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(1951- )
Barbara Hambly’s work spans several genres: fantasy, science fiction, horror, and historical fiction. She also contributes to STAR WARS. Barbara Hambly was married to science fiction author George Alec Effinger.
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Prisoner of Midnight by Barbara Hambly
Prisoner of Midnight (2019) is the eighth novel in Barbara Hambly’s JAMES ASHER series, which began in 1988 with Those Who Hunt the Night. It has been nominated for the Locus Award for Best Horror Novel. I had never tried this series before, but having enjoyed her (non-paranormal) BENJAMIN JANUARY mystery series, I decided to give Prisoner of Midnight a shot.
(And now that I’ve read it,
Kelly Lasiter´s rating: 3.5 | Barbara Hambly | Horror | SFF Reviews | no comments |
Magic Time by Marc Scott Zicree & Barbara Hambly
Magic Time is the first book of a fantasy trilogy helmed by Marc Scott Zicree. This book is co-written with Barbara Hambly. Each of the subsequent books in the series is written with a different writer. Magic Time was published in 2001, and it is not aging well.
I had a difficult time getting through Magic Time. It narrowly missed achieving Did Not Finish status.
Marion Deeds´s rating: 2 | Barbara Hambly, Marc Scott Zicree, Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff, Robert Charles Wilson | SFF Reviews | no comments |
Previous SFF Author: Bryan Hall
The "body count" bothered me a bit less because being dead seemed more like an inconvenience than anything else... unlike…
Detailed, thoughtful review, Bill. I'm going to read it for two reasons. First, Karen Russell wrote it, and second, it…
this sounds like a fun one
These weird westerns are always interesting and have been popping up more in recent times (it seemed like there was…
Looking forward to reading the review.