Headed up to NYC for Memorial Day weekend! Along with the other normal touristy things (like visiting Central Park and chowing down in Chinatown!), I'm gonna see if I have time to check out some buildings/landmarks/places mentioned in the Jack books, just for fun. Like a Duane Reade! (Although people from NY don't seem particularly excited about them )

If any NY residents here have suggestions for particular places of note from the series, throw 'em out here!

And if he does, do we want him to write another story/book set in his "Healer" universe?

I'm new to RJ, and started with The Tomb, then circled back and read the young Jack books. I'm on Conspiracies now and spotted an odd inconsistency. In the chapter where Jack and Lew Ehler are devising a cover story before registering at the conspiracy theorist convention, Lew and Jack briefly discuss odd lights or "lumens" in the Pine Barrens. Jack states unequivocally he's never seen them. But I distinctly remember Jack chasing the "lumens" on his bike in one of the young Jack books, I think the last one. Small detail, just curious if anyone else noticed, and if there are any other inconsistencies in future books.

Oh Good Lord. I realized that my post about an inconsistency has a major inconsistency right in the title of the thread! I meant Inconsistency in Conspiracies, not Legacies. I guess that's karmic justice for you. Never point out another's gaffe without making sure your announcement is gaffe-free itself!

So, this post is after reading all of the Cycle except Nightworld and nearly all of the rest of the Secret History.

It's mentioned repeatedly that The Otherness despises humanity, and Rasalom devours sadness and despair. I think there was one mention of Rasalom being unsure of The Otherness because his power was growing slowly right there, but one thing hit me: if The Otherness gains sustenance and glee from sadness and despair, what's to stop it from taking away Rasalom's power after he attains total global domination.

Imagine this line of thought: Rasalom conquers all of Earth making The Ally lose all interest. He controls Earth completely, then in a final act of conquest, The Otherness removes his power. Imagine the pain, fear, sadness, hate, and utter despair Rasalom would feel after millenia of working for this spot only to have no way to maintain it. I don't think any despair could ever compare to that.

It was a random thought I had while idling away for Nightworld's rerelease.

If Obamacare goes through, it will require rationing; "Offshore" will follow "Lipidleggin'" out of fiction and into reality with the help of projects like this.

Has anybody seen this show? Creator of LOST; J.J. Abrams's new work, "Alcatraz" is mysterious action/crime drama.

In 1963, all the prisoners and guards mysteriously disappear from Alcatraz. In the present day, they resurface and a secret agency are tasked with re-capturing them...


I just saw first 2 episodes only, but I definitely love it!

We're giving away 5 signed copies of NIGHTWORLD courtesy of the good doctor. Head on over and enter. Contest ends midnight on the 31st!

http://www.horrorworld.org/nightworld.htm :drum:

p.s. I thin Jim Caviezal would make an awesome RJ - has anyone seen him in Person of Interest? The last episode, when he dispatched the bad guy - he gave Harold a glare that would do Jack proud. JMHO - please don't flame me. :target:

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Just finished Infernal and found it the weakest book thus far in the Adversary Cycle / Repairman Jack (I've read all except Nightworld from AC and the first 8 RJ books). It was very predictable which is odd for Wilson. I also found large sections incredibly boring - could not stand all of Tom's thoughts, his brooding was just over the top. I'm really hoping the actions in this book are key to some things that will happen in future books. Especially since very little was investigated / learned as far as the Otherness story in this book.

4/2 - I gave some fellows permission to adapt yet another short film from my 1978 "Lipidleggin'." A little about it here including a link to the story. (I thought I was being tongue in cheek; turns out it's coming true.) http://lipidleggin.com/


4/3 - I'm very happy to have been a teeny part of George Scott 's efforts for the troops. http://tinyurl.com/6q2kw2z


4/3 - Perpetual Kid... I love this site http://tinyurl.com/77krkj2

4/5 - I'm going to brave LV in July for TAM 2012. [video=youtube;NfN_qAzDx7M]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfN_qAzDx7M[/video]


4/6 - can I just say something? Banjo rolls are damn hard. And my ring finger keeps wanting to get in the act.


4/7 - digging Sarah Jarosz lately. Listen to her take on Tom Waits's "Come On Up to the House" from her 1st CD. What a mandolin player http://tinyurl.com/6ggumsz


4/9 - "Justified" is over. Great, disarming end to the 3rd season. Now there's a void in my Tuesday nights.


4/10 - Is it just me, or is this crazy? I feel like I'm living in Bizarro World. http://tinyurl.com/82uwbwj


4/11 - does anyone hate the Nationwide guy more than I? I mean, really, he's... he's... (fill in the blank)


4/11-15 - at RT Booklovers Convention. Wonderful to reconnect with the friends I’ve made here since I started going. More and more male authors every year. James Rollins making his first appearance. When I first went, Barry Eisler and Yrs Trly were the only ones. This was the biggest RT ever - 2500 attendees.


4/14 - a stop at Chicago Comicon (C2E2) for a panel and a signing with a (relatively) new author named Patrick Lee.


4/20 - I just finished Patrick Lee's THE BREACH. I can sum it up best as "Wow." The novel reads like a bullet and kept me off balance the whole way. Not many novels do that nowadays. It's so damn original it makes me jealous. He's got an audacious imagination and a transparent style that does not get in the way of the story. Is it perfect? No. But it kept me so hungry to know what was going to happen next that I flashed right past any potential glitches. This guy can write. I'd never heard of him before. Met him at C2E2 and he gave me a copy. I dipped into it on the plane home couldn't get out. I've just ordered the next two books in the trilogy. Really, if you like thrillers, there IS something new under the sun -- it's THE BREACH.


4/20 - I think "Fringe" jumped the shark tonight.


4/21 - Just came across this old newspaper photo. My first store signing - with Isaac Asimov, of all people. He had a line out the door and I got pity sales from people waiting on line for him. But hey, a sale's a sale. Dig those 1970s lapels. http://pic.twitter.com/NfWBSYJX


4/22 - Watch this. It's beautiful and amazing. http://tinyurl.com/6l2zmj4


4/22 - COLD CITY pages proofed. Now for a little EtOH.


4/22 - my triffids are digging today's rain. They were getting a bit parched and droopy but have all sorts of energy this now


4/23 - listened to "Someday" by Sugar Ray in the car this a.m. Forgot how much I like this song. [video=youtube;JmS26d2T-7g]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmS26d2T-7g[/video]


4/25 - no, Blastr, I did not influence Stephen King (but thanks for the thought). This isn't accurate where THE TOUCH is concerned. King was being published before I was, and CARRIE saw print 12 years before THE TOUCH. (But he does accuse it of literary value. I still haven't decided what to make of that.) http://blastr.com/2012/04/the-17-classic-stories-th.php


4/26 - I find this very disturbing... http://tinyurl.com/7od3sz9


4/27 - Unhappy with the way your kids load the dishwasher? Make them play Tetris and watch the improvement.


4/28 - Doing an article on =Unaussprechlichen Kulten=. My copy's a bit bloodstained. Anybody have a clean copy I can borrow?