Power Play by J.M. Snyder

This is not at all the novel I was expecting. First of all the characters are much younger than I thought.

Ryan is a 19 years old college student and hockey player who, during a game, was badly injured. Now he is in a wheelchair and ahead of him he has many months, maybe years, of therapy for the hope to walk again, but not more skating for him. He has lost everything: he is not a striking guy, not a good student, he is plain and simple, and maybe a little surly, and being the star of the college hockey team was his change to be someone in college. Now he is a cripped guy living with his parents and with no chance in front of him. And he is also virgin, he likes guys but he has never had the courage to near someone, only an interrupted attempt of blowjob during a frat party.

Dante is a 18 years old boy from the wrong side of the city. After high school he didn't go to college, cause he has no the necessary money, and to be true, neither the inclination. He only loves speed skating, he is very good at it, and his dream is to arrive to Olympics. He works to pay his lessons and the fee to the trials. He is a beautiful latino guy, the dream man of many girls, but he is gay. He has had only a lover, a very bad experience with a schoolmate, but he has not given up the hope to find a boyfriend. Yes, a boyfriend, cause Dante is only an eighteen years old guy, and for him love is someone to call mine, someone to hung out with, someone who, like a knight in shining armour, stand up for him and claim to all the world and above all to the men who bother him, that he is his boyfriend, so hands out from him!

The story is very well written and compelling. Dante's trouble to find the money for simple things but also for the month's rent, his daydreams of glory. Ryan's struggle with the therapy, his bad attitude, very right considering his situation, his relationship with his mother. Oh yes, his mother... cause we are speaking of a nineteen years old guy, not a man, and mothers are still a very present costant in a guy's life. And Ryan's mother is a wonderful character, not the perfect mother of fantasy, but a real mother, bothering but loving.

And then there is the sex, that at that age is the most important thing you have, but it is naive and tender. Sex is also a kiss stolen in the shadow, but sex is also something more, you do careless and with enthusiasm. Condoms are a joke, not a life's necessity... they are teens in heat.

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Amazon: Power Play
Amazon Kindle: Power Play
Paperback: 360 pages
Publisher: CreateSpace (October 14, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1440436010
ISBN-13: 978-1440436017

Reading List: http://www.librarything.com/catalog_bottom.php?tag=reading list&view=elisa.rolle

Power Play by J.M. Snyder

This is not at all the novel I was expecting. First of all the characters are much younger than I thought.

Ryan is a 19 years old college student and hockey player who, during a game, was badly injured. Now he is in a wheelchair and ahead of him he has many months, maybe years, of therapy for the hope to walk again, but not more skating for him. He has lost everything: he is not a striking guy, not a good student, he is plain and simple, and maybe a little surly, and being the star of the college hockey team was his change to be someone in college. Now he is a cripped guy living with his parents and with no chance in front of him. And he is also virgin, he likes guys but he has never had the courage to near someone, only an interrupted attempt of blowjob during a frat party.

Dante is a 18 years old boy from the wrong side of the city. After high school he didn't go to college, cause he has no the necessary money, and to be true, neither the inclination. He only loves speed skating, he is very good at it, and his dream is to arrive to Olympics. He works to pay his lessons and the fee to the trials. He is a beautiful latino guy, the dream man of many girls, but he is gay. He has had only a lover, a very bad experience with a schoolmate, but he has not given up the hope to find a boyfriend. Yes, a boyfriend, cause Dante is only an eighteen years old guy, and for him love is someone to call mine, someone to hung out with, someone who, like a knight in shining armour, stand up for him and claim to all the world and above all to the men who bother him, that he is his boyfriend, so hands out from him!

The story is very well written and compelling. Dante's trouble to find the money for simple things but also for the month's rent, his daydreams of glory. Ryan's struggle with the therapy, his bad attitude, very right considering his situation, his relationship with his mother. Oh yes, his mother... cause we are speaking of a nineteen years old guy, not a man, and mothers are still a very present costant in a guy's life. And Ryan's mother is a wonderful character, not the perfect mother of fantasy, but a real mother, bothering but loving.

And then there is the sex, that at that age is the most important thing you have, but it is naive and tender. Sex is also a kiss stolen in the shadow, but sex is also something more, you do careless and with enthusiasm. Condoms are a joke, not a life's necessity... they are teens in heat.

http://www.jms-books.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=7&products_id=31

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Amazon: Power Play
Amazon Kindle: Power Play
Paperback: 360 pages
Publisher: CreateSpace (October 14, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1440436010
ISBN-13: 978-1440436017

Reading List:

http://www.librarything.com/catalog_bottom.php?tag=reading list&view=elisa.rolle

2008 Gaylactic Spectrum Awards

2008 Best Novel - Winner & Short List

Winner: Wicked Gentlemen by Ginn Hale (Blind Eye Books)

Belimai Sykes is many things: a Prodigal, the descendant of ancient demons, a creature of dark temptations and rare powers. He is also a man with a brutal past and a dangerous addiction.

