Archive for the 'The Shadow Pavilion' Category

They’re coming…

February 19th 2009 at 4:16 pm

We know, lots of books that were scheduled to be released last year are late. We’re read your e-mails, and yeah, we’re kind of bummed about it too. The good news is that they’re still coming. Really! We’ve spent the last few weeks figuring out the fastest way to get all these books (right along [...]

More Best of the Year Lists

January 2nd 2009 at 5:20 pm

Asking the Wrong Questions names Paolo Bacigalupi’s Pump Six one of the best books of the year: “Joining the small but elite ranks of utterly essential genre short story collections, Pump Six is a retrospective of a career that has, in the span of less than a decade, established Bacigalupi as one of the most [...]

Review Roundup

November 17th 2008 at 7:21 pm

The Fix reviews Eclipse Two: “I would be surprised if several of these stories weren’t up for major awards next year and included in the Year’s Best lists of recommended reading. Quite rightly, they deserve to be.”
Paradox Magazine reviews After the Downfall: “As is always the case, Turtledove can craft a yarn. I was continually [...]

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.”

Locus Review, New & Notables

September 11th 2008 at 5:58 pm

The September issue of Locus Magazine has a nice review of The Shadow Pavilion by Liz Williams: “Williams comes up with a wonderfully devious version of the happy ending.”
Also of interest: Implied Spaces by Walter Jon Williams and Incandescence by Greg Egan are both included in the “New & Notable” roundup.

Monsters & Critics reviews Shadow Pavilion

September 4th 2008 at 9:11 pm

Monsters & Critics reviews The Shadow Pavilion by Liz Williams: "Williams combines humor, compelling characters, myth and intricate storylines to create a fresh paranormal world where just about anything can and does happen. Although this is well into the series, it is not so involved with past events that newcomers can’t pick it up and [...]