Posted by Kat Hooper | Jan 15, 2018 | SFF Reviews | 4
Dragon Prince by Melanie Rawn Melanie Rawn’s DRAGON PRINCE trilogy is finally being produced in audio format by Tantor Audio. The series begins with Dragon Prince (1985) and follows the inhabitants of a continent divided into several princedoms and ruled by a nasty and ruthless High Prince who has 17 bratty daughters but no male […]
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Posted by Kat Hooper | Dec 21, 2016 | SFF Reviews | 13
Note: This review has been updated after a re-read, but we’re keeping the old comments on the post. The Dragonbone Chair by Tad Williams Tad Williams’ MEMORY, SORROW, & THORN was one of the first epic fantasy trilogies I ever read and, two and a half decades ago, I absolutely loved everything about it. It’s […]
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Posted by Brad Hawley | May 14, 2016 | SFF Reviews | 9
The Sandman (Vol. 1): Preludes and Nocturnes (Issues 1-8): Neil Gaiman (author), Sam Kieth, Mike Dringenberg, and Malcolm Jones III (artists), Todd Klein (letterer), Karen Berger (editor) [This essay is the second in an ongoing series on THE SANDMAN: This lengthy essay-review is for those who want a more thorough introduction than is offered in our […]
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Posted by Kat Hooper | Jun 10, 2014 | SFF Reviews | 4
The Last Coin by James P. Blaylock Andrew and Rose Vanbergen have recently purchased a California inn which they are fixing up and getting ready for guests. They live in the inn along with aging Aunt Naomi, her numerous cats, and her companion, Mrs. Gummage. The Vanbergens have only one real guest so far — […]
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Posted by Brad Hawley | Jun 21, 2013 | SFF Reviews | 3
THE SANDMAN by Neil Gaiman Neil Gaiman’s THE SANDMAN might just be my favorite work of art. To me, it’s better than any painting, any album, any symphony, any movie, any poem, any play, and possibly, just possibly, any novel, which to me, as an English Professor, is the greatest art form of them all. […]
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Posted by Terry Lago (GUEST) | Mar 15, 2013 | SFF Reviews | 2
Desolation Road by Ian McDonald I was reminded, while reading Desolation Road, of two authors in particular: John Crowley and Gene Wolfe. This is not to say that I think Ian McDonald was in any way aping them or merely writing some kind of amalgamated pastiche, but there were elements to his tale that made […]
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Posted by Terry Lago (GUEST) | Mar 12, 2012 | SFF Reviews | 2
Neverness by David Zindell Nevernessis a really enjoyable “big idea” science fiction novel that takes place millennia in our future on the planet Icefall, also called Neverness. It’s kind of Frank Herbert’s Dune meets Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur with high-level mathematics, posthumanism, and trippy metaphysics thrown in. The story follows the life of […]
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Posted by Kat Hooper | Oct 31, 2011 | SFF Reviews | 0
Castle Perilous by John DeChancie Castle Perilous is a giant castle with 144,000 rooms that are portals to other worlds. These portals are constantly shifting in and out of other dimensions and occasionally they temporarily open up somewhere on Earth. At those times people may stumble into the castle and not be able to get […]
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Posted by Tim Scheidler | Oct 4, 2011 | SFF Reviews | 4
THE SANDMAN by Neil Gaiman THE SANDMAN series was originally released in comic form, later in trade paperback collections (above), and most lately in larger omnibus editions (the first one is shown here). It’s thus rather difficult (and time-consuming) to review the individual volumes, and so I’m going to review the series as a whole, […]
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Posted by Kat Hooper | Nov 30, 2007 | SFF Reviews | 1
Sheepfarmer’s Daughter by Elizabeth Moon Brilliance Audio has recently been putting together some fine productions of many classic fantasy novels that deserve to be heard and I, as a reader, couldn’t be happier. I don’t have much free time these days, and most of my reading is now done by audio, so I was thrilled […]
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Posted by Rebecca Fisher | Aug 6, 2007 | SFF Reviews | 0
Sorcery and Cecelia (The Enchanted Chocolate Pot) by Patricia C. Wrede To best understand Sorcery and Cecelia one has to first flick to the back of the book in order to read the authors’ afterword in which they explain the format and history of their story. After hearing of a game called “The Letter Game,” […]
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