Category: Alien Buddha Press
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Are AI Robots Replacing Us?
My book of satirical speculative poems and stories about AI robots, The Lost Book of Zeroth, depicts the chaos these machines can cause as they attempt to navigate the human landscape. Although they are created to “serve” us, they have narcissistic tendencies. It gives them extreme satisfaction to take our…
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“The Lost Book of Zeroth” Has Another Fan!
How delighted I am with Casey Robb’s review of “The Lost Book of Zeroth,” which she posted on Goodreads. Thank you so much, Casey! https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8581131017 Section 1 of this amazing poetry book, LITTLE SPARK, started out a little quirky with robot characters, including AI Robot Barbie. The wacky stories seemed…
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A Great Review of The Lost Book of Zeroth by Robbie Cheadle
Robbie Cheadle wrote an insightful review of The Lost Book of Cheadle (Alien Buddha Press, 2025). I thought she chose perfect lines and passages to illustrate her points. Thank you, Robbie! While you’re on her site, Roberta Writes, please check out her other incredible reviews and interviews there. Her review…
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Dawn Pisturino’s Review of “The Lost Book of Zeroth” is up on LatinosUSA!
Nolcha Fox published Dawn Pisturino’s wonderful review of The Lost Book of Zeroth on Bookshelf on LatinosUSA. I am grateful to both Dawn and Nolcha for this book boost!! https://latinosenglishedition.wordpress.com/2025/09/07/dawn-pisturino-reviews-the-lost-book-of-zeroth-by-barbara-leonhard/ Paperback ($11.25)
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An Excellent Review of “The Lost Book of Zeroth” by Dawn Pisturino
One thing I love to do as an editor is support authors with blurbs, reviews, and book boosts. I was delighted when Dawn Pisturino wrote this review of my latest book, The Lost Book of Zeroth. She posted her review on Amazon and Goodreads, and submitted it to Bookshelf on…
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Book Boost on LatinosUSA-English Edition’s Bookshelf
Thank you, Editor Nolcha Fox, for featuring The Lost Book of Zeroth on Bookshelf on LatinosUSA-English Edition today! This post includes information about the book, blurbs, the purchase link, and a sample poem, “AI Robot Barbie Sues Disney”. Follow this link to see the post. https://latinosenglishedition.wordpress.com/2025/07/07/barbara-harris-leonhards-the-lost-book-of-zeroth-is-available-for-purchase
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It’s All about Death, Really
The gap between compassion and surrender is love’s darkest, deepest region. Orhan Pamuk, The Museum of InnocenceI am ready to shed the old clothes,the tatters that hang off my heart that I thought held some comfort but that no longer fit me.I lay them out for display. Touch each one,…
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AI Robots Call Foul! Want Life Insurance!
Do we abuse AI robots? If there is danger, who is sent to do the job? Not the biologicals, who may lose their lives trying to rescue fallen soldiers, construct Martian habitats, defend Earth from asteroids heading our way, and explore booby-trapped spaces. Like the incredible tomb of Emperor Qin…
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Scandals in The Lost Book of Zeroth: Part II
In The Lost Book of Zeroth, AI Robots Ameca and Optimus hook up although I’m not sure what the brilliant poet and artist, Ameca, saw in the dullard, who wrecked his daddy’s Tesla and went on disability, having lost so much function in his fingers that he could no long…
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Scandals in The Lost Book of Zeroth: Part I
In The Lost Book of Zeroth, AI Robots Ameca and Optimus partner up. She expresses her love for him in this sonnet she composed. She denies she plagiarized from Melania. (That said, AI functions online as a bottomfeeder, consuming all of our history. It’s scandalous that AI has been plagiarising…
Extraordinary Sunshine Weaver 