Unraveling the Mysteries of The Big Bang Theory Introduction and Giveaway

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Posted January 18th | 46 Comments »Science fiction and fantasy authors, typically immune to the appeal
of television science fiction, cannot resist the charms of Buffy the
Vampire Slayer.
Seven Seasons of Buffy is a collection
of fun, irreverent and surprising essays on Buffy by some of science
fiction and fantasy’s most important authors, including David Brin,
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Lawrence Watt-Evans, Sherrilyn Kenyon and
Jennifer Crusie.
Guest Post by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Inspired by a similar post the Smart Pop team posted a couple months ago, we’ve asked some of our contributors’ to provide guest posts with their favorite Smart Pop essays selected. First up is the talented Kristine Kathryn Rusch’s picks.
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When the kind folks at BenBella asked me to write a blog about my three favorite essays in the Smart Pop series, I said yes. Sounds easy, right? Three favorite. Sure, no problem.
Until I actually sat down to write the blog....
Since this site gives us the opportunity to highlight not just our books, but the individual essays our authors have written for us (and, okay, since it also gives you the opportunity to buy those individual essays), we wanted to figure out more ways to showcase them. Thus: Editors Picks. Periodically we—and/or some of our past guest editors or book contributors—will select 3 essays we particularly love from our Smart Pop titles and offer a little commentary on why we think you’ll love them, too.
From Leah:
My three picks today have...
It feels weird to be posting this right after the announcement of Dollhouse’s official cancellation. But we’re still planning on doing the book, and so we hope you’re still planning on writing an essay. (A book like this is as fitting a memorial as I can think of for such a weighty, complex show.)
Let me also take a second to remind you, or let you know for the first time, that we’ve added a place on the contest page where you can sign up for updates on the contest and...
on our daily essay, giveaways, and other special deals

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Posted January 18th | 46 Comments »We didn’t blackout Smartpopbooks.com today. But we did want to talk a little bit about why we don’t support SOPA.
We...
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