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 […]
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 Review: ANCILLARY JUSTICE by Ann Leckie
February 5, 2014 by 2 Comments
There are three reasons why Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie probably took first place on io9’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of 2013 and why it deserves to be at the top of such a list. Even if you don’t care for io9 and their selection, this is a book that you should give […]
Book Review: HANG WIRE by Adam Christopher
February 3, 2014 by Leave a Comment
In Hang Wire by Adam Christopher, Bay area blogger, Ted Hall, is celebrating his thirty-seventh birthday with friends at a Chinese restaurant when his fortune cookie explodes. What seems like a minor head injury later turns into a series of sleep-walking episodes, leaving Ted with no memory of what he’s been doing in the middle […]
Book Review: SAND by Hugh Howey
February 1, 2014 by 6 Comments
***New SAND fan fiction by Timothy C. Ward, Scavenger: Red Sands (Scavenger #1), and Scavenger: Blue Dawn (Scavenger #2), sold with permission by Hugh Howey*** I finished Sand this morning and was surprised to find a tear. I’ve wanted to cry from reading a book before, and did at the end of listening to 11/22/63, […]
Book Review: THE ECHO by James Smythe
January 31, 2014 by Leave a Comment
The Echo by James Smythe The disappearance of the spaceship Ishiguro twenty-three years ago devastated the global space program and set back exploration for a generation. Now, thanks to the tireless efforts of twin brothers Mira and Tomas Hyvonen, the program has been resurrected. Spearheading a new age of human discovery, the brothers also hope […]
Book Review & Three Book Giveaway: Dangerous Women edited by George R.R.Martin and Gardner Dozois
January 30, 2014 by 10 Comments
The dangerous women who inhabit the pages of this huge cross-genre anthology range in temperament from slightly irritable to out and out bloodthirsty. With a few stops en route through feisty and frightening. As one might expect from the masterly editorial pairing of Dozois and Martin, this cross-genre anthology, Dangerous Women (Tor) is, with few […]
Book Review: NAMELESS by Mercedes Yardley
January 20, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Nameless: The Darkness Comes (The Bone Angel Trilogy) by Mercedes Yardley LUNA MASTERSON SEES DEMONS. She has been dealing with the demonic all her life, so when her brother gets tangled up with a demon named Sparkles, ‘Luna the Lunatic’ rolls in on her motorcycle to save the day. Armed with the ability to harm […]
Book Review: ROADSIDE PICNIC by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
January 7, 2014 by 1 Comment
A mark of great science fiction is when its effects on the world are so subtle and misconstrued that few can actively recognize its impact. Roadside Picnic, by Arkady & Boris Strugatsky, has done just that for the past forty years. The mere fact that the brothers Strugatsky coined the term stalker speaks to their […]
Tim Ward’s Top 5 SF Reads of 2013
January 6, 2014 by 2 Comments
Here’s my Top 10 from 2012, and for 2013, I’m cutting it to a top 5. I’m not one of those 100+ books a year readers. I only read like 35 books last year, but I only finish about one in ten that I start, some going as far as sixty seventy percent before putting […]
