The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers Tim Powers’ fourth novel, 1983’s The Anubis Gates, is a book that I had been meaning to read for years. Chosen for inclusion in both David Pringle’s Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels and Jones & Newman’s Horror: 100 Best Books, as well as the recipient of the Philip […]
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Nobody’s Home by Tim Powers Tim Powers’ fourth novel, The Anubis Gates, was such a perfectly crafted, fully self-contained work that I doubt very much if any of his legion of fans could have reasonably expected a sequel. Released originally in 1983, the book has gone on to become a classic of sorts in both […]
Read MoreSandy Ferber´s rating: 3 | Tim Powers | SFF Reviews | | no comments |
Dinner at Deviant’s Palace by Tim Powers Tim Powers is an author who seems to forever fly under the radar of popular readership. And there doesn’t seem to be an obvious reason. His stories are well crafted, his prose lean and brisk, and his sense of the fantastic always vivid and invigorating. His fifth novel, […]
Read MoreJesse Hudson´s rating: 3 | Tim Powers | Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | | 3 comments |
The Stress of Her Regard by Tim Powers I thought I was sick unto death of vampire novels until I read this one. The Stress of Her Regard reminds me of Anne Rice at her best, some years ago, except with more action and less description of the carpeting. The story centers around the nephelim, […]
Read MoreKelly Lasiter and Marion Deeds´s rating: 4 | Tim Powers | Mythopoeic Award, Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | | 3 comments |
The Bible Repairman and Other Stories by Tim Powers Tim Powers does not often write short fiction, but when he does, he comes up with doozies. The Bible Repairman and Other Stories contains a mere six stories, but each one is so well-crafted that it will stick in your brain, giving you odd jabs now […]
Read MoreTerry Weyna´s rating: 4 | Tim Powers | Short Fiction | SFF Reviews | | 3 comments |
The Urban Fantasy Anthology edited by Peter S. Beagle & Joe R. Lansdale It’s no secret that I’m not a fan of most urban fantasy. I tend to find problems with almost every urban fantasy book I’ve tried to read. When I got this book in the mail, I kind of rolled my eyes and […]
Read MoreHide Me Among the Graves by Tim Powers Tim Powers’s The Stress of Her Regard was one of my favorite random used-bookstore discoveries. After reading it ten years ago, I talked it up to all my friends. It was out of print at the time, so I constantly lent out my own copy until the […]
Read MoreKelly Lasiter and Marion Deeds´s rating: 3, 3.5 | Tim Powers | SFF Reviews | | 2 comments |
Salvage and Demolition by Tim Powers Richard Blanzac is a 40-year-old rare books dealer in San Francisco. While examining the contents of a few old boxes someone brought in, he discovers a manuscript with some poetry written by a little known San Francisco Beat poet named Sophie Greenwald who died in 1969. Shortly after, he […]
Read MoreKat Hooper´s rating: 4 | Tim Powers | Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | | 3 comments |
The Devils in the Details — (2003) Short stories. Publisher: Collects three original short stories, ”Through And Through” by Powers, ”The Devil In The Details” by Blaylock, and ”Fifty Cents” a collaboration by both authors together. Plus a foreword by Powers and an afterword ”Mexican Food” by Blaylock (this afterword comes in the form of […]
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