Showing posts with label the flux. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the flux. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Author Visits #1 - Ferrett Steinmetz


As a few of you may know, I loved The Flux by Ferrett Steinmetz to bits for indulging my obsessive nature with a world where obsessions breed a certain style of magic.  I mean, what could be cooler than having the things you love the most, be they video games or cats, warp your world and give you the ability to perform magic governed by them?  If you don't know how much I enjoyed Steinmetz's second novel, check out my review here.

So, you can imagine my excitement when Steinmetz's publisher, Angry Robot Books, contacted me with an opportunity to interview him as a part of his blog tour celebrating the release of The Flux.  I spent a good week debating which questions to ask him, how to make myself sound all posh and not gibber like I normally do when speaking with authors, and then, spending the time waiting to hear back from him chewing at my nails nervously.

Now that I've recovered from the flailing, and the jittery nerves, it's my pleasure to welcome Ferrett Steinmetz to Books, Cats, and Caffeine, and help celebrate the release of The Flux:

Thursday, August 20, 2015

Review: The Flux - Ferrett Steinmetz

"Maybe we do need to kill people.  Do you want to be the person who does that?"


Title: The Flux
Author: Ferrett Steinmetz
ISBN: 9780857664631
Publication Date: October 6, 2015
Publisher: Angry Robot
Source: NetGalley

Love something enough, and your obsession will punch holes through the laws of physics.  That devotion creates a myriad of unique magics: videogamemancers, culinomancers, bureaucromancers.

But when 'mancers battle, cities tremble...