It’s like fruit of the month club, but with books.
A wonderful column discussing the role of Christianity in the work of Madeline L’Engle, written by a non-Christian.
Author Malindo Lo responds to the controversy over how to portray gay characters in (particularly YA) fantasy in a brilliant two part column, part one and part two.
The BBC is going to be doing a radio adaptation of my favorite Neil Gaiman novel, Neverwhere, and it’s going to be starring one of my imaginary boyfriends,
December 5th, 2012. Ruth Arnell | World Wide Wednesday | 6 comments |
Fair Coin by E.C. Myers is the first book in a YA science fiction series. The hero, Ephraim Scott, lives in Summerside, New York. One day he comes home from school to discover that his alcoholic mother has overdosed on pills. She did this because she was told Ephraim was killed in an accident. This is not a hoax or a mistake; when Ephraim takes his mother to the hospital he finds out that the boy in the morgue has ID and a library card in Ephraim’s name.
December 5th, 2012. Marion Deeds´s rating: 2.5 | E.C. Myers | Young Adult | SFF Reviews | no comments |
At its best, Heroic Fantasy can inspire and enliven. By nature, the subgenre is less concerned with realism than it is with depicting nobility, honor, and genuine integrity. In so doing, it shows us a world that reflects the better portions of our own, the world as it should be rather than as it is. At its worst, however, Heroic Fantasy is notorious for shallow characterization, mindless violence, and sententious, often hypocritical, pontificating to justify all that mindless violence so our valiant warriors can get back to massacring villages with rumps firmly planted on high horses.
December 5th, 2012. Tim Scheidler and Greg Hersom | David Gemmell | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
What a fascinating exploration of Edwige Fenech's contributions to the giallo genre! I love how the post highlights her unique…
Pretty challenging book. Cut by half, speed up the cadence. Trying to figure out the plot, the main point of…
Thanks for the kind words, Marion! Coming as they are from a professional writer, they are much appreciated!
Wonderful review, Sandy.
The "body count" bothered me a bit less because being dead seemed more like an inconvenience than anything else... unlike…