After flipping past the title page, publishing information, dedication, and thank you’s, the reader encounters the above noted passage. Right away, it would seem much has happened since the present day and the time this …
Continue readingLIFE’S A BALL! CHASE IT – Margaret Weis Guest Blog
What do authors do when they’re not writing? I race my dogs in a sport that is fun, loud, exciting, and crazy. It’s called flyball.
Continue readingSaturn Returns by Sean Williams Review
Sean Williams is an experienced author in the field of space opera, having written the Evergence, Orphans, and Geodesica series’ with collaborator Shane Dix. Saturn Returns is the first book of Williams’ solo Astropolis trilogy.
Continue readingThe Shadow Queen by Anne Bishop Review
The Shadow Queen is the latest installment of the Black Jewels series, either Book 6 or Book 7 depending on whether you count only the novels or include the novella/short story collection. It is a …
Continue readingKick-Ass Female Authors and their Killer Heroines | NYCC Panel
Friday the 13th is the perfect day for Bookspotcentral Valentine to some wonderful women authors of paranormal fiction. Whether the label du jour is urban fantasy, dark fantasy, or some flavor of paranormal, with or …
Continue readingThe Republic of Vengeance by Paul Waters Review
The Republic of Vengeance marks the entry of a new and interesting author into the newly revitalized field of historical fiction. Paul Waters is trained as a classicist and his first novel is a testament …
Continue readingBorders Essay – Guest Blog by Jacqueline Carey
I’ve always loved mythology in all its forms. These are the stories that inform our collective unconscious; these are the raw stuff of our dreams. Gods and monsters, heroes and villains, saviors and victims. All …
Continue readingWhiskey and Water + Blood and Iron by Elizabeth Bear Review
Whiskey and Water is the second novel published in Elizabeth Bear’s series of the Promethean Age and should be considered as an independent sequel to Blood and Iron. The story of Whiskey and Water takes …
Continue readingSwords and Dark Magic edited by Lou Anders and Jonathan Strahan Review
I grew up reading fantasy. More than that, even, I had fantasy read to me before I could read for myself (clearly, I never had a chance). There was a point, though, in adolescence, where …
Continue readingWhy I Write Science Fiction: An Apology – Alan DeNiro Guest Blog
I read a lot of pulp when I was a kid. Most of it was crap. I also wrote a lot of adventure stories and half-baked space operas, most of which were crap too. Around …
Continue readingPetals of the Rat: loose notes for a new movement – Alan DeNiro Guest Blog
This isn’t a manifesto. This is a series of observations in a particular range of time, made on a mode of writing that I love, what on any given day can be called speculative fiction. …
Continue readingMargaret Weis and Tracy Hickman of Dragonlance – Interview
Boomtron is proud to introduce the Bestselling author tandem of Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. They were kind enough to answer some questions after just releasing their new book Bones of the Dragon (Dragonships of …
Continue readingThe Mosaic Novel – Guest Blog by Richard Bowes
When I decided to call From The Files Of The Time Rangers, a Mosaic Novel, I thought that the term was one that Jeff VanderMeer had invented for his brilliant multi-layered Veniss Underground. But when …
Continue readingJoin me or Die! : A Few Words on the Necessity of Dark Power – Guest Blog by Elizabeth Bear
Darth Vader is your father. But you knew that already, didn’t you? Despite the power of those words to evoke a reaction of surprise – a shiver of fear, a frisson of titillation – don’t …
Continue readingSome Kind of Ride – Favorite Books of 2008
This will be brief. As I’ve said before our strength lies in our diversity. If you want a unified chorus of voices singing hosannas to the pre-approved “best” books of the year then stop reading …
Continue readingEvery Last Drop by Charlie Huston Review
As much as I really enjoyed Every Last Drop, and there is a lot to like, I can’t help but being just a little disappointed. You can check out an interview with Charlie Huston as …
Continue readingGo-Go Girls of the Apocalypse + Vampire A Go-Go by Victor Gischler Review
Accompanied by his cowboy sidekick Buffalo Bill, the gorgeous stripper Sheila, and the mountain man Ted, Mortimer journeys to the lost city of Atlanta — and a showdown that might determine the fate of humanity.
Continue readingDaughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier Review
Daughter of the Forest is the debut of the New Zealand author Juliet Marillier and the first book in the widely acclaimed Sevenwaters Trilogy. It offers a deep-felt re-telling of “Six Swans”, an old folk …
Continue readingPatrick O’Leary Interview + Door Number Three Review
Behind Door Number Three is The Gift of The Impossible Bird… When I decided to re-read Patrick O’Leary’s novels to see if they were as good as I remembered them to be I also set …
Continue readingSeverance Package by Duane Swierczynski Review
At a time when workers feel increasingly insecure about their positions with The Company Severance Package acts as a pretty savage critique of corporate culture.
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