Day Men by Matt Gagnon and Michael Alan Nelson (writers) and Brian Stelfreeze (art)
This past year I’ve been trying out a wide variety of new series by buying a ton of #1 issues. I’ve got a good sense of the Big Two (DC and Marvel), so most of these #1s have been from other publishers, often written and drawn by people I’ve never heard of. If the art looks interesting and the plot even slightly worth checking out, I’ve done so. And I have to say that about 75% of the time,
March 7th, 2014. Brad Hawley´s rating: 5 | Comics | SFF Reviews | no comments |
On Such a Full Sea by Chang-rae Lee
[In our Edge of the Universe column, we review mainstream authors that incorporate elements of speculative fiction into their “literary” work. However you want to label them, we hope you’ll enjoy discussing these books with us.]
I had high hopes for Chang-rae Lee’s On Such a Full Sea. A literary author turning his hand to a post-apocalyptic tale that would focus less it seems on zombies and cannibals etc.,
March 7th, 2014. Bill Capossere´s rating: 2.5 | Chang-rae Lee | Edge, Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | no comments |
The Lake of Souls by Darren Shan
In The Lake of Souls, the tenth book in Darren Shan’s CIRQUE DU FREAK series, we take a little breather after the horrid events at the end of the previous novel, Killers of the Dawn. Darren has just lost someone who’s really important to him and he’s grieving. So, when Mr. Tiny shows up and tells Harkat it’s time to find out who Harkat really is, Darren wants to go with him. They embark on a quest where they cross weird landscapes,
March 7th, 2014. Kat Hooper´s rating: 3 | Darren Shan | Children | SFF Reviews | no comments |
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I don't know what kind of a writer he is, but Simon Raven got the best speculative-fiction-writing name ever!
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