Breaking Bad Spin-Off "Better Call Saul"

Guest blog by SciFi/Humor author Walter Knight...

I dearly miss the TV series "Breaking Bad."  Its main Character Walter White (another world famous Walter) died horribly way too early.  I'm hoping Walter can be saved via soap opera surgery. 

I became on a first-name basis with much of the cast characters.  Grizzled ex-police officer Mike and DEA Agent Hank were interesting enough to carry their own shows.  R.I.P.  Marie, Walter Jr., and Skyler were annoying, but good support for the others.  Villain Gustovo deserved to die, but why Tuco?  Tuco was cool, wearing his temper on his sleeve.  The sidekick Badger was too loveable to kill off, but I feared for Skinny Pete.

But now "Breaking Bad" will live on in a spin-off, "Better Call Saul," featuring shady attorney Saul Goodman.  Junkie Jessie Pinkman may even make a cameo appearance.  I hope success for "Better Call Saul" so I can get my "Breaking Bad" fix.  It's been too long.  I'm still a bit twitchy from withdrawals. 

"Better Call Saul" premieres Feb 8, 2015 (AMC)

And don't miss Walter Knight's BREAKING VERY BAD - the next volume in the wildly popular AMERICA'S GALACTIC FOREIGN LEGION series, coming soon to Amazon!

New Book Release: America's Galactic Foreign Legion Book 20

AMERICA’S GALACTIC FOREIGN LEGION
Book 20: Time Machine
Walter Knight
Fiction: Military/Futuristic/Humor/Time Travel
 
In the twentieth installment of this preposterous science fiction series, Colonel Joey R. Czerinski and Major (or is it General?) Manny Lopez guard the time machine recovered from an earlier altercation with a now-defunct alien species. Perhaps ‘guard’ is a loose interpretation of what is done with the time machine. The CIA, intent on changing the future by visiting the past, launches a mission to remold history. Meanwhile, Czerinski is tasked with overseeing the ratings-rich use of the time machine to observe historical events via drones sent back in time for ‘live’ broadcasts.

Of course, anything that can go wrong does, and Czerinski finds himself battling time paradoxes, Lopez’s evil time-twin from the future, and his own greed in an attempt to keep the time-space continuum in balance. The Arthropodan spider commander is pulled into the fray when Czerinski, while remotely observing Jesus’ crucifixion in the past, accidently transports the revered prophet to the future – and all Hell breaks loose. It will take nothing short of a miracle to fix this mess, but with Jesus now inducted into the Legion, courtesy of a sneaky ATM, maybe God will have to step in and take charge.

Whatever happens, the laughs are sure to keep coming.

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Will You Wear Technology?

Science fiction has always been at the forefront of predicting future technology and related issues. Although not exactly science fiction, Dick Tracy comics by Chester Gould sported the wristwatch communicator, and over 80 years later, we're still waiting for it to become a commercial reality. (Although tantalizing TV advertisements have recently suggested it is a reality...)

Walter Knight, author of the popular AMERICA'S GALACTIC FOREIGN LEGION scifi series, has this to say about wearable technology...



I see wearable technology as the next big thing. What used to be science fiction is becoming reality.

The most obvious wearable technology I've explored in my "America's Galactic Foreign Legion" science fiction series is the helmet camera, a reality now. Soldiers, police officers, security guards, etc., wear cameras at work. Soon, everyone will be wearing these cameras on errands and vacations. We've already seen many news reports showing biker helmet cameras and dash camera images.



Privacy concerns are now focused on those cameras' encounters, and on government intrusion. I'm more concerned with the privacy of the wearer of the camera. What if an employer insists all employees wear the cameras? Will your union go along with that? What about bathroom breaks? Cheating at work? Picking your nose and flatulence? Political correctness? It all gets recorded and archived. Then there are hackers stealing images and posting them on the internet.

Fortunately, there is a low-tech solution if this scenario becomes reality. Duct tape over the camera lens. Ha! Another use for duct tape!

What wearable technology do you think will be the next big thing?

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New Book Release - America's Galactic Foreign Legion Book 19

Prolific author Walter Knight has penned another installment of giggles and guffaws in his continuing science fiction series...

AMERICA'S GALACTIC FOREIGN LEGION
BOOK 19: ATM
Walter Knight
Fiction: Science Fiction, Military, Humorous

In the nineteenth installment of this super-sillious science fiction series, the CIA continues to plot and scheme, enlisting wary partner legionnaire Manny Lopez. The Arthropodan commander of planet New Colorado’s New Gobi Desert spider troops is included only by default and kept in the dark about ‘need to know’ details – but there’s bound to be some time travel involved. Their ambitious secret plan to build up troops for the coming scourge of space locusts involves a Legion recruitment ATM that achieves the ultimate in sentience and mobility in the form of an artificial human being. Luckily, Colonel Joey R. Czerinski knows nothing about any of it, or he’d surely screw up everything.

