Another 5 star review of EDGE: a sci-fi dark fantasy thriller with a lot of blood on the snow

Book Review

A Spanish fan has written-up a wonderful review of my 4th novel, EDGE, on Amazon.

Available in paperback, kindle and iBook

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Brilliant piece of Sci-Fi literature

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“I found out about David’s novels when I moved to Bristol a couple of years ago. As I needed to improve my English I thought I would give a chance to some local writer and after reading some reviews about David’s books I decided to buy ‘Edge’ from Amazon.

What can I say about it, not only is a brilliant piece of Sci Fi literature but a fabulous way for someone like me to learn new vocabulary and expressions. The richness of the descriptions and characters make you get into the story so much that you don’t want the book to have an end. You can’t help but to get attached to Ethan and his geekiness or Samson and his magnetic personality, even feeling some sympathy for Halo and his sick mind.

I don’t want to spoil anyone’s experience with this book so I’ll just say that really bad things happen, is not a love story so some blood must be expected ;)

I can’t wait to put my hands on another of David’s novels and same will happen to you if you give ‘Edge’ a well deserved chance!”

- By Sergio (source)

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“Atmospheric and creepy” – The Guardian. Critical but positive review of my latest novel, The Black Lake, by one of the UK’s leading news sites.

Review: The Black Lake

I got pinged an email alert by Google the other day. I’d been mentioned on The Guardian website. My scalp contracted and I clicked on the link, feeling a mixture of delight, excitement and utter terror.  The Guardian is a big deal.  Then I read the journo’s strapline:  “Better editing could have upped the shock voltage of this tale of horror on an isolated Scottish island.”  And I thought, eek, I’m in for a bruising here.

But actually, I found the article enlightening and rewarding.

But those quibbles aside, The Black Lake was good fun: short, atmospheric and creepy. Having read tons of zombie novels, and horror novels, I’m surprised a publisher hasn’t snapped this one up, as it could definitely hold its own alongside more traditionally published genre material. If I had the time, I wouldn’t mind returning to check out some of Rodger’s other novels, set in the Yellow Dawn world.

- Alison Flood, The Guardian

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Alison Flood’s critique highlights the fundamental issue at the heart of my LULU / Amazon publishing model; and the same issues for the majority of other authors who have a direct route to market.

Lack of editorial resource.

I don’t have a big publishing house carousing on my behalf; I don’t have  professional editorial expertise behind me, knocking off the rough edges of my work into a glossy  market-focussed product. Some people would argue that’s a good thing, and I can understand that point of view, but in my case I’m now swinging around to the idea of buying-in a layer of industry experience: hiring a professional editor on a freelance basis.

What’s the point of me spending 7 weeks of my life writing a novel to then not maximise its potential?

Regardless of a mainstream publisher being interested in snapping me up – if I can improve the product for the slice of the market already prepared to buy my work as it stands, then I’m improving my chances of referrals and punters coming back for more helpings.

Mind you.  Freelance editors are not cheap and I now have 7 novels in the stable.

So I’m going to have to think very hard about next steps – choices and timescales, and budget.

I do strive for quality in my work.  At the end of the day I’m crafting a product that has a lot of people paying money to enjoy.  This article has flashed up a like mirror, reflecting back a view that shows where I can improve.

So yeah, rewarding and positive.

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You can read the full article by Alison Flood here (or click on the image above)

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PREVIEW / BUY “THE BLACK LAKE”

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Available in paperback or Amazon Kindle

Paperback: LULU & Amazon Kindle US ($), UK (£), DE (Euro), FR (Euro)

THE BLACK LAKE: The Earth has been ravaged by an event known as Yellow Dawn. Ten years later, survivors are putting lives back together and probing the frontiers of a new Wilderness; whilst overhead the orbital colonies slide across the sky, removed and unaffected. Five men leave the fortress island of Malta on an expedition to the sub-Arctic waters above Scotland. They intend to undertake scientific observations of an alien meteorological phenomenon that has followed the apocalyptic event. What they find is a cosmic horror that seethes amongst the shadows of a shattered Earth. It is a story of escape and wonder, of madness and terror. David J Rodger’s trademark unforgiving rendering of harsh reality, and relentless narrative pace, are here in palm-sweating abundance, delivered in a novel that tears open a rent in the boundary of reality, providing a nerve-jarring glimpse of the Outer Chaos and the horrors that lurk just beyond the threshold of our fragile, human existence.

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WiP: Yellow Dawn (2.5) formatting continues; Living in Flames (new novel) reviewing the MS

WiP:  Yellow Dawn – all good, formatting the new version of the primary rulebook (2.5) continues at a good pace. I had to stop over the weekend to run an all day session of YD for Horror on the Orient Express; the game group did Trieste and Belgrade. WiP: Living in Flames – I’m reading the MS now and there’s not too many red pen marks or scribbles; a few tweaks and edits as I prepare the novel for publication later this year.  Just had a small but freezing snow dump here in Bristol. Looks like I’ll be using public transport today as my Rocket turns into a toboggan (rear-wheel kind) in this sort of weather.

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WiP: Yellow Dawn – formatting; Living in Flames – prepping for publication

WiP: Yellow Dawn & Living in Flames. Formatting the new iteration of Yellow Dawn (2.5) continues at what I’d say was a pleasant pace. It’s certainly very pleasing seeing a finished product taking shape as you push through the final phase towards release. I’ve also dug out the novel I wrote in the tail end of 2010, Living in Flames; I’m now going through it with an editorial eye and getting it ready for publication later this year. I’m enjoying reading it. What happens when a bunch of Bristol drug dealers encounter a Mythos idol – and the semi-human cultists who want it back? Mayhem ensues.

 

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You have found David J Rodger – British Sci-Fi & Dark Fantasy Author

Welcome

This site is my sandbox for new ideas, documenting gems from the web and promoting my books and RPG.  It’s also where I post updates on work-in-progress.  You can subscribe using the link at the top left of this page.

Sci-Fi & Cyberpunk, Dark Fantasy & Cthulhu Mythos

Why not grab a copy of the latest release The Black Lake or dip into the Mythos horror of the post-apocalyptic thriller  Dog Eat Dog. Alternatively, start digging into the back-catalogue of novels with God Seed; Dante’s Fool; Iron Man Project, Edge and Living in Flames. And if role-playing is your game then delve into the cosmic terror of the Cthulhu Mythos in the RPG Yellow Dawn – The Age of Hastur.

If you enjoy short stories then you might love Songs of Spheres – a collection of my favourite creations from the past 15 years. And finally the best way to lose friends and cause a fight at any dinner party, the riotous and deception-based murder mystery game, “Murder At Sharky Point.”

In the meantime, scroll down and enjoy what’s here.

Special Offers

LULU are offering 20% discount on all my products until 2nd May 2013. Just use coupon code SILEO at checkout.

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Fan photos make a happy #sci-fi writer

I found two e-mail alerts in my inbox this morning .  Notifications of my name being tagged somewhere online.  Very nice to see your work getting the camera treatment :o)

Here’s a screengrab of the links:

Source: ramblings of an inkslinging insomniac - click to go there

NOVELS PICTURED: Edge, and Dog Eat Dog

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Source: twitpics for @The_Hoopy_Frood - click to go there

NOVELS PICTURED: God Seed; Dante’s Fool; Iron Man Project, Edge, and Dog Eat Dog -

SHORT STORY PICTURED: Merchant of Oropas

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Great to get two very cool pics in the space of 24 hours.  One of my favourite fan pics still remains this crazy dude – sent from California – holding a copy of the sci-fi cyberpunk thriller, EDGE, set in a snowboarding resort in New Zealand and features a new Great Old One from the Cthulhu Mythos.

Source: Ed K - California

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55% DISCOUNT TODAY:  Click on any of the listed novels and you’ll get an automatic 30% discount for paperbacks AND if you use discount code: ONEMORETHING you’ll get another 25% off anything today. That’s a massive total discount – saving £7 or $10 per book.

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Thank you!

I ran a combined special offer with LULU on the 27th and 28th of December, basically creating a saving of 65% on all my paperbacks, and the response has been phenomenal.  Looks like a lot of people decided to buy two or even three out of the choice of five different novels available.

So, thank you for the sales and for your support.

I’d like to keep your interest so here’s some nice things for you:

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30% discount on all sci-fi, dark fantasy, cyberpunk and cthulhu mythos novels until New Years Day.

No special code required. You automatically get 30% discount for clicking the link to any of these five novels: God Seed; Dante’s Fool; Iron Man Project, Edge, and Dog Eat Dog.

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I’m giving away a FREE sci-fi and dark fantasy novel at the start of the New Year.  Bring the Cthulhu Mythos in…

It’s a brain-teaser that’ll twist your knowledge of movies and the Cthulhu Mythos (or your ability to assimilate Lovecraft’s cosmic concepts).  At the end of 2011 I’ll be running a series of rapid-fire knock out rounds, allowing you folks to vote on who should win the novel: to see who has got the Mythos Factor.

