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Pre Order some post-apocalyptic fiction

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<strong>[ Literature -> Update ]</strong> - More info on <a href="http://wikipocalypse.duckandcover.cx/in ... title=It's Only Temporary">Literature: It's Only Temporary</a>

<p>Amongst the herbal viagra emails I recieved today, I found this,
which doesn't seem to be advertising alternative impotence cures, so I
thought I'd post it for novelty value.

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<h2>Pre-Order <em>It's Only Temporary</em> Now!</h2></u><a href="http://www.itsonlytemprary.com/"><img border="0" align="right" src="http://www.rockcrown.com/iot/graphics/iotcover.jpg" alt="It's Only Temporary Cover" /></a> Eric Shapiro's highly praised apocalyptic novella <em>It's Only
Temporary</em> is now available for pre-order from Permuted Press. Set for
release on July 1, 2005, <em>It's Only Temporary</em> follows a young man as he
decides how to spend the last day of human life. When he opts to hit the road
and reunite with a lost love, he encounters a mad society that is rapidly
shredding the trappings of civilization. You can read chapter one of this
gripping tale <a href="http://www.rockcrown.com/iot/chapter1.php">at the
official site</a>.
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<p><em><strong><u>Pre-Order Double Bonus!</u></strong><em> </em></em></p><p><em> Those who pre-order direct from
Permuted Press will receive an exclusive short story companion to </em><em><em>It's Only
Temporary</em> by email. <u>Plus</u>, all those who pre-order will be entered in
a drawing to win a prize-pack of apocalyptic books including </em> </p>
<ul>
<li><em><em>I Am Legend</em> by Richard Matheson
</em></li><li><em><em>Fiskadoro</em> by Denis Johnson
</em></li><li><em><em>The Stand</em> by Stephen King
</em></li><li><em><em>Among Madmen</em> by Jim Starlin </em></li>
</ul>
<p><em><a href="http://www.rockcrown.com/permuted/iot.php">>> Click here to
pre-order</a><u>
<h2>Praise for <em>It's Only Temporary</em></h2></u></em> <em>"Eric Shapiro's <em>It's Only Temporary</em> is an apocalyptic
masterpiece: harrowing, hilarious, disturbing, heartfelt, and suspenseful. Not
to be missed!"
</em></p><div align="right"><em>--<u>James Rollins</u>, best-selling author of <em>Sandstorm</em> and <em>Map of Bones</em></em></div><em>


"<em>It's Only Temporary</em> reads like a
road movie travelling toward Armageddon, and its powerful, stylish writing and
raw emotion will stay with you for a long, long time."
</em><div align="right"><em>--<u>Tim Lebbon</u>, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of
<em>Desolation</em></em></div><em>


"Relentless. Shapiro delivers a compelling
narrative."
</em><div align="right"><em>--<u>Jack McDevitt</u>, Darrell Award-winning author of
<em>Eternity Road</em></em></div>
<p><em><a href="http://www.rockcrown.com/iot/praise.php">>> Click here for
more praise</a><u>
<h2>About Eric Shapiro</h2></u></em> <em>Eric Shapiro's wide array of fiction and
nonfiction pieces have appeared in over 75 publications, in print and on the
World Wide Web, including The Elastic Book of Numbers (Elastic Press) and Fedora
IV (Betancourt & Co.).
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<p><em>Eric's debut, Short of a Picnic (2002), a radical fiction collection about
mental illness, enjoyed critical and commercial success, and his screenplay Male
Revenge Fantasy received a national award from the International Radio &
Television Society in 1998.
</em></p>
<p><em>Eric lives in Los Angeles with his wife Rhoda. He will not be satisfied with
his fiction until the pages literally catch fire . . .
</em></p>
<p><em><a href="http://www.rockcrown.com/iot/abouteric.php">>> Click here for
more about Eric</a></em> </p>
<p><em><a href="http://www.permutedpress.com/">>> Click here for the official
Permuted Press site</a></em> </p></blockquote>
<p>Feedback from DaC was that the sample available online was pretty decent, so... yeah.

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