Posted by Kat Hooper | Mar 8, 2019 | SFF Reviews | 2
City of Golden Shadow by Tad Williams City of Golden Shadow (1996) is the first book in Tad Williams’ OTHERLAND quartet. The complicated plot, which is set in the near future, follows a large cast of characters all over the world who have some connection to a huge but secret virtual reality simulation that eventually […]
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Posted by Ruth Arnell (RETIRED) | Jun 16, 2017 | SFF Reviews | 3
Archangel by Sharon Shinn Gabriel is about to become Archangel. He is required to lead the annual singing of the Gloria on the Plains of Sharon in just a few months with his wife, the angelica, at his side. There is just one problem: Gabriel isn’t married. Faced with this dilemma, he goes to the […]
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Posted by Kat Hooper | Jul 5, 2016 | SFF Reviews | 4
The Reality Dysfunction by Peter F. Hamilton The Reality Dysfunction, first published in 1996 but just recently released in audiobook format by Tantor Audio, is the first book in Peter F. Hamilton’s NIGHT’S DAWN trilogy which is set in the 27th century in his Confederation universe. Technological and scientific advances have allowed humans to spread […]
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Posted by Jason Golomb | Dec 4, 2015 | SFF Reviews | 2
Ancient Shores by Jack McDevitt Fort Moxie lent itself to timelessness. There were no major renovation projects, no vast cultural shifts imposed by changing technology, no influxes of strangers, no social engineering. The town and the broad prairie in which it rested were caught in a kind of time warp. A farmer works his land […]
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Posted by Jason Golomb | Oct 7, 2015 | SFF Reviews | 5
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell Not one sparrow can fall to the ground without your Father knowing it. ~Matthew 10:29 I thoroughly enjoyed this expansive story of space travel and first contact. The Sparrow (1996), a multiple award-winning novel from Mary Doria Russell and the first book in THE SPARROW duology, is wonderfully deep in its […]
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Posted by Ryan Skardal | Jun 11, 2011 | SFF Reviews | 6
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin George R.R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones is set in Westeros, a continent that was divided into Seven Kingdoms until the Targaryens and their dragons conquered it. Fourteen years before the story begins, Ned Stark, Robert Baratheon, and Jon Arryn led a rebellion against the mad king […]
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Posted by Rebecca Fisher | Nov 23, 2010 | SFF Reviews | 0
The Lost Years by T.A. Barron Perhaps because it was a tad over-hyped for me, perhaps because since its publication there have been several other books and films that tell the story of Merlin’s youth, but T.A. Barron‘s The Lost Years left me a little cold. I enjoyed it well enough, though certain segments dragged a little, […]
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Posted by Kelly Lasiter | May 19, 2010 | SFF Reviews | 1
The Golden Key by Melanie Rawn, Jennifer Roberson, and Kate Elliott Melanie Rawn, Jennifer Roberson, and Kate Elliott collaborate here to create a novel that is very hard to put down — despite its formidable length and flattish characters. What drew me in was the carefully designed world, the totally believable magic, the overall mood, […]
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Posted by Rob Rhodes | Feb 9, 2010 | SFF Reviews | 1
Wind from a Foreign Sky by Katya Reimann Gaultry is a young, beautiful, spirited huntress, who has been raised by her great-aunt, a hedge-witch, on the border of Tielmaran. One day, the outer world cruelly ends her idyllic life, as a squadron of soldiers seeks to abduct her, and she finds herself a key figure […]
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Posted by Ruth Arnell (RETIRED) | Nov 24, 2009 | SFF Reviews | 6
The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner “I can steal anything.” With that boast, Gen sets into action a course of events that could affect kingdoms. When he boasts that he can steal the King’s Seal, and then delivers on his promise, he is arrested and thrown into prison, where he languishes until the King’s Magus […]
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Posted by Rebecca Fisher | May 18, 2009 | SFF Reviews | 0
THE NIGHT WORLD: Volume 1 by L.J. Smith “So This is the Night World…” First published between 1996-1998, Lisa Jane Smith‘s NIGHT WORLD series was released as a ten-book series…only the final book never arrived. Smith took a ten-year hiatus from writing, leaving the final book unwritten and the steadily-building story incomplete. But now, finally, […]
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Posted by Guest | Feb 7, 2008 | SFF Reviews | 0
The Lightbringer by Oliver Johnson Oliver Johnson‘s The Lightbringer is a different sort of fantasy trilogy. For one thing, it involves vampires, and since vampire novels have spawned their own genre you rarely find them in true fantasy any more. However, this is not a vampire novel; it’s most definitely high fantasy. The next thing that makes The […]
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Posted by Rebecca Fisher | Nov 24, 2007 | SFF Reviews | 0
The Willow Tree’s Daughter by Pamela Freeman It is a very sad fact that this book is so overlooked, as it is a rare gem that everybody should try to get hold of, filled with amazing characters, strange creatures and stereotypes that get twisted on their heads! The most unique thing about this book however […]
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