Archive for October, 2008
The Cat’s out of the bag…
October 31st 2008 at 11:29 pm
As forums member Blue_tyson noticed earlier tonight, the Night Shade Halloween 2008 bundle just went live over at Baen Books’ WebScription.net. That’s right, e-book versions of several Night Shade titles, including Glen Cook’s A Cruel Wind, Walter Jon Williams’ Implied Spaces, S. M. Stirling’s Ice, Iron and Gold, and not one, not two, but three [...]
Booklist on Incandescence, SBR on Shadow Pavilion
October 19th 2008 at 7:46 pm
Booklist reviews Incandescence by Greg Egan: “Those who like their science hard will appreciate [Egan’s] thorough research and intricate speculations.” The Sacramento Book Review reviews The Shadow Pavilion by Liz Williams: “Won’t disappoint. … Highly colorful, interesting occult mythology, well placed subtext on modern social issues.”
Starred Review in Library Journal for The Living Dead
October 19th 2008 at 7:42 pm
One of publishing’s top trade journals, Library Journal, has reviewed The Living Dead, giving it a starred review, which indicates a book of exceptional merit: “Editor Adams does a remarkable job of collecting a sampling of variations on this theme. … Highly recommended for all horror fiction collections. Also, the Sacramento Book Review reviews The [...]
Fast Ships, Black Sails edited by Ann & Jeff VanderMeer">Fast Ships, Black Sails edited by Ann & Jeff VanderMeer
October 15th 2008 at 2:56 pm
Do you love the sound of a peg leg stomping across a quarterdeck? Or maybe you prefer a parrot on your arm, a strong wind at your back? Adventure, treasure, intrigue, humor, romance, danger–and, yes, plunder. Oh, the Devil does love a pirate–and so do readers everywhere. Swashbuckling from the past into the future and [...]
Shadow of the Scorpion by Neal Asher">Shadow of the Scorpion by Neal Asher
October 15th 2008 at 2:54 pm
Ian Cormac’s Early Years! Raised to adulthood during the end of the war between the human Polity and a vicious alien race, the Prador, Ian Cormac is haunted by childhood memories of a sinister scorpion-shaped war drone and the burden of losses he doesn’t remember. Cormac signs up with Earth Central Security and is sent [...]
A Fortress in Shadow by Glen Cook">A Fortress in Shadow by Glen Cook
October 15th 2008 at 2:52 pm
Now in Trade Paperback! Once a mighty kingdom reigned, but now all is chaos. In the vast reaches of the desert, a young heretic escapes certain death and embarks on a mission of madness and glory. He is El Murid – the Disciple – who vows to bring order, prosperity and righteousness to the desert [...]
The Spiral Labyrinth by Matthew Hughes">The Spiral Labyrinth by Matthew Hughes
October 15th 2008 at 2:51 pm
Now in Trade Paperback! It was bad enough when Henghis Hapthorn, Old Earth’s foremost discriminator and die-hard empiricist, had to accept that the cosmos was shortly to rewrite its basic operating system, replacing rational cause-and-effect with detestable magic. Now he finds himself cast forward several centuries, stranded in a primitive world of contending wizards and [...]
Publishers Weekly on After the Downfall
October 13th 2008 at 5:33 pm
Publishers Weekly reviews Harry Turtledove’s new novel After the Downfall: “Alternate historian Turtledove (The Man with the Iron Heart) opens this fantasy with Hasso Pemsel, a tough Wehrmacht captain, cornered in a Berlin museum as the Russians close in. Pemsel falls into another world, where he promptly rescues beautiful blonde half-goddess Velona from three swarthy [...]
Readings of The Living Dead & More
October 13th 2008 at 5:30 pm
The Short Review on Wastelands: “This could have been dreary. … [But] there’s nothing dreary in this book. The stories here are real, juicy, solid stories instead of morality lessons in disguise, and not two of them are alike.” SF Scope covers the Oct. 7 “Readings of The Living Dead” presented by the New York [...]
Green Man Review on Precious Dragon
October 11th 2008 at 3:17 pm
Green Man Review covers Liz Williams’s Precious Dragon: “Compulsively readable … Precious Dragon loses none of the spark, wit, and spice of Detective Inspector Chen’s previous outings.”
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