And Belimai Sykes is the only man Captain William Harper can turn to when faced with a series of grisly murders.

But Mr. Sykes does not work for free and the price of Belimai’s company will cost Captain Harper far more than his reputation.

From the ornate mansions of noblemen, where vivisection and sorcery are hidden beneath a veneer of gold, to the steaming slums of Hells Below, Captain Harper must fight for justice and for his life.

His enemies are many and his only ally is a devil he knows too well. Such are the dangers of dealing with the wicked.

Shortlist:

Lady Knight by L.J. Baker (Bold Strokes Books)

Dust by Elizabeth Bear

New Amsterdam by Elizabeth Bear (Subterranean)

Whiskey and Water by Elizabeth Bear

Vintage by Steve Berman (Haworth Press)

Ink by Hal Duncan (Del Rey)

Daughters of the North by Sarah Hall

Hero by Perry Moore (Hyperion)

Hex: A Novel of Love Spells by Darieck Scott (Carroll & Graf)

Spaceman Blues: A Love Song by Brian Francis Slattery (Tor)

Ha'Penny by Jo Walton (Tor)

( 2008 Best Novel Other Nominees )

2008 Best Short Fiction - Winner & Short List

Winner: Ever So Much More than Thirty by Joshua Lewis
- from anthology "So Fey" (Haworth)

They're immortal. They cannot lie. Often they are unnaturally beautiful or horrendously ugly. With a song or a glance or a single kiss they can bewitch. They are the Fey Folk. For centuries they have captivated us, in folktales and in fiction.

Shortlist:

Prime Suspect by K.S. Augustin
- (Total-E-Bound)

Bittersweet by Steve Berman
- from Endicott Studio Summer Issue

The Coat of Stars by Holly Black
- from anthology "So Fey" (Haworth)

Charming: A Tale of True Love by Cassandra Clare and Ruby DeBrazier
- from anthology "So Fey" (Haworth)

Side Effects by M. Decker
- from anthology "Alleys and Doorways" (Torquere)

The Healing by Leigh Ellwood
- (Phaze)

A Bird of Ice by Craig Gidney
- from anthology "So Fey" (Haworth)

Dividing The Sustain by James Patrick Kelly
- from anthology "New Space Opera" (Eos)

Dancing on the Head of a Pin by Kiernan Kelly
- (Torquere)

The Steel Anniversary by Valerie Z. Lewis
- from anthology "Alleys and Doorways" (Torquere)

Medusa's Touch by Catherine Lundoff
- from collection "Crave:Tales of Lust, Love and Longing" (Lethe)

The Reflection of Love by Julia Talbot
- from anthology "Alleys and Doorways" (Torquere)

Were by JoSelle Vanderhooft
- from anthology "Alleys and Doorways" (Torquere)

( 2008 Best Short Fiction Others Nominees  )

2008 Gaylactic Spectrum Awards

2008 Best Novel - Winner & Short List

Winner: Wicked Gentlemen by Ginn Hale (Blind Eye Books)

Belimai Sykes is many things: a Prodigal, the descendant of ancient demons, a creature of dark temptations and rare powers. He is also a man with a brutal past and a dangerous addiction.

And Belimai Sykes is the only man Captain William Harper can turn to when faced with a series of grisly murders.

But Mr. Sykes does not work for free and the price of Belimai’s company will cost Captain Harper far more than his reputation.

From the ornate mansions of noblemen, where vivisection and sorcery are hidden beneath a veneer of gold, to the steaming slums of Hells Below, Captain Harper must fight for justice and for his life.

His enemies are many and his only ally is a devil he knows too well. Such are the dangers of dealing with the wicked.

