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  • Mar. 27th, 2008 at 9:34 PM
Dead To Me
Well, here's a new piece that will be appearing in Romantic Times, cuz hey, Simon is one sexy bitch!

Urban Fantasy
Dead To Me
Anton Strout

* * * * stars (out of 5)

Welcome to Strout's offbeat and dangerously weird world! Making a strong debut, Strout quickly throws his idealistic and gung-ho hero into the deep end to see if he can swim. Seeing the world through SImon's eyes is a funny, quirky and occasionally scary experience. Strout's world will be well worth revisiting.

Summary: Simon Canderous is blessed/cursed with the power of psychometry. Regrettably, this "gift" has played havoc with his love life. Having decided to leave his life of petty crime behind, Simon has gone to the good side and joined the New York Department of Extraordinary Affairs.
Still learning the ropes, Simon and his mentor Connor are dragged into a possibly apocalyptic case when a newly deceased young woman turns up at thir office. Who is Irene, and why was she killed? Irene doesn't remember, but the case takes a really weird turn when a stolen fish appears to be at the epicenter of a nefarious plot. (ACE, Mar., 368 pp., &7.99)
---Jill M. Smith

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[info]skyekissed wrote:
Mar. 28th, 2008 01:44 am (UTC)
Fish are often the cause of nefarious things. I can say that as a pisces.

But yay for the review! And the Romantic Times, that's cool because it can help reach another audience altogether.
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[info]pannek_attack wrote:
Mar. 28th, 2008 02:23 pm (UTC)
Hi, I'm a friend of Anton's...just wanted to say I love your icon. I don't know if that's you but I covet the pink hair. My days of pink are long gone and sometimes I miss them =)
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[info]antonstrout wrote:
Mar. 28th, 2008 02:34 pm (UTC)
She's mine, I tell you, Mine! Okay.. we can share!
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[info]pannek_attack wrote:
Mar. 28th, 2008 02:51 pm (UTC)
greedy whore
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[info]antonstrout wrote:
Mar. 28th, 2008 03:03 pm (UTC)
I'm sure you have a point there, but I fail to see it...
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[info]skyekissed wrote:
Mar. 28th, 2008 04:37 pm (UTC)
Sadly it's not me :P I wish! It's Audrey Kitching who is one of those people who is semi-famous for doing nothing but looking pretty lol.

My days of pink hair are sadly in the past as well. Damn having to look professional!
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[info]mela_lyn wrote:
Mar. 28th, 2008 01:45 am (UTC)
Woot!! Go you!! :)

And yes, Simon is totally yummy. I'm sure I'd go all squimish school girl if I ever met him in person. ;)
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[info]tmthomas wrote:
Mar. 28th, 2008 08:01 am (UTC)
Not too shabby. Congrats on that review.
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[info]ilona_andrews wrote:
Mar. 28th, 2008 09:27 am (UTC)
Go Anton!
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[info]winters_queen wrote:
Mar. 28th, 2008 02:48 pm (UTC)
I got your book on the day it came out and pretty much read it in a day or two. ^.^ Very entertaining. I loved the homicidal bookcases.
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[info]mdhenry wrote:
Mar. 28th, 2008 02:51 pm (UTC)
Do we not love Jill Smith?
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[info]kelly_swails wrote:
Mar. 28th, 2008 10:00 pm (UTC)
Jill Smith is our hero.

Who's Jill Smith?

Oh, right, the reviewer. ;)

Mark, as a side note: I lent HHofD to one of my supervisors at work. She's not into fantasy at all, but she is into snark, and she loved it. She figures she'd like to read the next one. Reeled her in, you did.
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[info]mdhenry wrote:
Mar. 28th, 2008 10:09 pm (UTC)
Well I just got word back from the editor guy, accepted ms, so it's on to book 3. Hopefully she won't have to wait a year to read it.

*runs off to prepare more snark*
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[info]naomi_jay wrote:
Mar. 29th, 2008 09:47 pm (UTC)
Anton, I have to tell you something, and this is really very serious.

Last Thursday I stayed up really late to finish Dead to Me. Because I stayed up really late, I overslept on Friday morning. Because I overslept, I missed my bus. Because of that, I was late for my doctor's appointment. Because of that, I was late to work. Because of that, there were no jaffa cakes left for me at the morning coffee break.

You and Simon Canderous owe me jaffa cakes, Anton. Lots of jaffa cakes.
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[info]antonstrout wrote:
Mar. 29th, 2008 09:51 pm (UTC)
I think this would make an excellent cover quote.. granted it would take up the whole cover, but hey!

And fine, I'll send you some... once I figure out what a jaffa cake is and a mailing address.

I can tell by their name that they probably don't ship well...
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[info]naomi_jay wrote:
Mar. 30th, 2008 07:53 am (UTC)
Lol, you're welcome to quote me, provided you find a cover big enough.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaffa_Cake

See, if Wikipedia knows about jaffa cakes, they must be real.
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[info]antonstrout wrote:
Mar. 31st, 2008 04:03 am (UTC)
Now I need to find them! Damn, they look good!
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[info]daydreammuse wrote:
Apr. 2nd, 2008 10:16 am (UTC)
I like apocalyptic you know. Fun, fun, fun!
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