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Next SFF Author: Ben Aaronovitch

Day: January 21, 2010

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The Dragon Revenant: Generic but enjoyable

The Dragon Revenant (US) or Dragonspell: The Southern Sea (UK) by Katharine Kerr

For the first time in the Deverry series, all the action takes place in the present day rather than flitting back to fill gaps in the past, and the plot and pacing are all the tighter for it.

Rhodry has been sold as a slave on the Bardek islands, and one storyline follows his new life, intersected with information about Salamander and Jill chasing him down. Behind all this we discover more about the politics and machinations within the Hawks,


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January 21st, 2010. ´s rating: | | SFF Reviews | no comments |

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The Eyes of a King: Would you like some gloom with that?

The Eyes of a King by Catherine Banner

“All those years, I thought I was unhappy. I don’t think anymore that I was,” Leo reflects early in The Eyes of a King, looking back on his teenage self.

Now, after 250 pages of military dictatorship, abusive teachers, missing parents, Leo being sick, Leo’s little brother being sick, kids getting drafted into the army, and heavy-handed foreshadowing of a tragic event that happens around the 225-page mark, and Leo brooding about all of these things? If this is Leo North when he’s happy,


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January 21st, 2010. ´s rating: | | | SFF Reviews | no comments |

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Minion: Too talky

Minion by L.A. Banks

In the interest of accuracy, let me note that the edition of Minion that I have is the “Special Huntress Edition.” This is a sort of “director’s cut” that contains scenes not in the original edition of the novel. I have not read the first version and do not know which scenes are new.

Minion tells the story of Damali, a young African-American woman, and her friends, who together make up a rap band and, secretly, a vampire-hunting team.


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January 21st, 2010. ´s rating: | | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |

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Thoughtful Thursday: I’m not dead yet!

I have the plague.  Well, okay, not really.  I have strep.  Which means I am in lots of pain as I wait for the penicillin injection (more pain) to kick in to effect.

What this means for Thoughtful Thursday is that I don’t have the brain capacity to come up with a witty or thought-provoking topic.  So, I’m turning to you, dear readers, to feel in the gap. What topics do you think we should cover in this space in future columns?

Post a comment and I won’t wipe my germs on you. 


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January 21st, 2010. | Giveaway!, Thoughtful Thursday | 13 comments |

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