is good; since it's a #SciFi #horror story. For a proper diagnosis, check out this exclusive interview I did with Barnes. paulsemel.com/exclusive-inteโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ“–๐Ÿš€๐Ÿช๐Ÿง 
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Started reading Tim Waggoner's 'Alien: Prototype.'
amzn.to/49wV11E
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Seems like more a companion to 'Alien: Isolation' than a sequel, but it's still pretty interesting so far.
Tim Waggoner Titan Books Alien

Started reading Tim Waggoner's 'Alien: Prototype.' amzn.to/49wV11E ๐Ÿ“–๐Ÿ‘พ Seems like more a companion to 'Alien: Isolation' than a sequel, but it's still pretty interesting so far. #books #reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi @timwaggoner @TitanBooks @AlienAnthology #BookTwitter
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Finished reading Sarah Ghazal Ali's 'Theophanies: Poems.'
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Really good, especially the more obviously personal ones.
Sarah Ghazal Ali Alice James Books

Finished reading Sarah Ghazal Ali's 'Theophanies: Poems.' amzn.to/3INGEtN ๐Ÿ“–๐Ÿ–Š๏ธ Really good, especially the more obviously personal ones. #books #reading #poems #poetry @caesarah_ @AliceJamesBooks #BookTwitter #PoetryTwitter
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A walk in the woods can be relaxing.

Unless it's the woods in Elliot Gish's new haunted forest novel 'Grey Dog.'

To learn why, check out this exclusive interview.
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A walk in the woods can be relaxing. Unless it's the woods in Elliot Gish's new haunted forest #horror novel 'Grey Dog.' To learn why, check out this exclusive interview. paulsemel.com/exclusive-inteโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ“–๐ŸŒณ๐ŸŒณ๐ŸŒฒ๐ŸŒณ . . . . . . . . . . . #BookTwitter #books #reading #AuthorInterview
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Finished reading Keith R.A. DeCandido's 'Alien: Isolation.'
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Like the game, this was engaging, unnerving, but also rather fun. Now for the sequel.
Keith R.A. DeCandido Titan Books Alien

Finished reading Keith R.A. DeCandido's 'Alien: Isolation.' amzn.to/46fyzr0 ๐Ÿ“–๐Ÿ‘พ๐ŸŽฎ Like the game, this was engaging, unnerving, but also rather fun. Now for the sequel. #books #reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi @KRADeC @TitanBooks @AlienAnthology #BookTwitter
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ICYMI: Here's ripping their way through Elton John's 'Funeral For A Friend' and 'Love Lies Bleeding.'
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Because of the second word, we expect A.I.s to be intelligent. But in his satirical, and somewhat cyberpunk novel 'Mal Goes To War,' author Edward Ashton (Edward Ashton) has an A.I. that makes mistakes. To find out why, check out this Q&A.
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Because of the second word, we expect A.I.s to be intelligent. But in his satirical, and somewhat cyberpunk #SciFi novel 'Mal Goes To War,' author Edward Ashton (@edashtonwriting) has an A.I. that makes mistakes. To find out why, check out this Q&A. paulsemel.com/exclusive-inteโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ“–๐Ÿค–๐Ÿช–
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Started reading the anthology 'The Reinvented Detective.'
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Really dug C.C. Finley's policing for profit story; excited to dig into the rest.
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Jennifer Brozek ArcManorBooks

Started reading the #ShortStory anthology 'The Reinvented Detective.' amzn.to/3ISewWC ๐Ÿ“–๐Ÿš€๐Ÿ‘ฎ๐Ÿช๐Ÿ•ต๏ธ Really dug C.C. Finley's policing for profit story; excited to dig into the rest. #books #reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi @Catrambo @jenniferbrozek @ArcManorBooks #BookTwitter
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Started reading Keith R.A. DeCandido's 'Alien: Isolation.'
amzn.to/46fyzr0
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So far, this is as engaging as the game it's based on (and expands upon)
Keith R.A. DeCandido
Titan Books Alien

Started reading Keith R.A. DeCandido's 'Alien: Isolation.' amzn.to/46fyzr0 ๐Ÿ“–๐Ÿ‘พ๐ŸŽฎ So far, this is as engaging as the game it's based on (and expands upon) #books #reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi @KRADeC @TitanBooks @AlienAnthology #BookTwitter
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Finished reading Jason Pargin's 'Zoey Punches The Future In The Dick.'
amzn.to/3v6KFWS
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Was as weird and nutty and ribald and damn fun as the first one. Glad there's still one more.
Jason Pargin, author of John Dies at the End, etc St. Martin's Press

Finished reading Jason Pargin's 'Zoey Punches The Future In The Dick.' amzn.to/3v6KFWS ๐Ÿ“–๐Ÿ‘Š๐Ÿ† Was as weird and nutty and ribald and damn fun as the first one. Glad there's still one more. #Books #Reading @JasonKPargin @StMartinsPress #BookTwitter
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Started reading Sarah Ghazal Ali's 'Theophanies: Poems.'
amzn.to/3INGEtN
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Rather interesting so far, especiallty the (relatively) longer ones.
Sarah Ghazal Ali Alice James Books

Started reading Sarah Ghazal Ali's 'Theophanies: Poems.' amzn.to/3INGEtN ๐Ÿ“–๐Ÿ–Š๏ธ Rather interesting so far, especiallty the (relatively) longer ones. #books #reading #poems #poetry @caesarah_ @AliceJamesBooks #BookTwitter #PoetryTwitter
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Finished reading Lan P. Duong's 'Nothing Follows: Poems.'
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While some of it didn't connect for me (usually for structural reasons), this was mostly a really good and emotional collection of .

Finished reading Lan P. Duong's 'Nothing Follows: Poems.' amzn.to/3vj2WR7 ๐Ÿ“–๐Ÿ–Š๏ธ While some of it didn't connect for me (usually for structural reasons), this was mostly a really good and emotional collection of #poems. #books #reading #poetry #BookTwitter #PoetryTwitter
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They were too small to take photos of before they melted, but we just had hail in L.A. Which, along with the earthquake in N.Y., has me thinking it's the end times.

And I, for one, welcome our new overlords...

They were too small to take photos of before they melted, but we just had hail in L.A. Which, along with the earthquake in N.Y., has me thinking it's the end times. And I, for one, welcome our new overlords...
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