As Private Atm tries to blend in with surrounding humans, it becomes clear even to Czerinski that the private is a little ‘different.’ And that’s saying something, considering how peculiar Privates Krueger and Knight are. But Czerinski blithely assumes it can all be chalked up to good old-fashioned stupidity. However, even the spider commander realizes there’s something more to Private Atm than meets the eye, and he’s determined to find out what it is.

The naughty camel Hargundu and even the Grim Reaper make cameo appearances as the Legion continues with its old tricks under Czerinski’s bumbling command. A native spider population is culturally contaminated, and much destruction and ado takes place over a new casino with suspected uranium deposits underneath. The humans and spiders clash with their usual ‘up yours’ attitude, and the perpetual preposterousness continues!

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First Contact - an alien probe, laughs included

A new visitor has landed on planet New Colorado, and is asking, "Take me to your leader." Check out Walter Knight's latest installment in the ongoing preposterous space-science-fiction series...

AMERICA'S GALACTIC FOREIGN LEGION
BOOK 18: FIRST CONTACT
by Walter Knight
Fiction: Science Fiction, Military/War, Humorous

A rover probe sent by a bear-like people from across the galaxy lands on New Colorado, looking for a sentient race to establish diplomatic contact. And that's where the trouble begins. After becoming involved with a petty gang and blowing up a Burger King to win favor with the perceived powerful McDonald's Corporation, the rover, mistaken as a souped-up Toyota, is entered in an all-terrain race. On the run, the rover runs smack-dab into Colonel Joey R. Czerinski, who wants its compact laser technology, and the silliness continues!

New release available now in ebook and print at popular online retailers like Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Smashwords, and more!

Five-day ebook giveaway FREE EBOOK - AGFL04

Yes, some of our authors are craaaayyyyyzeeeeeeyyyy about giving away their books. For the next five days get AMERICA'S GALACTIC FOREIGN LEGION BOOK 4 for free on Kindle. Download a Kindle reading app to your electronic device for free too!

AMERICA'S GALACTIC FOREIGN LEGION
BOOK 4: DEMILITARIZED ZONE
by Walter Knight
Fiction: Science Fiction, Military, Humor, Political Satire

The New Gobi Desert on planet New Colorado is hot-hot-hot, and when Major Joey Czerinski and his platoon are ordered there to check on Arthropodan spider military activity, Czerinski finds it hard to believe the spiders are just building a swimming pool. The spider commander is a royal pain in the rear, and Czerinski's cowboy diplomacy doesn't help the situation. Tit-for-tat one-upmanship escalates the conflict, making the DMZ explosive. A juvie militia leader rises from the dust to complicate things, and with Walmart, McDonald's, and chupacabra thrown into the mix, the absurdity never stops. Czerinski handles it all with his usual politically-incorrect aplomb in this fourth installment of the giggles-and-belly-laughs military space opera.


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10-Day Ebook Giveaway - AGFL 1 and 15

It's great to get ebooks to read for the holidays, even better when they're FREE FREE FREE.

See how it all started in the galaxy far, far away, when America's Galactic Foreign Legion pushed forward to protect planet New Colorado from encroaching alien spider invaders. AMERICA'S GALACTIC FOREIGN LEGION BOOK 1 FEELING LUCKY is FREE on Amazon Kindle for the next five days, beginning Thursday, Dec. 20, through Christmas Eve, Dec. 24!

On Christmas day, treat yourself to more absurdity and get a FREE FREE FREE Amazon Kindle download of book 15 in the series, LIEUTENANT COLUMBUS - Tuesday, Dec. 25 through Saturday, Dec. 29.

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AMERICA'S GALACTIC FOREIGN LEGION
BOOK 1: FEELING LUCKY
by Walter Knight
Fiction / Science Fiction / War-Military / Humorous

A compulsive gambler, desperate to escape the clutches of a loan shark, borrows money from a shady ATM and finds himself enlisted in America's Galactic Foreign Legion, amid a war with a spider-like alien species threatening humanity. With a little luck, maybe he'll live through it all to roll the dice another day.

Rating: Mild sexual references and language. Some graphic descriptions and violence.

AMERICA'S GALACTIC FOREIGN LEGION
BOOK 15: LIEUTENANT COLUMBUS
by Walter Knight
Fiction / Science Fiction / War-Military / Humorous

Things just keep getting loonier on planet New Colorado, where a new officer, Lieutenant Chris Columbus, claims he's the original Christopher Columbus credited with discovering America back on Old Earth in 1492. He also claims Major Lopez went back in time as General Lopez and recruited him to the Legion. Czerinski's not buying the whole time-travel thing, but that doesn't stop the Arthropodan spider commander from suspecting there's something to it. And if that isn't weird enough, another lieutenant from the past makes an appearance, as well as the Legion's most hated traitor, claiming he's being chased by vampire commandos. Welcome back to Camp Crazy with this next installment of the whacky military space opera.

