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The Far Side of the Stars by David Drake

Cover to Cover #114: David Drake / Donato Giancola

May 17, 2004June 28, 2024
I Am Not A Serial Killer by Dan Wells

Cover to Cover #411A: Dan Wells

June 8, 2010June 17, 2024 | 5 Comments
Songs from Other Planets

Cover to Cover #140: Tee Morris / Jon O’Bergh

November 15, 2004June 27, 2024
She Murdered Me with Science by David Boop

Cover to Cover #326A: David Boop

September 8, 2008June 22, 2024 | 4 Comments
The Course of Empire

Cover to Cover #241: K. D. Wentworth and Illustrators of the Future

December 18, 2006June 21, 2024 | 3 Comments
Infoquake

Cover to Cover #245: David Louis Edelman

January 15, 2007June 8, 2024 | 6 Comments

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Review: “Queen Ferris” by S. C. Butler

Review: “Queen Ferris” by S. C. Butler

Tim Adamec | January 26, 2008June 6, 2024

The second book in S. C. Butler’s Stoneways Trilogy continues where Reiffen’s Choice ends. The story spans more than seven years beginning with Reiffen’s return to the Three magical instruction. This book focuses equally on the growth of Reiffen, Ferris and Avender to good effect.

Review: “A Companion to Wolves” by Sarah Monette and Elizabeth Bear

Review: “A Companion to Wolves” by Sarah Monette and Elizabeth Bear

Lora Friedanthal | March 21, 2008July 27, 2024

Now this was a surprise. Here is one of those rare books not produced as a precursor to a series.

This is not to say that the land Monette and Bear have created couldn’t support multiple visits. It is merely to say that they have constructed a tale that is complete and unconcerned with possibilities and marketing strategies beyond its own ken.

Review: “Outrageous Fortune” by Tim Scott

Review: “Outrageous Fortune” by Tim Scott

Lora Friedanthal | November 9, 2007July 27, 2024

Outrageous Fortune is absurd — not comedic in a way that will necessarily make you laugh out loud, not constructed of jokes and punch-lines. It’s absurd in the vein of Dali, which I think becomes quite apparent in Tim Scott’s prose.

Classic Review: “On A Pale Horse” by Piers Anthony

Classic Review: “On A Pale Horse” by Piers Anthony

Joe Murphy | March 10, 2004May 30, 2024

After listening to the interview with Piers Anthony, I decided to try one of the books in his “Incarnations of Immortality” series. The first book in the series is titled On a Pale Horse.

Review: “‘Salem’s Lot: Illustrated Edition” by Stephen King

Review: “‘Salem’s Lot: Illustrated Edition” by Stephen King

David Moldawer | December 11, 2005June 25, 2024

To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the publication of Stephen King’s classic horror novel ‘Salem’s Lot, Doubleday is publishing a new edition of the book in hardcover that includes black-and-white illustrations, a new introduction, fifty pages of additional material deleted from the original manuscript, and two short stories related to events in the novel.

Review: “Phoenix Rising: A Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences Novel”

Review: “Phoenix Rising: A Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences Novel”

Web Genii | April 27, 2011June 18, 2024 | 1 Comment

A steampunk-mystery-romance (it certainly spans multiple genres); Phoenix Rising is a light-hearted confection of a novel. The novel features the pairing of Eliza D Braun and Wellington Books* leading to the duo of Books and Braun.

Review: “The Mousehunter” by Alex Milway

Review: “The Mousehunter” by Alex Milway

Darcy Low | September 5, 2010June 1, 2024 | 1 Comment

When you are out at a bookstore, what first catches your eye? The covers, right? Well that is how it is with me at least. A great cover can pull me in, or push me away from a book. And they always say, don’t judge a book by it’s cover.

That is so true I am finding out more and more, and is really true when it comes to this book. When I first saw the cover I said, “Hmmm, this might be a cute kid’s book.” I was right, but also very, very wrong. Turns out, it is a lot more here than what I thought there would be. But I am getting ahead of myself.

Review: “Poison Study” by Maria V. Snyder

Review: “Poison Study” by Maria V. Snyder

Lora Friedanthal | January 2, 2008June 8, 2024 | 12 Comments

Enraptured. I cannot remember the last time I read an entire book in one sitting. I could not, did not, put it down.

Yelena is everything you could ask for in a heroine: courageous, clever, resourceful, vulnerable, and strong. From the outset, her situation is dire. She is given a poison that will kill her if she does not return for her daily antidote. And even if she doesn’t, she may simply die from doing her job well.

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