John T. Cullen has authored over 20 books, including The Generals of October (Simon & Schuster, 2004)—pulse-pounding political-military suspense fiction set in a near-future U.S. Constitutional crisis.
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John T. Cullen also writes screenplays, including one for Nebula Express (adapted from his SF novel) and the violent, darkly glistening, utterly strange tale of a serial killer in Scorpion.
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Table of Contents from the print edition
Synopsis
Along with a dying professor, a beautiful nymph from beyond time and space, a mysterious cricket--and assorted historical emperors, Roman police detectives, scribes, and other characters zany, sinister, or glowing with sincere good will--you romp through various ancient Roman periods in search of a priceless document that may save the professor's life. Narrated by a capricious garden genius (spirit), who is afraid to go in your house for fear of cupboard spirits and ancestor ghosts, but ready to risk your life in time travel.
Myth and history mix with time travel and archeology in this atmospheric dreamscape--worthy of the greatest re-imaginer of a fantastic Rome of long ago, Giambattista Piranesi (1729-1778).
An unprecedented journey back in time to time periods that stretch across ancient Rome's long history. This is a delicious romp for readers who seek a chewy read with lots of historical detail and linguistic asides.
The book was originally intended as a virtual tour guide of ancient Rome (which, totally rewritten as a new book, became John T. Cullen's "A Walk in Ancient Rome"--iBooks/Simon & Schuster, May 2005; Second Edition due Fall 2007).
The book is narrated by a capricious garden genius (spirit), who is afraid to go in your house for fear of cupboard spirits and ancestor ghosts, but ready to risk your life in time travel. It's written in the second person (the 'you' who accompanies Professor Darwin and his ravishingly beautiful, mysterious assistant Amalthea).
You'll walk the streets of Rome in the late empire (3rd to 4th Centuries A.D.) during the reigns of the bad emperor Carinus and the 'good' emperor Constantine. Because of a slight mixup with an evil police inspector on the take, you'll make an unscheduled run through the days just before the founding of Rome around 750 B.C. The story is a time travel quest to find a Sibyl's lost scroll--a mythmash romp with danger, death, and history.
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Copyright © 2005 by John T. Cullen. All Rights Reserved.
John T. Cullen has been a pioneer in digital publishing since 1996. He is listed by digital publishing historian Karen Wiesner as the sixth digital publisher in history, and the second person to publish serialized chapters on line (starting 1996). His web magazine Deep Outside SFFH was the first to be listed along with the professional pulps in Writer's Market (1999) and was at one time the oldest professional SFFH magazine in the world. John T. Cullen continues to explore new ways to adapt the primordial power of storytelling to emerging new digital opportunities as the Third Millennium springs to light.
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A Walk in Ancient Rome John T. Cullen (Simon&Schuster May 2005) innovative, acclaimed walking & teaching tour—explore every corner of the Imperial capital at its zenith almost 2000 years ago; learn its history—smell and taste the very air of Classical Rome.
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= Summer 2008 =
A Walk in Ancient Rome, Second Edition John T. Cullen (Clocktower Books 2008)—New! Many new maps; images from the unique scale model of AndréCaron of Quebec. Read this innovative book, with its acclaimed walking & teaching tour. Explore every corner of the Imperial capital at its zenith almost 2000 years ago; learn its history. Smell and taste the very air of Classical Rome. The new edition is bigger, like an atlas. Some people have carried the 1st edition with them to Rome, and found it ggreatly enhanced their experience. Preorders start Spring 2008.
Dead Move: Kate Morgan and the Haunting Mystery of Coronado, 2nd Ed. John T. Cullen (Clocktower Books, San Diego, Summer 2008). John T. Cullen has tackled the mystery of the ghost at the Hotel del Coronado. He has assembled a dramatic new theory about how and why she violently died on the back steps of the hotel in 1892. A first-class ghost story and whodunit wrapped in one. Don't miss it! Preorders start Spring 2008.
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