Writing, Espionage, Cyberpunk, NSA, Information Technology, Mountaineering, Rock Climbing, Poi/Fire Spinning, Travel/Backpacking, Skiing, Kayaking, Martial Arts, Anthropology/Mythology, Mysteries, Thrillers, Science Fiction, Film, Photography, The Past, The Future - Doomed Repetition.
I'd like to meet:
Readers. Writers. Fans of Sci-Fi, Spy Thrillers, Mysteries and Page Turners. People who dig a great book, bad ass movie or gripping TV show. Friends.
   About EMPYRE
BIG BROTHER IS DEAD.
NOW THE REAL FIGHT BEGINS!
Check out my website for a Synopsis and Excerpt.
   Praise for Conviser and EMPYRE
"Robert Ludlum meets William Gibson in this dystopian spy thriller, the sequel to 2006's Echelon... the Orwellian atmosphere, intricate plot lines and breakneck pacing make this cyberpunk/espionage hybrid a highly entertaining read.†-- Publishers Weekly
"EMPYRE is edgy, entertaining, and frightening. -- Kevin J. Anderson, co-author of Hunters of Dune
?"Josh Conviser's near future is fascinating to imagine—and terrifying, because we might just be heading for it." -- John Scalzi, author of The Ghost Brigades
"Conviser is a writer to watch." —Allan Folsom, author of The Day After Tomorrow
"Ryan Laing is the 21st-century James Bond." —Frederick P. Hitz, former inspector general of the CIA
   EMYRE Updates
EMPYRE hits the shelves on October 29th! Pick it up and let me know what you think!
CONTEST
Win a Copy of EMPYRE!
My website has all the info.
BOOK SIGNINGS:
MEN OF MYSTERY, Irvine California
Saturday, November 3, 2007,?Irvine Marriot.
San Diego
I'll be at Mysterious Galaxy Books on November 10th at 2:00 PM.
Santa Barbara
I'll be at Borders on November 15th at 7:00 PM. ?
Santa Luis Obispo
I'll be at Borders on December 8th at 3:00 PM.
Aspen, Colorado
I'll be at Explore Booksellers on December 20th at 5:30 PM.
Check out the Teaser for my first novel, ECHELON, below.
Music:
Ali Farka Toure, Bela Fleck, Bloodhound Gang, Cake, Coldplay, Cross Canadian Ragweed, The Crystal Method, DJ Z-Trip, Gorillaz, Green Day, Pearl Jam, Keren Ann, Leonard Cohen, Lyle Lovett, Marilyn Manson, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, Pink Floyd, Shivaree, Smash Mouth, Traveling Wilburys, The White Stripes, White Zombie, Willie Nelson, Robert McDuffie
Movies:
Blade Runner, The Matrix, Alien, A Clockwork Orange, Twelve Monkeys, Thank You for Smoking, The Shawshank Redemption, Pulp Fiction, Raising Arizona, Star Wars, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Usual Suspects, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Memento, Lawrence of Arabia, The Silence of the Lambs, Apocalypse Now, Se7en, Chinatown, Fargo, Unforgiven, Platoon, Cinderella Man, Caddyshack.
Television:
Lost, The Shield, Battlestar Galactica, Scrubs, Rome, Sopranos, Grey's Anatomy, Alias, Nip/Tuck, The X Files.
Books:
SCIENCE FICTION: Frank Herbert, Orson Scott Card, Neal Stephenson, William Gibson, Stephen King (Dark Tower), Max Barry, Richard K. Morgan, John Scalzi, Jeff Long, Kim Stanley Robinson, Kevin J. Anderson.
THRILLER/MYSTERY: Robert Ludlum, Robert Litell, Allan Folsom, James Rollins, Robert Wilson, Adam Fawer, Matthew Pearl, John Burdett, James Clavell, Tom Clancy, John Le Carre, Gayle Lynds, William Nicholson (The Society of Others).
FICTION: Mark Z. Danielewski (House of Leaves), Tristan Egolf, Steven Pressfield, Bartle Bull
HUMOR: Shea/Wilson (The Illuminatus Trilogy), Isaac Adamson (Tokyo Suckerpunch), Tom Robbins (Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates), Jim Munroe (Flyboy Action Figure Comes With Gasmask)
NONFICTION: Patrick Radden Keefe (Chatter),Joel Garreau (Radical Evolution), James Bamford (Body of Secrets), Ben Mezrich (Ugly Americans)
TRAVEL/NATURE: James Salter (Solo Faces), David James Duncan, Rick Ridgeway, Pico Iyer, Joe Simpson
CLASSICS: Joseph Conrad (Heart of Darkness), Kurt Vonnegut (Slaughterhouse-Five), Jorge Luis Borges (Labyrinths), James Joyce (Dubliners), Dante Alighieri (Inferno)
