Posted by Sandy Ferber | Oct 30, 2019 | SFF Reviews | 2
The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton by Edith Wharton Perhaps because she is one of the most esteemed writers of the 20th century, Edith Wharton may not be immediately associated with the genre of horror. Today, she is probably best remembered for her novels The House of Mirth (1905) and The Age of Innocence (1920), […]
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Posted by Rebecca Fisher | Aug 20, 2019 | SFF Reviews | 2
The House on Parchment Street by Patricia McKillip I probably would never have known about The House on Parchment Street (1973) were I not such a huge fan of Patricia McKillip‘s fantasy stories, and while browsing her name on a library search engine, this title popped up. It was obviously one of her earliest published […]
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Posted by Jesse Hudson | Feb 11, 2018 | SFF Reviews | 0
The Best of Arthur C. Clarke: 1937-1971 by Arthur C. Clarke Arthur C. Clarke’s first short story appeared 15 years before his first novel, and much of his oeuvre is to be found in short fiction. In fact, despite the success of his novels — Childhood’s End, Rendezvous with Rama, and The City and the Stars among them […]
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Posted by Kat Hooper | May 19, 2017 | SFF Reviews | 3
Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke In 2131, humans are minding their own business when a large object thought to be an asteroid is detected at the edge of our solar system. As it gets closer to Earth it is photographed and found to be unnatural — obviously an alien spaceship. A team of […]
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Posted by Sandy Ferber | May 25, 2015 | SFF Reviews | 3
Burnt Offerings by Robert Marasco For all those folks who have at times felt that their home and possessions owned them, rather than the other way around; for those folks who love a good haunted house/possession tale; and even for those readers who simply enjoy a well-told thriller of a page-turner, Robert Marasco‘s 1973 novel […]
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Posted by Rebecca Fisher | Jul 15, 2014 | SFF Reviews | 1
The Cat Who Wished to Be a Man by Lloyd Alexander No one does it better than Lloyd Alexander. One of his early children’s chapter books, The Cat Who Wished to Be a Man contains all of his trademark wit, wisdom and warmth, as well as a valuable lesson and plenty of delightful characters. After […]
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Posted by Kat Hooper | Jan 21, 2014 | SFF Reviews | 0
Protector by Larry Niven Phssthpok is a protector of his race, the Pak. For thousands of years he’s been traveling space, looking for the Pak breeders that left his war-torn planet millions of years before. This is, biologically, the only thing Phssthpok lives for and if he doesn’t find them soon, he’s likely to stop […]
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Posted by Steven Harbin (GUEST) | Oct 5, 2012 | SFF Reviews | 0
Hrolf Kraki’s Saga by Poul Anderson Poul Anderson took the Viking saga of Hrolf Kraki and crafted this magnificent fantasy novel from the legendary king’s story. Hrolf was a sort of Arthurian equivalent in the northern folk tales and myths, but Anderson brought him to life in this novelized retelling of his exploits. Like much […]
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Posted by Rebecca Fisher | Dec 14, 2007 | SFF Reviews | 7
The Princess Bride by William Goldman Like many people, I was familiar with the 1987 film The Princess Bride long before I read (or even knew about) William Goldman’s original novel, the extensively titled The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern’s Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure. Like the film, the novel has a framing […]
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