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Mike Bogue

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Amarillo, Texas, The United States
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Mike Bogue writes both fiction and non-fiction, spinning speculative tales because he finds SFF the perfect genre to explore timeless themes and timely science.

A veteran of Jerry Jenkins’ Your Novel Blueprint course, Mike’s short stories have appeared in G-FAN, Scary Monsters Magazine, Daikaiju! 3, and Don’t Go In the Water.

In October 2023, Winged Publications published “A Perfect Flock,” Mike’s first Christian science fiction novel, which boasts an Amazon customer rating of 4.8. In addition, 2023 Realm Award Winner Bryan Timothy Mitchell calls the tale “immersive and compelling.”

In the non-fiction category, Mike wrote the critically acclaimed “Apocalypse Then: American and Japanese Atomic Cinema: 1951-1967” (McFarland 2017), which receiv
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Surf’s Up: A Fan Tribute to Brian Wilson

Paul McCartney called the Beach Boys’ “God Only Knows” the “perfect pop song.” But its creator had a less than perfect pop life. If you’re a fan, you know about Brian Wilson’s bouts with drugs and mental illness.

A bona fide genius, but . . .

He was an amazing talent, yes, but a tragic one. His “I Guess I Just Wasn’t Made for These Times” has never sounded more bittersweet than upon his recent passi

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Here there be dragons—and adventure-thirsty adolescents.

With the help of her bondmate, a dragon named Canna, fifteen-year-old Gentry flees marriage to an insufferable jerk. Next, she accompanies Canna to the abode of dragons, where peril awaits.

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Kong, Godzilla and the Living Earth by Allen A. Debus
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First, a word on what Debus’s book isn’t—stuffy. Quite the contrary, Allen’s tone is conversational, his enthusiasm for giant monster movies leaping out from every page.

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Dinosaurs Ever Evolving by Allen A. Debus
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"Dinosaurs Ever Evolving" deftly scrutinizes the thematic evolution of dinosaurs in literature and films. For example, author Debus examines how movies mutated dinosaurs into harbingers of nuclear holocaust; indeed, Debus’s chapter called “Nuclear Dr ...more
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Eon City Burnout by Steve Rzasa
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First-rate sci-fi anthology – one theme, many stories.

Nine authors explore what happens when domed Eon City’s shields fail and radiation floods the sprawling multi-level complex.

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Afterlight by Jonathan Shuerger
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If you like your fantasy with a dollop (no, make that an avalanche) of gore, a cast of multiple characters, and a plot of dense complexity, this heroic fantasy is for you.

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Maxine Justice by Daniel Schwabauer
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Outstanding science fiction that glides from the humorous to the serious with eye-winking ease. Schwabauer creates a rich future society only marginally removed from our own, one that still, alas and alack, requires lawyers.

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Fragments by J.A. Webb
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If you’re looking for hackneyed characters, look elsewhere—Father Curtis and his fellow humans resonate as full-blooded non-cliches. Their hopes, struggles, failings, and victories reel you in, and they don’t let you go until the last page.

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King Kong-the Evolving Narrative-the Annotated Novelization by Delos W. Lovelace
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Ever wonder why genre movie novelizations often differ so much from the film adaptations? If so, and you happen to be a King Kong fan—and what self-respecting Monster Kid isn’t—this valuable tome provides movie-to-novel revelations aplenty.

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The Time Door by Shannon McDermott
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A sense of wonder is what most sci-fi geeks seek in their science fiction, and author Shannon McDermott provides it in all its speculative splendor.

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DEVELOPING 007 by John LeMay
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The James Bond franchise is one of the longest-running in filmdom, and this look at seven of his key movies provides abundant insights.

Movie scholar John LeMay has organized the book for maximum readability—for each film, there’s a section on the wr
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