Posted by Kat Hooper | Nov 2, 2018 | SFF Reviews | 5
Deathstalker by Simon R. Green The galactic empire is ruled by a brutal empress, a woman who terrorizes both the peasants and nobles who bow down to her. She’s the kind of ruler who decorates her palace with the tortured bodies of her dead enemies. Or she brainwashes them, augments their bodies and, as she […]
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Posted by Jesse Hudson | Feb 5, 2015 | SFF Reviews | 0
Foreigner by C.J. Cherryh “Sometimes the clothes do not make the man…” sang George Michael. Fortunately the cover of C.J. Cherryh’s literary sci-fi offering Foreigner can boast the same. The story contained within is (pun intended) light years from the throwback sci-fi cover. And the back cover is only slightly better than the front. The Publisher’s Weekly […]
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Posted by Brad Hawley | Aug 15, 2014 | SFF Reviews | 3
The Invisibles (Vol. 1): Say You Want a Revolution by Grant Morrison Grant Morrison gained recognition in the United States for revamping the flagging title Animal Man. He’s now known also for some of his early, quirky Vertigo titles such as Doom Patrol and The Invisibles. I don’t know why it’s taken me so long […]
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Posted by Brad Hawley | Jun 13, 2014 | SFF Reviews | 1
Monster (Vol. 1): The Perfect Edition by Naoki Urasawa Warning: This review is spoiler heavy, but I wanted to write a review of volume one that could let you know if you might want to read the entire series. You can read safely up to the first place I’ve marked for spoilers. There’s another place […]
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Posted by Kat Hooper | May 14, 2014 | SFF Reviews | 14
The Fire Rose by Mercedes Lackey Mercedes Lackey’s ELEMENTAL MASTERS is a series of ten (so far) novels that take place on an alternate Earth where some people are born with the ability to learn to control fire, water, air, or earth. Each book is also a fairytale retelling, though you may not notice that […]
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Posted by Kat Hooper | Feb 21, 2014 | SFF Reviews | 0
Majestrum by Matthew Hughes Majestrum is a relatively short science fantasy set in our own far-future universe which has been colonized far and wide by humans from Old Earth. The protagonist, Henghis Hapthorn, is a “discriminator” (“he unravels conundrums, picks apart puzzles, uncovers enigmas”) who uses his keen logical skills to solve mysteries. But some […]
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Posted by Rebecca Fisher | Jun 9, 2012 | SFF Reviews | 2
Into the Land of Unicorns by Bruce Coville The wanderer is weary… I had just finished reading THE HUNGER GAMES trilogy and was in search of something lighter to read — and what could be lighter than a book about unicorns, right? Well, Into the Land of the Unicorns is squarely aimed at a seven-to-ten […]
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Posted by Tim Scheidler | Jun 5, 2012 | SFF Reviews | 1
A Prince Among Men by Robert N. Charrette Aside from some rather grotesque cover art, there’s really not anything particularly wrong with A Prince Among Men. Unfortunately, it’s equally difficult to think of anything that it actually does right. It’s a relentlessly ho-hum sort of novel, reasonably diverting while it’s in front of you but […]
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Posted by Rebecca Fisher | Dec 31, 2010 | SFF Reviews | 0
The Forbidden Game by L.J. Smith Well, I do have to thank the Twilight phenomena for one thing at least, and that’s that the collected trilogies of Lisa Jane Smith have been pulled out of the Simon and Schuster publishing vault, given brand spanking new covers, and re-released for both a new reading audience, and […]
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Posted by Thomas M. Wagner (guest) | Nov 18, 2010 | SFF Reviews | 3
Aurian by Maggie Furey Aurian is a highly entertaining story that, with a boundless sense of “sky’s the limit” confidence, unapologetically runs the gamut from heroic high adventure to bodice-ripper (which is, I’m told, a very pejorative term amongst the romance set, but hey). It’s a great guilty pleasure. Don’t think I’m belittling this book, […]
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Posted by Kelly Lasiter | Jul 8, 2010 | SFF Reviews | 1
The Godmother by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough In traditional fairy tales, fairy godmothers show up when they are least expected but most needed, to right wrongs and assist those in peril. Enter Felicity Fortune. Summoned to Seattle by a sweet but burned-out young social worker named Rose, she sets out to solve problems both modern and […]
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Posted by Kelly Lasiter | Feb 16, 2008 | SFF Reviews | 0
The Sword of Maiden’s Tears by Rosemary Edghill I’ve become a bit of a Rosemary Edghill fan lately, so I opened the cover of this foray into urban fantasy with anticipation. It takes place in New York in the eighties (take note of the clothing styles for a nostalgic chuckle). Thrust into the teeming streets […]
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