It’s been a long time since I read Calculating God, and I’d forgotten how good Robert J. Sawyer was. As I was reading Wake, the wonderful, smooth rhythm of Sawyer’s writing came back to me, and I wondered why I ever stopped reading his stuff. I loved Wake, but defining exactly why I loved it will be somewhat difficult.
Caitlin is a 15 year old math genius who was born blind.
May 10th, 2010. Justin Blazier´s rating: 4.5 | Robert J. Sawyer | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
Choice of the Cat by E.E. Knight
David Valentine returns home for a break in Choice of the Cat, but his rest is short-lived, as he quickly becomes the victim of military bureaucracy and is given a special assignment: he is to partner with a special agent who goes by the code name Smoke. Smoke, a small, attractive female killer with mild psychotic tendencies, is a specialized soldier called a Cat. While we learned a little about Cats in Way of the Wolf,
April 30th, 2010. Justin Blazier´s rating: 4 | E.E. Knight | Audio | SFF Reviews | 4 comments |
It’s a hot and humid Georgia summer, and 10 year old Beau Jackson and his family have made their annual journey to the summer retreat of Gull Island. (Gull Island is not really an island, it’s a peninsula, but like the name of Gull Island, not everything is like it seems.) Beau’s family stays in the old home still occupied by his grandmother and they’re joined by his aunt and his odd cousin Sumter. The Jacksons seem like a typical albeit somewhat dysfunctional Southern American family, but that doesn’t take long to change.
April 27th, 2010. Justin Blazier´s rating: 4 | Douglas Clegg | Horror, Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
Way of the Wolf by E.E. Knight
Post-apocalyptic science fiction is one of my favorite sub-genres. Finding a good fantasy equivalent can sometimes be difficult, as it usually gets classified as science fiction. E.E. Knight’s Way of the Wolf has vampires and magic, and clearly falls into the category of fantasy. It also is about a post-nuclear United States with aliens, and scattered communities of humanity fighting for survival. It’s a strange mix, but it all works out well.
In the 2020’s a series of natural disasters struck earth,
April 23rd, 2010. Justin Blazier and John Hulet´s rating: 4 | E.E. Knight | Audio | SFF Reviews | no comments |
Today I’d like to welcome Joe Abercrombie to Fantasy Literature. Joe is the author of The First Law Trilogy (The Blade Itself, Before They are Hanged, and The Last Argument of Kings) and the stand alone work Best Served Cold. His next book is titled The Heroes and is set to release the first quarter of 2011. All of his work has been popular and highly regarded,
April 20th, 2010. Justin Blazier | Joe Abercrombie | Author Interviews, Giveaway! | 50 comments |
I love Harry Dresden like he’s the crazy scary magical uncle I never had. My wife (The Asian OverLord™) gets annoyed at my exclamations of “Hell’s Bells!” and my constant need to tell people that a scar on my hand came from “Hell Fire” rather than a childhood bicycle wreck. The Dresden Files have become a part of my life in a way that few stories do.
When I first learned about Changes, it frightened me. I thought to myself: if Jim Butcher “Changes” too much,
April 13th, 2010. Justin Blazier, Marion Deeds and Kat Hooper´s rating: 3, 4, 4.5 | Jim Butcher | Audio | SFF Reviews | 3 comments |
Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs
Woohoo! Another Mercy Thompson book from Patricia Briggs’ is hitting the shelves. I had just finished book four (Bone Crossed) only a few weeks ago, so I was very happy to get a chance to read Silver Borne so soon afterwards.
I love the Mercy Thompson series. I started reading it while waiting for the next Dresden Files novel and they have been a worthy diversion.
March 23rd, 2010. Justin Blazier´s rating: 4 | Patricia Briggs | SFF Reviews | 4 comments |
Master of None by Sonya Bateman
If you took parts of the Arabian Nights and remade them in an urban fantasy mold, one of the stories would come out something very similar to Sonya Bateman’s Master of None. Gavyn Donatti, a professional thief, is hired to steal a small item for a local crime boss, but somehow Gavyn manages to lose the item before handing it over to his employer, and this bit of bad luck ends up sending Gavyn on the run. He is saved along the way by a Djinn named “Ian.”
March 20th, 2010. Justin Blazier´s rating: 2.5 | Sonya Bateman | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes edited by John Joseph Adams
In this collection of stories, compiled by John Joseph Adams, a variety of authors invent cases that Sherlock Holmes might encounter if our world were just a bit different. These are cases in which the “improbable” occurs. Most of the stories involve some sort of fantastical situation in which Holmes is required to go outside of his normal logic-based abilities and enter the realm of fantasy. The array of horror, fantasy, and sci-fi authors is quite extensive. Laurie King,
March 9th, 2010. Justin Blazier´s rating: 3 | Neil Gaiman, Robert J. Sawyer, Stephen Baxter, Tim Lebbon | Audio, Short Fiction | SFF Reviews | no comments |
Brooklyn Knight by C.J. Henderson
Professor Piers Knight is the charming, handsome, and intelligent curator of the esteemed Brooklyn Museum. He has in possession the mysterious “Dream Stone” — an artifact that may hold the key to unraveling an ancient and dangerous mystery. But Knight is not the only person who is aware of its importance. With the help of his gorgeous assistant Bridget and his knowledge of magical items, Knight must protect the stone and solve the riddle in order to keep a global disaster from happening.
CJ Henderson‘s Brooklyn Knight proves to be a very entertaining read.
February 19th, 2010. Justin Blazier´s rating: 3.5 | C.J. Henderson | SFF Reviews | no comments |
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