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James Tarr

New novel CASCADE is out!

My new novel CASCADE, the first book in my Fallen Republic zombie/pandemic thriller series is out on Kindle and in paperback.  If you like any of my other novels, especially Dogsoldiers, you’ll like this one.  The second book in the series. The Snarling Sea,...

Bestiarii now available on audiobook

I’m happy to announce that Bestiarii, and in fact the entire Echoes of Pangaea series, is going to be available on audiobook.  Bestiarii was released on Aprill 11, and Fire and Bone I believe should be out in the next week or so, with The Ghosts of Xicotepec out...

The Greatest Action Movie Hero You’ve Never Heard Of

In the 1980s and ‘90s, action movies, and action comedies, were the hot genre.  They were what audiences wanted to see, and so everybody was making them—every studio, and every actor.  Hell, even Whoopi Goldberg made three action comedies—Jumping Jack Flash, Burglar,...

Peacemaker’s Covert Conservatism

Personally I’m boycotting John Cena, because how loudly and publicly he sucked communist China’s hammer and sickle, but professionally I watched the first season of Peacemaker, currently streaming on HBO. And I found it fascinating. Under all the sex, violence,...

Dave Chappelle is The Mandalorian

Okay, now that I’ve snagged your attention with the clickbait headline, hear me out, as I haven’t lost my mind. Everyone is saying that The Mandalorian is amazing, awesome, wonderful.  And it is very good, don’t get me wrong, but it’s not as good as everyone is saying...

The Movie Was Better Than The Book

With the release date and running time of Denis Villeneuve’s version of Dune finally announced, along with the official trailer being released, I have been thinking about the book and movie together.  In the case of Dune, the only question is whether anybody, ever,...