Author Archives: cdietzel

Best Books Read in 2023

Better late than never!  Here’s my list of the best fiction and non-fiction I read in 2023, regardless of when it was originally published.   Fiction Honorable Mention: The Stranger (1942), by Albert Camus I have this as an Honorable Mention because I re-read it this year, and my “Best Books” lists are only for […]

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Favorite Books Read in 2022

Each year, I look back at the books I’ve read in both the fiction and nonfiction categories. Here are the books I read for the first time this year that I most enjoyed, regardless of when they were originally published. Fiction 5. Parable of the Sower (1993), by Octavia Butler – This was great and […]

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Best Books Read in 2021

Each year I look back at the books I’ve read. Here are the books I read for the first time this year that I most enjoyed, regardless of when they were originally published.   Fiction Honorary Mention: (Books I re-read this year that were great but didn’t qualify as first-time reads) Brave New World, Lord […]

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A Deal for the Holidays

Happy holidays, everyone. I hope 2021 has been as good as possible for all of you. What better way to celebrate the holiday season, especially considering the year the world went through, than to read all about mankind’s slow extinction! For one week only, the Great De-evolution Collection is only $0.99. The Great De-evolution Collection […]

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Arthurian Legend in Modern Fiction

Everyone is familiar with King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Arthurian legend is responsible for stories like the Lady of the Lake and the Excalibur. It has also given us characters such as Sir Gawain, Guinevere, Lancelot, and Merlin. But what you might not know is how many stories in modern fiction […]

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What Can Apple TV do to Compete with Netflix and Hulu?

Apple TV was created in November, 2019 so Apple could compete with other streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime Video. But whereas the other streaming services have had enormous breakout successes that vaulted each of them into mainstream pop culture awareness, Apple TV continues to struggle to find that breakout show that everyone […]

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Cover Reveal and Pre-order: THE LAST VOTER

My next story is coming out September 29 and is titled THE LAST VOTER. It’s a Great De-evolution story like the ones I’m known for. If you’ve read The Last Astronaut or The Man Who Watched The World End or any of my other apocalyptic stories, you know they aren’t your typical end-of-the-world stories. They […]

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