Posts Tagged ‘In Her Name (Omnibus)’
Hrithik Roshan: My Candidate to Play In Her Name’s Hero
Posted by: Michael R. Hicks in Other Stuff on January 13th, 2009
Okay, most (all?) writers probably fantasize at one time or another about their work being taken to the big screen. Today I had that daydream and played the “who should star in the movie” game.
I didn’t make any headway on who would be the female lead to play Esah-Zhurah, but the guy who popped into my head to play Reza (the hero of the story) was Hrithik Roshan, one of Bollywood’s shining stars.
Why would I think of someone like Hrithik over the bevy of traditional American stars, you ask? Well, in the book, Reza isn’t a character cast from the stereotypical well-to-do American ‘burb. He was born on New Constantinople, a planet whose population – as the name suggests – was largely descended from the Mediterranean and trans-Asian regions.
While Hrithik Roshan isn’t exactly from the Med (he was born in Mumbai, India), he just has the look about him that I’d imagined for Reza long before Hrithik took to the screen. He’d also win the popular vote for women everywhere! On top of that, in his latest movie, Jodhaa Akbar
I’m telling you, it was just meant to be! I’m expecting Hrithik’s agent to call any time now… 
And hey, if you’d like to see for yourself if he wouldn’t be great for this role, check out the first chapters of In Her Name! And if you’d like to buy it, a list of US and overseas retailers (including India!) is available on the main page for the book. Enjoy!
suite101.com’s Review of In Her Name
Posted by: Michael R. Hicks in Other Stuff on January 12th, 2009
As I try to catch up on getting the site put back together, I figured I’ll go ahead and add in new stuff first and mix in the better bits of the old content.
Sooo, with that, I just wanted to give you a heads-up about suite101.com’s review of In Her Name, by Kelley Huston. I think beyond the plot synopsis, Kelley hit the nail on the head on what the book is about: The underlying theme running throughout this book is that friends are often called to make extreme scarifices in the name of friendship.
But you don’t have to take anybody’s word about In Her Name! Feel free to check out the PDF sample, or use the sample feature for your Amazon Kindle or Mobipocket Reader.
In Her Name – KindleBoards February Book Club Selection
Posted by: Michael R. Hicks in Other Stuff on January 11th, 2009
If you didn’t know already, In Her Name was selected as the February selection for the KindleBoards Book Club (or Book Klub, as it’s called there)!
KindleBoards was originally set up for Amazon Kindle owners (and those interested in becoming owners), but even if you don’t have a Kindle it’s a great place to hang out: there are over 1,500 members at the time of this writing, lots of cool and interesting people, and lots of interesting conversations going on about just about everything under the sun (with, not surprisingly, a tremendous focus on books and reading)!
As for the Book Klubs, anyone and everyone is invited to join in: the emphasis is on fun, not structure. They’re very informal and easy-going. So if you’ve got a busy schedule, no worries: drop by when you can!
So, if you’ve already bought In Her Name, I hope to see you there! And if you haven’t bought the book yet, take a little while to check it out: even if you normally don’t read fantasy or science fiction, there’s a good chance you’ll enjoy it! There are free samples for the Kindle and Mobipocket, plus the print version’s Search Inside the Book feature on Amazon. Once I get the site put back together, I’ll also have the first four chapters available as a free PDF download.
Remember: February 1st on KindleBoards – hope to see you there!
