Sergeant Bert Dalton

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For the contest to draw Sergeant Bert Dalton, featured twice in Freedom Fiction Journal.

Check it out: http://freedomfiction.com/

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Signed First Editions: part fifteen

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I have 7 novels of Kevin J Anderson - all Signed First Editions.

This one is "The Last Days of Krypton" referring to the epic start of Superman's adventure. It shows how Krypton was destroyed.

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Signed First Editions: part fourteen

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Kevin J Anderson is an author who has written the most incredible range of novels. He has authored too many to mention.

After writing 10 of his own novels, he was noticed by LucasFilms and he has penned Star Wars novels for them. He has written novels on X-Files, on Superman, Batman, and most prominently seen - the continued series of Frank Herbert's Dune series of novels.

Extract from About the Author
Along the way he also collected over 750 rejection slips, and a trophy as "The Writer With No Future" because he could produce more rejection slips by weight than any other writer at an entire conference. When asked for advice about how to be a successful writer, he answers quickly: PERSISTENCE!

"Enemies & Allies" brings together 2 of the biggest, most popular and most widely-known superheroes together - Superman & Batman.

Pretty impressive, and such a great performance too.

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Signed First Editions: part thirteen

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Quite an extensive series of novels, this is a 87th Precinct Novel from Ed McBain.

Ed McBain is the pen-name of Evan Hunter, an author of many many novels, and also screenplays and much more. See complete bibilography for Evan Hunter.

As Ed McBain, his 87th Precinct crime fiction series is easily the most well-known and prominent.

This one "Fat Ollie's Book" is a unique one among this series of novels.

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Signed First Editions: part twelve

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AWESOMENESS

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Dimiter by William Peter Blatty
Signed 1st Edition

William Peter Blatty returns with his first major novel in over 25 years!

"A beautifully written, haunting tale of vengeance, spiritual searching, loss, and love."

In 1973 Albania, Colonel Vlora (aka the Interrogator), the head of a team of torturers, questions the Prisoner, who the reader later learns is Paul Dimiter, an American clandestine agent referred to in some quarters of the world as 'legendary,' while in others as 'the agent from hell.'

Dimiter escapes to Jerusalem, where he encounters a number of engaging characters, including a doctor of neurology, a sharp-tongued nurse, and a grief-stricken Israeli policeman. The complicated plot confounds until the isolated pieces of the psychological puzzle that's Dimiter match up and fall into place, revealing surprising truths.

Source

Extract on About the Author:
Later Blatty resumed novel writing. Allegedly retiring to a remote and rented chalet in woodland off Lake Tahoe, Blatty wrote The Exorcist, a story about a twelve-year-old girl being possessed by a powerful demon that remained on the New York Times bestseller list for 57 straight weeks and at the Number One spot for 17 of them. It would eventually be translated by himself and director William Friedkin into one of the most famous and controversial mainstream horror movies of all time.

According to Blatty, Friedkin edited the film in a New York Fifth Avenue office building with the number 666, and Blatty would go on to win an Academy Award for his "Exorcist" screenplay, as well as Golden Globes for Best Picture (he produced the film) and Best Writing.

He has made the claim that in its first weeks of publication, "The Exorcist" novel, despite excellent reviews ad much advertising by the publisher, Harper and Row, was deemed a failure and was being returned by bookstores by "the carload" until what he calls "an extraordinary intervention by Fate" which he refuses to describe.

That's inspiring and very impressive.

Chuck Palahniuk signed personalized

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This is supposedly his first bestseller even though it came out after Fightclub.

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Chuck Palahniuk signed personalized

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Yes, the very latest novel from Chuck Palahniuk - signed and personalized for me. Personalized with "To human-un-kind" in each of the 6 signed editions.

