Reposting to include Rebecca’s new review. Verdigris Deep by Frances Hardinge A glance back at former reviews of Frances Hardinge’s work reveals that I have overused the word “weird.” Hardly the nicest word, and yet I meant it as a compliment. It’s a testament to my struggle to pinpoint what it is that makes Hardinge’s […]
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Posted by Brad Hawley | Feb 16, 2019 | SFF Reviews | 0
Marvel 1985 by Mark Millar In Marvel 1985, Mark Millar tells us the story of comics coming to real life. Young Toby Goodman sees the Red Skull one day, and wonders if his eyes might be deceiving him, but after he sees a few more Marvel characters, he realizes that the super-villains from the Marvel […]
Read MorePosted by Stuart Starosta | Apr 19, 2018 | SFF Reviews | 0
The Gone-Away World by Nick Harkaway The Gone-Away World (2008) is a post-apocalyptic comedy/tragedy about our world before and after the Gone-Away Bombs have wiped up out much of humanity and the world we know. It is about Gonzo Lubitsch and his nameless best friend, who work for a special crew that is assigned to […]
Read MorePosted by Stuart Starosta | Feb 16, 2018 | SFF Reviews | 2
The Best of Lucius Shepard by Lucius Shepard I’ll come right out and say it. Lucius Shepard was one of the best SF short story writers of the 1980 and 1990s. His prose, imagery, themes, and style are so powerful, dynamic, and vivid that it’s a real crime that he didn’t gain a wider readership […]
Read MorePosted by Brad Hawley | Jul 22, 2017 | SFF Reviews | 0
Echo by Terry Moore Echo by Terry Moore is a page-turner and tells the story of how good technology gets turned into a weapon. The overall comic book series is suspenseful and reads fast even though the book is a long volume that comes in an omnibus edition. However, the story takes second place to […]
Read MorePosted by Stuart Starosta | Apr 18, 2017 | SFF Reviews | 0
House of Suns by Alastair Reynolds This is the first Alastair Reynolds’ book I’ve read not set in his REVELATION SPACE series, and many of his fans claim House of Suns (2008) is his best book. I’d have to say it is pretty impressive, dealing with deep time scales rarely seen for any but the […]
Read MorePosted by Jesse Hudson | Mar 16, 2017 | SFF Reviews | 0
Dark Integers and Other Stories by Greg Egan Though the count may not be high (five stories all told), Greg Egan’s Dark Integers and Other Stories packs a theoretical punch, quite literally. Novellas and novelettes only, the 2008 collection is filled with the author’s trademark hard science speculation. The selections were published between 1995 and […]
Read MorePosted by Bill Capossere | Oct 10, 2016 | SFF Reviews | 3
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman Ignore the YA label slapped on this one if that gives you pause. Though that won’t be hard to do because The Graveyard Book opens with a hand in the darkness holding a knife wet with the blood of almost an entire family: father, mother, and older child. The […]
Read MorePosted by Rob Weber | Apr 22, 2016 | SFF Reviews | 0
The Last Theorem by Arthur C. Clarke & Frederik Pohl In March 2008 one of the titans of science fiction, Arthur C. Clarke died at the age of 90. At the time he was working on The Last Theorem, a collaboration with another big name in science fiction, the slightly younger Frederik Pohl who died […]
Read MorePosted by Ryan Skardal | Nov 18, 2015 | SFF Reviews | 9
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami I have just finished reading Haruki Murakami’s What I Talk About When I Talk About Running for the fifth time. I love this book, and although I wouldn’t say it’s the greatest book ever written, it may be my favorite book ever written. […]
Read MorePosted by Rob Weber | May 12, 2015 | SFF Reviews | 0
Starlady and Fast-Friend by George R.R. Martin In July 2008 Subterranean published this book containing two novelettes by George R.R. Martin, both of which were originally published in 1976. They are presented in a similar fashion to the Ace Double novels of the 1950s and 1960s. Thus, Starlady and Fast-Friend has two covers and is […]
Read MorePosted by Kat Hooper | Feb 10, 2015 | SFF Reviews | 4
Saturn’s Children by Charles Stross In the future of Charles Stross’ Saturn’s Children, humans have somehow managed to kill themselves off. But, before they did, they developed an array of artificial intelligence machines to serve them. Some were sent out to explore and settle the galaxy. The universe now contains all sorts of robots and […]
Read MorePosted by Terry Lago (GUEST) | Feb 1, 2015 | SFF Reviews | 0
Pandemonium by Daryl Gregory I’m going to say something that sounds unkind, but really it’s a compliment from me: for a long time now I’ve kind of thought of Daryl Gregory as something of a poor man’s Sean Stewart. I must first admit that this happened before I actually read any of his books (this […]