Rating: Mild sexual references and language. Some graphic descriptions and violence.

Thanksgivaway - America's Galactic Foreign Legion Book 8

Fans of humorous military scifi give thanks and rejoice - author Walter Knight is giving away the Kindle ebook version of AMERICA'S GALACTIC FOREIGN LEGION BOOK 8 - ALLIES. If you haven't been reading this series, start with Book 1 and work up from there so you get the whole effect. We're set to publish Book 17 soon and have Book 18 in production!

AMERICA'S GALACTIC FOREIGN LEGION
BOOK 8 - ALLIES
Walter Knight
Fiction, Humor, Science Fiction, Military Adventure

A treaty makes the humans and spiders allies, but before anyone can enjoy peace, the scorpions reappear with a vengeance. Col. Czerinski and his miscreant band of legionnaires help the spiders battle the scorpions. The Legion’s serendipitous screw-up convinces the scorpions to surrender. A new alien species makes an appearance, and a feared nemesis returns, putting everyone on alert as the laughs continue.

Available on Amazon in print and ebook in Kindle format. Get the Kindle version free for the next five days, starting Wednesday, November 21.

DISNEY BUYS STAR WARS

DISNEY BUYS STAR WARS

by Walter Knight
 

The Disney Corporation bought George Lucas's film company for $4 billion, and plans to make a seventh Star Wars film for 2015. Does it get better than that? This guarantees Star Wars will be passed on to the next generation of young movie goers. Truly, in a galaxy far far away ... it's a small world after all.

Disney's recent interest in science fiction (John Carter) and now this Star Wars announcement bodes well for the science fiction genre.

I am particularly interested in the Disney announcement because of the October release of my latest book, America's Galactic Foreign Legion - Book 16: Galactic Disney about building a Disney amusement park on a distant planet colony. I have fun with humanity using drones disguised as Tinkerbell pixies, Mickey Mouse carrying an assault rifle, and anti-aircraft sites hidden atop the 'Escape From Spider Mountain' rollercoaster ride. The evil aliens attempt to stop the Merry Rodent and his Mickey Mouse Club, but resistance is futile.

AMERICA'S GALACTIC FOREIGN LEGION - Kindle ebook giveaway

Who likes free stuff? YOU DO! Looking for a fun pick-me-up full of outlandish out-of-this-world humor? If you haven't read the AMERICA'S GALACTIC FOREIGN LEGION yet, here's your chance to pick up the first book absolutely free from Amazon's Kindle ebook store.

But it's only free for the next five days, Saturday through Wednesday! So don't miss your chance to check out the first book in this hilarious military sci-fi series...

AMERICA'S GALACTIC FOREIGN LEGION
BOOK 1: FEELING LUCKY
Walter Knight
Fiction - Military Science Fiction, Humor

One more roll – that’s all habitual gambler Joey Czerinski needs to get himself off Old Earth and away from the bad-ass loan shark hunting him down like a mongrel to be euthanized. But a sneaky ATM looking to fill its Foreign Legion new recruits quota has something else in mind for Mr. ‘Big Spender’ Czerinski. When he agrees out of desperation to take a loan from the crazy ATM, all bets are off.

War is hell, and hell comes knocking when it’s time for Czerinski to pay up. Forced into the Legion by the tricky ATM and an unscrupulous lawyer, Czerinski finds himself deeper in trouble than he’d ever imagined. But what’s one more roll for a perennial rule-bender? If Czerinski can survive what’s thrown at him amid galactic war against a spider-like enemy that could spell doom for the human race, maybe ... just maybe ... he’ll manage to come out alive in this grisly game of shoot-’em-up – if his luck holds out.

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Vampire in the Outfield free-for-all

PROMOTIONAL GIVEAWAY - novellette VAMPIRE IN THE OUTFIELD ebook will be free on Amazon for the next five days (Monday, August 6, through Friday, August 10). If you haven't read this humorous paranormal tie-in to Walter Knight's scifi military spoof series AMERICA'S GALACTIC FOREIGN LEGION, now's the time to download it for free!

VAMPIRE IN THE OUTFIELD
Walter Knight
Scifi/Paranormal/Futuristic/Vampire

A young man who just wants to play baseball in the major leagues ends up going to some questionable extremes to get his wish. A humorous look at baseball, vampires, and the Evil Empire (the New York Yankees) in a future where scouts will sign just about anybody – human or otherwise – if they can hit and play ball. (Complete novella. Last half contains promo bonus material for other books.)

Available through Amazon only - free for five days