BEA on Friday!

Don’t know if anyone else from the blogging community will be there but I’ll be attending Book Expo America at the Jacob Javits Center tomorrow.  It’s my first year going and I’m pretty excited.  Needless to say you probably won’t see another post until Monday(ish).

Review: A Grey Moon Over China by Thomas A. Day

A Grey Moon Over China Thomas A. Day Tor, 2009 (original published by Black Heron, 2006) A Grey Moon Over China is near future sci-fi epic with a surprisingly intimate touch that constantly wars with broader scope. It is a struggle that at times makes for an engrossing read and at other times makes for [...]

Gaming Bits and Weekend Recovery

You’d think that with a three day weekend here in the states that I would have got more reading done.  You’d be wrong.  I made the mistake of not properly planning what I want to read next which I means I have stupidly been splitting my time between about four different books.  The result being [...]

Review: The Empress of Mars by Kage Baker

The Empress of Mars Kage Baker Tor, 2009 Kage Baker is one of those author’s that I always mean to read but never get around to doing it. I’ve always been intrigued by her Company novels but intimidated by the prospect of jumping into a new series. The Empress of Mars is listed as being [...]

Val looks at The Strain

Since my friend Val is a big fan of the vampire, and frequently a bit heated about the current state of vampire fiction, I asked her if she’d like to review del Toro and Hogan’s The Strain as a counter-point to my own review. She did so.  Thankfully she managed to trim her 8000+ words [...]

Review: Avempartha by Michael J. Sullivan

Avempartha Michael J Sullivan Ridan Publishing, 2009 Avempartha sees our “heroes” from The Crown Conspiracy back in action and in as fine a form as ever. The opening scenes in the novel, the set-up, is a fantastic intro for readers who read the first book and an excellent and highly entertaining way to recap a [...]

The WoT Cover Art You’ve Never Seen

I was perusing Random House’s Books on Tape site for things to order when I noticed their delightfully odd choices to represent the covers to the audio version of the the Wheel of Time check out Lord of Chaos: See more after the jump!

Review: Open Your Eyes by Paul Jessup

Open Your Eyes Paul Jessup Apex Press, 2009 Open Your Eyes is perhaps one of the densest 152 page novellas I have ever read. It’s not that the language is difficult but rather the near constant barrage surrealistic imagery never slackened and so varied from character to character that keeping up was, at times, difficult; [...]

Review: The Crown Conspiracy by Michael J. Sullivan

The Crown Conspiracy Michael J Sullivan Aspirations Media Inc., 2008 Yes, I am still working on Open Your Eyes, for all its scant 152 pages it is a surprisingly dense book. In the meantime I flew through Sullivan’s The Crown Conspiracy in just about a day. Perhaps the best compliment I can pay the book [...]

Review: The Strain by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan

The Strain Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan William Morrow, 2009 I had planned on finishing Open Your Eyes first but I mentioned that I had The Strain to a friend and was immediately guilted into reading this first so that I can hand it over. The Strain is the first in a trilogy of [...]