Stories by Williams

Game of Thrones

by storiesbywilliams on January 27, 2012 in Books, Reviews, Series and tagged a song of fire and ice, arya stark, black brothers, bran stark, catelyn stark, cersei lannister, daenerys targaryen, direwolfs, dothraki, emilia clarke, game of thrones, George RR Martin, HBO miniseries, jaime lannister, jason momoa, joffrey baratheon, john snow, khal drogo, khaleesi, king in the north, kings landing, kingsguard, lena headey, lord mormont, mark addy, medieval fantasy, Michelle Fairley, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, peter dinklage, petyr baelish, renly baratheon, robb stark, robert baratheon, sansa stark, Sean Bean, seven kingdoms, shakespearean, stannis baratheon, take the black, the doom, the game of thrones, the imp, the iron thrones, the nights watch, the wall, tyrion lannister, viserys targaryen, westeros, white walkers, wights, wildlings, winter is coming, winterfell, you win or you die

Or as its known by its literary name, A Song of Fire and Ice. This is the series which inspired the recent HBO series, named after the first novel in the series, and which is apparently destined to keep that name for the duration of the show. After watching the first season, I was inspired […]

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B5, Best Episodes. Final Season

by storiesbywilliams on January 25, 2012 in Reviews, Series and tagged a view from the gallery, all my dreams torns asunder, B5, Babylon 5, bester, bo, brakiri, byron, captain lockley, drakh, drazi, emperor mollari, g'kar, in the kingdom of the blind, interstellar alliance, ivanova, john sheridan, londo mollari, lorien, lyta alexadner, mack, marcus cole, movements of fire and shadow, narn, pak'ma'ra, pheonix rising, prime minister mollari, psi cops, psi corps, rogue telepaths, sleeping in light, stephen franklin, susan ivanova, the fall of Centauri Prime, the regent, threshold of pleasure, vir, vir cotto, white star fleet, zack allen

Woo! Finally, I get to the last installment of B5′s best episodes. After eleven posts, I think I’ve finally done this show justice. I tell ya, I didn’t think it was possible to overdose on your favorite show, but just to be safe, I’ll be taking a break from it for the next little while. […]

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Delays!

by storiesbywilliams on January 22, 2012 in News, Novels and tagged amazon, book release, Data Miners, ebook, Kindle, paperback

Well, sorry to say but that double-headed gorgon thing deadlines/editing has reared its ugly head again. Whereas I wanted to have Data Miners all polished and ready to go for the month of January, it seems that other stuff has got in the way and forced me to push the release data back to February. […]

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New Covers up at Lulu.com!

by storiesbywilliams on January 21, 2012 in News, Novels and tagged amazon kindle, downloads, ebooks, Lulu.com, nook, smashwords

Not too long ago, my hard drive crashed… again. Which naturally wiped out all the lovely covers that I’ve created since launching my site. Which was okey-dokey for me because it gave me the chance to update them. The ones I produced over at Lulu.com were not bad, but hardly the kind of thing that […]

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Data Miners, now at Authonomy!

by storiesbywilliams on January 15, 2012 in News, Novels and tagged amazon kindle, authonomy, authonomy.com, Data Miners, ebook, free preview, Kindle

Hello! In preparation for Data Miners release on Amazon-Kindle this month, I’ve provided a sample preview, available for free, over at Authonomy.com. Come on by, have a look-see, and if you’re feeling generous, back the book or even rate it! Note that this is just the first five chapters, the purpose of which is to […]

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B5, Season 4 Best Episodes

by storiesbywilliams on January 11, 2012 in Reviews, Series and tagged ambassador mollari, B5, Babylon 5, bargains and lies, between the darkness and the light, brakiri, captain sheridan, cartagia, centauri, centauri prime, citizen g'kar, classic sci-fi, coriana 6, drazi, emperor cartagia, endgame, epiphanies, face of the enemy, first one, first ones, g'kar, garibaldi, hayek, interstellar alliance, ISN, ivanova, kah-ri, league, league of non-aligned worlds, lines of communication, londo, londo mollari, lorien, marcus cole, mars resistance, mr. garibaldi, narn, narn homeworld, narns, no surrender no retreat, prime minister mollari, rumours, Sci-Fi, science fiction, shadow war, shadows, sheridan, susan ivanova, the deconstruction of falling stars, vir, vir cotto, voice of the resistance, vorlons, whatever happened to mr. garibaldi, white star, white star fleet, z'hadum

1. The Hour of the Wolf: A week has passed since Sheridan presumably died at Z’ha’dum. Ivanova is now in command of the station, and both her and Delenn are grieving. G’Kar meanwhile is focusing his inquiries on finding Garibaldi, who he feels has been forgotten in the midst of things. Holding the Alliance together […]

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B5, Season 3 Best Episodes (cont’d)

by storiesbywilliams on January 9, 2012 in Reviews, Series and tagged a mimbari not born of mimbari, and the rock cried out no hiding place, anna sheridan, b4, B5, babylon 4, Babylon 5, battle of the line, captain sheridan, chief garibaldi, chrysalis, commander ivanova, delenn, fall of night, foundationists, franklin, g'kar, g'tok, garibaldi, ivanova, kosh, league, league of non-aligned worlds, lennier, londo, lord refa, Marcus, marcus cole, mimbari, mimbari souls being reborn in part or in full in humans, morden, narn, narn heavy cruiser, nightwatch, reborth ceremony, shadow dancing, shadow war, sheridan, sheridan's wife, strieb, susan ivanova, the great machine, the shadows, valen, vir, vorlon, vorlons, walkabout, war without end, war without end part i, war without end part ii, white star, z'hadum, zack allen, zathras

Season three was loaded with significant episodes, many of which were clustered towards the end of the season. My second installment is therefore dedicated to the final six episodes of season three. Together, they developed or wrapped up some pretty big plot threads from this and other seasons and included (but were not limited to) […]

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B5, Season 3 Best Episodes

by storiesbywilliams on January 8, 2012 in Reviews, Series and tagged ambassador mollari, B5, Babylon 5, babylon 5 season 3, Best Lines, brakiri, captain sheridan, centauri, conspiracy of light, delenn, doctor franklin, draal, earth force, earth force one, earth force special intelligence, endawi, epsilon three, first ones, g'kar, gaim, ganymede, garibaldi, great machine, grey council, interludes and examinations, interplanetary expeditions, IPX, ISN, ivanova, lennier, londo, londo mollari, Marcus, marcus cole, mars, matter of honor, messages from earth, mimbari, morden, mr morden, narn, point of no return, president clark, president santiago, rangers, severed dreams, shadow war, shadows, sheridan, sigma 957, the gaim, the shadows, the walkers, the white star, valen, vir, vir cotto, voices of authority, white star, z'hadum, zack allen, zog

Season Three was named “Point of No Return” for good reason. It was the season where everything hit the fan and there was no going back. The Shadow War began, B5 broke away from the Earth Alliance, the temporal plot and purpose of the Great Machine was fulfilled, and Sheridan finally went to Z’ha’dum. So […]

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