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The Fifth Sun Now in Global Distribution

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Dec 272013
 

Stewart’s latest novel hailed as a unique and profound portrait of the search for meaning in an universe that refuses to give clear answers.

Vivien Conroy
Latest news for The Fifth Sun (ISBN-13: 978-0984026364)

fifthSunCvrAs of December 25, 2013 Lightning Source, a division of Ingram, has  begun distribution of our title THE FIFTH SUN, by Gaither Stewart.  The  Amazon.com (USA), Barnes  & Noble and other online distributors’ pages are currently being populated with the book’s metadata. International outlets in Britain, Germany, France, Italy, India and other countries are expected to follow suit in January 2014. Continue reading »

Trident Media Group Chairman Robert Gottlieb on Re-Engineering The Role of Literary Agents

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Dec 172013
 

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In this interview from Digital Book World 2013, Robert Gottlieb, Co-Founder and Chairman of Trident Media Group discussed the evolving role of literary agents in an era where, as Gottlieb described, “risk taking for publishers has been diminishing for two decades.” Continue reading »

The Fifth Sun (Gaither Stewart)

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Oct 282013
 

Passages from his forthcoming book, scheduled to appear this fall. 

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The Fifth Sun by Gaither Stewart (Punto Press, forthcoming)
Excerpt from chapter 18, pages 84-91.
Read and enjoy

Time was the devil. Strange that they never listed Time among Satan’s names but he knew he was right. Evil Blasphemer. What bullshit. It was Time. The old priests at the residence told him he’d have to leave sooner or later. But they were generous, and Christian. They would hide him until he decided. He could rest, they said—for a while at least. Continue reading »

Gaither Stewart talks about his novel, The Fifth Sun

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Oct 282013
 

Interview with Gaither Stewart about his Novel: The Fifth Sun

By JP Miller

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JPM: The Fifth Sun seems to be a literary departure for you. It is a very modern novel but at the same time there is something timeless about it. The action begins in Rome and moves to New York and Mexico City. After your work on the Europe trilogy, you have again gone back to America and its dichotomies. Did you have some unfinished business with your past that informed this new novel? Continue reading »

Jonas’ The 15% Solution Hits Main Distribution

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Mar 232013
 

9780984026340_Cov.inddBy Vivien Conroy, Marketing Outreach

Steven Jonas’ revised edition of his classic, The 15% Solution, How the Republican Right Took Control of the US, 1981-2022, a futuristic novel outlining in detail how the Christian fundamentalist right could take over the reins of the US government has just entered main distribution through Amazon (US, France, Germany). The tip sheet reads:

Written as “true fiction” The 15% Solution focuses on the threat of fascism, “American style,” posed now by Christian fundamentalism operating within the confines of the Republican party. The book shows how theocratic authoritarianism can be gradually introduced into any country, even the “world’s greatest democracy,” behind a façade of Constitutional legality, no less. As a “dystopic future history” it follows in the tradition established by its major forebears: Jack London’s The Iron Heel and Sinclair Lewis’ It Can’t Happen Here.  Dr. Jonas’ book, based on what the Republican Christian Right has already told us they will do as they gather more and more power, may, sadly, well prove to be correct.  That is unless the U.S. people wake up to what is happening all around them and do something about it before it is too late. Continue reading »

BOOKS: Shattering Myths Can Be Dangerous

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Dec 192012
 

Some reflections on Gaither Stewart’s absorbing new novel, Lily Pad Roll

By William T. Hathaway

Gaither Stewart is a shatterer of myths. In The Trojan Spy, volume one of the Europe Trilogy, he shattered the myth that the USA is fighting terrorism and showed instead how our government works in a symbiotic relationship with the so-called terrorists. Now in Lily Pad Roll, volume two of the trilogy, he shatters the myth that America is invading countries and building foreign bases in order to defend the homeland and secure oil supplies. He shows instead that the deeper motive for this slaughter of hundreds of thousands of our fellow human beings and the resulting near-bankruptcy of our country is brutal geopolitics: the desire of our ruling elite to weaken their chief rivals, Russia and China, and to prepare for war with Iran. Stewart’s artistic skills make this case more convincingly than a dozen academic analyses could. Continue reading »

Behind Skyfall: The Not So Charming Face of 007

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Nov 292012
 

By Paul Carline, Associate Editor, The Greanville Post

“To Empire, with Love”

Daniel Craig is the latest James Bond. But who does this durable agent truly serve?

It’s said there are few safer bets in Hollywood than a Bond film.The latest offering in the extremely lucrative Bond franchise – “Skyfall” – has already broken box-office records, taking some $87.8 million in its first weekend in the USA, and easily covering its $200 million production costs in the first two weeks. So far, the Eon Productions series has grossed $4,910,000,000 (over $12,360,000,000 when adjusted for inflation) worldwide, making it the second highest grossing film series after “Harry Potter”.

In a world in which active compassion for our fellow humans was the norm, would such extravagances be tolerated? A question at least worth asking. But I’ll leave it open. I’m going to tackle the simpler question as to whether anything of consequence lies below the surface of the seemingly harmless escapism of the 007 movies, and in particular “Skyfall”. Continue reading »

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