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 [...]
Posts under ‘Adventure’
Book Review: The Stainless Steel Rat Returns by Harry Harrison
Book Review: Stuff of Legends by Ian Gibson
Genre: Humor, Satire, Comic Fantasy
Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Ace
Publication Date: July 27, 2010
ISBN-10: 0441019307
ISBN-13: 978-0441019304
Author Website: Ian Gibson
Every boy dreams of adventure. Just look at young adult shelves if you do not yet believe. Any adult avid reader likely has a story of a teacher, parent of friend handing them a novel full of rousing adventure, [...]
Book Review: Shadow’s Son by Jon Sprunk
Genre: Sword and Sorcery
Paperback: 279 pages
Publisher: Pyr
Publication Date: June 8, 2010
ISBN-10: 1616142014
ISBN-13: 978-1616142018
Author Website: Jon Sprunk
Shadow’s Son, by debut author Jon Sprunk, is an exciting sword and sorcery fantasy that follows the story of an assassin, Caim, as he finds himself thrust into an insidious plot meant to bring about his death and change [...]
Book Review: The Bookman by Lavie Tidhar
Genre: Steampunk, Alternate History
Paperback: 416 pages
Publisher: Angry Robot
Publication Date: January 7, 2010
ISBN-10: 0007346581
ISBN-13: 978-0007346585
Author Website: Lavie Tidhar
In The Bookman, up and coming international author Lavie Tidhar weaves a steampunk tale steeped in the literature of the period.
The story follows Orphan, a young lad with the condition his name implies, who works at a little bookshop [...]
Book Review: The God Catcher by Erin M. Evans
Genre: Shared World, Sword and Sorcery, Media Tie-In
Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
Publication Date: February 2, 2010
ISBN-10: 0786954868
ISBN-13: 978-0786954865
Author Website: Erin M. Evans
Debut novelist Erin M. Evans adds her style stamp to the Forgotten Realms mythos in The God Catcher.
The story is told (mostly) from the perspective of Tennora, a young [...]
Book Review: To Outlive Eternity and Other Stories by Poul Anderson
# Genre: Anthology, Space Opera
# Mass Market Paperback: 720 pages
# Publisher: Baen
# Publication Date: April 28, 2009
# ISBN-10: 1416591648
# ISBN-13: 978-1416591641
# Author’s Bibliography
To Outlive Eternity and other Stories is a collection of seven tales by the Nebula Grandmaster Poul Anderson. The collection includes several short stories and novellas, as well as the complete novel [...]
Book Review: Summa Elvetica by Theodore Beale
Occasionally, my reviews appear only in print and not online (or at least, not for a while). This time, my review of Summa Elvetica by Theodore Beale is appearing in Black Gate 14, currently shipping. This is a really exciting development for me, as I have been a long-time fan and supporter of Black Gate, [...]
Book Review: The Spiral Labyrinth by Matthew Hughes
# Genre: Mystery, Space Opera, Adventure, Space Fantasy
# Paperback: 256 pages
# Publisher: Night Shade Books
# Publication Date: November 12, 2008
# ISBN-10: 1597800937
# ISBN-13: 978-1597800938
# Author’s Website: Matthew Hughes
One of the most unusual novels you may encounter, The Spiral Labyrinth by Matthew Hughes, mixes fantasy, science fiction, and mystery to tell a tale fit for a [...]
Audiobook Review: Sun of Suns by Karl Schroeder
Genre: Hard SF, Space Opera, Adventure
Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: Tor Books
Publication Date: October 3, 2006
ISBN-10: 0765315432
ISBN-13: 978-0765315434
Author Website: Karl Schroeder
Karl Schroeder’s Sun of Suns is an interesting mashup of fiction. It borrows bits and pieces from the great stories by C. S. Forester and Patrick O’Brian, the hard science of Vernor Vinge, and the adventure of [...]
Book Review: Between Planets by Robert A. Heinlein
My review of Between Planets by Robert A. Heinlein can now be found online at Sacramento Book Review.
