Thanks to Tor for offering another giveaway. This one is for 3 hardcover copies of A Darkling Sea by James L. Cambias. I’m halfway through my copy and think the winners will be in for a treat. The alien life is detailed and dark, and yet one of their own could become one of the […]
AISFP 249 – Amish Scifi by Michael Bunker, PENNSYLVANIA and WICK OMNIBUS
February 27, 2014 by 1 Comment
Michael Bunker is a tremendous talent of a writer, with success in his Wick – The Omnibus Edition and currently serialized Pennsylvania novel, which made it to #1 on Amazon for Science Fiction. He is also an off-grid farmer living in a plain community in Texas. He’s been writing for years, and built a following […]
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Book Review: PENNSYLVANIA (1-3) by Michael Bunker
February 27, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Michael Bunker’s fiction is a new fascination of mine. After gobbling up the first three parts of Pennsylvania last week, I had to pick up his novel, Wick – The Omnibus Edition. I also recorded a podcast interview with him last night, which I’ll post for Friday, the release of Pennsylvania 4: Thou Shalt Not. […]
Book Review: THE TROOP by Nick Cutter
February 25, 2014 by Leave a Comment
In his endnotes to this excellent horror novel, Nick Cutter acknowledges a debt to the structure of Stephen King’s Carrie, although The Troop (Gallery Books) bears no resemblance to that book. What it does have in common with Carrie is the use of counterpoint narrative in the form of courtroom interviews, scientific accounts and magazine […]
Interview with Robert Charles Wilson, author of BURNING PARADISE
February 24, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Robert Charles Wilson is the Hugo Award winning author of Spin. Darwinia won Canada’s Aurora Award, The Chronoliths won the John W. Campbell Award, and Blind Lake is a New York Times Notable Book. All three were Hugo finalists. His latest novel, Burning Paradise, is a fine example for why Stephen King calls him “A Hell […]
Book Review: Cursed (Part 1) by Platt and Truant
February 14, 2014 by Leave a Comment
It’s been a few weeks since I finished Cursed, and I’m continually surprised at how much I still think about it. This story of a chupacabra on the run from his hungry past strikes a great tone early on, combining a sick kind of humor with the potential for horribly painful death. We enter the […]
Book Review: THE REPUBLIC OF THIEVES by Scott Lynch
February 12, 2014 by Leave a Comment
The Republic of Thieves, Book Three of Scott Lynch’s Gentlemen Bastard sequence, is a worthy addition to the story of roguish conmen, Locke Lamora and Jean Tannen. This installment was a long time coming and well worth the wait. Lynch does not disappoint. He continues to find new and interesting ways in which to expand […]
AISFP 248 – Andrew Smith, GRASSHOPPER JUNGLE
February 11, 2014 by Leave a Comment
As you may have seen in my review of Grasshopper Jungle, I am a huge fan of Andrew Smith, and I’ve only known about him for a week. His book, Grasshopper Jungle is a phenomenal read, the funniest book I’ve read and surprisingly deep as we get to know three sixteen-year-olds discovering love in the […]
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Book Review and Reading Sample: GRASSHOPPER JUNGLE by Andrew Smith
February 10, 2014 by 3 Comments
Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith (Press play above to hear a sample of Grasshopper Jungle. It is from our upcoming podcast with Andrew, releasing Tuesday, Feb. 11) In the small town of Ealing, Iowa, Austin and his best friend, Robby, have accidentally unleashed an unstoppable army. An army of horny, hungry, six-foot-tall praying mantises that […]
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Book Giveaway: Breach Zone by Myke Cole
February 7, 2014 by 6 Comments
Breach Zone by Myke Cole The Great Reawakening did not come quietly. Across the country and in every nation, people began “coming up Latent,” developing terrifying powers—summoning storms, raising the dead, and setting everything they touch ablaze. Those who Manifest must choose: become a sheepdog who protects the flock or a wolf who devours it… […]
