About Matt Staggs

Matt Staggs has been obsessed with books his entire life.

May 14, 2013

World War Z: Now Coming to an eReader Near You

Although a number of great zombie novels have come along since World War Z, none have been able to match Max Brooks’s legendary telling.

May 11, 2013

Peter Clines Ex-Patriots: Great Zombie Apocalypse Writing Gets Better

Ex-Patriots expands on Ex-Heroes’ characteristic mix of horror, action, and irreverence, pulling readers into Clines’ world with the irresistible strength of a thousand zombie hands.

May 4, 2013

‘The Walking Dead’ Meets ‘The Avengers’: Peter Clines’ Ex-Heroes

In a world taken over by the living dead, a group of superheroes finds that their services are needed -- perhaps more than ever.

May 27, 2012

A Singular Q&A with Railsea’s author, China Mieville

Everyday eBook recently spoke with author China Mieville about his latest brilliantly imaginative novel, Railsea.

April 11, 2012

An Illuminating Chat with George Dyson, Author of Turing’s Cathedral

In Dyson's latest brilliant work, he explores the origin and expansion of the digital universe -- which began with Turing's innovative vision, how code has taken over our world, and where the digital universe may be heading next. Dyson spoke with Everyday eBook and left us craving more of his theories and insights as to where our future lies.

November 14, 2011

Robopocalypse: Forget Zombies — It’s the Robots You Should Worry About

Would an advanced artificial intelligence respect a species of fumbling, upright apes who can’t circumnavigate a short trip to the Save-A-Lot without asking their cellphone for help? That’s the question that author and roboticist Daniel H. Wilson addresses in his fiction debut, Robopocalypse.

November 11, 2011

Bill Bryson Discovers the Beguiling Truths Behind Australia’s Wild Reputation

In the late nineties travel writer and humorist Bill Bryson turned his attention to the land down under with In a Sunburned Country. Determined to look past the vegemite clichés and Paul Hogan Stereotypes, Bryson began an Australian walkabout to experience all that the country had to offer ...

November 9, 2011

Love and Dystopia: Gary Shteyngart’s Super Sad True Love Story

Perhaps it is unorthodox to consider Super Sad True Love Story in the context of apocalyptic or dystopian (and really, a dystopia is only one gunshot away from an apocalypse) literature, but make no mistake: This an apocalyptic tale, even if it’s a humorous one.

November 6, 2011

Friendship and Magic in Jonathan Lethem’s The Fortress of Solitude

It is the early '70s and the Edbus family has just moved into a brownstone on Dean Street, which sits in a poor African-American community in Brooklyn. As the only white child in his new public school, young Dylan becomes a target for unrelenting bullying and threats -- at least until he meets Mingus Rude, a young African-American boy with troubles of his own. And so Jonathan Lethem's The Fortress of Solitude begins.

November 2, 2011

Jake Adelstein Uncovers the Dark Side of Japan in Tokyo Vice

When he left his Missouri home for Japan at age nineteen, Jake Adelstein had no way of knowing that he would eventually cross paths with one of that nation’s most powerful crime figures. Adelstein came to Japan hoping to reinvent himself. He succeeded, but nearly at the cost of his life. In Tokyo Vice, Adelstein invites readers in to join him for this thrilling ride.