+ 01.Apr.07 Help Ancestor Attack Amazon
Want to prove to the big publishing companies that we can make a difference. Want to buy a cool book and help an awesome writer and a good friend of mine in the process?
Then sometime today April 1st order a copy of Ancestor from Amazon. I know that Scott Sigler will be happy and so will I. Not a fan of this genre? Then order a copy and give it to a friend, away on your podcast or to your public library. The key is to order one. *grin*
Oh! I almost forgot – ordered my copy tonight! Thanks for the reminder!
April 2nd, 2007 | #
So you know I see this ad in my Google Reader from Accident Hash (One of my favorites pods btw) for some book called Ancestor. Intrigued I click to find out what it’s about. Much to my dismay nowhere do they give me a synopsis of the book. Nothing at all! All I can gather from reviews and the picture is that it’s something about podcasting. Is it fiction? Non-Fiction?
I get enough contentless brainwashing advertising from big media on TV and Radio, this is why I listen to podcasts. If you’re going to advertise a book, if you’re not going to read it (which I would prefer you do) at least read the back cover and let us know what it’s about.
Thanks.
April 2nd, 2007 | #
Actually Ancestor is a Podcast Novel that Scott Sigler wrote and was linked to in the post.
You can go to http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=85 and get the whole audio book for free if you like. It’s read by the author and fun to listen to.
And since you requested it here is the synopsis straight off of http://www.scottsigler.net:
ANCESTOR SYNOPSES
On a remote island in Lake Superior, scientists struggle to solve the problem of xenotransplantation — using animal tissue to replace failing human organs. Funded by the biotech firm Genada, Dr. Claus Rhumkorrf seeks to recreate the ancestor of all mammals.
By getting back to the root of our creation, Rhumkorrf hopes to create an animal with human internal organs. Rhumkorrf discovers the ancestor, but it is not the small, harmless creature he envisions. His genius gives birth to a fast-growing evil that nature eradicated 250 million years ago — an evil now on the loose, and very, very hungry.
April 2nd, 2007 | #