Book Review: The Emerald Forge by Manda Benson

My rating: 4 of 5 stars The Emerald Forge is a return to the world of Pilgrennon’s Children,in which an unscrupulous scientist experimented on human embryos to combine technology with the human mind. The first was lobotimized, the second and third developed severe autism and the fourth turned into a sociopath, but the fifth, with […]

Book Review: Life of Pi, by Yann Martel

My rating: 5 of 5 stars A boy on a boat with a tiger hardly sounds like something that could hold your attention over 401 pages. You will find the Life of Pi filed under Literary works, although Wikipedia claims its a fantasy adventure, which I am sure many readers would contest. But the story […]

Review: The Golden Queen, A Masterclass in Resonance

My rating: 4 of 5 stars David Wolverton (better known by his pseudonym, David Farland) is a master of utilizing resonance in writing, a fact that is starkly evident in the Golden Queen. The book resonates strongly with the Star Wars mythos, which makes sense as Wolverton has written a number of Star Wars expanded […]

Book Review: The Millennial Sword by Shannon Philips

My rating: 3 of 5 stars The Millennial Sword is an Arthurian tale set in modern day San Francisco. It follows the exploits of Viveka Jansen, a PR accounts junior and the newest Lady of the Lake. Her adventures begin when she is given a sword by an old hippy lady and informed that it […]

2012 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 3,500 views in 2012. If every person who reached the top of Mt. Everest viewed this blog, it would have taken 6 years to get […]

Review: Halcyon by Catherine Fitzsimmons

Halcyon is the name of a virus that is infecting cybernetic implants that have for several generations been used not only to enhance how a person looks, but also to improve their quality of life by eliminating genetic diseases and disorders. That is the premise of the novel, and its setting is a generic multi-level […]

Originally posted on Fabulous Realms:
Since the release of the first Harry Potter novel in 1997, J K Rowling’s books about the boy wizard and his adventures have gained immense popularity, critical acclaim and commercial success worldwide. But it is also fair to say that the series has also attracted more than its fair share of criticism. There…

The Future of Books

The Futurebooks conference is currently taking place and the census on digital content has only recently been published. As predicted by many professionals (and amateurs like me), the rise of the ebook continues, with now 9/10 people having accessed a digital book or journal. Whilst dedicated e-reading devices are the platform of choice, the proliferation […]

Author Interview by Jade Kerrion

Check out the latest author interview with yours truly by award winning writer of Perfection Unleashed, Jade Kerrion: http://www.jadekerrion.com/2012/12/05/author-interview-noor-a-jahangir-the-changeling-king/

Review: White Tiger by Kylie Chan

**** The first thing you notice about White Tiger is the size of the tome. It’s 528 pages long and much of it seems like padding, although I’m sure the author would argue that it was needed to develop the characters more fully. White Tiger is an urban fantasy that uses the rich mythology of […]