She’s new, she’s the re-re-reader. She’s the newbie, she’s the spoilery vet. Together they’re rereading George R.R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones and getting their POV on. Today they move on to Chapter 21, a …
Continue readingPlayin’ With Ice and Fire: A Game of Thoughts | Ned Chapter 20
She’s new, she’s the re-re-reader. She’s the newbie, she’s the spoilery vet. Together they’re rereading George R.R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones and getting their POV on. Today they move on to Chapter 20, a …
Continue readingDarkness, Take My Hand by Dennis Lehane Review
It becomes immediately apparent from the opening pages of Darkness, Take My Hand that Dennis Lehane has upped the ante since A Drink Before the War. Darkness, Take My Hand stands in stark contrast to A …
Continue readingRun, Micro, Run
The notion of the sidekick has been a popular one in story-telling since time out of mind, yet it has most likely been brought to its highest prominence in superhero comics. The majority of these …
Continue readingLynn Kurland Interview – Romancing the Nine Kingdoms
Lynn Kurland is the author of the Nine Kingdoms romantic fantasy series, as well as a best-selling romance author. For all my love of dark, bloodspurting, knights who say–er, frak–fantasy, I also love the lighter …
Continue readingPhonogram: Singles Club 4 – Konichiwa Bitches | Best Single Issue Comics
The first Phonogram mini landed and people weren’t sure what to believe. Here was a comic about music that talked about lyrics and music instead of writing and art. It didn’t feature a cape in …
Continue readingYou’ve Been Punked – Sam Sykes Guest Blog
If science fiction revolves around the question of “what if,” and fantasy revolves around the question of “what was,” then the question of “what is, but not so recently is, and more like what was, …
Continue readingA New Urban Fantasy – Sam Sykes Guest Blog
If you’ve been at all concerned with the state of fantasy in the past few years, you’ve probably noticed a drastic shift in genres. The market has split wildly into many segments, including that bastion …
Continue readingJustin Isis Interview On Manga Cafes, Convenience Stores, and the Taste of Human Flesh
Justin Isis. He’s like Jonathan Franzen if Jonathan Franzen was better looking and could write. Like Paul Leppin meets Kawabata in an empty brothel with cold tile floors. His just-published book, I Wonder What Human …
Continue readingL.E. Modesitt Jr. Interview + Imager Review
L.E. Modesitt, Jr., is the best-selling author of several fantasy and science fiction series, and a name you can’t get through any bookstore’s SFF section without encountering. I am only familiar with his work on the Imager …
Continue readingNocturne by Syrie James Review
Let me be honest: Nocturne by Syrie James is not the sort of novel that I naturally gravitate to. I read it because it was offered to me and sounded interesting enough to try–the sort …
Continue readingProspero Burns + Embedded by Dan Abnett Review
Perhaps the most eagerly awaited book of the Horus Heresy series, Prospero Burns is the fifteenth book in this New York Times best-selling collection. Though initially slated for simultaneous release with Graham McNeill’s A Thousand …
Continue readingA Marjorie Liu Interview – Dirk, Steele, and X-23
Recently I was given the chance to have a phone chat with best-selling author Marjorie M. Liu, author of the “Dirk & Steele” paranormal romance series and “Hunter Kiss” urban fantasy series; Marjorie is also …
Continue readingSharon Shinn Interview – Writing, Fantasy, and Troubled Waters
Sharon Shinn is the author of nearly two dozen fantasy novels, including the bestselling Twelve Houses and Samaria series. She has won the William C. Crawford Award for Outstanding New Fantasy Writer and was twice …
Continue readingA Madness of Angels + The Midnight Mayor by Kate Griffin Review
This book is well-named. Its title and subtitle are intriguing–they got me to look at its premise. Which is also intriguing: Two years after his murder, Matthew Swift wakes up again. His house is no …
Continue readingCity of Ruin + Nights of Villjamur by Mark Charan Newton Review
This review is based upon the assumption that you’ve read Nights of Villjamur, the first book in this series. If you haven’t I think you’re missing out on some of the most groundbreaking urban fantasy currently …
Continue readingThe Spirit Thief by Rachel Aaron Review
I’m not sure there are words to describe how much this book delighted me. I’ll try very hard, however. The Spirit Thief is the first in a planned series about the adventures of ne’er-do-well Eli …
Continue readingDaredevil’s Yellow – A Perfect Memory
A bright yellow costume on a man called Daredevil. It was simply never going to work putting a slightly older, lawyer/vigilante, protector of Hell’s Kitchen in a bright yellow costume. How many reasons are there …
Continue readingAmerican Vampire – A Study In True Vampirism
Scott Snyder is a writer who is working to remind the reading masses what vampires are. In American Vampire, Snyder has created a new divergent path for vampires to tread as he imagines the species …
Continue readingSword of Justice + Iron Company + Battle of the Fang by Chris Wraight Review
As my gaming interests have turned more towards Warhammer Fantasy than Warhammer 40k, my reading has followed suit. Worry not, dear reader, I haven’t lost my love of the 40k universe, it’s just that I …
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