Win the book that inspired Playing For Keeps!

October 2nd, 2008 • Related • Filed Under

Nobody Gets The GirlI recently got an email from James Maxey (who did a fantastic review of PFK over at Intergalactic Medicine Show) telling me that his superhero novel, Nobody Gets the Girl, turns five this October. He’s doing a giveaway at his blog, soliciting superhero haiku and giving away copies of the book (and an ultra-limited chapbook!).

Nobody Gets the Girl came out right when I was toying with the idea of superhero prose myself, and it showed me that it could be done, and well. I don’t know if I would have had the courage to write PFK if not for Maxey.

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  1. Comment by Jessika on 2 October 2008:

    I was wondering if Deuces Down from the Wild Cards series was the influence. Or any Wild Cards books, actually. I absolutely love that book series, and when I recently talked about both that and PFK, I got a couple of people wanting to check out your stuff. Yay for more Mur fans!

  2. Comment by Mur Lafferty on 2 October 2008:

    Jessika - I read Wild Cards when I was heavily into research mode for the book, but NGtG was first. And thanks for the support!

  3. Comment by alphanitrate on 18 November 2008:

    I just finished reading this last night (stayed up till 1:30 to do it) and i just wanted to say that this was a fun read. I could definitely see that this could of been made into a series of books.

    Like PFK i found the characters powers interesting, Rail Blade’s mode of transport and weaponry were a nice chance from the standard set. Pit Geek surprised me the most though.

    Thanks for bringing this to my attention - and I’ve already passed my copy onto another for them to read..

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