Message from Sam Smith

[SadGeezer]

This was incorrectly entered into the News Section of the site:
[quote=”SamSmith”]This is to announce that a second edition of the cult novel, ‘The End of Science Fiction’, first published by Jacobyte Books Australia, has now been brought out by BeWrite Books, and will consequently be more readily available throughout Europe. ‘The End of Science Fiction’: Sam Smith (2005) ISBN 1-904492-70-3

The first edition was shortlisted for a 2001 Eppie. Since then the author, with his novella, ‘We Need Madmen’, has won the 2004 SKREV prize for science fiction.

Here are a couple of reactions to the first edition of ‘The End of Science Fiction’.

‘…His prose is clear, smooth and spare. His dialogue reveals the characters’ personalities. Even minor characters feel filled out and whole. All in all, a most professional job./ In a world of book reviews that overstate and overhype, one worries about excess praise, for fear that it will be dismissed. Here I am confounded — there are no faults, no missed notes, no clumsy moves. As Coleridge said of fiction, one must willingly suspend disbelief, and perhaps for some time the initial premise may stretch credulity. For myself I always give a writer the opportunity to build the world they are trying to create and if they succeed, then the book works for me. In this case, Smith succeeds magnificently.’ Miles Archer, Inscriptions Magazine.

‘….edgy and gripping. Written in present tense, the pace never lets up …. has a satisfying and tightly knit plot, and the fast prose style adds a strong sense of drama. Being a disaster novel, it could have easily slipped in to melodrama, but Smith keeps the story on an even keel which makes it all the more believable. Long after you’ve finished reading, you can’t help but wonder how you would react, if faced with the same frightening news.’ Ebony McKenna. Speculative and Dark Fiction Magazine.[/quote]

Good luck to ya dude!

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