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Happy Merry Eastermas: The Real Story of Resurrection

Those of you who are long-term readers here will have seen this already, but for you newer readers, here is an absolute delight of resurrection story-telling. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuKV2Z3eYTY Genius. Stay in touch! Like A Tippling Philosopher on Facebook: A Tippling Philosopher You can also buy

Survival of the Fittest: Metamorphosis

I'm Getting there. Slowly.

I have finally found some momentum with the sequel to my first fiction book, and the second in the Survival of the Fittest series. The first book was entitled Survival of the Fittest: Metamorphosis. This second one is Adaptation. As any of you who might have read the first, I

Survival of the Fittest: Metamorphosis

Great Review for Survival of the Fittest

My first attempt at fiction, Survival of the Fittest: Metamorphosis has received another great 5* review: Now in my fifties it has been a long time since I have had the slightest interest in fictional horror films, books or video games. I still don't - so why read

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Apocalypse and Philosophy: A Match Made in Hell...

As I have said a number of times, my first fiction book (Survival of the Fittest: Metamorphosis) has recently been released. I would love to get it out there some more (with its lovely cover and recently updated interior). It has had universally good reviews. The idea was to weave

Survival of the Fittest: Metamorphosis

My Favourite Picture of the Week...

In a self-congratulatory manner, I was sent this on facebook of someone on holiday with my new book. Nice. If only more people could follow suit for their holidays! Please grab a copy! There has even been another cracking review this week: 5.0 out of 5 stars Intense, exciting

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Two local book signing / atheist poetry reading events - come along!

I am happy to announce a local books signing and humanist poetry evening at my local book shop in Hampshire, UK (Lee-on-the-Solent, 27-28th May). Anyone who lives nearby is thoroughly welcome (which probably accounts for about 2 of my readers here!). Gareth Howells, of the band BEMIS, will be playing

science

Dead could be brought 'back to life' in groundbreaking stem cell project

In honour of my new zombie book released this month, and which you should all rush out a grab now (obviously), I thought this fascinating piece of news might be worth mentioning. IFL Science reports: A biotech company in the U.S. has been granted ethical permission by an Institutional

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New Book Out Now! Please Help by Grabbing a Copy!

My new book, the first fiction book I have written, is out in both paperback and ebook formats. I would really appreciate any support in this venture into a philosophy / fiction crossover. The paperback looks and feels AWESOME! Here are some pics: The book has the following endorsements: “A frightening

Epistemology

This Is Brilliant: Maybe the Zombie Apocalypse Isn't Unreasonable!

Survival of the Fittest: Metamorphosis

Survival of the Fittest: Metamorphosis - When Zombies Meet Philosophy

My latest book, and first venture into the world of fiction (Survival of the Fittest: Metamorphosis), is out on ebook now. It will follow on paperback in a few weeks, but if e-reading's your thing, then grab yourself a copy. It is available in Kindle, Kobo and Nook

Survival of the Fittest: Metamorphosis

Feedback on Zombie Covers Please!

As some of my readers who have been with me over the years will know, I am writing a zombie book. Correction, a series. Correction, have written. The finished manuscript is being run past certain guinea pigs for feedback. Now I need some assistance in covers. I have been working

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Update on my zombie fiction book

I am happy to say that the final edit before it goes back to my partner in crime, Rebecca Bradley, of my zombie book is going really well. The great thing is that I have really enjoyed re-reading it. It is in parts tense, in parts gruesome, and in others intellectually stimulating and funny.

Book Reviews

My zombie book - the progress

I wrote a post some time back which detailed my plans on writing a zombie fiction book which should hopefully include a good deal of philosophy. Well, here is a rough prologue to the book (called Survival of the Fittest - Metamorphosis) which I posted some time ago. I am now 70,000 words through the

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Zombie nativity scene ordered taken down by Ohio town bureaucrats

You’ve not seen a baby Jesus in the manger quite like it. His eyes are bruised and glaring, his face slashed with scars and his teeth protrude from his mouth like rotting vampires’ fangs.

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Zombie Ants!

Some time ago, one of my regular commenters steered me toward listening to this podcast. It is brilliant and well worth a listen, indeed. The notes for the podcast are: WHAT IF YOUR WILL WERE NOT YOUR OWN? What if your mind were being controlled by something other than your

Buddhism

Interview with Advocatus Atheist, Tristan Vick, on ignosticism and other things

Tristan Vick is a blogger and author who I have various dealings with online, not least of which is a co-edited book in the final stages of editing which we will release called Beyond An Absence Of Faith, an anthology of deconversion accounts which has been really fascinating to put together. Trista

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World War Z - my zombie book revisited

I know some of you have read this before as I posted this some months back, but in light of the new Brad Pitt film World War Z which i saw this weekend @(and enjoyed very much) I thought I would let new readers know of a project of mine.

Skepticism

Can James Van Praagh Talk With Dead People? DJ Grothe investigates... with zombies!

Genius. http://youtu.be/FHmTIKIEIXo Good ole JREF.

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My zombie book prologue

So I wrote a post some time back which detailed my plans on writing a zombie fiction book which should hopefully include a good deal of philosophy. Well, here is a rough prologue to the book (called Survival of the Fittest - Metamorphosis). What do you think?

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Why I am Writing a Philosophical Fiction Book on Zombies (but not Necessarily Philosophical Zombies)

Season 3 of the Walking Dead is hitting our screens any time soon or now depending on where you live. It's a great show about an apocalyptic pandemic which turns humanity into zombies and sees the survivors pick up the pieces of their lives and society and figure out how to continue to survive and s