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Eric Goebelbecker

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Eric is the author of *The Great War of the Worlds*, an ongoing series about the aftermath of the Martian invasion in the War of the Worlds.

Eric was lucky enough to inherit an incurable curiosity about technology and a tremendous love of science fiction from his father. Both led to a career repairing radars in the U.S. Army, followed by another as a programmer on Wall Street. Now, he writes about technology during the day, while writing scifi part time.

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I noticed you have fantasy and graphic novels as interest. I am looking for at least two books. Have any suggestions of good reads?

Eric Goebelbecker It would depend on what genre of graphic novel you're interested in.

"Sweet Tooth" by Jeff Lemire is a great post-apocalyptic story. You might be fami…moreIt would depend on what genre of graphic novel you're interested in.

"Sweet Tooth" by Jeff Lemire is a great post-apocalyptic story. You might be familiar with the Netflix adaptation. While it's largely faithful to the source material, the graphic novel has a very different atmosphere to it. I like Lemire's stuff a lot and would recommend anything by him.

Will Eisner is the father of the graphic novel and one of the people most responsible for Americans finally admitting to themselves that comics are more than just for kids. "A Contract with God" and "Invisible People" are my two favorites by him, but anything by him is worth a read.

For horror, "30 Days of Night" by Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith. I enjoyed the movie, but the comic has a much darker atmosphere to it. It's pretty bloody, though. Only for horror fans.

For thrillers, "Whiteout" by Greg Rucka and Steve Lieber. Rucka is a comic author and novelist that knows thrillers, and Lieber is one of the best artists in the business. Whiteout is set on Antarctica and uses the setting to build some serious tension. Rucka's "Atticus Kodiak" novels are a blast, too and he did some great stuff with Batman that influenced the latest movie.

Finally, I'm a fan of manga, although it can get expensive. Anything by Naoki Urasawa, although "Monster" is my favorite because it's set in Germany in the 80s, when Iived there. My local library has all the books in the series.

For fantasy prose novels (I think you were asking for that, too?), the next book in the "Stormlight Archive" series by Brandon Sanderson is due in December. If you start now, you may make it through the mammoth four books by then. They are fantastic. Sanderson does character like no one else.

The "Locked Tomb" series by Tamsyn Muir is really good. A little more toward the horror end of the spectrum, but still very rooted in fantasy.

I really enjoyed N.K. Jemisin's Broken Earth trilogy, too.

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