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You might recall that we recently had a little fun at the expense of poor, overworked Cover Text Guy, who made a few errors — some forced, some not — in describing Jason Cosmo on the back cover. Now it is time to play the same game with CTG’s British counterpart, Cover Text Bloke! Here is the descriptive copy from the back cover of the UK edition of Jason Cosmo. How many mistakes can you find? Continue reading
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As promised some time ago, I finally scanned in the cover of the United Kingdom edition of Jason Cosmo, published by Pan Books, Ltd. and featuring an awesome cover by the late Josh Kirby. This is the edition most likely to be familiar to Loyal Readers outside the U.S. and Canada. Continue reading
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Happy New Year and welcome to 2009. To this point, I have assumed that most readers of the Jason Cosmo Update are either:
But this is 2009. Continue reading
UPDATED UPDATE 9/09: Beginner’s Luck is now available as a multi-format ebook from Smashwords. I’ve altered all the links below to point there.
UPDATE: Putting the link to my horror short story Beginner’s Luck at the top for those just arriving here.
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How is Dan McGirt like Stephen King?
Well, we’re both authors. And there all resemblance ends.
Mr. King is the ridiculously prolific master of modern horror fiction. I am not. Continue reading
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Over at Tor.com, author Jane Lindskold posits that “In discussions of magic in Fantasy fiction, a frequently argued point is whether or not systemized magic somehow ruins the “magical” feeling of a work of fiction by making magic a poor copy of science.”
A Note to Loyal Readers of the Future: From my blog stats I can tell that few people are reading the Jason Cosmo Update here in October of 2008. So chances are that if you’re reading this at all, you’re doing so in the distant future, perhaps in a time in which the Jason Cosmo books have become the basis for a new Golden Age of universal peace, prosperity, and astonishing artistic, scientific and technological wonders. I don’t know, because I haven’t written that particular book yet here in the present. What I do know if that this post provides answers to questions posed in the previous post Jason Cosmo Cover Story, Part 2. So you should read that one first. — Dan McGirt
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Pencils down!
Last time I invited you to find the errors in the back cover copy on the original edition of Jason Cosmo, of which there are at least seven. (Special thanks to the precisely one of you who shared your answers with the rest of us.) This time, as promised, I will reveal my answers. Some errors are straightforward and some are a question of interpretation, as you’ll see. Continue reading
Greetings, Loyal Reader! Time to take another look at the original edition of Jason Cosmo. Run grab your copy from its treasured place in your safety deposit box, personal vault, or climate-controlled glass display case. I’ll wait.
Got it? Great! Previously, we considered the cover art by Richard Hescox. This time we’re going to focus on the words. Continue reading
Greetings, Loyal Reader. So one occasional complaint from some of my female friends who also happen to be Loyal Readers themselves is that there aren’t any strong female characters for them to identify with in Jason Cosmo. Continue reading
Ahoy there, Loyal Reader! Today be International Talk Like a Pirate Day! What has that to do with a landlubber like Jason Cosmo! Plenty! If you’ve read Dirty Work, then you’ll be knowing it’s stuffed to the bilges with pirates! Here, in honor of the day, is an excerpt. Continue reading
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Three artists have provided cover illustrations for the Jason Cosmo books published to date. For the U.S. editions, the Jason Cosmo and Royal Chaos covers were painted by noted fantasy artist Richard Hescox. I love these covers! Let’s look at the Jason Cosmo cover:
