Humble Science Fiction Book Bundle

This is a heck of a package that is heavy on the classics: Roger Zelazny, George R.R. Martin's Wildcards, Alfred Bester, Isaac Asimov! In the case of Zelazny, it has both short story collections and the third series of Amber books that were written by John Gregor Betancourt, which I haven't read. I started reading Zelazny' The Last Defender of Camelot, and I'm so happy that I did because I had forgotten what an incredible wordsmith that he was. I was re-reading his Amber series last year and I honestly don't think that it represents his best work, but people will like what they will like.

(personally I copy them in to Dropbox and can load and read them from my desktop, laptop, phone, or tablet)

The bundle is available for both Kindle and ePub formats, is DRM-free, and is available for the next eleven days, so basically through the end of the month. The charities for this bundle help support SFWA's The Givers Fund, the Challenger Center for Space Science Education, and the Children's Miracle Network Hospital's Extra Life fund. Currently the highest tier for all the books is only $15.

https://www.humblebundle.com/books/scificlassics_bookbundle

I'll admit that I've never read To Kill A Mockingbird, much less the recent sequel

It's been an interesting couple of days with the passing of both Harper Lee and Umberto Eco, but I wanted to share this, which is something that a lot of people don't know about:

Harper Lee was instrumental in nudging Berk Breathed in resurrecting Bloom County.

She sent him a note pleading with him to continue producing Outland, and though it took a while, eventually he brought it back.

Berk posted this on his Facebook page today:

What We Do In The Shadows

A co-worker lent me a DVD, it's a New Zealand documentary following a group of four vampires that live together. Sort of a Big Brother thing (I guess, can't say I ever watched it). Anyway, pretty amusing. And since it's a vampire flick, LOTS of blood. And werewolves, apparently there's all sorts of supernatural critters down in Wellington.

I have no idea if it's available on Netflix or anything else like that.