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Author: Craig_Gidney

Author of SEA, SWALLOW ME (2008), BEREFT (2013) & SKINDEEPMAGIC (Summer 2014). Lammy Finalist, Moonbeam Bronze Award, Silver IPPY Award

The Ant King and Other Stories by Benjamin Rosenbaum Review

On April 21, 2013 By Craig_Gidney In Book Reviews

Imagine Borges and Dali hanging out at Pee Wee Herman’s playhouse, and you have a brief inkling of what Rosenbaum’s fiction is like. The Ant King and Other Stories is Rosenbaum’s debut collection of short fiction, which …

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Ekaterina Sedia Interview and The Alchemy of Stone Review

On June 22, 2008 By Craig_Gidney In Book Reviews, Interviews

Ekaterina Sedia’s second novel, The Secret History of Moscow, has made her a new author to watch. It has garnered critical praise, from no less than Neil Gaiman and is selling quite well. The novel …

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Un Lun Dun by China Mieville Review

On June 18, 2008 By Craig_Gidney In Book Reviews

China Mieville is the premiere iconoclast of the fantasy genre. Before (or at the same time) that “punk” (as in cyberpunk, splatterpunk and mythpunk) became a common subgenre suffix, Mieville laid out the manifesto of …

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David J. Williams Interview – Mirrored Heavens

On May 25, 2008 By Craig_Gidney In Interviews

The Mirrored Heavens by debut author David J. Williams is described by Stephen Baxter as “Tom Clancy interfacing Bruce Sterling.”  Williams combines future technology and espionage with a richly imagined political climate, with action and …

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The Magician and the Fool by Barth Anderson Review

On May 4, 2008 By Craig_Gidney In Book Reviews

Barth Anderson’s second novel, The Magician and The Fool, is marketed as a thriller in the DaVinci Code mode, with the hidden history behind the Tarot being the focus. Indeed, the novel is fast-paced and …

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The Demon and the City by Liz Williams Review

On March 2, 2008 By Craig_Gidney In Book Reviews

Seneschal Zhu Irzh, demonic scion and star of the first Detective Inspector Chen Novel, is now officially, if grudgingly, a member of the Singapore 3 police force while Chen is on his honeymoon. An investigation …

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The Lost District by Joel Lane Review

On January 16, 2008 By Craig_Gidney In Book Reviews

“One night, I dreamt that trapped cries of ecstasy were turning to water between the floors, staining my ceiling with the shape of a naked woman. I woke and turned on the light, but couldn’t …

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