by Alex P. Berg | Oct 17, 2014 | Fantasy, Literature
Your friend/family member/acquaintance/random dude you sort of remember Alex (that’s me by the way) is releasing his first two novels, Red Hot Steele and The Genesis Allegory, this Monday, Oct. 20. You know, those books that he’s seemingly been talking about forever,...
by Alex P. Berg | Oct 12, 2014 | Fantasy, Literature
If you follow me on Facebook, you’ll undoubtedly already have seen the new covers for my two upcoming novels, Red Hot Steele and The Genesis Allegory. If not, here they are in all their luscious glory. You’ll also notice there’s been some changes to...
by Alex P. Berg | Sep 8, 2014 | Fantasy, Literature, Science Fiction, Thoughts on Writing
Those of you who know me and have talked to me about writing have probably heard me talk about the Superstars Writing conference before. It’s a business oriented writing conference spearheaded by best-selling science fiction and fantasy author Kevin J. Anderson, and...
by Alex P. Berg | Nov 13, 2013 | Literature, Science Fiction
John Christopher’s Tripods is almost the definition of a forgotten gem: a work so influential that we see its effects pervasive throughout modern fiction and yet few realize where the influence originally came from. The Tripods trilogy, consisting of The White...
by Alex P. Berg | Oct 25, 2013 | Fantasy, Literature, Science Fiction
So I’m currently about halfway through Gene Wolfe’s The Book of the New Sun series, a “dying earth” style tetralogy which has been described as both science fiction and fantasy and has won awards in both categories. Whether or not the series is science fiction or...
by Alex P. Berg | Oct 5, 2013 | Fantasy, Literature
Strap yourselves in folks, because today we are talking about the one, the only, The Wheel of Time. What is The Wheel of Time you ask? Well, in the broadest sense, the ‘wheel of time’ is a concept found in several religions, such as Hinduism and Buddhism, which...
