October 31, 2017 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast
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Readers!
Every February I run a fund-raising drive during my birthday month. This year I celebrate my 72nd birthday, and hope and plan to continue writing and posting on Behind the Black for as long as I am able.
I hope my readers will support this effort. As I did in my November fund-raising drive, I am offering autographed copies of my books for large donations. Donate $250 and you can have a choice of the hardback of either Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8 or Conscious Choice: The origins of slavery in America and why it matters today and for our future in outer space. Donate $200 and you can get an autographed paperback copy of either.
Please consider supporting my work here at Behind the Black. My analysis of space, politics, and culture, taken from the perspective of an historian, is almost always on the money and ahead of the game. For example, in 2020 I correctly predicted that the COVID panic was unnecessary, that the virus was apparently simply a variation of the flu, that masks were not simply pointless but if worn incorrectly were a health threat, that the lockdowns were a disaster and did nothing to stop the spread of COVID. Every one of those 2020 conclusions has turned out right.
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Mr. Z.;
Especially enjoyed the brief ‘behind-the-scene’ snippet in the intro for the 2nd clip!
>There must be a fun story (or two,) on how you and JB do your segments.
Have you ever had a chance to do anything in-studio with JB? (I realize its cross-country and all.)
And… when is C-Span Book TV, going to cover your new book!! (Whoops, they only do non-fiction.)
Any Author-Events at local/regional bookstores, on the horizon!?
How ’bout a limited-edition print version? (or even better… the Graphic Novel.)
Wayne: I was surprised by the intro. It was very clever, and I will thank John and his audio maven Nick for doing it.
I have done one in-studio appearance with Batchelor, many years ago.
As for Pioneer, for there to be appearances and book deals and even a graphic novel, I need to sell a lot more books. That gets the right attention.
Great stuff– highly enjoy any behind-the-scene snippets. ( Makes it more real in a way.)
pivoting…
“Meet comic book artist & author Paul Rivoche”
(he did the graphic version of Amity Schlaes “The Forgotten Man.”)
https://youtu.be/AYi1ZiQq0IY
1:34
I actually knew some people who bought the comic book right’s to Robert Anton Wilson’s Illuminati Trilogy in the late ’80’s. They were 3 whacky, pagan, capitalist, new-age dopers, for the most part. (Bing Bang Theory gone bad types.) It was more than they could handle long-term (and the market for Indie Titles had collapsed in general at the time) but they did produce 3 issues. (10K print-runs, they sold maybe 1/3.)
If I was 30 years younger, I’d jump on Pioneer, http://behindtheblack.com/books/pioneer/
There’s still good money in small high-quality niche publishing. (I buy a lot of reprint/compilation material from obscure publishers with miniscule print-runs.)
National Geographic Magazine has become nothing more than a global warming scare rag in the last decade. My father finally canceled his subscription 7 years ago. A very sad day, because I grew up learning from that magazine and the wonderful photos. It is now, like many publications, a propaganda piece for the left.