White Water Rafting
White water rafting after Y Nationals Click here for the video.
Maximus, Lucky, Jacquie and Jake
The Immune picks up its 4th literary award!
Doc Lucky’s The Immune just picked up its fourth Literary award, winning the Science Fiction Division of the USA BEST BOOK AWARDS . . . yay! We are planning on a paperback version release in 2013 and a teacher’s guide.
Doc Lucky’s Novel “The Immune” picks up another literary award!
Latest update on John’s Condition
This is from Steven Kern.
Hello all.
Another update on John – his primary issue now is the pneumonitis caused by the inhalation of sea water. He is being weaned off of the extra breathing support, but this process will take several days at least. He is being placed intermittently on CPAP which supports his breathing but has never required formal endotracheal intubation or mechanical ventilation. Infection is always a concern, and he is being treated with antibiotics prophylactically.
I have returned to the US but will continue to update you as John progresses.
Best, Steve
More Awards for Doc Lucky’s Sci Fi Thriller, The Immune!
Congratulations to Doc Lucky for winning more awards for his spellbinding, critically acclaimed, multiple award winning, fictional debut, THE IMMUNE!
Just this past weekend, THE HOLLYWOOD BOOK FESTIVAL AWARDS gave The Immune an Honorable Mention! Doc has received multitudinous other Honorable Mentions so far with THE NEW YORK BOOK FESTIVAL AWARDS, THE BEACH BOOK FESTIVAL AWARDS, and THE SAN FRANCISCO BOOK FESTIVAL AWARDS.
Doc Lucky is also a finalist for the READER’S FAVORITES AWARDS both in the category of Science Fiction and Action Literature. He was also a finalist for FOREWORD BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS.
Last but certainly not least, Doc Lucky is a gold medalist winner of the 2012 INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS and the NATIONAL INDIE EXCELLENCE AWARDS.
We are very proud of Doc Lucky and his amazing literary accomplishments. Stay tuned for more thrilling updates!
Doc Lucky’s Acceptance Speech and Praise for the Indie Excellence Awards
Doc Lucky is not only the Winner of the 2012 International Book Awards, but he is also the Winner of the National Indie Excellence Awards in the category of Science Fiction for his sci fi thriller, The Immune!
Click on the video below to see Doc Lucky’s acceptance speech and video testimonial for the National Indie Excellence Awards:
The video is also found on the National Indie Excellence Awards website’s main page:
http://www.indieexcellence.com/index.html
Congratulations to Doc Lucky!
Doc Lucky Wins The International Book Award & National Indie Excellence Award!
CONGRATULATIONS to Doc Lucky Meisenheimer for winning The International Book Award and National Indie Excellence Award in the category of Science Fiction for his science fiction thriller, The Immune!
Jeffrey Keen, President and CEO of JPX Media Group, said 2012 The International Book Award’s contest yielded thousands of entries from authors and publishers around the world, which were then narrowed down to the final results. Also, with the 2012 National Indie Excellence Award, thousands of entries were submitted, more so than in previous years. We are proud of The Immune garnering such prestigious awards within the first year of its release.
Also, The Immune is a finalist for the prestigious ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year Awards. Winners will be announced on June 23rd in California at the American Library Association convention.
Jacquie Krah of http://www.Lytherus.com recently reviewed Doc Lucky’s award winning work and said, “The story began as amusing and quickly evolved to brilliant with a libertarian-themed undercurrent that never took away from the entertainment value. If I had my way, The Immune would be taught in political science and literature classes next to allusion-filled classics like Animal Farm and Lord of the Flies.”
Honorable Mention from the 2012 San Francisco Book Awards
Congratulations to Doc Lucky Meisenheimer for receiving an “Honorable Mention” for his phenomenal, critically acclaimed science fiction thriller, THE IMMUNE, from the prestigious 2012 San Francisco Book Festival Awards!!! Doc Lucky will be honored at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel in San Francisco on Saturday, May 19.
Also, keep your fingers crossed for Doc Lucky winning the ForeWord Book of the Year Award, for which he is currently a finalist in the catagory of Science Fiction. Winners will be announced on June 23 at the American Library Association Convention in California.
Lastly, Doc Lucky’s THE IMMUNE is up for an award in three different catagories for USA Book News Awards!!!
GO DOC LUCKY!!!!!!
The Yo-Yos of Doc Lucky Meisenheimer at The Orlando Public Library downtown
Join us for a presentation by the world’s authority on yo-yos, Doc Lucky Meisenheimer, this Saturday May 5 at 1pm at the Orlando Public Library downtown (101 E. Central Blvd., Orlando, FL, 32801). Doc Lucky is the world’s authority on the history of the yo-yo, as he holds the Guinness Book of World Records title for having the largest yo-yo collection!!
Doc Lucky will talk about the history of the yo-yo and give a demonstration on the many uses and tricks. He will also be introducing the audience to his classic book, Lucky’s Collector’s Guide to 20th Century Yo-Yos, which is preserved in the Smithsonian Institution Collection. Clips from his yo-yo documentaries will also be shared with the audience, as well as stories about how the yo-yo was incorporated into his critically acclaimed science fiction thriller, The Immune (which is a finalist for the ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year Award) and his third book, The Zombie Cause Dictionary.
