Adventures in SciFi Publishing
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I, Demon chronicles the life and (rather tumultuous) times of a nameless demon exiled by both heaven and hell. It is recounted in the first person by the demon himself after he is summoned (via a computer program) into a 21st century basement by a perky blonde with a mysterious agenda.
I’m honestly surprised that this is Daniel O’Malley’s debut novel. He’s got a strong voice and ability to make characters come alive. And that’s good since the ending leaves open the possibility of further adventures with Myfanwy Thomas.
One could summarize The Magicians as follows: it is a coming of age novel in which a boy discovers the magical lands he read about and longed for as a child are real. This assessment would certainly be true, but it would also do a grave injustice to this complex and compelling novel.
Set in a dystopian New York City, ALL THESE THINGS I’VE DONE tells the story of Anya Balanchine, the 16 year old daughter of the city’s most famous, deceased mob boss. In this future world, though, it isn’t booze or drugs that Anya’s Family runs, but another now-illegal commodity: chocolate.
In the future, the world is not a pleasant place. Overpopulation and lack of resources have made it a squalor and like many people, Wade Watts escapes his miserable life by logging into the OASIS – a virtual reality environment of unprecedented scale and utopia.
Based on Russian history and folktales, DEATHLESS plunges the reader into worlds sometimes beautiful, often horrific, and always grimly fantastic.
Though iced over with a veneer of Sci Fi, this story boils down to a romance – part Darcy and Elizabeth’s delicious verbal fencing and part steamy bodice-ripper, all shadowed over with the looming efforts of doomed Mary Tudor to re-Catholicize England.
Though it takes place in an urban setting infused with magic, SECRET HISTORY OF MOSCOW is unlike any urban fantasy I’ve read. It’s strange, and drifty, and thoughtful. Sad. Dreamlike. In fact, the book is much like the Russian fairytales from which its author draws inspiration.
Tim Pratt’s latest novel, Briarpatch, is dark (as any story with suicide as a major plot point must be), whimsical (it contains a vignette that’s a pastiche of Winnie the Poo as a zombie apocalypse apocalypse) and it’s tightly satisfying (this is doorstop epic with an economy of prose).
From childhood, the Black God has hounded Lucia. While her brother, Caio, has been chosen as the savior of their people, Lucia is tortured by the Black God’s visions and attempts to reject him. Through artifacts and blessings, the two siblings have been granted the powers of the gods and their father, the Rezzian King, believes they will be the key to winning the ongoing war against the nation of Pawleon.
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