Read MorePosted by Rebecca Fisher | Apr 2, 2014 | SFF Reviews | 0
The Seer of Shadows by Avi Set in New York City, 1872, we are introduced to Horace Carpetine, a young man who works as an apprentice to a photographer. His employer Mr Middleditch is a rather unscrupulous man, eager to turn a penny whichever way he can, but Horace is captivated by the magic of […]
Read MorePosted by Brad Hawley | Jan 17, 2014 | SFF Reviews | 0
Madame Xanadu (Vol 1): Disenchanted by Matt Wagner (author) and Amy Reeder Hadley (artist) A few months back, we had a discussion here at Fanlit about Tarot cards and literature. We tried to come up with a list of books in which the use of Tarot cards was prominent. Well, I’ve got another book to […]
Read MorePosted by Kat Hooper | Jul 17, 2013 | SFF Reviews | 3
Space Magic by David D. Levine Before picking up this story collection, I was only familiar with David D. Levine from a couple of his stories that I’ve read in anthologies. Space Magic sparked my interest because it contains a Hugo Award winning story (“Tk’Tk’Tk’”) and because it has recently been released in audio format, […]
Read MorePosted by Brad Hawley | May 10, 2013 | SFF Reviews | 4
Mister X: Condemned by Dean Motter (writer and artist) The City of Dreams had become The City of Nightmares . . . was it too late to awaken it? Mister X: Condemned makes for a perfect introduction to the critically acclaimed Mister X series that first appeared in 1984. Since that time, other writers and […]
Read MorePosted by Sandy Ferber | May 9, 2013 | SFF Reviews | 0
Elak of Atlantis by Henry Kuttner When budding author Henry Kuttner wrote a fan letter to the already established Weird Tales favorite C.L. Moore in 1936, little did he know that the object of his admiration was a woman… a woman who, four years later, would become his wife, and with whom a collaboration would […]
Read MorePosted by Kat Hooper | Dec 31, 2012 | SFF Reviews | 2
Those Who Went Remain There Still by Cherie Priest Those Who Went Remain There Still is a short Southern Gothic horror novel by Cherie Priest which I listened to in audio format. The story follows two plotlines told in alternating chapters. One is excerpts from Daniel Boone’s Reflections Upon the Wilderness Road which he wrote […]
Read MorePosted by Ruth Arnell (RETIRED) | Nov 30, 2012 | SFF Reviews | 2
Kenny & the Dragon by Tony DiTerlizzi Kenny & the Dragon by Tony DiTerlizzi is a charming tribute to Kenneth Grahame’s children’s classic The Reluctant Dragon, which most people are familiar with through the Disney short film adaptation. In this beautifully illustrated volume, DiTerlizzi tells the story of a small, bookish rabbit named Kenny who […]
Read MorePosted by Kat Hooper | Jul 5, 2012 | SFF Reviews | 0
The Winds of Marble Arch by Connie Willis Tom and his wife are visiting London so Tom can attend an academic conference while his wife goes shopping with a friend. When Tom takes the Tube to the conference, he feels a strange wind in the Underground. It’s more than just the normal drafts created by […]
Read MorePosted by Marion Deeds | Feb 21, 2012 | SFF Reviews | 1
The Secrets of the Cave by Phillipa Bowers The loveliest image in Phillipa Bowers’s The Secrets of the Cave is the form of a woman, carved into the rock of the cave by the flow of the spring waters. At her feet, the pure water gathers in a pool lined with pink and red crystals. […]
Read MorePosted by Marion Deeds | Jan 6, 2012 | SFF Reviews | 2
The Glister by John Burnside Reading The Glister by John Burnside was like opening a perfectly crafted wooden box and finding inside a set of components, nested into cognac-colored velvet. Some components were made of finely worked gold and brass; some were polished wood; some were ethereal blown glass; some were made of jewels and […]
Read MorePosted by Ryan Skardal | Dec 22, 2011 | SFF Reviews | 15
Anathem by Neal Stephenson In his “Note to the Reader” at the start of Anathem, Neal Stephenson writes “if you are accustomed to reading works of speculative fiction and enjoy puzzling things out on your own, skip this Note.” My advice is this: Don’t skip the Note. In spite of years of speculative fiction reading, […]
Read MorePosted by Marion Deeds | Dec 16, 2011 | SFF Reviews | 0
The Sacred Book of the Werewolf by Victor Pelevin In our Edge of the Universe column, we review mainstream authors that incorporate elements of speculative fiction into their “literary” work. However you want to label them, we hope you’ll enjoy discussing these books with us. I think I can safely say that I have never read a book […]
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