Genre: Shared World, Sword and Sorcery
Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
Publication Date: January 5, 2010
ISBN-10: 0786953632
ISBN-13: 978-0786953639
The undead are strangely, eerily fascinating. Their variety, incomprehensible nature, and admixture of the real and unreal make these seemingly simple creatures into the most compelling of characters, even when they lack personality of their own. [...]
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Book Review: Realms of the Dead edited by Susan J. Morris
Press Release: Pyr Celebrates 5th Anniversary with Essay Writing Contest
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March 9, 2010
Pyr Celebrates 5th Anniversary With Essay Contest
Grand Prize Winner Embarks on a ‘Pyr and Dragons Adventure’
Amherst, NY — To celebrate their 5th anniversary, Pyr, the science fiction and fantasy imprint of Prometheus Books, will sponsor a contest that incorporates things they hold dear: creative and powerful writing, a passion for reading [...]
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: 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.
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 [...]
Audiobook Review: Vatta’s War: Trading in Danger Part 1 by Elizabeth Moon
My review of the multi-cast performance of part one of Elizabeth Moon’s tale of a disgraced cadet who joins the family shipping and trading business can be found as a featured review at SF Site.
Book Review: Wings of Creation by Brenda Cooper
# Genre: Space Opera, Science Fiction
# Hardcover: 384 pages
# Publisher: Tor Books; 1 edition
# Publication Date: November 10, 2009
# ISBN-10: 0765320959
# ISBN-13: 978-0765320957
# Author Website: Brenda Cooper
Wings of Creation is Brenda Cooper’s third solo novel, and continues the story of a misfit family of genetically altered humans living on a world having an aversion to [...]
Grasping for the Wind’s Best Reads of 2009
Welcome to my favorite reads of 2009! Below is a list by category of the books I most enjoyed reading in 2009. Obviously, this a list based on my personal tastes (which often clash with the accepted preferences I’ve found) and does not mean that other 85 books I read in 2009 are no good, [...]
