Ryan Speck - Author Of Things
Blurbs
About me:
I am a writer. As such, you should read my books and short stories.I'm sure some of you will immediately wonder what the hell I write like anyway and are too lazy to actually go read some of my stories or a sample chapter. So I guess I'll sum it up in simple terms... If you like Max Barry, Douglas Adams, and other witty humorists with an absurdist streak, you may very well like me. I'd encourage fans of less-funny fare like Chuck Pahlaniuk and Bret Easton Ellis to give me a try, as I've heard there's some crossover there (and American Psycho is a personal favorite). My style of language has drawn mention of Thomas Pynchon and James Joyce, but I haven't read enough to know. So take all that for what you will...
The Big Rusty Lie is now available for immediate consumption from a variety of web bookstores!
Please go by, pick up the book, mark some tags, write a review, rate the book, and tell all your friends!
Help make one lad's dream of being a famous and rich author come true in a really minor way!
Download and read the first chapter here...
The Big Rusty Lie is currently available from the following retailers (with more to follow):
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Amazon.com
Barnes & Noble.com
BooksAMillion
Lulu
..UK:..
Amazon.co.uk
Pick A Book
BookFellas
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..Canada:..
Amazon.ca
..France:..
Amazon.fr
..Germany:..
Amazon.de
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Amazon.jp
Things really about me:
I am mainly human.
Most of time is spent on things that interest me, but don't make me money.
My time spent in front of the computer is time that could be spent writing, working on music, or any other thing I can think of.
But here I am, anyway.
I moved from Atlanta to Seattle, because I thought destroying my smooth and simple life for something complicated and unknown would be "cute". Now I have no job and dwell in a world of boredom. Join me.
My exciting websites are as follows:
RyanSpeck.com - Probably where you'd expect to see more stuff by me.
MediaGauntlet.com - Reviews and articles on all media
My current listening habits: ..
Who I'd like to meet:
Someone who isn't a fucking idiot.I know... Dream big
Stream
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Ryan Speck
Sequels are often overrated. I mean, Boutros Boutros-Ghali wasn't half as good as the first one.
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Ryan Speck
Following your apology with "Chill, dude" undercuts the whole "apology" part.
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Ryan Speck
I wonder what the next post-Facebook popular social network will be and how long it will take to turn into Tumblr.
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Ryan Speck
Registered last night for #TAM2013. It'll be my first time, so hopefully it'll be well worth it. I finally get to see Randi in person.
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Ryan Speck
Why haven't we risen up as one people and killed Malcolm McLaren?
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Music
Latest Blog Entries
- Aug 16, 2008 7:33 AM The latest book news...
- May 7, 2008 11:06 PM Incentive to no one.
- Apr 30, 2008 10:30 PM Writing News (AKA "Looking for writers")
- Apr 7, 2008 3:19 PM On the nature of reading.
- Apr 4, 2008 9:52 AM Amazon cuts prices! Film at 11!