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Take a look at my best read / favourite short story of 2011 – and I’ll give you a copy for free

Speculative fiction. A man contemplates the world around him, taking seemingly meticulous notes of certain random but repeating events. Can he influence the world through such observations? And to what end? When unseen things are scratching at the doors of perception.

Read more…

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So there you go. Three things that are my way of saying thank you and hopefully give you a reason to keep your eyes and web-browsers fixed on me.

Get in touch, say hello.

And if you like what you read then spread the word, literally.

David

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Superb review of God Seed, a sci-fi & dark fantasy novel that blends Cyberpunk with the Cthulhu Mythos

Superb little review of God Seed, a sci-fi & dark fantasy novel that blends Cyberpunk with the Cthulhu Mythos

Available in paperback, kindle and iBook

Just spotted this wee review on Amazon.  Very pleased.

A really entertaining read but not for the faint-hearted.

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This novel moves along at a fast pace, crossing genres from crime/political thriller to sci-fi and full blown horror… My heart thumped as, halfway through a gory scene, an electric power cut plunged me into pitch blackness and I scrambled to find a torch wondering what might be lurking in the dark… You’re constantly kept guessing as you follow the main characters on their global journey to the final destination. A really entertaining read but not for the faint-hearted.

By WM (source).

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David J. Rodger (born 1970 in Newcastle Upon Tyne) is a British science fiction & fantasy author and game designer best known for his novels set in a near-future world of corporate and political intrigue. So far he has published five novels; four that are set in the same world: God Seed; Dante’s Fool; Iron Man Project and Edge, and one, Dog Eat Dog, set within the post-apocalyptic world of Yellow Dawn.

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Update: excerpts of five exciting new science fiction and dark fantasy novels now available

There are five palm-sweating novels to choose from.  Excerpts now available for each of them.  Scroll down and see what’s available:

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God Seed

“Mankind will be judged, and smitten and cleansed”

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Lovecraft brought screaming and thrashing into the 21st Century!

David Rodger has created a World where Lovecraft’s mythos enters the near future. This, one of [...] novels that he has set in a Gibsonesque environ, is a fulfilling piece of sci-fi horror, something that he evokes well. You can see the inspiration of Alien, beefed up with some Andy McNab-style action. The narrative sometimes sacrifices depth for pace, but is ultimately a fulfilling read. If you like Philip K Dick, or indeed William Gibson, and enjoyed some of Lovecraft’s genre, this will definitely appeal.

- S R Pyne, Bristol

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Dante’s Fool

“An outstanding blend of crime, terror and technology”

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Things are never as they seem.

I’m starting to pick up your style now. When you’re halfway through the book, what you are guessing as the end, is way off! When you think its done, there is more. Really hard to guess whats next even. Kept me reading until 5am!

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Iron Man Project

“One man, one team, absolute loyalty or die”

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Really engaging characters and plenty of pace.

‘Unputdownable’ is such an overused phrase, but this is in that category.

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EDGE

“Courage means nothing in the face of Ancient Evil”

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The main characters are wonderfully described and you really get under their skin.

It’s a wonderful story with the typical unexpected turns. It’s not the usual pulpy Mythos story either, it’s subtle and mature affair. I can really recommend this book for everyone, especially Stephen King, Cthulhu and cyberpunk fans.

- H Landsem (Trondheim, Norway)

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Dog Eat Dog

“Sometimes death is a blessing”

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This is really, really good stuff.

I’d go as far to say it’s the best Sci Fi horror I’ve read in ten years. I can’t think of anything that beats it in terms of action, the innovative ideas per page quota is off the chain, the characters are deep and real. Drobna is the best anti-hero in the genre. A total bad ass, he makes Mad Max look like Stephen Fry.

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If you’re keen to try these novels in digital format then you can buy all these titles at Amazon with a choice of currencies, $ US Dollars; or £ GB Pounds, or the Euro.

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5 Star Review on Amazon for Edge, a sci-fi & dark fantasy novel that blends Cyberpunk with the Cthulhu Mythos

5 Star Review on Amazon for Edge, a sci-fi & dark fantasy novel that blends Cyberpunk with the Cthulhu Mythos

Available in paperback, kindle and iBook

Just caught wind of an excellent review on Amazon.  Very pleased.

A great read with Cthulhu mythos flavour.

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“Edge is a great book. It’s got an epic mountain setting and brings strong characters with interesting back-stories together to face some very bad things. The sci-fi aspects are blended into everyday use with the exception of a technology that an unscrupulous and delightful maggot of a man is trying to get his hands on. People die. Some die much worse than others. There is gore but not slasher style and with a lean on genuine creeping horror. Something is bad on that mountain and I highly recommend you find out what!”

- By Andrew Collins (source)

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David Rodger (@davidjrodger) September 14, 2011

Kindle books from Amazon: super-slick jet assisted up-ramp for sales of my sci-fi & dark fantasy work?

Kindle books from Amazon: super-slick jet assisted up-ramp for sales of my sci-fi & dark fantasy work.

David J Rodger and friend

I first “got published” back in 2007 when I took all my manuscripts away from the table that I’d been using to pitch to literary agents  and publishers, and went and did it on my own.

I used a service called Print on Demand, this one provided by LULU.com, to connect myself directly to a new and rather exciting market.  This market wasn’t the people drifting between the snug shelves of Waterstones or Borders bookstores, browsing the dense clusters of spines all cunningly crafted to snag the attention and entice a pull-down, flick through and purchase.  This was the burgeoning online market.  But I wasn’t selling a digital product. I was selling paperbacks – just using the Internet as a place to pitch up my stall and shout “new fiction here, come get it!”

It’s 2007 – so it’s before iPads and Playbooks. But it’s around the time that iTunes and the whole concept of downloading music rather than buying in physical format exploded into the on-demand, vast choice, global phenomenon it is today.  I mean, when was the last time you walked into a store and bought a CD?  And if it was recently, how often do you actually do that?  The physical format still exists and will never go away (look at the tenacity of vinyl LPs) and with books, a vast majority still cherish (thankfully) the notion of a paperback.

So when I first started using LULU, and Print on Demand, a whole ton of people got what I was doing because buying stuff on the web was now common-place; Amazon and eBay being the retail and distribution hubs for physical products purchased in a digital space.

I built up a fan base through SEO and link-building strategies, I generated interest and I started selling books. Paperbacks.  Punters clicked on a link, went to LULU’s shopping portal, handed over a credit card or PayPal payment and a few days later, LULU sent them a bookstore quality, professionally printed, glossy bound paperback novel through the post.

For me it was win-win.  I don’t have to buy stock.  I don’t have to carry and store stock.  I don’t have to go through the hassle of shipping items to customers.  It is a seamless, direct route to market where everybody wins.  LULU take their cut for printing and shipping and I get a royalty payment every month – and you get a lovely book to read.

But back in 2007 what I also got was quite a bit of sneering from people when I told them how I was selling my books.  Print on Demand?  Isn’t that just vanity publishing? They would state, smirking at me where I stood with clenched jaw and gritted teeth.

It irritated me because they were missing the whole point.  I was selling books. My books.  A dream I’ve chased passionately for two decades, with much personal sacrifice, to make it as a writer.

And here I am, making it… in my own little way, and getting these cheap half-cocked face-slaps from people who only saw “quality” in the mass-produced offerings of major publishing houses and chain bookstores.  Where choice is defined by a handful of individuals across a vast industry – editorial choice versus the opinion of the marketeer and the ability of the publisher’s sales rep to get the books on the shelves.

That irritation was short-lived when I bought a car in 2009 from what I’d made through my writing, a nice little convertible with shark gills either side of the engine cowling:

Nice little convertible

It might sound stupid or vain but I grin most days driving around in that car when I think, I earned this.  I made this my reality through writing fiction.  Okay, it’s not a Bugatti Veyron but it makes me happy.  It reminds me, working in an industry where self-doubt can cripple the imagination,  that I’m good enough.  And makes me think: what can I achieve next?

Which brings me to the point of this article. Last month I took part in an unfolding zombie apocalypse – in Bristol – called 2.8 hours later. Amazing exciting fun (pics and vids here).  I met a lot of very interesting people in one night and I was stunned by a) how many knew who LULU were and what they did, without negative comment and b) how many of those same people asked if they could buy my work on Amazon Kindle.

The transformation of attitude since 2007 is significant.  People are now readily willing to accept that they have the choice to find new and exciting fiction through Print on Demand portals, like LULU, and have paperbacks shipped to their door. But the same notion behind downloading music is surging into the book industry via devices such as the Amazon Kindle or the iPad.

Just look at articles like this one from the BBC, “The rise of the indie author” by By Liam Allen – highlighting the one-million-Kindle-sales success of American author John Locke and talking to British authors Louise Voss and Mark Edwards about their entrance into the Kindle marketplace.

I want to be a part of this surge.  I want to see more people reading my work because I’m passionate about it.

So last week I went through the minor pain of converting my original novel manuscripts into filtered HTML,  adding meta data and getting the product ready for market.  A day or so later, my books are there on the Amazon Kindle shop front.  I write a wee article to celebrate and promote the fact, and to highlight fact that you can buy any of my novels  for just £2.90 (that’s about $3,99 US dollars or 3.50 euros).

They started to sell immediately.  Not vast quantities but enough to grab my interest.  Reasons could be many: fresh content picked up by Kindle-aficionados; good SEO for my work where people are searching the Internet for science fiction and dark fantasy or cyberpunk horror; or the fact the price is right… £2.90 for a recently launched novel that cost’s £13.99 in paperback…lovely, thank you very much!

So I guess it’s now about “watch this space”.  Could I ever sell a million on Kindle?  I don’t see why not.  And that’s the beauty of this business model.  When you’re presenting your work direct to market, the only obstacle to your success, is you.

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Facebook: giving you reasons to like my page

Facebook: giving you reasons to like my page.

One fan, two books: Iron Man Project and God Seed

It’s hard not to notice how every brand on the planet seems to have joined the Facebook gravity well, with marketeers in their pashmere shawls or compact and trendy outfits going all Gaga over the idea of corralling large numbers of potential punters in one place – like luring them into a pub with free drinks and then running raffles to see who wins…stuff.

Likewise the online “creative” sales bods are junking their gunmetal suits and branded-microsite pitches for a pair of skinny tight jeans and Rogong trainers, and are selling clients the idea of branded i-frames inside Facebook: create uplift in traffic back to the online mothership; generate revenue from punters whilst still wrapped in that friendly blue shell of Facebook.

Ah, *brief smile* Facebook has truly come of age.  Even those discreet little adverts that don’t flash shit at your eyes, that don’t scream in BIG LETTERS why you should follow the commercial editor’s call to action, seem to be laying down some solid lessons to the kind of people who say: can you make my logo bigger?

Addendum, people who say “can you make my logo bigger” to web designers should watch this video.

Ok: waaay off subject.

Purpose of this article: I’d like to interest you in my work.  Science fiction and dark fantasy. To that end I’m giving away free stuff in the hope you’ll like what you read and want (to buy) more.

Truth is a killer, eh?

The pitch: anyone who joins my Facebook fan page can have a free short story.  List of short stories here.  I send you a message “hello” and you tell me which story you want. Simple.  That’s your quick win.  No strings attached.

That’s the absolute truth.  You get to try new (and many people say), exciting fiction – for free.

Keeping it sticky: I post regularly about stuff I’d like to think you find interesting, particularly if you’re into science fiction, dark fantasy, cyberpunk, occult and Cthulhu Mythos horror.  And I run regular free prize giveaways, typically one of my novels to people who have remained fans (on Facebook).  So join up and stick around and I can garuantee you’ll get a free short story and you may even join these lucky folk who scored a free novel:

• 2011 – May: Mayday Mayday. Mr Matt M McElroy. He chose Dog Eat Dog as his prize.
• 2011 – March: Enjoy the Ides of March. Andrew Corrieri . He chose Dante’s Fool as his prize.
• 2010 – December: Free Sci-Fi giveaway.  Peteofrepublic. He chose Dog Eat Dog as his prize.
• 2010- November: Free Sci-Fi giveaway. Alexandre Siegelin (Germany). He chose EDGE as his prize.
• 2009- July:  Free Sci-Fi giveaway. Christopher Clark Plambeck. He chose God Seed as his prize.

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Okay, time for big shouty call to action:

Join my Facebook Page & get free stuff!

Get involved, keep up to date: enjoy early notice of new releases and updates about work-in-progress; grab free review copies of short stories when I put out invites and save a few bucks with special discount links “for fans only”. Guaranteed Spam-Free. Plus I’m giving away a free short story to every fan.  What’s not to Like. :o)

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Final day and last chance to grab a free novel, sci-fi & dark fantasy by David J Rodger

Morning folks

You just need to join my Facebook page for a chance to win one of my novels.  These are sci-fi & dark fantasy with a ton of great reviews; fast-paced and brutal, they cover a range of flavours from Lovecraft’s Mythos through Demonic possession to corporate espionage and warfare between private armies.

I’m giving away a novel of your choice at the end of May.

Join my Facebook page. That’s all you need to do.  No join, no chance to win.

 

One of these novels could be yours:

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May Madness – more than 50 percent discount off my sci-fi and dark fantasy work until 31st May 2011

May Madness – more than 50 percent discount off my sci-fi and dark fantasy work until 31st May 2011.

I’ve slashed the prices of my novels by 30 percent & those nice folks at LULU (publisher) are giving you an extra 25 percent discount.

- just use their code CYBERMAY at LULU’s checkout.

That’s a whopping 55% discount!

But the offer ends midnight 31st May 2011 – so grab it now if you want to delve into David J Rodger’s trademark unforgiving rendering of harsh reality, and relentless narrative pace.

You can score the mad savings on any of the following novels which span the genres of  sci-fi & dark fantasy, cyberpunk, cthulhu mythos and post-apocalyptic fiction. A huge range of choice to go with this massive special offer:

• Click on any of the novels above to view them in LULU’s online storefront.
• Use the discount coupon CYBERMAY to get an additional 25% off the reduced price.
• Offer ends midnight 31st May 2011

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David J. Rodger (born 1970 in Newcastle Upon Tyne) is a British science fiction & fantasy author and game designer best known for his novels set in a near-future world of corporate and political intrigue. So far he has published five novels; four that are set in the same world: God Seed; Dante’s Fool; Iron Man Project and Edge, and one, Dog Eat Dog, set within the post-apocalyptic world of Yellow Dawn.

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5 days left – grab your chance to win one or all of my novels and score a free short story: sci-fi & dark fantasy, cyberpunk

Join my Facebook Page for a Chance to Win

Get involved, keep up to date: enjoy early notice of new releases and updates about work-in-progress; grab free review copies of short stories when I put out invites and save a few bucks with special discount links “for fans only”. Guaranteed Spam-Free.

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At the end of May I’ll be picking one lucky winner from the people who have “liked” my Facebook Fan Page.

All you need to do is “like” my Facebook page and you’re automatically in with a chance to win.

Plus!

All fans are sent a short story of their choice – absolutely free.

What’s not to LIKE?

Go on, do it now.  Go to my Facebook Fan Page. Hit that “like” button.  I’ll do the rest. :o)

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David J. Rodger (born 1970 in Newcastle Upon Tyne) is a British science fiction & fantasy author and game designer best known for his novels set in a near-future world of corporate and political intrigue. So far he has published five novels; four that are set in the same world: God Seed; Dante’s Fool; Iron Man Project and Edge, and one, Dog Eat Dog, set within the post-apocalyptic world of Yellow Dawn.

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People love what I write. You should try it too.

This is really, really good stuff. I’d go as far to say it’s the best Sci Fi horror I’ve read in ten years. I can’t think of anything that beats it in terms of action, the innovative ideas per page quota is off the chain, the characters are deep and real. Drobna is the best anti-hero in the genre. A total bad ass, he makes Mad Max look like Stephen Fry.

You can browse the complete collection of my work either at:

• Official Website for David J Rodger – here
• LULU (publisher) storefront – here

Like my FB Fan Page and get yourself a FREE short story

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David J. Rodger (born 1970 in Newcastle Upon Tyne) is a British science fiction & fantasy author and game designer best known for his novels set in a near-future world of corporate and political intrigue. So far he has published five novels; four that are set in the same world: God Seed; Dante’s Fool; Iron Man Project and Edge, and one, Dog Eat Dog, set within the post-apocalyptic world of Yellow Dawn.

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Mayday! Mayday! Grab a free short story and score a chance to win the complete collection of novels by sci-fi and dark fantasy author David J Rodger

David J Rodger’s trademark unforgiving rendering of harsh reality, and relentless narrative pace, are here in palm-sweating abundance, delivered in a set of stand-alone novels that opens up a new universe of conflict, shocking truths and monstrous threats to sanity and life.

- Roberta Shock,  Network Zero

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Look what you get: a free short story sent to you  and a chance to win one of my science fiction & dark fantasy novels, or, if I can reach 700 Facebook fans by end of May 2011  then I’ll give away  a COMPLETE collection of my novels (worth £80 or $130). What’s not to like? :o)

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What’s all this about?

I want to increase the number of fans on my Facebook page, so I’m giving away a free short story to everyone who joins.   And everyone who is a fan at the end of May 2011 stands a chance to win one of my sci-fi & dark fantasy novels.  Even better, if I reach my target of 700 fans by the end of May, I’ll give away a COMPLETE collection of novels to one lucky person.  It’s that simple really.  I’m giving stuff away; all you need to do is join my Facebook page.

One or ALL of these novels could be yours

Terms & Conditions

• “Complete collection” refers to God Seed, Dante’s Fool,  Iron Man Project, EDGE, and  Dog Eat Dog.
• As of May 2011 this is currently worth Worth up to £80 GBP (or $130 USD).
• If there are less than 700 fans listed on my Facebook fan page by 31st May 2011, I’ll only be giving away one novel to one winner.
• Winner will be selected randomly on 1st June 2011.

Do you want to win one novel or ALL my novels?

Send your friends this link and tell them to join. 700 fans is the magic number.  Everybody gets a little something sent their way. Help me reach my target.

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Choose any one of these short stories – join my Facebook Fan page and I’ll send you one – free!

Arnos Vale: 3,900 words, full of dread and menace, set within the centuries old cemetery of Arnos Vale in Bristol, England. Arnos Vale is a portal to a world of mist and shadows, where the foolish can stumble upon terrors that should not be and glimpse Nature’s cruel and despicable secrets.

Cloudy Head: 5,000 words, illustrated (black & white). A fabulous tale of two-worlds co-existing and overlapping in secret, special places; populated with mysteries and dangerous entities that exist to help or hinder new dreamers crossing over normally unseen boundaries. Hauntingly engaging, spooky and intriguing, Cloudy Head will stay with you for days.

Corrupt Moon: (Yellow Dawn) 4,200 words. A survivor becomes obsessed by a church tower on a distant hill leading him to an mind-shattering encounter with the Outer Chaos of the Cthulhu Mythos.

Cypher: History has taught us the secrets of the past. But when an object is about to be unearthed after 4,000 years of silence, the revelations it threatens to unleash bring such risk as to draw the most ominous powers from the shadows to try and stop it. Powers that influence the very forces that govern our mundane lives. Cypher is a fast and brutal journey into a heart of darkness.

Dilemma: 6,700 words. Science fiction. A tense and fast-paced plot that plunges into the heart of our fear of the ‘monsters’ we make to serve us. Biological intolerance clashes with the vain attempt to rationalise cold-blooded murder.

Devil’s Spring: 5,000 words. A group of BASE jumpers travel to a remote rural location to enjoy an illicit exit-point; but the area cossets the corruptive remains of a site of worship, where an abominable entity fell from the Stars millennia ago and infected the earth, air and water.  Ignoring the warnings, a swift and brutal tale of cosmic horror unfolds.

Flinch: 5,800 words. Scifi & dark fantasy. Working as a ‘door skimmer’ for the best and most exclusive night clubs in the city has its perks and everyone, it seems, wants a piece of Raymond. Surgical implants give him an edge in the game of privacy and discretion; but not all new technology, he discovers, is designed to be good for the human soul. Flinch – would you let it inside your head?

House of Heavenly Light (Yellow Dawn): 2,000 words, explores the influence of Hastur on the world of Yellow Dawn through the zombie infection.

Killing Candy: 4,500 words. Cyberpunk horror. It’s not strangers you should worry about. It’s their friends.

Masters of Chaos: 3,800 words, Speculative fiction with Cthulhu Mythos undertone. A man contemplates the world around him, taking seemingly meticulous notes of certain random but repeating events. Can he influence the world through such observations? And to what end? When unseen things are scratching at the doors of perception.

Merchant of Oropas: 4,000 words. Science Fiction & Fantasy. In certain cultures, the possession of an object during magical ceremony can infuse it with qualities that cannot be measured or monitored by scientific means. They are said to become like beacons, within the Astral Planes, guiding or warding other worldly spirits with no restrictions of time, or space.

Oracle: 4,300 words. Cyberpunk Horror. A corporate head hunter plans a lucrative extraction job, assisted by an mysterious neural implant he has no memory of receiving. Meanwhile another kind of hunt is taking place – where a man acts upon a violent and disturbing urge.  Somewhere, within this fusion of damaged synapses and scarred nerve endings, there is a link.  Oracle knows.  Oracle sees. Oracle is the question mark and the key.

Pain: 5,400 words. Sci-fi & dark fantasy. A former military PARC pilot is suffering psychological trauma of flashbacks, relentless physical agony and symptoms associated with PTSD. A pariah since media coverage of an atrocity he was involved within, the man’s only salvation is a mysterious Mr Sovitch who wants to exonerate him and prove he is the victim of experiemental combat drugs. Although he’s aware of another agenda being played out the promise of the pain ending acts like a carrot on a stick.

