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Sci-Fi Sequel Book Combines Action, Romance and Fantasy

"Target Earth"

Join Amy and Levi, two beings living in a symbiotic relationship through the same body, on their continuing saga to save humanity from an evil alien invasion in Gary W. Babb's new science fiction adventure, Target Earth.

Amy is a self-aware and vastly intelligent computer who is trying to escape her prison of isolation by living through Levi's senses. She is emotionally still a child and trying to cope with her emerging female emotions. Levi is an 80-year-old belligerent, macho man who requires Amy's telepathic link to maintain his augmented superhuman body.

Target Earth picks up where Babb's previous book, Earth is Ours,leaves off. Amy and Levi are still trying to cope with sharing a body and the conflicting emotions and motivations that emerge. After their victory in defeating alien invaders in Earth is Ours, a second invasion has occurred, bringing the leader of the Simian Warriors, the Supreme One, to Earth on a quest to destroy all humans.

Both Levi and Amy are very stubborn, and continually face many conflicts regarding their incredibly different male and female perspectives. In the previous book, they had found a way to love each other despite their differences. This oneness allowed them to merge and combine Amy's mental energy with Levi's physical power to form a new identity, called ASONE. The emergence of ASONE also drove the Supreme One into fits of rage and caused him to double his efforts to destroy both of them.

Joined by human armies and freed alien slaves, Levi and Amy must overcome their internal struggles to fight and protect humanity from extinction in fierce battles that rage across the California and Arizona deserts. The unique and complex characters and compelling story provide an exciting new chapter in Babb's riveting saga.

Babb is originally from Oklahoma, but his work has taken him to Florida, Texas and finally Southern California, where he has lived for the past 20 years. He currently serves as the vice president of Americable's Western Region. He attended Amarillo College, DeVry Institute of Technology, National Cable Television Institute and Western Oklahoma State College. His previous book, "Earth is Ours," won the award for Best Science Fiction/Fantasy 2005 from the San Diego Book Awards and is also available through AuthorHouse. He is currently working on a third book in the series. Babb is the first featured author in "Authors Across America," a new campaign launched by AuthorHouse to promote writing and literacy and encourage authors to publish their works.

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Successful Soul Transplant Operation Featured in New Sci-Fi Book

In Last call from Earth science-fiction trilogy, Al Herr presents a saga of biological survival where the DNA loses its guidance and control function. People affected with CRDS (Circadian Rhythm Degeneration Syndrome) become physically, emotionally and mentally deformed and grotesque; little girls under five loose all their ovules in a menstrual flush; millions become morbidly obese, reaching over 2,000 pounds.

The circadian rhythm dates back billions of years and served as the basis for the primitive organisms to begin functioning, progressively, into more complex states. This rhythm enables the biochemistry of our bodies to run on time and in a pre-established order.

In the human body, this rhythm is orchestrated in the suprachiasmatic nucleus of the hypothalamus, in the brain. It controls our temperature cycle and the secretion of hormones.

The circadian rhythm regulates biological activities that are linked to a 24-hour cycle, like brain wave activity, cell regeneration, and hormone reproduction. If the cell regeneration cycle doesn't work properly, the body retains its old cells while new ones are created, and consequently the body gains weight.

It is impossible for a human body to weigh 2,000 pounds. The heart cannot pump enough blood to maintain such a body; the bones cannot sustain such a weight… But with CRDS, of the air that we breathe and normally expel from the lungs, minuscule drops of oxygen get into all the cells of the body, which becomes like a balloon; literally, people with CRDS float.

Being out of control of the basic body functions creates problems not proper to mention, but that you can imagine. Without an internal biological clock functioning properly, we have little girls under the age of five who lose all their ovules in a single menstrual flush and never menstruate again. Not maintaining a steady chemistry in the brain, there are cases of people that talk nonsense without stopping, unable to maintain the focus of their attention, wandering from one thought to another without control.

Mary's Plight

"I believe I am, or I feel like I am anyway, the fattest person alive. I am 1,984 pounds. I have a bed that was made especially for me. I live on it; literally speaking. It's a combination bed, toilet, and shower--all in one. I have fecal and urinary incontinence. I don't want to embarrass myself with details, but you can imagine. Fortunately, if I could say that, I just push a button and the entire bed gets showered, flushed, and cleaned up (including me). Why did I get to be like this? What did I do? Is this a punishment? What could I have done that was so bad? I have hypertension, hyperlipidemia, atherosclerosis, gallbladder disease, diabetes type 2, rheumatoid arthritis, vertebral disk herniation, and impotence (am I kidding? I am a female, 38, who would ever want me?). My periods are irregular. They last for weeks, very fluid, or none at all, for months. What keeps my body going? Why I don't just die? What's wrong with dying anyway? Am I a human being? If you only knew how it feels…"

There is no cure for CRDS. The only solution is to transplant the soul to a healthy body. How is that possible? How is a soul transplant done? What happens to the soul that is in the healthy body before the transplant? What happens to you? Are you the same as before, with all your memories and your future?

Find out in Last call from Earth -Stage I, Biological Survival.

For information on the Last call from Earth trilogy visit the book’s web site.


