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How To Get Free Tickets To Robinsons Malls’ Soundbites Food + Music Festival: Throwback!

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Robinsons Malls Soundbites Music Festival is back on its 2nd year {you may read about my Soundbites experience last year here} and this time around they are bringing back our favorite bands and their great hits through a series of musical concert. Aptly called, Throwback, this year’s edition of Soundbites Food & Music Festival will feature well-loved bands like South Border, Hale, True Faith, Brown Man Revival, and Jinky Vidal and Top Suzara of Freestyle.

Here is the complete list of the shows

  • South Border with Luke Mijares ~ Robinsons Magnolia {09 May, 7pm}
  • South Border with Luke Mijares ~ Robinsons Galleria {22 May, 7pm}
  • Jinky Vidal and Top Suzara ~ Robinsons Place Manila {16 May, 7pm}
  • Hale ~ Robinsons Place Manila {23 May, 7pm}
  • True Faith ~ Robinsons Galleria {29 May, 7pm}
  • Brown Man Revival ~ Robinsons Magnolia {30 May, 7pm}

Here is how you can score Free concert wrist bands for these shows

You can get Free concert wrist bands for the Soundbites Food & Music Festival: Throwback for every Php500 worth of purchase from any participating restaurants at the following designated dates:

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Book Review: L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers Of The Future Volume 31

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When I was asked to review the latest installment of Writers Of The Future Anthology, I readily signed up mainly because I enjoy reading science fiction novels and stories. I love how they sweep you off your feet and transport you into an entirely different universe. I love how these stories are intricately woven to make time travel, parallel universe, and highly-advanced technology and civilization seem plausible.

This book is a collection of 13 stories from the Writers of the Future International writers’ program, 3 short stories penned by L. Ron Hubbard, Kevin J. Anderson, and Rebecca Moesta/Larry Niven, as well as essays on writing and illustration written by L. Ron Hubbard, Orson Scott Card, and Bob Eggleton. The 489-page book published by Galaxy Press, Inc also features illustrations done by the winners of the Illustrators of the Future International illustrators’ program.

The 13 award-winning stories that make up this illustrious collection are:

  • Switch by Steve Pantazis, Illustrated by Daniel Tyka {p 1}
  • The God Whisperer by Daniel J. Davies, Illustrated by Alex Brock {p 49}
  • Stars That Make Dark Heaven Light by Sharon Joss, Illustrated by Choong Yoon {p 59}
  • A Revolutionary’s Guide To Practical Conjuration by Auston Habershaw, Illustrated by Shuangjian Liu {p 143}
  • Twelve Minutes To Vinh Quang by Tim Napper, Illustrated by Quinlan Septer {p 171}
  • Planar Ghosts by Krystal Claxton, Illustrated by Amit Dutta {p 189}
  • Between Screens by Zach Chapman, Illustrated by Trevor Smith {p 247}
  • Unrefined by Martin L. Shoemaker, Illustrated by Tung Chi Lee {p 265}
  • Half Past by Samantha Murray, Illustrated by Megan Kelchner {p 297}
  • Purposes Made From Alien Minds by Scott R. Parkin, Illustrated by Emily Siu {p 311}
  • The Graver by Amy M. Hughes, Illustrated by Taylor Payton {p 365}
  • Wisteria Melancholy by Michael T. Banker, Illustrated by Michelle Lockamy {p 393}
  • Poseidon’s Eyes by Kary English, Illustrated by Megan Nelson {p 423}

Writers Of The Future Volume 31 is a beautiful amalgamation of different out-of-this-world {in a good way} tales that are guaranteed to keep you up late at night just so you can finish them all. These stories will amuse you, make you laugh, and tag at your heartstrings, too. I have yet to finish the entire book, but most of the stories I have read so far are really fascinating.

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