ReviewScifi
The Night Face by Poul Anderson (book review).
The copy of ‘The Night Face’ by Poul Anderson was its fourth reprinting, finally getting a better title than ‘Let the Spacemen Beware!’…
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Books
Novels, books and ebooks.
October 2024
ReviewFantasy
Hail The New Age by Mike Chinn (book review).
Agatha Christie published ‘Murder On The Orient Express’ ninety years ago. Now, Mike Chinn has penned a fantastic fantasy adaptation of this classic.…
ReviewScifi
A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L’Engle (book review).
I had never heard of Madeleine L’Engle (1918–2007), but upon researching her, I discovered that she was a prolific American writer spanning various…
ReviewScifi
We’ll Prescribe You A Cat by You Ishida translated by E. Madison Shimoda (book review).
East of Takoyakushi Street, south of Tominokoji Street, west of Rokkaku Street, north of Fuyacho Street, Nakagyō Ward, Kyoto. These vague directions might…
September 2024
ReviewScifi
Hawksbill Station by Robert Silverberg (book review).
Rebel American dissidents face minimal tolerance in an alternate version of Earth’s history. There is only one group of rebel American dissidents, and…
ReviewScifi
The Dictionary Of Science Fiction Places by Brian Stableford (book review).
I bought this book, ‘The Dictionary of Science Fiction Places’ by Brian Stableford, and forgot all about it for a while. After going…
ReviewHorror
The Complete Web Of Horror edited by Dana Marie Andra (book review).
It was Twomorrows magazine Alter-Ego # 81, which I read last month, that got me interested in looking into the availability of ‘Web…
ReviewScifi
War Of The Wing-Men by Poul Anderson (book review).
Poul Anderson first published ‘War of the Wing Men’ in 1958. This is also the first of seven books he wrote about the…
ReviewFantasy
An Academy For Liars by Alexis Henderson (book review).
Lennon Carter is failing at life. Again. Her former professor, who is now her fiancé, is cheating on her with the only friend…
ReviewScifi
A Far Sunset by Edmund Cooper (book review).
If you’re into science fiction of any age, especially from the golden age, you might try this experiment. Choose an author or two…
ReviewScifi
Machine Vendetta (The Prefect Dreyfus Emergencies 3) by Alastair Reynolds (book review).
One advantage of creating a unique setting for stories is the freedom to delve into the situation’s history, economics, and politics. The only…
ReviewFantasy
The Land Of The Living And The Dead (Gael Song Trilogy book 3) by Shauna Lawless (book review).
‘The Land of the Living and the Dead’ is book 3 in the ‘Gael Song Trilogy’. It is essential that you read the…