Fantasy With a Hint of Asian Spices
In a backwater town, a man with a hidden past spends his days running a well-kept inn. But then a traveller known as The Chronicler comes upon him one night and recognises him for who he really is; Kvothe, the Kingkiller. The book (and the series) opens with Kvothe passing himself off as a humble […]
Read More Book Review: The Name of the Wind, by Patrick RothfussWatch legendary author, Ursula Le Guin, say it how it is at the National Book Awards, regarding genre fiction as literature, agency pricing, corporate fatwas and authors accepting the ill-treatment.
Read More Ursula Le Guin at the National Book AwardsMy rating: 3 of 5 stars Warning: May Contain Spoilers Sienna Nealon has spent most of her childhood and her teen years a prisoner in her own home. The only person in her life is her mother. A mother who doesn’t show her affection, who rarely talks to her except to teach her something, trains […]
Read More Book Review: Robert Crane’s The Girl in the Box (Box Set)Undercaffeinated and Overexposed: The Tale of a Coffee Shop Princess by Andrew G. Schneider My rating: 3 of 5 stars The Fair Folk have walked straight out of the pages of fiction into the real world. Now they are struggling to survive in the modern world, under threat from immigration officers, each other and would […]
Read More Book Review: Undercaffeinated and Overexposed by Andrew G SchneiderDrothe is the eyes and ears (known as a Nose) of a criminal organisation and also deals in stolen artifacts on the side. But when an unusual book lands in his lap, everyone, including his own boss, is after him and the book. Drothe is chasing up an Imperial artifact that was stolen from him, […]
Read More Book Review: Among Thieves, by Douglas HulickA massacre at a small native american village leads to the survivors invoking a dark spirit, who turns them into zombies so that they may seek vengeance against the white men that slaughtered their families. The story opens with Little Bear, the village shaman’s grandson and heir, out on a romantic walk with his fiancee, […]
Read More Book Review: Massacre at Lonesome Ridge, by Samantha WarrenI don’t know how long I’ll have internet, or power, or… Before things go dark, in case anyone out there is still reading the internet for more than information about the nearest shelter, I just wanted to say it’s been awesome. And really, as Jo always said, go big or go home, right? We’re “safe” […]
Read More Guest Post: Rhonda Parrish, A is for ApocalypseMy rating: 4 of 5 stars “This will be my last final broadcast. I know I said that yesterday, and the day before, and all the days before that after climbing this salt ridge and lifting my whiskers to the star. But this must be, truly, the last. There is no more time. I am […]
Read More Book Review: Ansible 15716 by Stant LitoreA Star Wars spoof that takes its pointers from Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and Month Python.
Read More Book Review: Starship Grifters by Robert KroeseZACH CAAN isn’t a boy wizard, a super spy or a vampire’s assistant. He doesn’t have any super powers, martial arts training or cool gadgets. In fact there is nothing remarkable about him at all. He’s just some kid. But when he boards Flight X4573, he embarks on the most unlikely adventure a person […]
Read More Book Release: The Adventures of Some Kid