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Click here to download THE MVP Episode #29The Krakens take on rival Wabash in a battle of playoff hopefuls. A victory gives Ionath a winning record; can they get the win? And off the field, John Tweedy's rage spills out into Ionath City's club district and puts the entire season at risk. PROMO IN THIS EPISODE: Out of Time: Five Tales of Time Travel SPONSOR OF THIS EPISODE: |
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Click here to download THE MVP Episode #28Quentin learns of a love triangle between John Tweedy, Rebecca Montagne, and a mystery person. The Krakens struggle to keep their playoff hopes alive as we head into the final three games of the season. It's not over yet, folks, can Ionath put together a late-season run and take a shot at the title?
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With Quentin at quarterback, the Krakens have never beat the Coranadillan Cloud Killers, led by their dominant defensive end Jesper Schultz. Will this be the year for Ionath? It's a must-win game if the Krakens are to stay in the playoff hunt. Off the field, a game-changing personal event forces Quentin to re-evaluate his life decisions. PROMO IN THIS EPISODE: Levithan Chronicles, Season II Director's Cut SPONSOR OF THIS EPISODE: Our GoDaddy coupon code page |
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Click here to download THE MVP Episode #25The racism between the Prawatt and the Sklorno reaches critical levels. Quentin, John and Ju bring in an expert disciplinarian to solve the problem once and for all. The episode exemplifies the meritocracy of sport as the Krakens square off against the Shorah Warlords. THIS CONTENT WAS IN THE MISTAKEN EPISODE 23: PROMO IN THIS EPISODE: What's With the Drama? SPONSOR OF THIS EPISODE: Eastbay coupon page |
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It was April 1, 2007 that the FDØ kicked the publishing industry square in the ding-ding. That's the day that ANCESTOR went on sale, a trade paperback from a wee little publisher in Canada. The book hit #1 on Amazon.com's Horror and SciFi charts, and was the #2 fiction book overall (behind a HARRY POTTER book, fer cryin' out loud).
This was before eBooks, mind you. We accomplished this with a $15 paperback, not a free or .99 cent ebook, and for that fear we are quite proud.
Henceforth, April 1 is and always will be Sigler Ascension Day! So on Monday, April 1, we're havin' us a big Ascension Day sale. Just come to scottsigler.com on Monday, April 1, 2013. The sale runs the twenty-four hours of that day, on Pacific Time. We'll plaster this up on the front page.
Are we crazy? YES WE ARE! Monday, April 1, 2013 only, we're selling THE ROOKIE paperbacks for just 41 cents each, plus shipping.
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We're also selling THE ROOKIE and THE STARTER paperback combo for just $4.10 plus shipping.
And for both offers, unlimited copies! What? Did I just say that? I must be innnnn-sannneee!
That's right, unlimited copies. Shipping depends on quantity ordered and on your location. You'll get the shipping price when you order on Monday, April 1, 2013.
We'll be using PayPal, which means you can use your account there or just a straight-up credit card. PayPal helps us dial in cheaper shipping costs for multiple copies, if you're so inclined to order them.
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Face it, there are some kids that don't want to read Shakespeare or Zen & The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance for their school reports. That doesn't mean the kids are dumb, it just means they have different interests. Why not give some lads and lasses the opportunity to grab these great paperbacks from their school library? They have a book they can fall in love with, and hence, discover the joy of reading. And you spread Siglerism!
