Previous SFF Author: Frank Aubrey
Speculative fiction in audiobook format.
Necroscope II: Vamphyri! by Brian Lumley
Warning: This review will contain spoilers for the previous book, Necroscope.
Suggestion: Try to ignore the horrible cover art.
Necroscope II: Vamphyri! Or (Wamphyri!) is the second book in Brian Lumley’s NECROSCOPE series. These horror novels follow the life and death of Harry Keogh, the Necroscope. As the only person who can talk to the dead, he is beloved by them and,
October 15th, 2018. Kat Hooper´s rating: 4 | Brian Lumley | Audio, Horror | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
Slan by A.E van Vogt
Slan, by A.E. van Vogt, is considered a classic science fiction novel. Published in 1940, Slan, by nature, feels old-fashioned and obsolete, especially in the technological sense, but it tells a story that is entertaining and intense, at least until the end.
We meet our protagonist, Jommy Cross, when he’s a young boy who is running from the police who have just killed his mother. Jommy is a Slan, a race of genetically-engineered super-humans who are stronger and smarter than normal humans and who can read minds and speak to each other telepathically.
October 4th, 2018. Kat Hooper´s rating: 2.5 | A.E. Van-Vogt | Audio | SFF Reviews | 9 comments |
Summers at Castle Auburn by Sharon Shinn
Summers at Castle Auburn (2001) was my first exposure to Sharon Shinn‘s fantasies, and it was pretty much insta-love for me (I like to think that Shinn returns my affections in a distant and anonymous fan-appreciation kind of way). It instantly set me off on a search for more of her books.
Corie is the teenaged illegitimate daughter of a nobleman who died before the story begins, but the royal family is still keeping close tabs on her.
September 27th, 2018. Tadiana Jones and Kat Hooper´s rating: 4.5 | Sharon Shinn | Audio, Young Adult | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
Haunted (2003) is the fifth novel in Meg Cabot’s MEDIATOR series. You’ll want to read the previous books first: Shadowland, Ninth Key, Reunion, and Darkest Hour.
In my review of Darkest Hour I said that the series was getting more complex after we meet a guy named Paul (super rich and super hot,
September 26th, 2018. Kat Hooper´s rating: 2 | Meg Cabot | Audio, Young Adult | SFF Reviews | no comments |
Necroscope (1986) is the first in a series of 18 novels and novellas that Brian Lumley has written about Harry Keogh, a man who has the power to speak to the dead. I have previously read one of these novellas (The Mobius Murders) and wanted to read more stories about Harry. I purchased the audiobook of this first one at Audible a few years ago and have been waiting for the rest to be put on audio before starting.
September 25th, 2018. Kat Hooper´s rating: 4 | Brian Lumley | Audio, Horror | SFF Reviews | 4 comments |
Our feature exploring free and inexpensive short fiction available on the internet. Here are a few stories we’ve read that we want to share with readers.
“Field Biology of the Wee Fairies” by Naomi Kritzer (2018, free at Apex Magazine, $2.99 Kindle magazine issue)When Amelia turns fourteen, everyone assures her that she’ll catch her fairy soon. Almost every girl catches a fairy, and the fairy will give you a gift if you promise to let her go. The gift is always something like “beauty or charm or perfect hair or something else that made boys notice you.” What no one around Amelia realizes is that she doesn’t want to catch a fairy.
September 24th, 2018. Tadiana Jones, Jana Nyman, Kat Hooper and Bill Capossere | Brian McClellan, Genevieve Valentine, Kelly Robson, Naomi Kritzer | Audio, Short Fiction | SFF Reviews | 3 comments |
Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds by Brandon Sanderson
If you’ve ever wondered what might happen if Batman’s rogues gallery was made up entirely from creations of his own mind (and only visible to himself) rather than individuals who are, more often than not, created as a result of his actions, then I recommend that you read Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds (2018). Compiled herein are two of Brandon Sanderson’s previously-published novellas, “Legion” (2012) and “Legion: Skin Deep” (2014), along with the concluding and never-before-seen third novella,
September 21st, 2018. Jana Nyman, Tadiana Jones and Kat Hooper´s rating: 3.5 | Brandon Sanderson | Audio | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
Drop by Drop by Morgan Llywelyn
I’m going to make this short. There was nothing — absolutely nothing — that I liked about Drop by Drop (2018), the first book in Morgan Llywelyn’s new STEP BY STEP trilogy.
The story is about a small town where everybody seems to know everybody else. Suddenly one day, the plastic gradually starts to melt. Everything that is made of plastic eventually fails (they call it “The Change”) and the society has to learn to live without plastic.
September 12th, 2018. Kat Hooper´s rating: 1 | Morgan Llywelyn | Audio | SFF Reviews | 6 comments |
“You really have the most alarming way, Susannah, of getting yourself into scrapes.”
Darkest Hour is the fourth book in Meg Cabot’s MEDIATOR series. It’d be best to read the previous books, Shadowland, Ninth Key, and Reunion before picking up Darkest Hour. While each short book has a stand-alone story,
September 7th, 2018. Kat Hooper´s rating: 3 | Meg Cabot | Audio, Young Adult | SFF Reviews | no comments |
Paternus: Wrath of Gods by Dyrk Ashton
Paternus: Wrath of Gods (2018) is the second book in Dyrk Ashton’s PATERNUS series, following Paternus: Rise of Gods. In that book Fiona Patterson and her would-be boyfriend Zeke were wrenched out of their fairly ordinary Ohio teenager lives and thrust into a war of gods — small “g” gods, actually the offspring of the Paternus of the title, whose past deeds form the basis of most human mythology.
September 6th, 2018. Nathan Okerlund and Kat Hooper´s rating: 3 | Dyrk Ashton | Audio | SFF Reviews | no comments |
Previous SFF Author: Frank Aubrey
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Big fan of the Corum books. I am currently re-reading them through the audiobooks, just finished the first book.
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