The Barsoom Project by Larry Niven & Steven Barnes
I’ve never read anything by Larry Niven or Steven Barnes before, and after reading The Barsoom Project, I’m wondering why. While there were parts that didn’t completely connect with me, the writing was great and the story was interesting enough to hook me almost right away. Though I haven’t read Dream Park, the first book in the DREAM PARK series, I did not feel that my interest and understanding of this,
November 30th, 2015. Sarah Chorn | Larry Niven | SFF Reviews | no comments |
There is so much free or inexpensive short fiction available on the internet these days. Here are a few stories we read this week that we wanted you to know about.
The Case of the Little Bloody Slipper by Carlie St. George (2015, free at The Book Smugglers)
Jimmy Prince is a private investigator in Spindle City, a rough town with a thin veneer of civility and populated by spins on familiar fairy-tale tropes. If you’re looking for a fancy dress or some rented companionship,
November 30th, 2015. Jana Nyman, Bill Capossere, Tadiana Jones and Kat Hooper | H.P. Lovecraft, Vivian Vande-Velde | Short Fiction | SFF Reviews | 5 comments |
Night of the Soul Stealer by Joseph Delaney
Night of the Soul Stealer, the third book in Joseph Delaney’s LAST APPRENTICE (or WARDSTONE CHRONICLES) series is another intense scary story for children. Fans of the first two books, Revenge of the Witch and Curse of the Bane, which readers should finish first, will be pleased. I’m listening to Christopher Evan narrate HarperAudio’s version of the series.
The weather is getting colder,
November 30th, 2015. Kat Hooper´s rating: 3.5 | Joseph Delaney | Audio, Children, Horror | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick by Philip K. Dick
I’ve been reading a lot of Philip K. Dick the last two years: 10 novels, 7 audiobooks, and now three short story collections. The more I read, the more I’m drawn to his hard-luck life story and strange religious experiences in the 1970s. In particular, his VALIS trilogy was probably the strangest SF exploration of suffering and salvation I’ve ever read. The only books left to read are two biographies and his 944-page Exegesis of personal writings.
November 30th, 2015. Stuart Starosta´s rating: 4 | Philip K. Dick | Short Fiction | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
I may have to give up my long-held identity as someone who doesn’t enjoy reading horror, because I have really enjoyed some horror novels lately. David Mitchell’s latest, Slade House, is a sort of haunted house-slash-mystery story told over several decades, in several different voices, and it was delightful.
The book begins with a young boy, Nathan, who visits a house down narrow, twisting Slade Alley with his mother. The gate is set in the wall of the alley,
November 30th, 2015. Kate Lechler, Bill Capossere, Tadiana Jones and Marion Deeds´s rating: 4, 4.5 | David Mitchell | Horror | SFF Reviews | 8 comments |
So, if the WSJ article is accurate, romantasy is just a heavy slather of pornographic, wish-fulfillment fantasy layered onto a…
No, I've never heard of him. Thanks for the hedzup, K.!
De Mille sounds fun. Have you tried Arthur Friel? It was a long time ago, but as I recall he…
COMMENT "Weird good fun"... that's my favorite kind! 😁
Sounds like weird good fun, Sandy.