Click here to download THE MVP Episode #24Okay, we're trying to get back on track after the debacle of last week's Episode #23, where we put in the wrong audiobook content. So, no teasers this time, just enjoy. SPONSOR OF THIS EPISODE:GoDaddy code coupons page |
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Click here to download THE MVP Episode #23Quentin makes his first return to the Purist Nation since the day he left to for The Combine all the way back in Book I of the GFL series. He leads his Krakens against the Buddha City Elite in a critical Tier One match-up. Will Quentin's homeland welcome him as a hero, or a villain? PROMO IN THIS EPISODE: SPONSOR OF THIS EPISODE: Eastbay coupon page |
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Click here to download THE MVP Episode #21As the season collapses and the Krakens face relegation, Quentin refuses to compromise and stands by the players that he brought in. Does Quentin overplay his hand when he tries to trade Don Pine for a former Kraken? THE ALL-PRO HARDCOVER IS SOLD OUT! SPONSOR OF THIS EPISODE: 4InkJets |
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Click here to download THE MVP Episode #18Quentin, John, Becka and Crazy George Starcher try to recruit new talent for the Krakens – they only have to risk the wrath of Gredok, Hokor and Virak the Mean to do so. Worth the risk? You'll find out in this episode. SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: We have officially named the Søundbøøth. PROMO IN THIS EPISODE: |
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In case you don't get (or read) our bi-weekly newsletter, or you didn't hear THE MVP Episode #16, there is no GFL hardcover pre-order this year. If you want the reasons why (and they are good reasons, trust me), then click on through. Otherwise, enjoy your Super Bowl Sunday!
Click here to download THE MVP Episode #16The fallout from the game against the Texas Earthlings puts the Krakens in a tough spot. Quentin finally gets a face-to-face wtih Gredok the Splithead, the first such meeting since the disasterous dinner at Torba the Hungry's in THE ALL PRO. Quentin comes up with a brilliant idea to save the season, but the idea is fraught with danger. PROMO IN THIS EPISODE: SPONSOR OF THIS EPISODE: STAMPS.COM COUPON CODE |
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Click here to download THE MVP Episode #15Quentin and the Krakens head to Earth for a Week Two tilt against the Texas Earthlings, and Quentin's old PNFL rival Alonzo Castro. Can Ionath notch their first win of the season? PROMO IN THIS EPISODE: SPONSOR OF THIS EPISODE: STAMPS.COM |
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Click here to download THE MVP Episode #14Game on! The first game of the regular season pits Ionath against the Isis Ice Storm. Is this the Krakens' year? Quentin and his teammates say goodbye to career-long Krakens players, giving him another insight into the many facets of Gredok the Splithead. PROMO IN THIS EPISODE: Ever buy my books from this site? If so, your package was shipped with USPS postage we bought from Stamps.com. They have a special offer that gets you $55 in free postage and a free digital postal mater. Click here to get $110 of free stuff, including free postage, as part of a no-risk trial.
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Click here to download THE MVP Episode #12Free agency signings rob the Krakens of two key players, forcing Quentin. Hokor the Hookchest and Gredok the Splithead to scramble for replacements. With only two weeks of pre-season left before the first game, every moment counts. PROMO IN THIS EPISODE: SPONSOR OF THIS EPISODE: STAMPS.COM |
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Click here to download THE MVP Episode #11Quentin gets the best birthday present he never knew he wanted. An unexpected conflict on the Hypatia, Quentin's yacht, threatens to change the entire season before it even begins. PROMO IN THIS EPISODE: SPONSOR OF THIS EPISODE: |
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Click here to download THE MVP Episode #9The Krakens finally leave Prawatt Jihad space, and we learn that it's more than just sports fans that have their eye on Quentin Barnes. As Quentin and his teammates return to Ionath City, he is reminded of all that has been lost in the team's endless pursuit for a title.
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What's a "Surly," you ask? That is the brand-name of creations by "Surly" Amy Davis-Roth, ceramics artist and entrepreneur. She just launched a line of pendants that capture the world of Siglerism. Click here to see all the goodies. That black-and-white picture is me and Surly Johnny (the FDØ's official body-double) modeling the "Dead=Dead" pendants. The color picture at right is none other than Surly Amy herself.
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SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't read THE MVP, then move the hell along. Here there be spoilers ...
