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Dave Morris

Dave Morris

About

I was the first boy in Britain to meet a Dalek in the flesh (so to speak) when my Dad took me to the BBC workshops one dark January night in 1964. That early experience probably explains quite a lot. After a childhood spent daydreaming about aliens and vampires, I discovered Marvel Comics and happily gave up all connection with reality to immerse myself in the marvellous worlds of Steve Ditko, Jack Kirby, John Romita, Jim Steranko and Neal Adams. Every Saturday I used to head doggedly from newsagent to newsagent, searching out the latest Iron Man or Spider-man comics, which I would buy for 10d each (that’s about 4p in your fancy modern digital money). Since those halcyon days I've written a lot of books. Really, a lot. If you put a copy of every one of my books in a suitcase then you’d need to get a friend to help you lift it. My favorites among my own books are Heart of Ice, a sci-fi interactive adventure story where the Côte d’Azur is a jungle and the Sahara is covered in snow, and my current project, Mirabilis, a comic book epic in the making. I'd say that my fantasy writing has been most influenced by Lord Dunsany, Jack Vance, Mike Mignola and Neil Gaiman, but I should stress that none of those gentlemen is personally to blame.

The Golden Rule

The Golden Rule

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<p>What if you treated others the way you'd like to be treated? What if everyone did that? What kind of world could there be? Robert and Kait decide to look for the golden ruler that their Mom has told them about, only to find out that she meant RULE instead of ruler. What is this &quot;Golden Rule&quot; and what does it mean? Join in the children's quest to discover how to follow the Golden Rule and share it with others, as you meet many classroom friends from the author's previous books. This is the eighth rhyming children's book by award-winning author Sherrill S. Cannon, whose other bestselling books include Mice &amp; Spiders &amp; Webs...Oh My!, My Fingerpaint Masterpiece, Manner-Man, Gimme-Jimmy, The Magic Word, Peter and the Whimper-Whineys and Santa's Birthday Gift. Former teacher Sherrill S. Cannon has won thirty-six awards for her previous rhyming books and is also the author of seven published and internationally performed plays for elementary school children. She has been called &quot;an absolute master of rhyming&quot; by Mother Daughter Book Reviews and &quot;a modern day Dr. Seuss&quot; by GMTA Review. She lives in New Hope, Pennsylvania. Now retired, she travels the country with her husband in an RV, going from coast to coast to visit their children and grandchildren, and sharing her books along the way. Publisher's website: http://sbpra.com/sherrillscannon</p>

Story Behind The Book

There's a green comet in the sky and things are getting strange. Every day, fantasy and reality are getting harder to tell apart. Witches in bottles, warmongering cabbages from the planet Pluto, and disguised goblins on the loose in London town. Jack Ember is caught between two very unreliable mentors. Gus might be a wizard or a madman - or both. The Kind Gentleman is the sort of faerie godfather who'll grant you three wishes you can't refuse. Both of them have plans for Jack, who's spent his life dreaming of adventure and now is about to get the adventure of a lifetime.

Media Links

Comic Bits Online

🔗 http://www.comicbitsonline.com/2010/12/20/mirabilis-year-of-wonders/

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Down the Tubes

🔗 http://downthetubescomics.blogspot.com/2010/12/mirabilis-graphic-novel-released-as.html

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Forbidden Planet International

🔗 http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2010/mirabilis-makes-it-to-the-app-store/

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Publishers Weekly

🔗 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/content-and-e-books/article/45697-the-week-in-apps-january-7-2011.html

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Amazon reader review

🔗 http://www.amazon.com/review/R3GVBIY0FSY2IS/ref=cm_cr_dp_perm?tag=&ie=UTF8&ASIN=B004K1EVGY&nodeID=133140011&linkCode=

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Reviews

<font><font></font></font><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';">&quot;Mirabilis truly is a wonder. I love it. Long may the green comet soar!&quot; - David Fickling<br /><br /> &quot;The book looks glorious – a wonderful story.&quot; - Ben Sharpe, Random House</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';">&quot;Morris allows the intriguing story to unfold at a steady pace.&quot; - SFX magazine</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size:14pt;">&quot;</span><span style="font-size:14pt;color:#222222;">I was completely captivated.&quot; - Lew Stringer</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size:14pt;color:#222222;"><br /></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size:14pt;color:#222222;">&quot;F</span><span style="font-size:14pt;">ast, packed with adventure, packed with intriguing characters.&quot; - Forbidden Planet International</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><br /></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">&quot;One of my favourite books of the year.&quot; - Book Zone</span></span></p><p></p>