Posted by Kat Hooper | Dec 21, 2016 | SFF Reviews | 19
Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock After his post-WWII convalescence in France, Steven Huxley is returning to his family’s home on the edge of Ryhope Wood, a patch of ancient forest, in Britain. For as long as Steven remembers, his father, who recently died, had been so obsessed with the forest that it destroyed their family. […]
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Posted by Kate Lechler | Aug 17, 2016 | SFF Reviews | 0
A Princess of the Chameln by Cherry Wilder In A Princess of the Chameln, Cherry Wilder tells the story of Aidris Am Firn, whose parents, the king and queen of the Firn and one half of the rulership of the Chameln, are attacked in front of her. As her last living act, Aidris’s mother gives […]
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Posted by Kat Hooper | Jun 15, 2016 | SFF Reviews | 7
The Summer Tree by Guy Gavriel Kay I absolutely loved everything about Guy Gavriel Kay’s stand-alone novels Tigana and A Song for Arbonne, so it was with great excitement that I downloaded the newly released audio version of The Summer Tree, the first novel in his famous The Fionavar Tapestry. In The Summer Tree we […]
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Posted by Ryan Skardal | Dec 18, 2015 | SFF Reviews | 2
The Wild Shore by Kim Stanley Robinson Kim Stanley Robinson’s debut novel, The Wild Shore, was first published in 1984 but its story begins decades after nuclear bombs were set off in America’s cities. Now, in 2047, Californian survivors in San Onofre dedicate their days to gathering food and maintaining their shelters rather than filming […]
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Posted by Kat Hooper | Feb 27, 2015 | SFF Reviews | 3
The Digging Leviathan by James P. Blaylock The Digging Leviathan is the first book in James P. Blaylock’s LANGDON ST. IVES/NARBONDO series. I’ve been reading these out of order, which doesn’t seem to matter. The books have some overlapping characters, settings, and/or concepts, but each stands alone. The Digging Leviathan features two teenage boys, Jim […]
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Posted by Kat Hooper | Nov 14, 2012 | SFF Reviews | 0
Damiano by R.A. MacAvoy Young Damiano Delstrego is now the head of his house after his father, a witch, was killed when a spell went horribly wrong. Damiano is also a musician, an alchemist, and a witch, but he’s a good Christian, too, and he tries to use his powers only for good. That’s why […]
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Posted by Tim Scheidler | Jul 18, 2012 | SFF Reviews | 0
The Crystal Crown by Brenda Clough The Crystal Crown is basically a simple story. Liras-Ven, an unassuming and softspoken gardener, is chosen to be his nation’s next king, much to his horror. He makes a few bumbling attempts to extricate himself from the situation before settling down to endure a comical succession of royal duties and […]
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Posted by Kat Hooper | Jun 4, 2012 | SFF Reviews | 0
The Dragon Griaule by Lucius Shepard His flesh has become one with the earth. He knows its every tremor and convulsion. His thoughts roam the plenum, his mind is a cloud that encompasses our world. His blood is the marrow of time. Centuries flow through him, leaving behind a residue that he incorporates into his […]
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Posted by Kat Hooper | Nov 4, 2011 | SFF Reviews | 6
Moonheart by Charles de Lint Sara and her uncle Jamie live in Tamson House, the old family mansion that takes up a street block in Ottawa. While Sara runs their cluttered curiosity shop, Jamie spends his days studying the arcane and playing host to the eccentrics and homeless people who come and go through Tamson […]
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Posted by John Hulet | Aug 23, 2011 | SFF Reviews | 2
The Man of Gold by M.A.R. Barker The Man of Gold is a lush, richly written fantasy novel. M.A.R. Barker’s work is both strongly developed and highly detailed, at levels that few other authors ever attain. Barker spent decades building the living, breathing world of Tékumel. In the 1970s, Barker developed this world into a […]
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Posted by Marion Deeds | Jul 18, 2011 | SFF Reviews | 2
The Infinity Concerto by Greg Bear I give myself credit for finishing The Infinity Concerto, the first book of Songs of Earth and Power, written by Greg Bear in 1986. The Infinity Concerto has a compelling opening chapter but fails to deliver on that chapter’s promise. Michael Perrin, the book’s main character, is a sixteen-year-old […]
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Posted by Ryan Skardal | Oct 24, 2010 | SFF Reviews | 5
Neuromancer by William Gibson Originally published in 1984, William Gibson’s debut novel, Neuromancer, has it all: clones, artificial intelligences that manipulate human affairs, and ninjas. In contrast, our burned out hero, Henry Dorset Case, is not very impressive. But he’s trying. When we meet him, Case is doing his best to hustle a living in Chiba […]
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Posted by Kat Hooper | Oct 1, 2010 | SFF Reviews | 0
Stormwarden by Janny Wurts This is a great time to be an audiobook reader! I’ve said often recently that I’m so pleased with Audible Frontiers for bringing us some older fantasy literature on audio, and this month their UK production team released Stormwarden, the first novel of Janny Wurts’ THE CYCLE OF FIRE trilogy which […]
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Posted by Kat Hooper | Jul 9, 2010 | SFF Reviews | 3
On a Pale Horse by Piers Anthony When the grim reaper shows up a few seconds early, Zane shoots him instead of using the gun on himself as he’d planned. Now, instead of being dead, Zane is Death. He has to take over the office, riding around the world in his convertible pale horse collecting […]
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Posted by Rob Rhodes | Aug 12, 2008 | SFF Reviews | 0
THE DRAGONLANCE CHRONICLES by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman Dragons of Autumn Twilight, a classic work of high fantasy, marks the beginning of a remarkable 6-book tale (the Chronicles Trilogy, followed by the even more magnificent Legends Trilogy), which greatly increased the interest in the Dungeons & Dragons game throughout the 1980’s. It certainly does contain […]
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Posted by Rob Rhodes | Jul 1, 2008 | SFF Reviews | 2
The Black Company by Glen Cook The Black Company is an ancient mercenary brotherhood, its members as hard-bitten as skilled. As their ongoing commission in the city of Beryl disintegrates, they escape through the “trap-door” (in its fullest sense) of new employment by a mysterious northern sorcerer; and they soon find themselves the elite unit in […]
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Posted by Greg Hersom | Jun 25, 2007 | SFF Reviews | 1
Legend by David Gemmell Before there was J.R.R Tolkien, there was Robert E. Howard, who created what would later be called Heroic Fantasy or Sword-and-Sorcery. With the justly-earned popularity of Lord of the Rings, it seems to me that many writers and publishers of fantasy fiction have forsaken the heroic ballads for overly-complex, over-sized, and, […]
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