"He surveyed the oblong playing surface. One hundred and fifty yards long from end-to-end, about sixty yards wide at the middle, marked by a line that split the field into two equal halves. Three five-foot-diameter rings floated on either end: one ring about ten feet high, one about fifteen, and the top one about twenty, their open sides all parallel to the mid-field line."
Excerpt from THE MVP, Book IV in the Galactic Football League series
I've been getting questions about "The Game" that is featured in the opening chapters of THE MVP. The first question usually is: "Is that Quidditch?" The second is more of a statement, along the lines of: "I saw you ripped off J.K. Rowling, you jerk."
The answer to the question is: "Yes." The answer to the statement is: "Pretty sure you're missing the point, my good detective."
From both parties, there has been a follow-up question: "Why?"
Lemme rustle you up an answer, pardner ...
MY CHARACTERS ARE YOU:
Almost all of my stories are connected into a continum called "Siglerverse." Stories aren't necessarily sequels of one another, but they all spring from the same timeline. That timeline begins from our modern world, from the world that you and I see on a daily basis. There are differences, of course, particularly when the government is involved — presidents have different names and there is a "Department of Special Threats," which doesn't really exist, for example. By 99.9% of the time, the characters in my modern-day books live in a world that is your world.
My characters have seen the same TV shows you have, like Columbo and Battlestar Galactica. They've seen Aliens and Spiderman. They've read the same books, like Misery, 50 Shades of Gray (oh, stop it, you know you peeked) and — yes — Harry Potter.
One character in particular loves Rowling's work. Petra Prawatt was first seen in the ANCESTOR prequel episodes, three chapters that are in the free podcast and the audiobook, but are not in the eBook or the print versions. You'll see more of Petra in an a short story scheduled to be included in ROBOT UPRISINGS (New York: Vintage, 2014), an anthology edited by Daniel H. Wilson and John Joseph Adams.
PETRA IS A SUPERFAN
When Petra first appears in the Siglerverse, she is sporting a Gryffindor scarf. She's a super-crazy fan of the Harry Potter series. And she's the only one who's crazy for that series, right? I mean, Rowling became a billionaire because only a handful of people wanted everything Potter-related they could get their hands on.
But here's where it starts to feel weird, at least to me; a fictional character being crazy for a fictional character? Doesn't that somehow cross the streams?
WHEN THINGS START TO GET META
There seems to be an unspoken feeling out there that fictional characters can like poets, playwrights and literary figures, and that's "normal," but for a character to be hugely into a modern pop-culture prophet, that's kind of ... well, weird. A character quotes Shakespeare and Emerson? No one bats an eyelash. A vampire is crazy about Buffy the Vampire Slayer? It kind of gunks up your brain a little bit.
I think that's the reason Robert Kirkman's THE WALKING DEAD is set in our world, just one that has never heard the word "Zombie" or had any kind of zombie books/movies/shows. With that one simple-yet-smart move, he doesn't have to deal with characters saying "but in the zombie movies, you shoot them in the brain, so let's do that." The polar opposite of that is ZOMBIELAND, in which the characters have seen all the zombie flicks that you have — and that knowledge gives them a leg up in the battle to stay alive (cardio!).
Petra is a Potter superfan. She also just so happens to be a genius in self-assembling robotics, biomimicry and cybernetics. And when I say "genius," we're talking Einstein-levels of game change: she can create self-replicating life.
So if you're a 16-year-old girl that is lightyears ahead of everyone around you, and you're a crazy Potter fan, and you can create life? It makes one wonder what she might have that created life do to test it out.
QUIDDITCH IS A REAL THING, SUCKA
Sure, you read the book (or at least saw the movie) and you know Quiddich is Rowling's made-up sorcerer sport. Wizard kids on brooms. Pretty bad-ass, if you ask me (although one typo in the words "golden snitch" and the game takes on a whole new meaning).
Okay, you knew that, but did you also know Quidditch is for realz? The International Quidditch Association is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to governing the sport of quidditch and inspiring young people to lead physically active and socially engaged lives.
