Posted by Kelly Lasiter | Nov 11, 2019 | SFF Reviews | 2
Briar Rose by Jane Yolen In the 1980s, Terri Windling created the FAIRY TALE SERIES, a collection of stand-alone retellings for adults, featuring some of the best writers in the field. The series continued into the early 2000s and spans a wide variety of styles, tones, and interpretations of the tales. Jane Yolen’s Briar Rose […]
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Posted by Kat Hooper | Aug 11, 2017 | SFF Reviews | 0
The Thief of Always by Clive Barker It’s summer and Harvey Swick, a ten year old with an active imagination, is bored. That’s how he gets lured into Mr. Hood’s Holiday House. It’s a wonderful place that’s fun and exciting, where Harvey gets everything his heart desires, and where he and the other kids who […]
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Posted by Stuart Starosta | May 10, 2016 | SFF Reviews | 0
Quarantine by Greg Egan Greg Egan is an Australian writer of hard science fiction who specializes in mathematics, epistemology, quantum theory, posthumanism, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, etc. When you pick up one of his books, you know you will be getting a fairly dense crash course in some pretty outlandish scientific and mathematical ideas, with […]
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Posted by Jason Golomb | Nov 4, 2015 | SFF Reviews | 2
Doomsday Book by Connie Willis Although it took a good two-thirds of the novel for me to decide, I’ve come to the conclusion that I really enjoyed this multiple award-winning book by Connie Willis. At its core, Doomsday Book is sci-fi time travel, but it’s got depth and intelligence, and leaves little wonder that it […]
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Posted by Jana Nyman | Aug 3, 2015 | SFF Reviews | 6
The Mist in the Mirror: A Ghost Story by Susan Hill The beginning of The Mist in the Mirror is lovely, evocative of turn-of-the century London and the surrounding English countryside. I felt like Susan Hill had been there and merely transcribed her experiences: It was early afternoon but already the light was fading and darkness […]
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Posted by Brad Hawley | Dec 24, 2014 | SFF Reviews | 0
X by Clamp X is an eighteen-volume manga by Clamp. It is also known as X/1999, but the more recent six-volume omnibus edition refers to the storyline as X. The series should not be confused with Clamp’s xxxHolic, my favorite series by Clamp (so far). X comes in a close second place for me in […]
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Posted by Rob Weber | Aug 28, 2014 | SFF Reviews | 2
The Gypsy by Steven Brust and Megan Lindholm Experienced police man Mike Stepovich anf his green partner Durand apprehend a gypsy suspected of murdering a shopkeeper. Stepovich immediately notices something strange about the gypsy and does something he’s never done in his long career. He fails to turn in the knife the gypsy is carrying. […]
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Posted by Kat Hooper | Jun 24, 2014 | SFF Reviews | 2
The Broken Land by Ian McDonald Ian McDonald’s The Broken Land (Hearts, Hands and Voices in the UK) is a book I admired more than I loved. It’s an allegorical look at the horrors of civil war caused by religious zeal and division. The story is set in a fictional country that feels like it could […]
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Posted by Brad Hawley | Dec 27, 2013 | SFF Reviews | 0
Cosmic Odyssey by Jim Starlin (writer) and Mike Mignola (artist) On the one hand, the story of Cosmic Odyssey is a simple one — a terrible and dangerous force known as the anti-life equation threatens our universe, and all the good characters must unite with the evil Darkseid to save the day. On the other […]
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Posted by Alix E. Harrow | Oct 30, 2013 | SFF Reviews | 3
Ammonite by Nicola Griffith In Nicola Griffith’s Ammonite, we find a world without men. If you’re imagining a serene society ruled by wise matriarchs, or a planet of space-babes waiting for Kirk to rescue them, then perhaps this book is not for you. Because Griffith’s world is different. Her book is about reworking the familiar […]
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Posted by Jesse Hudson | Jan 25, 2013 | SFF Reviews | 3
The Hollow Man by Dan Simmons I’m a huge fan of Dan Simmons’s work — when he hits. With The Hollow Man, he misses. Though his talent as a stylist is once again on full display here, the story is confused and overly-complex, leaving the objective of The Hollow Man obscure and ambiguous. One look at the plot […]
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Posted by Rob Weber | Jan 10, 2013 | SFF Reviews | 4
Alien Earth by Megan Lindholm Megan Lindholm is perhaps better known under her pseudonym Robin Hobb. Since the appearance of Assassin’s Apprentice in 1995, her work set in the Realm of the Elderlings has gained her a wide popularity among fans of epic fantasy. Before the emergence of Hobb, Lindholm had already published ten other […]
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Posted by Ryan Skardal | May 2, 2012 | SFF Reviews | 5
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson Readers considering whether they should read Neal Stephenson’s breakthrough novel, Snow Crash, would do well to read the novel’s opening chapters about the Deliverator. Rarely has a sales pitch been so blatantly — and so masterfully — launched at the start of a novel. Even James Bond must envy such […]
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Posted by Stefan Raets (RETIRED) | Mar 10, 2010 | SFF Reviews | 2
The Master of Whitestorm by Janny Wurts As The Master of Whitestorm starts off, Haldeth, a blacksmith turned galley slave, gets involved in an escape attempt by his bench mate, a mysterious and silent man who quickly proves to have surprising skills and hidden depths. After the two companions escape, they strike out together, and […]
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Posted by Rob Rhodes | Sep 27, 2007 | SFF Reviews | 2
A Song for Arbonne by Guy Gavriel Kay In this homage to the troubadours and the “court of love” of medieval France, Guy Gavriel Kay comes down from the dizzying heights of The Fionavar Tapestry trilogy and creates a beautiful and memorable tale of mere mortals ensnared by political intrigue, enmity and love. (GGK does […]
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