Mainline by Deborah Christian
Recently, while browsing at the Hyde Park Powell’s books, I chose between a ten dollar copy of R. Scott Bakker’s The Warrior-Prophet in hardcover, or a three dollar and change paperback title from an author named Deborah Christian. The title was Mainline and that’s the branch of reality I chose. […]
The Execution Channel by Ken MacLeod
Ken MacLeod’s new novel takes us from a shocking explosion in a near-future Scotland, to the world of ultra-sophisticated conspiracy bloggers and the shady government operatives who play and spin them. The Travis family lead their own lives, but each of thejm is in some way complicated by the […]
The Lost Fleet: Fearless by John G. Hemry writing as Jack Campbell
When I reviewed the preceding volume in this series Dauntless I may not have fully expressed how much that book exceeded my expectations. I truly enjoy military science fiction, but I also tend to suffer for my dalliances with it. Dauntless didn’t […]
Brasyl by Ian McDonald
Special thanks to a Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist, the reviewed copy of Brasyl was acquired via his excellent giveaways.
Ian McDonald has only recently returned to prominence in the states, with Pyr returning his works to these shores in a big way with River of Gods and another novel of the developing world: Brasyl. […]
Crossover by Joel Shepherd
A Cassandra Kresnov Novel
Cassandra Kresnov is a weapon of the League: a construct of the advanced biotechnology that is the point of contention in the League’s war with the Federation. A year before we meet her, she opted to be something besides a weapon and fled into general human society. […]
A Confederation of Valor by Tanya Huff
an omnibus comprising:
Valor’s Choice
The Better Part of Valor
Staff Sergeant Torin Kerr is going to steal your heart, but before she does it, she has to be right. And then afterwards, she’ll be right then too. During, as well. In fact, Sergeant Kerr will be right all […]
The Prince of Nothing
R. Scott Bakker
consisting of:
The Darkness That Comes Before, The Warrior-Prophet, The Thousandfold Thought
Historically, my defection from being the sort of person who gets involved in obnoxious flamewars while declaring the utter and complete superiority of science fiction over fantasy is relatively recent. It started with China Miéville, continued through George R. […]
After skipping the Korean monster movie Gwoemul / The Host the first time it came through Chicago, I resolved to remedy this during the more general release currently underway. When I first heard of the title, enough to know it was a monster movie coming out of East Asia, I assumed it would be […]
