Hollow World by Michael J. Sullivan THE FUTURE IS COMING…FOR SOME SOONER THAN OTHERS Ellis Rogers is an ordinary man who is about to embark on an extraordinary journey. All his life he has played it safe and done the right thing, but when diagnosed with a terminal illness, he’s willing to take an insane […]
SF Book Releases This Week: March 25, 2014
March 25, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Dead Ever After: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel by Charlaine Harris THE FINAL SOOKIE STACKHOUSE NOVEL When a shocking murder rocks Bon Temps, Sookie will learn that what passes for the truth is only a convenient lie. What passes for justice is more spilled blood. And what passes for love is never enough… Features an all-new […]
Book Review: THE DOCTOR AND THE DINOSAURS by Mike Resnick
March 17, 2014 by Leave a Comment
It’s April, 1885, and famed shootist, John “Doc” Holliday, is dying of consumption. He is visited at his sick bed by shape-shifting medicine man and great Comanche chief, Geronimo, and offered a deal: another year of life in exchange for completing a mission to prevent the desecration of sacred Indian ground by paleontologists Edward Cope […]
Cover Reveal: ATTACK THE GEEK by Michael R. Underwood
March 8, 2014 by Leave a Comment
All kinds of good news for Ree Reyes and Michael R. Underwood fans. First up, this upcoming side-quest for Ree, ATTACK THE GEEK, which releases April 7th, but is available on Netgalley for reviewers keen to get a review up by release day. Michael also just announced that his third book with Pocket Books will […]
Book Giveaway: A DARKLING SEA by James L. Cambias
March 3, 2014 by 4 Comments
Thanks to Tor for offering another giveaway. This one is for 3 hardcover copies of A Darkling Sea by James L. Cambias. I’m halfway through my copy and think the winners will be in for a treat. The alien life is detailed and dark, and yet one of their own could become one of the […]
Book Review: PENNSYLVANIA (1-3) by Michael Bunker
February 27, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Michael Bunker’s fiction is a new fascination of mine. After gobbling up the first three parts of Pennsylvania last week, I had to pick up his novel, Wick – The Omnibus Edition. I also recorded a podcast interview with him last night, which I’ll post for Friday, the release of Pennsylvania 4: Thou Shalt Not. […]
Book Review: Cursed (Part 1) by Platt and Truant
February 14, 2014 by Leave a Comment
It’s been a few weeks since I finished Cursed, and I’m continually surprised at how much I still think about it. This story of a chupacabra on the run from his hungry past strikes a great tone early on, combining a sick kind of humor with the potential for horribly painful death. We enter the […]
Book Review and Reading Sample: GRASSHOPPER JUNGLE by Andrew Smith
February 10, 2014 by 3 Comments
Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith (Press play above to hear a sample of Grasshopper Jungle. It is from our upcoming podcast with Andrew, releasing Tuesday, Feb. 11) In the small town of Ealing, Iowa, Austin and his best friend, Robby, have accidentally unleashed an unstoppable army. An army of horny, hungry, six-foot-tall praying mantises that […]
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Book Giveaway: Breach Zone by Myke Cole
February 7, 2014 by 6 Comments
Breach Zone by Myke Cole The Great Reawakening did not come quietly. Across the country and in every nation, people began “coming up Latent,” developing terrifying powers—summoning storms, raising the dead, and setting everything they touch ablaze. Those who Manifest must choose: become a sheepdog who protects the flock or a wolf who devours it… […]
Book Review: ANCILLARY JUSTICE by Ann Leckie
February 5, 2014 by 2 Comments
There are three reasons why Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie probably took first place on io9’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of 2013 and why it deserves to be at the top of such a list. Even if you don’t care for io9 and their selection, this is a book that you should give […]
