My review of Between Planets by Robert A. Heinlein can now be found online at Sacramento Book Review.
Posts under ‘Book Reviews’
Book Review: The Adamantine Palace by Stephen Deas
# Genre: Epic Fantasy
# Hardcover: 384 pages
# Publisher: Roc Hardcover; 1 edition
# Publication Date: February 2, 2010
# ISBN-10: 0451463137
# ISBN-13: 978-0451463135
# Author Website: Stephen Deas
The Adamantine Palace is the debut novel by British author Stephen Deas. First in a planned trilogy, the narrative whisks the reader away to a far and distant land where dragons [...]
Book Review: Strip Mauled edited by Esther Friesner
My review of the anthology of wolfman short stories edited by humorist Esther Friesner can now be found at the Sacramento Book Review website. Lots of good, humorous stories to be found there – find out my particular recommendations by clicking here.
Book Review: Geosynchron by David Louis Edelman
# Genre: Science Fiction
# Paperback: 508 pages
# Publisher: Pyr; Original edition
# Publication Date: February 23, 2010
# ISBN-10: 1591027926
# ISBN-13: 978-1591027928
# Author Website: David Louis Edelman
In this final chapter of the Jump 225 trilogy, David Louis Edelman continues to make action-packed the stereotypically mundane. As Geosynchron opens, anti-hero Natch is in the clutches of his one-time [...]
Book Review: Plague Zone by Jeff Carlson (in Polish)
The folks over at Carpe Noctem, a Polish blog devoted to dark fiction, have translated my English review of Plague Zone by Jeff Carlson into Polish. So if Polish is one of your languages, have a little look see.
Bite Size Reviews
After a short reprieve, my reviews for Thaumatrope have started getting accepted again. So if you just can’t stand reading reviews I have written long form, you can find some in bite-size 140 character chunks (with a star rating system!) at Thaumatrope.
Magazine Review: ResAliens Issue #1
For some time, Residential Aliens (known colloquially as ResAliens) has produced “spiritually infused speculative fiction” with the intent of acknowledging that in humankind exists a penchant for the spiritual that is not often reflected in much science fiction or fantasy in any real depth or with a true acknowledgment of this aspect of the human [...]
Book Review: The Ruling Sea by Robert V. S. Redick
My review of The Ruling Sea (known as The Rats and the Ruling Sea outside the US.) by Robert V. S. Redick can be found on page 8 of this month’s issue of San Francisco Book Review.
Book Review: The Edge of Chaos by Jak Koke
# Genre: Shared World, Sword and Sorcery
# Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages
# Publisher: Wizards of the Coast; Original edition
# Publication Date: August 4, 2009
# ISBN-10: 0786951893
# ISBN-13: 978-0786951895
# Author Website: Jak Koke
The Edge of Chaos is a great recent addition to the Forgotten Realms mythos, in which a spellscarred rouge and a female devotee of [...]
Book Review: Malefic by Luis Royo
# Genre: Art
# Hardcover: 128 pages
# Publisher: NBM Publishing, Inc.
# Publication Date: January 1, 2010
# ISBN-10: 1561635723
# ISBN-13: 978-1561635726
# Artist Page: Luis Royo
Luis Royo’s full-color image collection Malefic, now re-released and remastered by NBM publishing, is a study in juxtaposition. The striking, partially nude women that first draw the eye are usually hiding the more [...]