Plus he wrote what inspired him in his handwriting in addition to all that.


http://chuckpalahniuk.net/

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Chuck Palahniuk signed personalized

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http://chuckpalahniuk.net/

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Chuck Palahniuk signed personalized

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From Photo-a-day-2010

More more more

http://chuckpalahniuk.net/

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Chuck Palahniuk signed personalized

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Still more, yay

http://chuckpalahniuk.net/

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Chuck Palahniuk signed personalized

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From Photo-a-day-2010

Yay, still more


http://chuckpalahniuk.net/

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Chuck Palahniuk signed personalized

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From Photo-a-day-2010

From Photo-a-day-2010

Yes, that's for me. Personalized with "To human-un-kind" in each of the 6 signed editions.

Plus he wrote what inspired him in his handwriting in addition to all that.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Palahniuk

http://chuckpalahniuk.net/

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Signed First Editions: part eleven

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From Photo-a-day-2010

Yay, the only other detective to come out of Britain to enthrall an audience worldwide (other than Sherlock Holmes that is...).

Inspector Rebus series by Ian Rankin.

This book is "Exit Music" by Ian Rankin who has maintained that it will be his last novel in Inspector Rebus series of detective novels.

The BBC channel had a very good adaptation of the Inspector Rebus character in a weekly TV show.

Ian Rankin announced the title of the final Rebus novel at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, and that last book I have here - the Signed First Edition.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inspector_Rebus

http://www.ianrankin.net/

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Signed First Editions: part ten

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The ex-CIA man turned lawyer turned author of the RAIN series.

Barry Eisler has the popular series on assassin John Rain.

He is interested in Japanese culture and his character also somehow reflects his interest and merge of cultures.

This one is "Rain Storm" , the third book in the series by Barry Eisler.

Last year a Japanese movie adaptation of Eisler's first novel in the series ("Rain Fall") was made by Sony Pictures, with Gary Oldman as the nemesis of John Rain. http://www.barryeisler.com/

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Signed First Editions: part nine

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All hail the King!!!

Indiana Jones here in a novelization of the movie that brought back Harrison Ford in the title role for a fourth time.

James Rollins is an awesome adventure story writer and has rightfully done the novel version of Indiana Jones and the "Kingdom of the Crystal Skull".

Just look at it - AWESOME SIGNED FIRST EDITION

Yeah! Love the way he personalized this book with more than just the signature.

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Signed First Editions: part eight

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Pretty awesome lady!

Ursula K LeGuin continues writing spectacular fiction. The original lady who wrote about schools of magic.

This one is from her series on "Annals of the Western Shore". This third installment in the series is a book called "Powers" which won the Nebula Award for 2007. Very nicely signed too. She also welcomes fans offering signed bookplates at her official website. http://www.ursulakleguin.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_K._LeGuin

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Signed First Editions: part seven

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Aha! The wonderful first published novel by American author Will Christopher Baer titled "Kiss Me, Judas".

And what a debut. Phineas Poe - an ex-cop an addict and a mental patient chases a woman and wakes up without a kidney. He falls in love with the woman who stole his kidney and left him to die with a broken heart. LOL. This one also with me since last year.

Awesomeness. http://www.willchristopherbaer.com/

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Check it out today.

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Signed First Editions: part six

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Who doesn't love Michael Chabon?

Awesome stuff from him and so early in his career and so well done and well rewarded too. Perfect writer's life it seems.

This book is "Gentlemen of the Road" by Michael Chabon which was serialized in The New York Times magazine before being turned into this hardcover.

Signed on the title page too. I acquired this early last year.

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Signed First Editions: part five

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Anne Rice - yes she doesn't write about vampires anymore.

This one is the first from her new Angel series. She has also written previously about Jesus when he was young.

Anne Rice will now be writing her wonderful fiction dedicated to God and her new series on Angels star angels! So vampires are fictional evil but Angels are real and that's the series prime characters.

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Enjoy!!!

Signed First Editions: part four

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This author is another giant. The man who wrote novels about stuff that criminals tried to duplicate in real life. He was at a point worried over his fiction, since terrorists were starting to take serious inspiration to duplicate such fictional attacks.

Presenting Frederick Forsyth's - The Afghan
If anyone has his "Fist of God", please get it to me pronto.

This one is beautifully signed...

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Amen!!!