ReviewBooks
James Montgomery Flagg by Susan E. Meyer (book review).
Set yourself a task. Find a book about a particular artist and see if you can pull one at a reasonable price. Considering…
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Books
Novels, books and ebooks.
March 2024
ReviewFantasy
Around The World In Eighty Days/The Other Log Of Phileas Fogg: The Full Account by Jules Verne & Philip José Farmer (book review).
In ‘A Note from the publisher on publication of The Full Account’ Michael Croteau states:- ‘The book opens with ‘Jules Verne’s Extraordinary Voyages…
ReviewScifi
Convergence Problems by Wole Talabi (book review).
‘Convergence Problems’ by Wole Talabi is an anthology of sixteen mainly science fiction tales, ranging in length from short stories to novellas. Most…
ReviewFantasy
The Land Below by William Meikle (book review).
Daniel Garland is a crusty ex-soldier with a fondness for alcohol and tobacco who is up for almost anything, so when Thomas and…
ReviewFantasy
The Land Below by William Meikle (book review)
Daniel Garland is a crusty ex-soldier with a fondness for alcohol and tobacco who is up for almost anything. So when Thomas and…
ReviewFantasy
Gogmago: The First Chronicle Of Ludwichg by Jeff Noon and Steven Beard (book review).
People don’t really travel down the river anymore. The ghost of a dragon has haunted its sixty-mile length for centuries, filling the waters…
ReviewScifi
Fireball XL5: World Space Patrol Technical Operations Manual by Chris Thompson & Andew Clements (book review).
Before I sit down for a serious read of books of this sort, the first thing I do is have a look through…
ReviewHorror
Umbilical (Polestars 2) by Teika Marija Smits (book review).
The ‘Polestars’ books, of which this is the second, are anthology collections and are each by a different contemporary author. The first volume,…
ReviewScifi
Strange Attractions (Polestars 1) by Jaine Fenn (book review).
The ‘Polestars’ books, of which there are three volumes, are anthology collections and are each by a different contemporary author. The first volume,…
ReviewBooks
Norman Rockwell by Sherry Marker (book review).
In the UK, we might have heard of artist Norman Rockwell (1894–1978) but rarely came across his artwork. It isn’t though there aren’t…
ReviewFantasy
The Salt-Black Tree: Book Two Of The Dead God’s Heart Duology by Lilith Saintcrow (book review).
‘The Salt Black Tree’ is the second book in the ‘Dead God’s Heart’ duology, which began with ‘Spring’s Arcana’, and you must read…
February 2024
ReviewScifi
Calamity by Constance Fay (book review).
There is a sub-genre of urban fantasy that is often referred to as supernatural erotic romance. There is always a male with chiselled…