The first 36 kids to arrive at the presentation will receive a FREE Duncan yo-yo!!!!
Also, highlights from Doc Lucky’s world famous collection will be on display at the Orlando Public Library downtown throughout the month of May and June on all three floors of the library!
Contact Doc Lucky’s VP of Marketing, Victoria Andrew, at victoria@ljsspublishing.com or 407.353.3797 if you have any questions!
Doc Lucky a finalist in the ForeWord Book of the Year Awards
We are thrilled and excited to announce that Doc Lucky Meisenheimer’s science fiction thriller, THE IMMUNE, has been chosen as a finalist for the prestigious ForeWord Book of the Year Awards!! This is truly an amazing accomplishment for a new author’s debut.
ForeWord Reviews‘ Book of the Year Awards were established to bring increased attention to librarians and booksellers of the literary and graphic achievements of independent publishers and their authors. ForeWord is the only review trade journal devoted exclusively to books from independent houses.
Their unique awards process brings readers, librarians, and booksellers together to select their top categories as well as choose the winning titles. Their decisions are based on editorial excellence, professional production, originality of the narrative, author credentials relative to the book, and the value the book adds to its genre.
ForeWord Reviews states, “If your books expand a reader’s world, introduce a voice society needs to hear, offer practical knowledge where none existed before, or simply entertain so compellingly that all distractions fall away, they will be considered for the Book of the Year Award.”
Click here to see The Immune and other finalists for The Book of the Year Award in the genre of Science Fiction:
http://www.bookoftheyearawards.com/finalists/2011/category/fiction-science-fiction/
To order your copy of The Immune by Doc Lucky Meisenheimer today, visit www.theimmune.com, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, or any online retailer. The Immune is also available an an ebook on every ebook format available.
MAYOR BUDDY DYER’S LAKE CANE POISON PIPELINE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 13, 2012
Contact: Victoria Andrew
Cell: 407.353.3797
Email: Victoria@ljsspublishing.com
MAYOR BUDDY DYER’S LAKE CANE POISON PIPELINE MUST BE STOPPED
Doc Lucky Meisenheimer leads the fight against the Orange County’s plans to install a 5 foot drainage pipe capable of discharging 60,000 gallons a minute of poisoned water into Lake Cane, the site of internationally-renowned Lucky’s Lake Swim.
March 13, 2012- Orlando, FL. – On March 1, Lake Cane residents were notified that the Orange County is installing a 5 foot diameter discharge pipe to spew untreated, contaminated street water filled with oil, fertilizers, and toxins directly into Lake Cane. This is a city project draining poisons into a privately- owned county lake from one water district boundary into another. The project has been planned for over a year, but Lake Cane residents were not notified until someone noticed contractors surveying the easement area for bids. The city of Orlando has spent over $50K tax dollars developing a project nobody wants and plans to spend up to $700K in completing it. Ironically, the county has scheduled to spend several hundred thousand dollars in lake restoration. One government is cleaning a lake that another government wishes to pollute.
Not only will this project destroy wildlife, devalue property, and contaminate one of the city’s cleanest lakes, but it will also jeopardize an internationally-recognized event hosted by Doc Lucky Meisenheimer entitled Lucky’s Lake Swim http://www.luckyslakeswim.com. Since 1989, Meisenheimer has led thousands of professional athletes, triathletes, Special Olympians, and fitness swimmers in swimming across Lake Cane from his dock behind his estate every single morning. Each morning, as many as 200 swimmers – often from around the globe – show up for the swim.
In the face of the budding backlash, City Hall has temporarily paused the project while it looks at alternatives. The problem is with the city stormwater system that collects runoff along Vineland Road and channels it to a nearby wetland. The city plan would re-route runoff wastewater from Vineland Road and discharge it untreated through the 5 foot diameter poison pipeline into Lake Cane, an 82 acre spring-fed lake. Roadwaste would be steered through a baffle box. But Doc Lucky and Lake Cane residents proclaim that the baffle boxes only stop visible trash, not pollutants such as oil, gas, heavy metal toxins, grease, weedkillers, and fertilizers.
Doc Lucky is leading the charge with Occupy Lake Cane and the Lake Cane Restoration Society to stop what they call The Mayor Buddy Dyer Poison Pipeline http://www.mayorbuddydyerpoisonpipeline.com Today, Doc Lucky and his activist mission were featured on the front page of The Orlando Sentinel: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/orange/os-lucky-versus-orlando-pipe-20120312,0,2291511.story
On Wednesday, March 14, there will be a community meeting about the plan at 6pm in the Dr. Phillips High School cafeteria, 6500 Turkey Lake Rd., Orlando, FL 32819.
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For interviews with Doc Lucky on how to preserve Lake Cane and stop the Poison Pipeline, contact his representative, Victoria Andrew at Victoria@ljsspublishing.com or 407.353.3797.
Doc Lucky Meisenheimer with ARC review copies of “The Immune”
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