REVIEW: STEPHEN KING’S “THE OUTSIDER”
Stephen King’s got novel number 60 out. Steve F takes a look at it. Is it garbage, word slaw, Pulitzer-worthy, or what? See what Steve thinks.
Book Review: AUTONOMOUS (2017)
Steve prepares for a Vancouver visit from Annalee Newitz, whose latest book Autonomous, is reviewed here. He’ll be there, will you?
‘Xaghra’s Revenge’, by Geoff Nelder
Xaghra’s Revenge is a well-written, time-travelling historical fantasy. Highly recommended!
Review: Rarity from the Hollow
Amusing at times, shocking at others, a touching and somehow wonderful SFF read.
REVIEW: Marvelry’s Curiosity Shop, by Brhel & Sullivan
Many who enjoyed the thriller-type TV series of the seventies and eighties, plus Stephen King’s wonderful novel Needful Things, will enjoy the collection of tales called Marvelry’s Curiosity Shop.
Book Review: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
The Alchemist is an excellent example of the true magic that happens when literary fiction and genre fiction work together.
Book Review: Steel Sky by Andrew C. Murphy
Reviewer John Dodds loved Steel Sky, which reads like Alexandre Dumas crossed with Isaac Asimov.
Book Review: The Genesis Fleet: Vanguard by Jack Campbell
The Genesis Fleet: Vanguard is not a perfect story, but as another entry into the Gearyverse, it’s still an enjoyable read.
Book Review: King of the Worlds by M. Thomas Gammarino
If you like weird, absurd, meta fiction, then check out King of the Worlds, but if that isn’t your cup of tea…
Book Review: Mutation by Nerys Wheatley
If zombie fiction is your cup of entrails, Mutation, the first novel in Nerys Wheatley’s Twenty-Five Percent trilogy provides an action packed thrill ride with some interesting new twists.
Book Review: 101 Stumbles in the March of History by Bill Fawcett
101 Stumbles in the March of History is an entertaining volume of essays on what the world would have looked like if certain historical mistakes had not happened.
Book Review: Breath of Earth by Beth Cato
In her new book Breath of Earth, Beth Cato finds a way to create an entertaining alternate history centred on the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
Book Review: The Book of Esther by Emily Barton
Golems, Kabbalists and NAZI Germany collide in The Book of Esther
Book Review: The Big Lie by Julie Mayhew
Napoleon Bonaparte once famously said “history is a set of lies agreed upon;”
Book Review: Fallout by Harry Turtledove
Bombs Away by Harry Turtledove was a good, if flawed, book. That being said, how does its sequel, Fallout, hold up to the original? Our story continues (and maybe skip the next two paragraphs if you haven’t read Bombs Away) immediately after the atomic bombing of Paris. Soviet forces are pushing hard across western Europe and are on the verge […]
Book Review: Showdown City by Todd Berger
…our characters find alcoholic children, rampant inflation, polygamy, universal gun ownership and a bandit who steals everyone’s fine linens.
Book Review: The House of Daniel by Harry Turtledove
I was happy to get a chance to read The House of Daniel, a fantasy story about baseball set during the Great Depression.
Book Review: The Last Pilot by Benjamin Johncock
Some might argue I am spoiling The Last Pilot, but it is important to talk about this because Johncock’s description of what parents go through when they lose a child is very realistic.
Book Review: The Ear, The Eye and The Arm by Nancy Farmer
The Ear, The Eye and The Arm combines traditional African culture with science fiction technology
Book Review: Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine
The first book in the Great Library series
Book Review: Flatland by Edwin A. Abbot
Flatland – characters are two dimensional.
Book Review: Hover Car Racer by Mathew Reilly
Greek myth and a quirky treatment of French characters informs this Formula 1 plus Hogworts novel.
Book Review: Rip Tide by Kat Falls
Life in a western under the sea
Book Review: Only the Stones Survive by Morgan Llywelyn
The true origins of Celtic fairy tales.
Book Review: Dark Life by Kat Falls
A novel about deep sea living isn’t the deepest, but then it’s a Western too….
Book Review: A Criminal Magic by Lee Kelly
Sorcerers and Crime Bosses take over America
Book Review: License to Quill by Jacopo della Quercia
Shakespeare vs Cthulhu? The Bard as Bond? I think I need ‘Q’ to explain all of this to me….
Book Review: The Promise of the Child by Tom Toner
if you don’t mind reading in depth details about fictional worlds…
BOOK REVIEW: CHILDHOOD’S END by Arthur C. Clarke
In advance of the SyFy mini-series of Arthur C. Clarke’s classic “Childhood’s End,” Steve reviews the actual book and finds it worth a read!
BOOK REVIEW: Stephen King’s BAZAAR OF BAD DREAMS
Steve once again covers the ubiquitous Stephen King, who’s got a new collection of short stories out. A new collection of King is usually something to crow about, and this one’s no exception.