Shortlist:

Lady Knight by L.J. Baker (Bold Strokes Books)

Dust by Elizabeth Bear

New Amsterdam by Elizabeth Bear (Subterranean)

Whiskey and Water by Elizabeth Bear

Vintage by Steve Berman (Haworth Press)

Ink by Hal Duncan (Del Rey)

Daughters of the North by Sarah Hall

Hero by Perry Moore (Hyperion)

Hex: A Novel of Love Spells by Darieck Scott (Carroll & Graf)

Spaceman Blues: A Love Song by Brian Francis Slattery (Tor)

Ha'Penny by Jo Walton (Tor)

( 2008 Best Novel Other Nominees )

2008 Best Short Fiction - Winner & Short List

Winner: Ever So Much More than Thirty by Joshua Lewis
- from anthology "So Fey" (Haworth)

They're immortal. They cannot lie. Often they are unnaturally beautiful or horrendously ugly. With a song or a glance or a single kiss they can bewitch. They are the Fey Folk. For centuries they have captivated us, in folktales and in fiction.

Shortlist:

Prime Suspect by K.S. Augustin
- (Total-E-Bound)

Bittersweet by Steve Berman
- from Endicott Studio Summer Issue

The Coat of Stars by Holly Black
- from anthology "So Fey" (Haworth)

Charming: A Tale of True Love by Cassandra Clare and Ruby DeBrazier
- from anthology "So Fey" (Haworth)

Side Effects by M. Decker
- from anthology "Alleys and Doorways" (Torquere)

The Healing by Leigh Ellwood
- (Phaze)

A Bird of Ice by Craig Gidney
- from anthology "So Fey" (Haworth)

Dividing The Sustain by James Patrick Kelly
- from anthology "New Space Opera" (Eos)

Dancing on the Head of a Pin by Kiernan Kelly
- (Torquere)

The Steel Anniversary by Valerie Z. Lewis
- from anthology "Alleys and Doorways" (Torquere)

Medusa's Touch by Catherine Lundoff
- from collection "Crave:Tales of Lust, Love and Longing" (Lethe)

The Reflection of Love by Julia Talbot
- from anthology "Alleys and Doorways" (Torquere)

Were by JoSelle Vanderhooft
- from anthology "Alleys and Doorways" (Torquere)

( 2008 Best Short Fiction Others Nominees  )

Man Candy Day: Marco Dapper

Wandering aroung the net I often see the photo of this young but very handsome actor. His name is not so famous as his body :-) but I wish to him all the best for his acting career.



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Born in Hayward, California, 25 years ago (9 July 1983), Marco Dapper started his career working for UPS.
 
He arrived in Hollywood in 2003 and went right to work pursuing his passion of becoming a professional actor. Along the way, he landed several European modelling assignments and more recently, a campaign for Levi's Jeans for the Asian market. The youngest of two children, Marco wasted no time moving forward and in 2006, he landed his very first film role in the independent feature "Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds." To his surprise, Marco developed a huge fan base from that experience, which is apparent as he travels the country promoting the recent release of the film on DVD (he appears in the cover art). He studied Martial Arts for over 10 years and has a black belt in Tae-Kwon-Do. His actor training includes Doug Warhit and Lesly Kahn.
 
Marco has decorated many magazine covers, like Australian gay magazine DNA and USA national gay lifestyle mag Frontiers. A proof of how open-minded this straight sexy man is.
 
He was cast as Dario Franco in the feature film Redefining Normal (2008) by producer and screenwriter Anthony Bruce after the two became friends while working together as waiters at a restaurant in Brentwood, CA.

( video )

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Man Candy Day: Marco Dapper

Wandering aroung the net I often see the photo of this young but very handsome actor. His name is not so famous as his body :-) but I wish to him all the best for his acting career.



( more pics )

Born in Hayward, California, 25 years ago (9 July 1983), Marco Dapper started his career working for UPS.
 
He arrived in Hollywood in 2003 and went right to work pursuing his passion of becoming a professional actor. Along the way, he landed several European modelling assignments and more recently, a campaign for Levi's Jeans for the Asian market. The youngest of two children, Marco wasted no time moving forward and in 2006, he landed his very first film role in the independent feature "Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds." To his surprise, Marco developed a huge fan base from that experience, which is apparent as he travels the country promoting the recent release of the film on DVD (he appears in the cover art). He studied Martial Arts for over 10 years and has a black belt in Tae-Kwon-Do. His actor training includes Doug Warhit and Lesly Kahn.
 
Marco has decorated many magazine covers, like Australian gay magazine DNA and USA national gay lifestyle mag Frontiers. A proof of how open-minded this straight sexy man is.
 
He was cast as Dario Franco in the feature film Redefining Normal (2008) by producer and screenwriter Anthony Bruce after the two became friends while working together as waiters at a restaurant in Brentwood, CA.

( video )

@IMDb
@MySpace
@Wikipedia
@BeautifulMag - Adam Bouska
@Adam Bouska