Genre: Epic Fantasy, Sword and Sorcery
Hardcover: 368 pages
Publisher: DAW Hardcover
Publication Date: July 6, 2010
ISBN-10: 0756406072
ISBN-13: 978-0756406073
Author Website: Tracy Hickman
Song of the Dragon is the latest novel from New York Times bestselling author Tracy Hickman, best known for his collaborations with Margaret Weis on Dragonlance and the Death Gate Cycle. The story here is entirely Hickman’s [...]
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Book Review: Song of the Dragon by Tracy Hickman
Book Review: Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor
My review of Nnedi Okorafor’s perception altering novel, Who Fears Death, can now be found at Tor.com.
Book Review: Is Anybody Out There? edited by Nick Gevers and Marty Halpern
Genre: Anthology/Collection
Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: DAW
Publication Date: June 1, 2010
ISBN-10: 0756406196
ISBN-13: 978-0756406196
Editor Websites: Nick Gevers, Marty Halpern
Is Anybody Out There is a new collection of short fiction by co-editors Nick Gevers and Marty Halpern which attempt to answer the question of the Fermi Paradox. Fermi’s Paradox can be defined as, “The apparent size and [...]
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: Flight of the Renshai by Mickey Zucker Reichert
# Genre: Epic/High Fantasy
# Hardcover: 464 pages
# Publisher: DAW
# Publication Date: September 1, 2009
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0756402735
# ISBN-13: 978-0756402730
# Author Website: Mickey Zucker Reichert
Like The Wheel of Time, The Renshai Chronicles were some of the books I grew up with. Mickey Zucker Reichert’s tales based in Norse mythology were stirring and exciting. So it [...]
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 [...]
Book Review: The Mermaid’s Madness by Jim C. Hines
# Genre: Humor, Epic Fantasy, Adventure
# Paperback: 352 pages
# Publisher: DAW
# Publication Date: October 6, 2009
# ISBN-10: 0756405831
# ISBN-13: 978-0756405830
# Author Website: Jim C. Hines
Mermaids aren’t always nice. In fact, most of the original stories depict them as evil half-women, half-fish beings that lured men to their deaths in the watery abyss. As always, [...]
Book Review: The Eyes of God by John Marco
* Author: John Marco
* Paperback: 784 pages
* Publisher: DAW
* Publication Date: January 7, 2003
* ISBN-10: 0756400961
* ISBN-13: 978-0756400965
* Author Website
The Eyes of God, by John Marco, is a work of fiction that leaves me of two minds. On the one hand, this epic novel is a fascinating novel that follows in the steps of the [...]
Book Review: The Stepsister Scheme by Jim C. Hines
* Author: Jim C. Hines
* Genre: Fairytale, Fantasy, Sword and Sorcery
* Paperback: 352 pages
* Publisher: DAW
* Publication Date: January 6, 2009
* ISBN-10: 0756405327
* ISBN-13: 978-0756405328
* Author Website
* Author Blog
The Stepsister Scheme is the first in a trilogy of novels about three princesses out of fairytale. Part fractured fairytale, part sequel to the “happily ever after” [...]
Book Review: Shadowmarch by Tad Williams
* Genre: Epic Fantasy
* ISBN: 0756402190
* ISBN-13: 9780756402198
* Format: Hardcover, 672pp
* Publisher: DAW Hardcover
* Pub. Date: November 2004
* Series: Shadowmarch Series, #1
When Tad Williams left epic fantasy to write is Otherland series, I was deeply saddened. Williams is an excellent author of the standard epic fantasy. And while his books are long, they are never [...]
