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I just searched for 'Max Quick' on iTunes and was delighted to discover 1) not only are both 'Pocket' and 'Travelers' available on iTunes but 2) there's a whole bunch of reviews I've never seen before!!!! (All good except for one -- and I'll bet that's just Sigler working a sock-puppet account to slag me as usual :) ) Have a look:
Last night, courtesy of Mahalo, TechCrunch and MySpace, I was lucky enough to go to an IMAX screening of The Dark Knight.
And what I have to say about that is this: WOW. Super double-delicious wow with a whammy bar on it.
Warning: Spoilers ahead, so turn ye back now if you don't want to know nuthin' more.
First: The duality of the Joker and Batman as two sides of the same coin was the psychological brilliance that made this movie tick. One image in the film summed this up: the Joker maims one of his victims to look like himself and then dresses him up in a Batman costume -- thus giving us the Joker's ruby-red mouth and white face-painted jaw visible beneath the Dark Knight's cowl. The Joker inside Batman -- visual poetry!
Heath Ledger was nothing short of stunning. His Joker-as-Lechter was truly scary -- the way Vader scared me when I was a kid. The Joker is Loki, a force of chaos, with no goal of money or even the death of Batman, whom he correctly surmises is necessary to his own existence (a point that eludes Batman -- making the Joker a bit more visionary and oddly saner than Batman himself). As the Joker points out: He's not mad, just ahead of the curve. :)
The IMAX-friendly flight over Hong Kong at night behind Batman is something I look forward to experiencing a couple of more times this summer.
That's about all I'm going to say for now, except this: Easily one of the best movies of the past 10 years, definitely on my Top 25 of All Time list already. The bat signal is in the sky, calling you. Go! Go now! Oh, and then come back and check out www.maxquickseries.com. :) <-- (Joker Smiley)
MahaloDaily has some more reactions from our staff here.
So I was doing a casual blogsearch for mentions of 'Max Quick' when I came across this article in the Orlando Sentinel about Abigail Breslin, first seen in M. Night Shyamalan's Signs and getting an Oscar nod for starring in Little Miss Sunshine.
Anyway, the article says this:
"Her favorite books: "'Anne of Green Gables.' Oh, and the Max Quick (fantasy) books. I'm on the last one of those, so I'm kind've sad about that."
No. Way. That's awesome! (Click HERE for more info about THE MAX QUICK SERIES)
Of course, I have no idea if she's reading the paperback book or listening to the podiobook, but either way, if you read this, Abigail, there are several more books to come, I promise. And thank you for the mention!
Max Quick Book One: The Pocket and the Pendant
Sorry for the wait, kids. Tech difficulties + sick. Just went live, I'm told. Here it is
"The Gunfighter's Fortune"
Sasha gives Casey an earful; then Blackthorne gets his fortune told
while Casey sneaks a listen. Logan White-Cloud faces down both the
Sheridan Brothers and Blackthorne. Finally, Sasha and Casey are taken
out to the desert by Logan to learn something that will change them
both forever...