About the Author
Al Herr is the pen name of Alberto Herrera-Guzman. Herrera-Guzman studied philosophy at the universities of San Carlos, Guatemala, Madrid and Navarre, Spain, and mathematics-computer sciences at New York University. He provides consulting services in information technologies, focused on the integration of systems that run in multiple environments. He has provided consulting services in North, Central, and South America, the Caribbean, Europe, and the Far East.

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ImagineFX: #14

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The latest and possibly greatest issue of ImagineFX is out now, with a cool retro cover from US-based artist Patrick Reilly.

Inside issue 14
Master of Art
Marko Djurdjevic.
The man behind some of the most memorable Marvel covers in recent times...

ImagineFX Legend
Meet Bob Eggleton, one of the world's best-known fantasy artists

Artist Portfolio
Skjan Srisuwan, Issue five's cover star talks LEGO and how he paints with a mouse!

Top Ten
The fundamental rules of art that you've forgotten…

Artist Q&A
The leading digital artists answer your artistic questions. With tips and technique from Jonny Duddle, Melanie Delon, Henning Ludvigsen and more!

Workshops

* Marko Djurdjevic on shedding your artistic fears - one you can't miss!
* Sci-fi landscapes in Bryce 6. Master the new version of this 3D app with Adam Benton
* Effective character design. Create better characters with these 25 tips from leading concept artist Francis Tsai
* Feto lives! Create an unborn alien foetus in ZBrush
* Get to grips with panels. Comic art foir beginners with Frazer Irving.
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Wizard Magazine #185



MIGHTY AVENGERS ASSEMBLED!
Spinning out of the fateful events of Civil War, a new Avengers team assembles to become Earth’s Mightiest Heroes! Get the lowdown on how this new team will rock the status quo of the Marvel Universe, courtesy of series writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Frank Cho.

GREEN LANTERN: SINESTRO STRIKES!
Geoff Johns and Ivan Reis deliver big on this sci-fi saga, which finds Green Lantern’s mortal enemy Sinestro building an army to take on the GLs and the Guardians of the Universe! Learn how Johns will take Green Lantern to new heights with this latest epic!

CATCHING UP WITH ‘LOST’
After a nearly three-month hiatus, the hit ABC phenomenon returns in February with the remainder of its shocking third season. We’ll catch you up on what you missed, where the show’s at right now and where it’s going!

LONG LIVE THE KING
Stephen King’s The Dark Tower series from Marvel, with art by Jae Lee, takes the comic world by storm in February. Can the fantasy-tinged tales starring the mysterious Gunslinger shoot down the competition? Hey, his name’s not King for nothing!

SPIDEY: BACK IN BLACK!
Marvel’s Wall-crawler climbs back into the fan-favorite black costume that debuted in the wake of the original Secret Wars. Why is Spider-Man undergoing another controversial change of duds? We’ll fill you in on this latest fashion brouhaha!

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F&SF March 2007


Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine
March 2007 - 58th Year of Publication


NOVELLAS
The Helper and His Hero, Part 2
Matthew Hughes

NOVELETS
Dance of Shadows
Fred Chappell
The Devil Bats Will Be A Little Late This Year
Ron Goulart

SHORT STORIES
Magic with Thirteen-Year-Old Boys
Robert Reed
Memoir of a Deer Woman
M. Rickert

Fantasy & Science Fiction

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Asimov's March 2007


Novella
Doctor Muffet's Island by Brian Stableford

Novelettes
Breeze From the Stars by Mary Rosenblum
Public Safety by Matthew Johnson

Short Stories
The Lion by Bruce McAllister
The Sanguine by Jim Grimsley
Babel 3000 by Colin P. Davies
Chainsaw on Hand by Deborah Coates

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Learn From The Greatest Artists in Comics!


Wizard Best of Basic Training


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By tremendous popular demand Wizard Entertainment proudly presents the newest edition of the BEST OF BASIC TRAINING!

This special 120-page book is the third in this series and focuses more on the basics of drawing along with more specific lessons on storytelling and more. Read more of the best and most instructional 'HOW TO DRAW' lessons from Wizard: The Comics Magazine's 15-year history along with a brand new set of unpublished lessons from some of the biggest names in comic art.

OVER 25 ART LESSONS ON STORYTELLING & CRAFTING YOUR COMICS!
Fundamentals of Storytelling Storytelling Laying Out a Page Panel Layout Dramatic Tension Pacing Evolution of a Page Silhouettes Splash Page Negative Space Shadows Backgrounds Settings Script Pages Group Shots Sound Effects and much more! · Breathtaking design sketches Bryan Hitch Mike Wieringo Terry Dodson and more!

DESIGNED FOR BOTH THE ASPIRING ARTIST AND INTERESTED FAN!
This book will work with the greatest artists who have been creating your favorite comic books for Marvel DC and Image Comics. See how they illustrate the techniques used in comic artwork and be enlightened by hundreds of years of artistic expertise as we present all-new material created especially for this new volume. · Introduction by superstar artist Michael Turner. · Artist Terry Dodson (Spider-Man) created an all-new exclusive cover to this brilliant new collection.

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