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 & Three Book Giveaway: Dangerous Women edited by George R.R.Martin and Gardner Dozois
January 30, 2014 by 10 Comments
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 […]
Book Review: DAY ONE by Nate Kenyon
December 18, 2013 by 1 Comment
This cover sold me, appealing to my love of post-apocalyptic stories. Day One, by Nate Kenyon, begins with a man’s nightmare of losing his son to some unstoppable force, which summarizes the book’s theme well. I need to care about my main character and relate to their desires, and Kenyon’s John Hawke does both very […]
Book Review: VIA DOLOROSA by Ronald Malfi
December 4, 2013 by 1 Comment
Via Dolorosa by Ronald Malfi PAINTER, SOLDIER, HUSBAND, GHOST Lieutenant Nick D’Nofrio is back from the war, but he is not home. The dead are on the other side of the world, but they haunt him daily. He tries to be a husband to his new wife, Emma, but he can’t connect with other people. […]
Book Review: THIS RIVER AWAKENS by Steven Erikson
November 27, 2013 by Leave a Comment
It’s 1971. Owen Brand and his family move to the riverside town of Middlecross in an attempt to escape poverty. For the twelve-year-old, it’s the chance for a new life and an end to his family’s isolation. Owen falls in with a gang of three local boys and forms a strong bond with Jennifer, the […]
Audiobook Review: 11/22/63 by Stephen King, Narrated by Craig Wasson
November 22, 2013 by 5 Comments
Like many authors, Stephen King has his hits and misses. This one started off strong, but then had a kind of bloated middle. I wasn’t sure I’d finish, and thought I’d have been okay not to, but I am so glad I did. I can’t remember the last book that made me cry. The ending, […]
Book Review: THE GARDEN OF STONES by Mark T. Barnes
November 18, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The typical Chinese garden is designed to reflect the world in miniature whilst providing an idealized view of it as one passes through – it can be both ornate and sprawling. The Japanese rock garden on the other hand is an overly stylized representation that focuses on a minimalist approach to the story it tells […]
Book Review: ODD MEN OUT by Matt Betts
November 11, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Odd Men Out, by Matt Betts, is a different kind of book than I’m used to, but it worked for me, taking over a reading queue that was getting out of hand. I credit TV shows like Jericho and Revolution for enticing me to like Civil War type dystopias, where factions within the country are […]