Interests
General
Industrial music, writing, movies, reading, singing, kittens, the downfall of mankind.Music
Hate Dept., Penal Colony, Foetus, Firewerk, Numb, Full Frequency, Christ Analogue, Pitchshifter, Victory Pill, Acumen Nation, Apparatus, Assemblage 23, Babyland, backandtotheleft, BiGod 20, BoL, C-Tec, The Chaos Engine, Clay People, Contagion, Cubanate, Cyanotic, Deathboy, Devo, Diatribe, Die Warzau, Drown, The Evil Mothers, The Fair Sex, Final Cut, Flesh Field, Front 242, Godhead, Gravity Kills, Haujobb, Hednoize, Hocico, Idiot Stare, Imperative Reaction, Insight 23, Kevorkian Death Cycle, Kill Switch...Klick, Killing Floor, KMFDM, Machines Of Loving Grace, MDFMK, Ministry, My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult, Nine Inch Nails, Gary Numan, OhGr, Out Out, Paved In Skin, Pig, Pigface, Pop Will Eat Itself, PWEI, Prick, Pygmy Children, Razed In Black, Revolting Cocks, Sister Machine Gun, 16 Volt, Skinny Puppy, Skold, SMP, Snog, Society Burning, Spahn Ranch, Steril, Suicide Commando, 13 mg, Unit:187, Vampire Rodents, Velvet Acid Christ, VNV Nation, Voodou, Wiseblood, :wumpscut:, Zeromancer, Therapy?, Genesis, Phil Collins, James Brown, Faith No More, Journey, Foreigner, Richard Cheese & Lounge Against The Machine, The Rolling Stones, Turbonegro, Robert Palmer, industrial, coldwave, EBM, etcMovies
Hamlet, Casino Royale, The Manchurian Candidate, Swimming With Sharks, The Rules Of Attraction, American Psycho, Equilibrium, Beerfest, Brotherhood Of The Wolf, The Game, The Chronicles Of Riddick, Requiem For A Dream, Sunshine, Session 9, Thunderheart, Tombstone, Real Genius, The Wrong Guy, The Last Of The Mohicans, Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels, The Corruptor, Funny Games, The Big Kahuna, Seven, Henry V, Dawn Of The Dead (2004), Open Range, Snatch, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Spanish Prisoner, Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle, Running Scared (both of them), The Negotiator, Strange Days, 28 Days Later, Oldboy, The Usual Suspects, Office Space, Pi, Kung Pow!: Enter The Fist, State And Main, Titus, Fight Club, Super Troopers, A Fish Called Wanda, The Crossing Guard, Silverado, L.A. Confidential, Kentucky Fried Movie, Top Secret, Airplane!, Hulk, Brick, Lucky Number Slevin, The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi, High Tension, Lost Highway, Hostel, Wolf Creek, Sin City, The Lost Skeleton Of Cadavra, 300, Smokin Aces, etc.Television
Mystery Science Theater 3000, Arrested Development, Chuck, The Good Guys, Dexter, Scrubs, Lie To Me, Community, Hawaii Five-0, Columbo, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, 30 Rock, Carnivale, Deadwood, The Venture Bros., Firefly, Mr. Show, Dead Like Me, Reno 911!, Harvey Birdman, Cracker (US), The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Burn Notice, Twin Peaks, The Tudors, House, Cold Case Files, Autopsy, etc.Books
The Big Rusty Lie, Max Barry, Jennifer Government, Company, Syrup, The Gun Seller, Douglas Adams, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, assorted Warhammer novels, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, What Liberal Media?, Michael J. Nelson, Mike Nelson's Mind Over Matters, Mike Nelson's Movie Megacheese, Mike Nelson's Death Rat!, Why People Believe Weird Things, Atheism: The Case Against God, The Dilbert Principle, The Dilbert Future, The Joy Of Work, A Piece Of Blue Sky, L. Ron Hubbard: Messiah Or Madman?, Groucho & Me, Sons Of The Profits, The Areas Of My Expertise, Snow Crash, etc.Heroes
Myself. Steven Seibold. James Randi. Michael Shermer. Max Barry. Richard Kuklinski. Phil Collins.
Details
- Status: In a Relationship
- Here for: Networking, Friends
- Hometown: Atlanta, GA
- Orientation: Straight
- Body type: 6' 1" / Slim / Slender
- Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
- Zodiac Sign: Aquarius
- Children: Someday
- Smoke / Drink: No / No
- Education: Some college
- Occupation: Unemployed writer
Networking
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- Publishing
- Writer
- Novelist
Writer of The Big Rusty Lie and other things you've never heard of before.
Companies
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Curbstomp Press
- Seattle, WA US
- Publisher
2007 - present
Schools
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Mcintosh High School
- Peachtree City, GEORGIA
- Graduated: 1995
- Student status: Alumni
- Degree: High School Diploma
1991 to 1995