In the Eye of Heaven by David Keck
I first heard of David Keck’s debut from a publicist at H. B. Fenn (Tor Books’ Canadian distributor) last fall. She was asking me…
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River of Gods by Ian McDonald
Published by PyrMarch 2006ISBN 1-59102-436-6600 pages Ian McDonald’s River of Gods has already won the BSFA 2005 Best Novel Award, now it finally comes…
HIS MAJESTY’S DRAGON (Temeraire #1) by Naomi Novik
Published by Del Rey March 2006 ISBN 0-345-48128-3 356 Pages Author Web site: http://www.temeraire.org Dragons have been a part of fantastic fiction,…
Book of Skulls, The by Robert Silverberg
Published by Del ReyISBN 0-345-47138-5Paperback, February 2006 (original publication 1972)232 Pages Four young men travel across the United States in search of immortality promised…
Lords Of Terror by Allan Cole
Lords of Terror, by Allan Cole and Nick Perumov. Published by Zumaya Otherworlds, March 2006. ISBN: 1554102855. 430 pages. Review by Hobbit You know…
The Amber Wizard by David Forbes
Published by EOSISBN 0-06-082011-XPaperback, March 2006544 Pageshttp://www.davidforbes.net David Forbes a writer with yet another Epic Fantasy saga, right? The Amber Wizard sounds typical enough…
Genetopia by Keith Brooke
Published by PyrISBN 0-591-02333-5Hardcover, February 2006301 Pages Keith Brooke is fairly well known in genre circles, being the publisher of the highly-respected…
Temeraire by Naomi Novik
Temeraire (aka His Majesty’s Dragon) by Naomi Novik Published by Voyager, January 2006 ISBN: 0007219091 330 pages Review by Hobbit Here’s a tough…
Judas Unchained by Peter F. Hamilton
Judas Unchained picks up the events rather seamlessly after Pandora’s Star. Indeed, the two novels work more as a massive singular novel, a la…
Lady of Mazes by Karl Schroeder
Tor hardcover 2005. Lady of Mazes, the latest novel by Canadian author Karl Schroeder, is a unique blend of hard science fiction, space…
The Voyage of the Sable Keech by Neal Asher
The Voyage of The Sable Keech by Neal Asher Published by Tor UK, February 2006 506 pages ISBN: 1405001402 Review by Hobbit For those…
The Door Within by Wayne Thomas Batson
August 2005311 PagesBook Web site: http://www.thedoorwithin.com Published by Tommy NelsonISBN 1-4003-0659-0 Take one awkward, shunted youth, mix in ancient prophecy, add those elements to…
Second Eden by Carlton W Austin
Have humans destroyed our earth to the point of an approaching Judgement Day? Are a group of aliens plotting to rid the world of…
PANDORA’S STAR by Peter F. Hamilton (Commonwealth Saga #1)
First Contact. Futuristic-Murder Mystery. Space Opera. Sociological SF. Hard SF. Science Fantasy These are just a few of the sub-genres of Speculative Fiction. Peter…
Counterspell: Guardian of the Ruins by Robert C.A. Goff
Ignorance is a blessing – and the innocent are always blessed. Love sometimes is the force that drives people to make things they never…
Babylon Babies by Maurice G. Dantec
This review refers to the translated trade paperback by Semiotext(e) 2005. Babylon Babies marks both the inauguration of Semiotext(e)’s new Native Agents imprint…
Devices and Desires by K J Parker
Book One of the Engineer Trilogy. Published January 2006 (UK), by Orbit UK. ISBN: 1841492760 706 pages One of the latest up-and-coming writers in…
Starship: Mutiny by Mike Resnick
Published by PyrISBN 1-59102-337-8December 2005286 Pages Mike Resnick is one of the most widely acclaimed writers in Speculative Fiction, with many awards and nominations…
Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader by James Luceno
Del Rey Books November 2005 ISBN: 0-345-47732-4 In Star Wars: Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader, James Luceno sets out to follow-up…
Already Dead by Charlie Huston
268 Pages/January 2006Del ReyISBN: 0-345-47824-XAuthor Web site: http://www.charliehuston.com Vampire sleuth battles zombies in Manhattan. That is the bare bones high concept of Charlie…
