Archive for January, 2011

News & Notes

January 31st 2011 at 1:00 pm

Barnes & Noble.com reviews OF BLOOD AND HONEY by Stina Leicht: – "Stina Leicht’s debut novel Of Blood and Honey – a dark fantasy that brilliantly and violently blends Celtic mythology with the entho-political turmoil of 1970s Northern Ireland – is simply extraordinary reading fare. It’s like a literary kick to the groin, with Leicht’s [...]

News & Notes

January 29th 2011 at 1:00 pm

Publishers Weekly reviews REVOLUTION WORLD by Katy Stauber: – "Stauber's near-future debut describes the romance of Seth Boucher and Clio Somata against the backdrop of a burgeoning revolution against a vastly overreaching U.S. government. Seth is affiliated with Omerta, a security group from the Charlotte Islands; Clio's family runs Floracopia, a gene-splicing laboratory in Ambrosia [...]

News & Notes

January 28th 2011 at 1:00 pm

Monsters and Critics reviews OF BLOOD AND HONEY by Stina Leicht – "The action is gritty, realistic and complex enough to ring true as it concludes on a note of hope and a promise of more to come." SF REVIEWS.NET reviews OF BLOOD AND HONEY by Stina Leicht – With this fierce and darkly original [...]

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January 26th 2011 at 1:00 pm

Publishers Weekly names REVOLUTION WORLD by Katy Stauber as a Top Ten SF/F book of Spring 2011 – "If this all seems too gloomy, turn to Jody Lynn Nye's The View from the Imperium, which puts a Wodehousian twist (or perhaps that should be "twit") on space opera, or Katy Stauber's Revolution World, which involves [...]

News & Notes

January 25th 2011 at 1:00 pm

Tor.com reviews BRAVE NEW WORLDS edited by John Joseph Adams: – "Even if you don’t agree that all of the stories in Brave New Worlds are dystopias, you’ll find them all thought-provoking. Even the weakest are interesting thought experiments, and the best examine the darkness in the human spirit with compassion and generosity." The Ranting [...]

God’s War by Kameron Hurley">God’s War by Kameron Hurley

January 25th 2011 at 9:32 am

Nyx had already been to hell. One prayer more or less wouldn’t make any difference…

Never Knew Another by J. M. McDermott">Never Knew Another by J. M. McDermott

January 25th 2011 at 9:28 am

J. M. McDermott delivers the stunning new fantasy novel, Never Knew Another — a sweeping fantasy novel that revels in the small details of life

Of Blood and Honey by Stina Leicht">Of Blood and Honey by Stina Leicht

January 25th 2011 at 9:25 am

Fallen angels and the fey clash against the backdrop of Irish/English conflicts of the 1970s in this stunning debut novel by Stina Leicht.

News & Notes

January 23rd 2011 at 1:00 pm

Rue Morgue reviews THE LIVING DEAD 2 edited by John Joseph Adams – "There are tons of themes and riffs that I’ve never encountered before. This collection is recommended for zombiephiles of all stripes … [I]f you’re looking for a showcase for the subgenre’s versatility, or proof that short-form horror is the place to find [...]

Tired of the same old Urban Fantasy heroine?

January 21st 2011 at 9:56 pm

Well, are ya, punk?