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Georgia Tech Library, Neely Room, 1st Floor West | Posted: September 1, 2011
Tearanny Street
Blurb from "Frost Moon" back cover:
"In an alternate Atlanta where magic is practiced openly, where witches sip coffee at local cafes, shapeshifters party at urban clubs, vampires rule the southern night like gangsters, and mysterious creatures command dark caverns beneath the city, Dakota Frost's talents are coveted by all. She's the best magical tattooist in the southeast, a Skindancer, able to bring her amazing tats to life. When a serial killer begins stalking Atlanta's tattooed elite, the police and the Feds seek Dakota's help. Can she find the killer on the dark fringe of the city's Edgeworld? Among its powerful outcasts and tortured loners, what kind of enemies and allies will she attract? Will they see her as an invader, as a seducer, as an unexpected champion ... or as delicious prey?
FROST MOON is Book One of the SKINDANCER fantasy series by debut author Anthony Francis. Filled with unforgettable characters, spine-tingling action, kinky rebellion and edgy love, FROST MOON is classic storytelling at its best, and Dakota Frost is an irresistible new star of fantasy fiction."
Summary Sentence:
Alumnus and author Dr. Anthony Francis will give a talk and sign copies of his two science fiction novels: Frost Moon and Blood Rock.
Full Summary:
GT alumnus, science fiction author and winner of a 2011 EPIC award, Dr. Anthony Francis will give a talk and sign copies of his most recent novels, Frost Moon and Blood Rock.
Frost Moon/Blood Rock Book Talk and Signing with Dr. Anthony Francis
Frost Moon/Blood Rock Book Talk Poster
Dr. Anthony FrancisScience fiction novelist and Georgia Tech alumnus, Dr. Anthony Francis, will return to campus at 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 1 for a book reading of his two latest works – “Frost Moon” and "Blood Rock."
Presented by the Library’s Faculty Engagement Department and the Tech Square Barnes & Noble, this book reading will take place in the Georgia Tech Library Neely Room and is open to the public.
“The Library is proud of all our Tech alumni and we welcome the opportunity to showcase their publication successes,” said Crystal Renfro, librarian in the Faculty Engagement Department. Renfro organized the book reading after reading a news story online about Francis receiving a 2011 EPIC (Electronic Publishing Industry Coalition) Award for “Frost Moon.”
“We are lucky enough to have him return to campus to share his latest creative works,” said Renfro.
Both “Frost Moon” and “Blood Rock” have received rave review from readers and critics alike. Tech Librarian and avid book reviewer Mary Axford commented that “Frost Moon” is an excellent first novel centering on Dakota Frost, a tattoo artist who creates magical tattoos with herself as her best canvas. Her tattoos move, store and release magical energy, and can be transferred from herself to someone else.”
“Frost Moon” and “Blood Rock” are the first two installments of his urban fantasy trilogy called “The Skindancer Series.” According to Dakota Frost's Web site, “each book in the series highlights a new form of magic based on alternative culture practices like tattooing, graffiti or firespinning, and each highlights a new supernatural creature like werewolves, vampires and dragons.”
By day, Francis puts his Georgia Tech education to work as software developer for Google. By nightfall, he writes edgy science fiction novels, most recently about a subculture set in an alternative Atlanta. His characters visit many local landmarks including Emory University, Georgia Tech and Stone Mountain to name a few.
“I definitely want to write science fiction full time,” said Francis, who graduated from Tech in 2000 with a Ph.D. in Computer Science. “But Google lets me work on search engines, computer vision and robots.”
It was here at Georgia Tech that he wrote his first novel titled “homo centauris.” Francis recalls his fondest memories as a Tech student are of working on code in the old Rich building, taking classes, attending talks and presentations during graduate school and the robotics work he did in the College of Computing.
“My urban fantasy work is based on the principle that if magic was real, then magic would be real,” Francis explained. “That means magic would have real physical consequences which could be explored, even if the ultimate truth of magic was more mystical and bizarre that the strangest twists we’ve found in quantum mechanics.”
One attendee will receive a free pass to Dragon*Con, the largest convention of science fiction, comics, gaming, film, art and music in Atlanta, September 2-5. Francis will attend Dragon*Con the day after he presents at Tech.
Copies of both books are now available at Barnes & Noble in Tech Square.
For more information on the Dr. Francis and his work, visit http://libguides.gatech.edu/frostmoon.
