Archive for December, 2010

News & Notes

December 15th 2010 at 1:00 pm

The Barnes & Noble Review reviews YARN by Jon Armstrong – Half the fun of Armstrong's books is the lush, ornate, rococco language, worthy of a Russell Hoban or Anthony Burgess. The neologisms are captivating, the dialogue is both sophisticated and rude, and the descriptive passages are boldly visual. In toto, these books do something [...]

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December 14th 2010 at 1:00 pm

Temple Library Reviews reviews SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL edited by Tim Pratt – Sympathy for the Devil is a well thought out anthology, with an eclectic mix of stories all devil-related. The mix of classic and modern authors showed how the imagery of the devil has infiltrated our culture and that, despite our high tech [...]

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December 8th 2010 at 1:00 pm

Fantasy Cafe reviews THE HABITATION OF THE BLESSED by Catherynne M. Valente: – "A gorgeous, introspective book… The ending, the beautiful writing, the legends, and the characters of Hagia and Imtithal have me eager to read volume 2."

News & Notes

December 7th 2010 at 1:00 pm

In an article on Thailand, The Huffington Post mentions THE WINDUP GIRL by Paolo Bacigalupi: – "Bangkok has been in the political news for turmoil and in the literary news as the setting for a recent dystopian novel, The Windup Girl, which is a little like "The Blade Runner" set in southeast Asia. Written by [...]

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December 6th 2010 at 1:00 pm

Locus reviews THE HABITATION OF THE BLESSED by Catherynne M. Valente – "Few writers have a voice and vision as unique as Catherynne M. Valente’s when she’s delving into arcane realms of myth and legend. … This is only the first book in a larger project, A Dirge for Prester John. Its interpolated narratives both [...]

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December 5th 2010 at 1:00 pm

The San Francisco Chronicle reviews THE HABITATION OF THE BLESSED BY CATHERYNNE M. VALENTE: – "Lush prose and a bountiful imagination. … there is no doubting its mythic power."

News & Notes

December 3rd 2010 at 1:00 pm

The San Francisco Book Review reviews THE LIVING DEAD 2: – "The Living Dead 2 is overflowing with dark and evocative stories. So many that it’s virtually impossible for me to select one or two standouts to highlight. Ninjas, pirates, zombies at sea, lone survivors, armed compounds, the beginning of the outbreak, the middle, the [...]

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December 2nd 2010 at 1:00 pm

Bookgasm reviews WINGS OF FIRE: – "A powerful collection of top-notch tales."