There are 828 teams in the USA alone, over 1,000 worldwide in over 30 countries, including Russia, South Africa, Australia, Italy, Canada and India, just to name a few.
So "the game" goes beyond the stories of Harry Potter. It's a real thing. So when I work Quidditch into THE MVP, is this a meta reference, or is it an extension of our modern world, like everything else in my books?
THE GAME ITSELF:
I haven't played Quidditch, but it looks like a blast. One can imagine that if it continues to develop, the "serious" players may branch off and make it a new sport: sans-brooms, of course. Get rid of the brooms, add in robotic balls that do what the balls do in the game itself, and you're left with a hard-hitting affair that could be a ton of fun to both play and watch. Point of order: the "golden snitch" has got to go, folks — it completely invalidates the rest of the scoring (not that I expect wizards to be all that logical, mind you).
The Prawatt don't think this is meta, it's their game. It's American Football in America, it's regular football (my people call it "soccer") in Europe, it's cricket in India, it's hockey in Canada. The IQA is already proof positive that a fictional sport can leap into reality, so why can't a real sport (which leapt from fiction) leap back into fiction? Also? That's a lot of leaping ...
THE REAL GOAL? TO GIVE YOU THAT "HOLY CRAP!" MOMENT
If I did it right, people who are familiar with Quidditch read THE MVP and had that "a-ha!" moment. You're reading along, and you think to yourself "waiiiiit a minute here ... is this what I think it is?" And then you see that, yes, it is what you think it is.
It's a big, fat Easter Egg is what it is.
This approach to "meta" also serves to make characters spring to life in your mind. It's one of my Jedi Fiction Tricks™. If you read INFECTED, there are scenes where Perry Dawsey is watching the TV series Columbo. If you've seen that show, this is a subtle technique where the character is doing exactly the same thing you have done – for a brief moment, it's not a "character" at all but a person with whom you have a shared experience. That brief brush stroke makes Perry "real" for a moment, and that moment sticks with you. It shapes the way you feel about him, helps him transcend the page and become someone you think you know.
For the Prawatt, who are very alien and very like us at the same time, a species-wide fixation on something that is a cultural juggernaut helps humanize them. Sure, they are nightmarish boogeymen, but I'm pretty sure they're wearing a Slytherin scarf when we're not looking.
We're joining those nutty #CyberMonday kids and putting our hard covers on sale! That's right, between now and midnight tomorrow night (that's Tuesday, 11:59pm EST) all hard cover books in our inventory are only $25.
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What? You already have all of those? That's okay, they make great holiday gifts! And if you're already done gift shopping? That's cool. We'll have more coming out soon to delight y'all.
Click here to download THE MVP Episode #7Quentin sets foot on a new world. His interpersonal skills are brought into play, and we all know how well he does in those situations. PROMO IN THIS EPISODE: SPONSOR OF THIS EPISODE: |
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Click here to download THE MVP Episode #6The Krakens again face the unknown: what new threat is going to come through the landing bay doors? Virak the Mean puts his military experience to work as Quentin and his teammates prepare to fight for their lives. PROMO IN THIS EPISODE: SPONSOR OF THIS EPISODE: |
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Quentin and the Krakens return to Sklorno Dynasty space, where the Touchback was once hammered by pirates and sentients died. Will Quentin be thrown into another space battle, or will he and his teammates reach Alimum untouched for a showdown with the Armada? 


The Krakens squre off against arch-rivals the OS1 Orbiting Death. A loss here, and the season is all but over. John Tweedy tries to bridge the inter-species cultural barrier by giving the Prawatt with a rousing halftime speech.



Surly Amy is a big fan of Scott's work. She approached us with a request to license the images so she could create super-cool stuff. This works out well, as the FDØ and I are big fans of her work; we were both excited at the opportunity to make more cool stuff available to the Junkies.

