Genre: Space Adventure
Hardcover: 304 pages
Publisher: Tor Books
Publication Date: August 3, 2010
ISBN-10: 0765324415
ISBN-13: 978-0765324412
Author Website: Harry Harrison
Having never read any of the Stainless Steel Rat stories by Harry Harrison, I was pleased when Tor decided to send me a copy of the newest tale of space adventurer Jim diGriz. Ten years in the making, The Stainless [...]
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Book Review: The Stainless Steel Rat Returns by Harry Harrison
Book Review: Tome of the Undergates by Sam Sykes
Genre: Sword and Sorcery
Paperback: 480 pages
Publisher: Pyr
Publication Date: September 2010
ISBN-10: 1616142421
ISBN-13: 978-1616142421
Author Website: Sam Sykes
“Now, the bottommost practice for a man who carried a sword, the absolute dregs of the well, the lowliest and meanest trade a man can possibly embrace after he decides not to put away his weapon is that of an adventurer.”
Tome [...]
Book Review: The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
Genre: Epic Fantasy
Hardcover: 1008 pages
Publisher: Tor Books
Publication Date: August 31, 2010
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0765326353
ISBN-13: 978-0765326355
Author Website: Brandon Sanderson
Series Website: StormBlessed.com
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Epic fantasy, good epic fantasy, is often about systems: systems of politics, or religion, of history, or of interpersonal relationships. These are the systems that can be found in most any novel. But when speaking [...]
Book Review: The Black Prism by Brent Weeks
Genre: Epic Fantasy
Hardcover: 640 pages
Publisher: Orbit
Publication Date: August 25, 2010
ISBN-10: 0316075558
ISBN-13: 978-0316075558
Author Website: Brent Weeks
Read: Chapters 1-3
The Black Prism is the first book of a new trilogy by New York Times bestselling author Brent Weeks. Noted for his gritty anti-hero characters in The Night Angel trilogy, Weeks brings some of the same sensibilities to [...]
Book Review: Bearers of the Black Staff by Terry Brooks
Genre: Epic Fantasy
Hardcover: 368 pages
Publisher: Del Rey
Publication Date: August 24, 2010
ISBN-10: 0345484177
ISBN-13: 978-0345484178
Author Website: Terry Brooks
Bearers of the Black Staff is…well…a Terry Brooks novel. But what does that mean you ask? Well, simply put, if you liked Terry Brooks before, you’ll likely enjoy this first book in the Legends of Shannara series, and if you [...]
Graphic Novel Review: Revolver by Matt Kindt
Genre: Apocalyptic Fiction, Parallel Universe, Graphic Novel
Hardcover: 192 pages
Publisher: Vertigo
Publication Date: July 20, 2010
ISBN-10: 1401222412
ISBN-13: 978-140122241
Author Website: Matt Kindt
Revolver is the latest graphic novel offering from Matt Kindt, winner of a 2008 Harvey Award, whose first novel Pistolwhip was named one of Time Magazine’s Top Ten Graphic Novels of 2001. In Revolver we are introduced [...]
Book Review: Recovering Apollo 8 and Other Stories by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
My review of Kristine Kathryn Rusch’s latest collection Recovering Apollo 8 and Other Stories (out now from Golden Gryphon Press) is available to read at Sacramento/San Francisco Book Review.
Comic Review: Tales from the Comics Experience with Andy Schmidt
Tales From the Comics Experience is a collection of thirteen original stories from writers who attended Andy Schmidt’s comic writing workshop “Comics Experience”. Each of the authors found letterers and artists to depict their stories in black and white. Many of these writers have not seen publication before. As a result, the stories can be [...]
Book Review: What Were Once Miracles Are Now Children’s Toys by Ira Nayman
Genre: Humor
Paperback: 258 pages
Publisher: Eloquent Books
Publication Date: February 26, 2010
ISBN-10: 1609112342
ISBN-13: 978-1609112349
Author Website: Ira Nayman
What Were Once Miracles Are Now Children’s Toys is the second collection of alternated news stories by Ira Nayman. The premise of the book is like a newspaper, filled with stories of an alternate world. Of course, being releases as a [...]
Book Review: Unbroken Chain by Jaleigh Johnson
Genre: Sword and Sorcery, Heroic Fantasy, Shared World
Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
Publication Date: July 6, 2010
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0786956267
ISBN-13: 978-0786956265
Author Website: Jaleigh Johnson
Author Blog: Jaleigh Johnson
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Unbroken Chain by Jaleigh Johnson is the newest addition to the Forgotten Realms mythos. In it, Johnson brings us a story of a shadar-kai [...]
