The manic energy of modern day our modern Sherlock Holmes is a difficult thing to transpose to a book. To take such a character and place them in the Stone Age without the aid of modern technology runs the risk of creating a story so at odds with itself that any trunk it’s hidden in […]
Audiobook Review: THE MARTIAN by Andy Weir
March 21, 2014 by 3 Comments
Fans of space exploration and science will salivate over The Martian. Andy Weir‘s debut novel combines dramatic survival in a unique environment with laugh-out-loud humor. Our astronaut has been stranded on Mars after a freak accident convinced his team that he was dead. He is a biologist and an engineer, and a brilliant one at […]
Book Review: TECHNICOLOR TERRORISTS by Andre Duza
March 20, 2014 by 1 Comment
I was first introduced to Ande Duza‘s (NSFW) work in the Orange edition of the Bizarro Starter Kit. His contribution was a Roger Rabbit/Cool World-esque novella called “Don’t F(bleep)k with the Coloureds” about cartoons coming into the real world. Recently, I also read his collaboration with Wrath James White called Son of a Bitch, a […]
Book Review: THE DOCTOR AND THE DINOSAURS by Mike Resnick
March 17, 2014 by Leave a Comment
It’s April, 1885, and famed shootist, John “Doc” Holliday, is dying of consumption. He is visited at his sick bed by shape-shifting medicine man and great Comanche chief, Geronimo, and offered a deal: another year of life in exchange for completing a mission to prevent the desecration of sacred Indian ground by paleontologists Edward Cope […]
Interview with new reviewer of Magical Realism and Horror, Ben Arzate
March 13, 2014 by Leave a Comment
If you would like to be a part of our review team, head over to our Goodreads group shelf “review requests,” pick a book you would like to review, then email us at adventuresinscifipublishing@gmail.com. Include the book of your choice and a link to a review you’ve written. Not everyone will be accepted, but it […]
Book Review: ANNIHILATION by Jeff Vandermeer
March 10, 2014 by 4 Comments
There are times when I begin to grow tired of science fiction. This happens when I pick up a string of novels that feature the same overused tropes with formulaic characters in a familiar, yet modified setting. But when you have an author like Jeff VanderMeer, you know at a minimum you are in for […]
Book Review: WORDS OF RADIANCE by Brandon Sanderson
March 6, 2014 by 2 Comments
Radiant Words. Brandon Sanderson’s second installment of the Stormlight Archive, Words of Radiance, was easily my most anticipated book of 2014. I’ve read The Way of Kings three times but couldn’t wait to spend more time in the world of Roshar and its compelling characters. If you like Brandon’s stuff and enjoyed the first book, […]
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 […]
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 […]
