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When I found out that T.H. White, the author of The Once and Future King, had written The Goshawk, a book about training a hawk, I jumped at the chance to read it. I love stories about birds of prey (probably fostered by a childhood obsession with My Side of the Mountain) and have often fantasized about becoming an amateur falconer.
Based on The Goshawk,
July 13th, 2015. Kate Lechler´s rating: 2.5 | T.H. White | Audio, Non-fiction | SFF Reviews | 4 comments |
Field of Dishonor by David Weber
David Weber’s Field of Dishonor is the fourth book in the HONOR HARRINGTON series. I have read On Basilisk Station, the first book, but not the intervening ones (though Kat has.) This review may contain spoilers for the previous books.
I liked this book more than On Basilisk Station because there was slightly less lecturing, but the entertainment value is frequently squashed flat by Honor’s perfection and the ease with which things unfold for her.
June 30th, 2015. Marion Deeds´s rating: 2.5 | David Weber | SFF Reviews | 3 comments |
Steal the Dragon by Patricia Briggs
In Steal the Dragon, Patricia Briggs creates yet another strong, believable female protagonist in Rialla, a horse trainer and ex-slave from the country of Darran, who now lives in Sianim. (In fact, Steal the Dragon is technically part of a series called SIANIM, but as the books in the series do not share a lot of plot or characters, merely a setting, you don’t have to read the others to enjoy it.) She learns from the spymaster of Sianim that an influential lord in Darran would like to outlaw slavery,
June 25th, 2015. Kate Lechler´s rating: 2.5 | Patricia Briggs | Audio | SFF Reviews | no comments |
Madness in Solidar by L.E. Modesitt Jr
THE IMAGER PORTFOLIO has hopped all around the chronological history Solidar, from the very beginning when Imagers were feared and forced to hide or else be killed or enslaved, to the very end when they are a powerful arm of the government. Madness in Solidar (2015) falls in the middle and is one of the bleaker installments in Modesitt’s series. You need to have read the previous eight books before picking up Madness in Solidar.
June 17th, 2015. John Hulet´s rating: 2.5 | L.E. Modesitt_Jr | SFF Reviews | no comments |
Blood of Amber by Roger Zelazny
It’s at this point in Roger Zelazny’s AMBER CHRONICLES that things start going downhill. Don’t even try to pick this up if you haven’t read the previous six books. It will make no sense. Expect spoilers for those earlier books in this review.
Blood of Amber (1986), the seventh book, begins right where Trumps of Doom left off. Merlin, like his namesake, is trapped in a crystal cave. Then he escapes. During the rest of this short story,
June 10th, 2015. Kat Hooper´s rating: 2.5 | Roger Zelazny | Audio | SFF Reviews | 3 comments |
Lady-Protector by L.E. Modesitt Jr
Lady-Protector is the last (so far) book in L.E. Modesitt’s COREAN CHRONICLES and a direct sequel to The Lord-Protector’s Daughter. You can read this duology without having read the first six COREAN CHRONICLES books, but you do need to read The Lord-Protector’s Daughter before picking up Lady-Protector. This review will necessarily spoil some of the plot for that earlier novel.
June 9th, 2015. Kat Hooper´s rating: 2.5 | L.E. Modesitt_Jr | Audio | SFF Reviews | no comments |
Note: You really must read the first two books before coming to book three or you’ll be hopelessly lost. I’ll assume you’ve done that if you’re reading this review, so expect spoilers for those previous books.
All is Fair is the final novel in Emma Newman’s SPLIT WORLDS trilogy. I thought the first novel, Between Two Thorns was dull and confusing, and I wouldn’t have bothered with the sequel,
June 2nd, 2015. Kat Hooper´s rating: 2.5 | Emma Newman | Audio | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
In the distant future, humanity will remember the period when NASA landed on the moon and explored our galaxy as the Golden Age. The people of the future won’t remember much else from our century because of the Internet crash that caused so much literature and scientific knowledge to be lost forever.
Alex Benedict and his pilot, Chase Kolpath, are in the artifact business. Benedict’s profession consists of finding rare items and selling them to the highest bidder – and Benedict has a lead on a bunch of Golden Age artifacts.
May 26th, 2015. Ryan Skardal´s rating: 2.5 | Jack McDevitt | SFF Reviews | 6 comments |
The Pilgrims and Shadow by Will Elliott
The Pilgrims and Shadow by Will Elliott are the first two books of the PENDULUM TRILOGY. I read The Pilgrims while on a long trip last year, and so never wrote up a review (camping and hiking not being conducive to such activity). Which means this dual review will focus heavily detail-wise on Shadow while making reference to the first book based on some fuzzy recollection,
May 20th, 2015. Bill Capossere´s rating: 2.5 | Will Elliott | SFF Reviews | no comments |
The Boy Who Lost Fairyland by Catherynne M. Valente
The Boy Who Lost Fairyland is the fourth in the FAIRYLAND series by Catherynne M. Valente, the second in a row that has been somewhat of a disappointment to me, and the first whose strengths I thought were not enough to fully overcome its flaws.
Valente takes a bit of a risk here in book four, shifting focus from her primary protagonist, September and her friends, to a whole new cast of characters.
May 15th, 2015. Bill Capossere´s rating: 2.5 | Catherynne M. Valente | Children | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
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