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FALL 2002 (VOL. III, NO. 3)

Author Book Review: Kevin Paglia

  • Aug 28, 2002
  • 2 min read

Current Publisher: Publish America

Published Work:

“Exile”, published April 15, 2002, Publish America, trade paperback, Christian Sci-fi

SYNOPSIS OF CURRENT BOOK/WORK


Mathias is shaken from his chosen path when a dream sparks questions about the God his father died embracing. The same God was now asking Mathias to free His people, feed His people, and lead His people to a new life. Captured and imprisoned with them, Mathias hears the truth of Christ. Relying on their faith and his own will to overcome any obstacle, Mathias leads them in an escape with divine assistance.


Mathias’ journey brings him back to the Earth system where he makes a life for himself on the black market port known as the Dutchman, meets the love of his life, Ria, and grows in his understanding of God’s mission for him. Accepting that mission takes him to an extermination camp to save friends and spread his faith to nonbelievers through God’s love, after which Mathias finds himself back at the Earth Senate where his father died for his beliefs to finish the message his father started.

“Exile” is $19.95, available through Publish America #ISBN 1-58851-874-4.

AUTHOR INFO

Kevin R. Paglia

Author of “Exile”


I started my writing habit at the tender age of seven; basically as soon as I could make coherent sentences I started writing. It evolved along the normal lines of a few short stories to poetry, a play, an eleven-year-old attempt at a novel and finally into an adult love affair with writing. I always loved science fiction and even hand wrote a trilogy but while I loved the material the story just wasn’t there. When I decided to mesh my love of writing and love of God together, the stories came together. Christian sci-fi may seem odd at first, it is rare to find any futuristic Christian story line that does not deal with the end times, but when space exploration starts there will be Christians out there and I wanted to throw out stories that would inspire them like Star Trek did for its generation. For me the greatest honor in the world is to have a reader tell me how much they enjoyed my book and it made them think on a spiritual level.


When I’m not writing I love to play with my two boys. I am a stay-at-home daddy, so I have the honor of watching them grow up. I also love to play golf, play video games (political strategy games at the moment) and, fine–I’ll admit it, watching T.V. My wife and I are involved with Marriage Encounter as well, so as a presenting couple we are constantly working on updating our presentations. Since we live between in-laws (Moscow ID and Bakersfield CA), our travel time is spent taking the boys to see their grandparents. I wanted to provide a resource for readers to get to know me so I have a web site (http://www.krpaglia.net) that has a page specifically devoted to informing people about me from favorite food to school to music I enjoy.



 

Author Book Review: Jai Sen

  • Aug 27, 2002
  • 1 min read

Publisher: Shoto Press http://www.shotopress.com


Published Work:

“Garlands of Moonlight” (ISBN 0971756406), published May 2002 by Shoto Press. A graphic novel retelling of a Malay vampire legend.


BOOK/SUBJECT SYNOPSIS:


Set in late colonial Indonesia, “Garlands of Moonlight” relates a Malay vampire legend in graphic novel format. Printed in a black and silver duotone, the book captures the quaint feel of turn-of-the-century daguerreotype photographs. Illustrated by Indonesian artist Rizky Wasisto Edi, winner of a 2002 Xeric award.


Price $4.59, paperback, 86 pages. Printed in a black/silver duotone using high-definition stochastic (FM) screening to simulate turn-of-the-century daguerreotype photographs from the time period of the story. Publisher: Shoto Press. ISBN: 0971756406. Publication date: May, 2002.





AUTHOR INFO:

Jai Sen, a writer of speculative fiction, divides his time between New York and Tokyo.

Born in Hyderabad, India, Sen lived in Indonesia for seven years. There, he acquired a taste for supernatural folktales. He is the author of “Garlands of Moonlight”, and is currently working on a historical graphic novel planned for release by Shoto Press in the winter of 2003.



ABOUT SHOTO PRESS:

“Our name is taken from the Shoto district of Shibuya-ku in Tokyo, where one of our authors resides. Shoto is a neighborhood that pays equal homage to tradition and progress, just as we do. We are working to inform the public about the importance of graphic novels as a literary medium.”


 

IOBA Q & A Column

By Jean McKenna


Q. Is there such a thing as a computer dictionary? I can’t possibly be alone in that I am very proficient at most of the programs that relate to what I’m doing at the moment, but don’t understand a scary amount of what others consider too obvious to even define.


A.  Yes, there are computer dictionaries; in fact, there are a variety of them, some covering general computer terminology, some dealing with specific areas (desktop publishing, graphics, the Internet, telecommunications, etc.).

I have accumulated a small collection over the past 20 years, some bound volumes and some downloaded from Web sites. An oldie but goodie is JARGON: An Informal Dictionary of Computer Terms, by Robin Williams (long one of the best authors in the computer field), ISBN 0938251643, Peachpit Press, soft cover, 7.5″x9.125″. Mine is a 2nd printing, 199l, so it’s not completely up to date, but I’ve found it an excellent reference. There may be later editions available.


Q. My post office refused to let me send a lot of thirty-year-old Surfer magazines BPM because they contained advertising.


A. This is from the USPS web page Business Mail 101 (for beginners):

Bound Printed Matter must:

a. Consist of advertising, promotional, directory, or editorial material or any combination of such material).

b. Be securely bound by permanent fastenings such as staples, spiral binding, glue, or stitching. Loose-leaf binders and similar fastenings are not considered permanent.

c. Consist of sheets of which at least 90% are imprinted by any process other than handwriting or typewriting with words, letters, characters, figures, or images (or any combination of them).

d. Not have the nature of personal correspondence.

e. Not be stationery, such as pads of blank printed forms.

It couldn’t be much clearer than this.

(It is also suggested that BPM packages be marked “Return Service Requested”, as the Post Office will not return Bound Printed Matter if undeliverable.)


Q.  Does anyone use those white paperback display boxes? They are 30 x 8 x 4-1/2–typically they hover around the feet of bookcases and are meant to display paperback spines. I do not mean shipping boxes, but display boxes. I’m sorry if that wasn’t clear before.


A. I get most of my storage supplies, plastic bags, comic boxes, magazine boxes, record boxes from: http://www.bagsunlimited.com/. All kinds of bags and backing boards.

And since it seems appropriate here is a list of other specialty suppliers:

(The above represents only a few suppliers; there are, of course, others.)


Our thanks go to:

Bonnie Scott

Ken Fermoyle

Tom Hood  – Logan Lake Books

Terry – An Odd Volume Books

Bill Burns

Sasha – NeetStuff

 
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