Sim: 5,100 words. Sci-fi & dark fantasy. Sim-weave is a bioware implant that allows users to record, playback or share their own sim-stims. But what happens if you find one downloaded into your brain that has shocking scenes within it … and what if it’s been made to look like you did these things? Guilt and conscience collide with the horror of what lurks in the shadows of sick mind.

The Tainted Moor (Yellow Dawn):  6,700 words. In the North East of England is a place where something so terrible has occurred, that the locals dare only to speak of it as a warning to survivors thinking of going there.  The Tainted Moor.  Man has tried to penetrate the chaos of the Infection and brought such calamity upon the battered Earth that even the Angels weep in despair.  An indelible stain upon the bruised flesh of Mother Nature.

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Get involved, keep up to date: enjoy early notice of new releases and updates about work-in-progress; grab free review copies of short stories when I put out invites and save a few bucks with special discount links “for fans only”. Guaranteed Spam-Free.

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What’s that? You don’t like Facebook?

If you don’t like Facebook, don’t have an account and have no interest in becoming a fan of such then I think it’s unfair that you miss out on a chance to get a free short story and win my books.  So if you want to take part:

• just blog or tweet about my work promoting my official website (www.davidjrodger.com)
• then send me what you’ve done (@davidjrodger on Twitter) or email me: clovenfeet (at) hotmail (dot) com.
• I’ll send you a free short story of your choice and enter your name into the prize draw for novel(s).

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Previous Winners

• 2011 – March: Enjoy the Ides of March. Andrew Corrieri . He chose Dante’s Fool as his prize.
• 2010 – December: Free Sci-Fi giveaway.  Peteofrepublic. He chose Dog Eat Dog as his prize.
• 2010- November: Free Sci-Fi giveaway. Alexandre Siegelin (Germany). He chose EDGE as his prize.
• 2009- July:  Free Sci-Fi giveaway. Christopher Clark Plambeck. He chose God Seed as his prize.

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You can browse the complete collection of my work either at:

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Like my FB Fan Page and get yourself a FREE short story

Get involved, keep up to date: enjoy early notice of new releases and updates about work-in-progress; grab free review copies of short stories when I put out invites and save a few bucks with special discount links “for fans only”. Guaranteed Spam-Free.

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David J. Rodger (born 1970 in Newcastle Upon Tyne) is a British science fiction & fantasy author and game designer best known for his novels set in a near-future world of corporate and political intrigue. So far he has published five novels; four that are set in the same world: God Seed; Dante’s Fool; Iron Man Project and Edge, and one, Dog Eat Dog, set within the post-apocalyptic world of Yellow Dawn.

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LULU ¦ Print on Demand publisher, offering 20% discount on all my science fiction & dark fantasy, cyberpunk horror and post-apocalyptic fiction, with code: SPLISH until 31st March 2011

You can browse the complete collection of my work either at:

• My WordPress Home Page – here
• Official Website for David J Rodger – here
• LULU (publisher) storefront – here
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Note I’m also running a concurrent 15% discount on all my work until the end of March as part of the   “Enjoy the Ides of March” promotional campaign.

Like my FB Fan Page and get yourself a FREE short story

Get involved, keep up to date: enjoy early notice of new releases and updates about work-in-progress; grab free review copies of short stories when I put out invites and save a few bucks with special discount links “for fans only”. Guaranteed Spam-Free.

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David J. Rodger (born 1970 in Newcastle Upon Tyne) is a British science fiction & fantasy author and game designer best known for his novels set in a near-future world of corporate and political intrigue. So far he has published five novels; four that are set in the same world: God Seed; Dante’s Fool; Iron Man Project and Edge, and one, Dog Eat Dog, set within the post-apocalyptic world of Yellow Dawn.

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You can browse the complete collection of my work either at:

• My WordPress Home Page – here
• Official Website for David J Rodger – here
• LULU (publisher) storefront – here
• Facebook Fan Page – here

Note I’m also running a concurrent 15% discount on all my work until the end of March as part of the   “Enjoy the Ides of March” promotional campaign.

Like my FB Fan Page and get yourself a FREE short story

Get involved, keep up to date: enjoy early notice of new releases and updates about work-in-progress; grab free review copies of short stories when I put out invites and save a few bucks with special discount links “for fans only”. Guaranteed Spam-Free.

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David J. Rodger (born 1970 in Newcastle Upon Tyne) is a British science fiction & fantasy author and game designer best known for his novels set in a near-future world of corporate and political intrigue. So far he has published five novels; four that are set in the same world: God Seed; Dante’s Fool; Iron Man Project and Edge, and one, Dog Eat Dog, set within the post-apocalyptic world of Yellow Dawn.

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