tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329139329489259389.post6676701697801511971..comments2023-09-18T06:11:49.382-05:00Comments on No Fear of the Future: Neal Barrett, Jr., named 2010 SFWA Author EmeritusJayme Lynn Blaschkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02919766841748858790noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329139329489259389.post-47428331185440451422012-01-01T12:40:17.571-06:002012-01-01T12:40:17.571-06:00Biting Dog Publications has released Through Darke...Biting Dog Publications has released Through Darkest America, and Dawn's Uncertain Light by Neal Barrett Jr in ebook format, available at all major ebook retailers.<br /> <br />Through Darkest America<br /> <br />Post Apocalypse America<br />Bluevale was about all Howie had seen of the world.<br />Even his Pa, who knew everything, didn’t know much about the way it was before the war.<br />Scriptures said all of the unclean animals had been wiped out. Howie didn’t know what that meant exactly. He’d seen horses. And stock of course. Stock looked like humans.<br />‘Cept stock had no soul. That’s why they was meat.<br />Howie had a good life for a boy. Then the soldiers came. And what they did to his folks made him grow up right quick. He got his revenge—‘cept now the whole darn army was after him. But he had a huge country to run across…and lots of miles to stay alive.<br />Includes new bonus chapter!<br /> <br />Dawn's Uncertain Light<br /> <br />*Sequel to Through Darkest America<br />After The Fall...<br />America's Great Dream is over. Centuries ago it was devastated by the ultimate war. The effects still linger.<br />Food is scarce, water even scarcer and human compassion nowhere to be found. Even so, society is slowly rebuilding itself.<br />But is it a society whose thirst for success is built on an enormous , barbaric lie:<br /><br />Silver Island<br />...an almost legendary place to most Americans.<br />The citadel where the government is building a new and better nation from the ashes of the war-ravaged land. Everyone envies the few children who are chosen to be sent to Silver Island to help realize that dream.<br /><br />At least, that's what Howie Ryder was told when his little sister became one of the Chosen. And that's what he believed before the soldiers slaughtered his parents.<br /><br />Six years on, Howie has discovered the horrifying truth about Silver Island. And will do anything -- anything -- to rescue his sister from it's grip...<br /> <br />A Day At The Fair (A free short story)<br /> <br />Off to the south you could see 'em---two big Portugees floatin' high and slow, flat-looking bodies all pearly blue in the sun. They weren't real hungry, or looking for anything special, just drifting along, trailing their stingers like long rags of rain 'gainst the ground.. <br /><br /> <br />Available at all major ebook retailers!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329139329489259389.post-73615860893310855162010-04-27T17:56:42.436-05:002010-04-27T17:56:42.436-05:00Neal is simply one of the best writers alive, and ...Neal is simply one of the best writers alive, and HEREAFTER GANG is a masterpiece that defies genre categorization. This is a richly deserved and long overdue honor. Go, Neal!Lewis Shinernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329139329489259389.post-10534754003604434262010-03-30T08:50:09.616-05:002010-03-30T08:50:09.616-05:00Outstanding! Neal Barrett is a super nice guy &...Outstanding! Neal Barrett is a super nice guy & supremely talented writer. We are very lucky to have him around!Dave Hardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11210387108701067975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329139329489259389.post-44125673839029870642010-03-30T04:54:47.474-05:002010-03-30T04:54:47.474-05:00Neal is a gifted story teller with a wicked sense ...Neal is a gifted story teller with a wicked sense of humor and a unique (some would say warped) voice. Neal used to live across the street from me and somehow managed to overcome that handicap and make something of himself, after all. Congratulations to Neal for this well-deserved acknowledgement of a career built on not sounding like every Tom, Dick, and Bubba out there.Becky Matthews Haynienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329139329489259389.post-78631816537271270422010-03-29T22:23:11.021-05:002010-03-29T22:23:11.021-05:00This is the best news of the year! Neal has been ...This is the best news of the year! Neal has been a Texas treasure for far too long. It is about time the rest of the world learns who he is and how wacked out his stories are.Scott Cuppnoreply@blogger.com