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The Tyrant’s Law by Daniel Abraham
Best. Quest. Ending. Ever.
Seriously.
Ever.
If that isn’t enough, then keep reading to see all the other reasons to continue with Daniel Abraham’s THE DAGGER AND THE COIN series, via book three — The Tyrant’s Law. But really — Best. Ever.
As in the prior two books (The Dragon’s Path and The King’s Blood), Abraham tells his story through several focused POVs,
May 28th, 2013. Bill Capossere and Kat Hooper´s rating: 4.5 | Daniel Abraham | Audio | SFF Reviews | 3 comments |
I’m Not Sam by Jack Ketchum & Lucky McKee
Patrick is passionately in love with his wife, Sam, and she with him. Their life together sounds as close to ideal as it’s possible to get. He’s a cartoonist who works from their home, while she works as forensic pathologist. He cooks. She’s gorgeous. It’s a match made in heaven. On a typical evening, Sam returns from work a bit too fragrant from working on the corpse of a turkey farmer who had a heart attack just before spreading turkey droppings in his field.
May 27th, 2013. Terry Weyna´s rating: 4.5 | Jack Ketchum | Horror, Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | no comments |
Olympus by Nathan Edmondson (writer) and Christian Ward (artist)
I am starting to be very impressed with this writer whose books I’ve just started reading. Nathan Edmondson caught my eye first with Who Is Jake Ellis?, for which I wrote a positive review earlier this year. But today — May 15th, 2013, the day I’m writing this review — marks the release of a 50+ page first issue of a new limited series: Dream Merchant. I read it today and was absolutely blown away by both the writing and the art.
May 24th, 2013. Brad Hawley´s rating: 4.5 | Comics | SFF Reviews | 2 comments |
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
[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.]
What is it that drives us to pick up and complete a novel? A plot that carefully mortars brick upon brick, each clicking neatly together giving us no choice but to wonder “but then what?” until we look up surprised to find ourselves at the end?
May 24th, 2013. Bill Capossere´s rating: 4.5 | Kate Atkinson | Edge, Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
The Lives of Tao by Wesley Chu
Before the first animals showed up on Earth, immortal incorporeal aliens crash-landed on our planet. They’ve been trying to get back to their own planet ever since. Their strategy has been to promote the intellectual and technological development of the most promising animal species they could find — humans. They do this by inhabiting certain promising humans and guiding their thoughts and actions. They knew it would take thousands of years, but someday they will direct humans to create the spaceships they need to get home.
May 24th, 2013. Kat Hooper and Marion Deeds´s rating: 4.5 | Wesley Chu | Audio | SFF Reviews | 5 comments |
John Constantine, Hellblazer: All His Engines by Mike Carey (writer) & Leonardo Manco (artist)
There are so many options available to the reader who wants to meet John Constantine for the first time. He was created by Alan Moore in his groundbreaking run on Swamp Thing (Moore’s entry into American comics). Another good place to start is with Jamie Delano’s Hellblazer: Original Sins, the volume collecting the first issues of Constantine’s solo title Hellblazer — the longest running title in the history of Vertigo,
May 17th, 2013. Brad Hawley´s rating: 4.5 | Mike (M.R.) Carey | Comics | SFF Reviews | 2 comments |
Barry’s Tale by Lawrence M. Schoen
Barry’s Tale, a novella which has been nominated for this year’s Nebula Award, appears in Buffalito Buffet, one of a number of collections written by Lawrence M. Schoen regarding The Amazing Conroy and his buffalito, Reggie. And that calls for an explanation, doesn’t it? “The Amazing Conroy” is man who formerly made his living as a stage hypnotist, but who, at the time of this story, has a nascent business marketing buffalitos, alien creatures that look like miniature buffaloes but are as cuddly as puppies and will eat literally anything.
May 16th, 2013. Terry Weyna´s rating: 4.5 | Lawrence M. Schoen | Short Fiction | SFF Reviews | no comments |
After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall by Nancy Kress
In recent years, I’ve hesitated to pick up a hard science fiction novel. The quantum physics one must be familiar with to enjoy the novel is so far beyond me that I feel I need a physics course or two as a prerequisite. It’s hard to appreciate a novel when you haven’t the faintest idea what’s going on.
Trust Nancy Kress to write a hard science fiction novella that is so clear, so precise and so well-written that the reader is never left behind.
May 14th, 2013. Terry Weyna´s rating: 4.5 | Nancy Kress | Nebula Award, Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | no comments |
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 artists also have been allowed to play in this futuristic world that Motter created, but if you want an affordable, quick introduction written and drawn by Motter,
May 10th, 2013. Brad Hawley´s rating: 4.5 | Comics | SFF Reviews | 4 comments |
Grail of the Summer Stars by Freda Warrington
Grail of the Summer Stars is the third in Freda Warrington’s AETHERIAL TALES series, following Elfland and Midsummer Night. Each novel can stand alone, though they have some overlapping plotlines and characters, such that each novel will be more meaningful and resonant if you’ve read the others. Grail of the Summer Stars has more overlapping elements than either of the two previous books and is connected more strongly to each of them than they are to each other.
May 7th, 2013. Kelly Lasiter´s rating: 4.5 | Freda Warrington | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
Do it! One of the best things I've read in recent years.
This reminds me. I want to read Addie LaRue.
We’re in total agreement David!
I felt just the same. The prose and character work was excellent. The larger story was unsatisfying, especially compared to…
Hmmm. I think I'll pass.