# 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 [...]
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Book Review: Wings of Creation by Brenda Cooper
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, [...]
Book Review: Suicide Kings edited by George R. R. Martin
# Genre: Superhero, Action-Adventure, Alternate History
# Hardcover: 448 pages
# Publisher: Tor Books
# Publication Date: December 22, 2009
# ISBN-10: 0765317834
# ISBN-13: 978-0765317834
# Author Websites: George R. R. Martin, Melinda M. Snodgrass, Daniel Abraham, Victor Milan, S. L. Farell, Caroline Spector, Ian Tregillis
Reading Suicide Kings was this reviewer’s first ever encounter with a Wild Cards novel. [...]
Book Review: The Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
# Genre: Epic/High Fantasy
# Hardcover: 784 pages
# Publisher: Tor Books; Signed edition
# Publication Date: October 27, 2009
# ISBN-10: 0765302306
# ISBN-13: 978-0765302304
# Author Blog: Robert Jordan
# Author Website: Brandon Sanderson
In reviewing a novel in a series as popular as the Wheel of Time, a reviewer faces a dilemma: Does the reviewer toe the party line and [...]
Book Review: Servant of a Dark God by John Brown
# Genre: Epic/High Fantasy
# Hardcover: 448 pages
# Publisher: Tor Books
# Publication Date: October 13, 2009
# ISBN-10: 0765322358
# ISBN-13: 978-0765322357
In Servant of a Dark God, by debut author John Brown, a panoply of characters move through an epic fantasy world that is vast and complicated. Brown has created an ambitious story for someone with so [...]
Book Review: Fevre Dream by George R. R. Martin
My review of George R. R. Martin’s classic tale of steamboats and vampires is up at Tor.com. “This is paranormal fantasy for people who prefer science fiction.”
Book Review: The View from the Bridge by Nicholas Meyer
My review of Nicholas Meyer’s memoir The View From the Bridge: Memories of Star Trek and a Life in Hollywood just went live at Tor.com. Meyer was the writer/director of Star Treks II and VI as well as a contributing writer on IV, in addition to being a novelist.
Famous Last Lines of Speculative Fiction
My latest post for Tor.com is a community building exercise that asks its readers to contirbute some of their favorite last lines of speculative fiction. The idea being, you pull down a favorite book from your shelf, and then give us the title, author, and the last line in it.
Tor.com One-Year Anniversary
Since I am a Tor.com blogger, I felt it only right that I mention to you readers that the site is one-year old today, and that they are giving away a ton of stuff and having some really awesome posts all week. My editor there sent me this info on what’s going on:
Starting at midnight [...]
What music reminds you of science fiction or fantasy?
My latest post for Tor.com puts a challenge to its readers to think of music (with lyrics) that reminds them of science fiction and or fantasy. Go check it out and put in your two (or twenty) cents.
