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.
Posts under ‘Anthology/Short Fiction’
Book Review: The Dragon Book edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
# Genre: Anthology/Short Fiction, Fantasy
# Hardcover: 448 pages
# Publisher: Ace Hardcover
# Publication Date: November 3, 2009
# ISBN-10: 0441017649
# ISBN-13: 978-0441017645
# Editor Websites: Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois
With Wizards master anthologists Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois gave readers a wonderful and unique take on an old standby of fantasy. Now these two set their sights on dragons, [...]
Book Review: The Trouble With Heroes edited by Denise Little
# Genre: Anthology, Humor
# Paperback: 320 pages
# Publisher: DAW
# Publication Date: November 3, 2009
# ISBN-10: 0756405793
# ISBN-13: 978-0756405793
# Editor Website: Denise Little
The trouble with heroes, is, of course, that the truth about them is never quite as heroic as the songs, ballads, and stories would have us believe. Using this conceit, editor Denise Little [...]
Magazine Review: Realms of Fantasy August 2009
# Format: Magazine
# Publisher: Tir Na Nog Press
# ASIN: B00006KUMO
Realms of Fantasy, now under new management from Tir Na Nog Press, has released its first issue in the month of August. I received a copy for review from Tir Na Nog as part of a promotion effort, and what follows is my take on the [...]
Book Review: Federations edited by John Joseph Adams
My review of the anthology Federations, edited by superb anthologist John Joseph Adams, is up at Sacramento Book Review.
Book Review: The Empire of Ice Cream by Jeffrey Ford
My review of Jeffrey Ford’s collection of short fiction from Golden Gryphon Press, The Empire of Ice Cream just went live on the Sacramento Book Review website.
Magazine Review: Fantasy and Science Fiction August/September 2009
# Publisher: Spilogale Inc
# ASIN: B00006KDW3
# Website: Fantasy and Science Fiction
I was one of the fortunate few who received a copy of the August/September 2009 issue of Fantasy and Science Fiction for free in exchange for promising to blog about it. When the issue came not two days after I submitted my candidacy, I was [...]
Book Review: Wireless by Charles Stross
# Genre: Anthology/Collection, Near Future, Space Opera
# Hardcover: 368 pages
# Publisher: Ace Hardcover (July 7, 2009)
# ISBN-10: 0441017193
# ISBN-13: 978-0441017195
# Author Website: Charlie’s Place
“This is not fiction. This is a sequence of concepts that I am transferring into your conscious awareness via the medium of words, some of which may be false. Danger: here be [...]
Book Review: Tides from the New Worlds by Tobias Buckell
#Genre: Anthology/Collection, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Magic Realism
# Hardcover
# Publisher: Wyrm Publishing; 1ST edition (2009)
# ISBN-10: 1890464074
# ISBN-13: 978-1890464073
# Author Website: Tobias S. Buckell
In Tides from the New World, Wyrm Publishing collects some of the best short fiction of critically acclaimed author Tobias Buckell. Though young, Buckell has had a meteoric rise to the top [...]
Book Review: A Fantasy Medley by Yanni Kuznia
My review of editor Yanni Kuznia’s collection of four novellas A Fantasy Medley, published by Subterranean Press, can be found in the June issue of this month’s Sacramento Book Review.
Sacramento and San Francisco area folks will be able to get a hard copy in a week or so, but anyone who wants to can get [...]
