For Love of Mother-Not by Alan Dean Foster
Here’s one that I thought I’d read thirty-odd years ago. But having picked it up again, I can’t remember anything about it*. So, with…
Category: Book Reviews
MJ-12: SHADOWS by Michael J. Martinez
A few years have passed since “Variants,” people exhibiting abilities similar to comic book superheroes, became an integral part of the world of espionage…
Sherlock Holmes and the Sussex Sea Devils by James Lovegrove
Is it really three years since I started to read this series? With Sherlock Holmes and the Sussex Sea-Devils we get to the third,…
THE SHATTERED SUN by Rachel Dunne
Rachel Dunne brings her Bound Gods trilogy to an epic conclusion in The Shattered Sun. The novel picks up where she left readers in…
Skyward by Brandon Sanderson
The arrival of a new Brandon Sanderson novel will be heralded with great joy by his many fans, so much so that the author’s…
Astounding by Alec Nevala-Lee
It’s a well-known adage that you should never meet your heroes/heroines, presumably because you will be disappointed. I’m pleased to say, based on my…
MJ-12: INCEPTION by Michael J. Martinez
Superheroes in prose fiction, or characters with abilities that are like those of superheroes have been a growing subset of Science Fiction and Fantasy…
Elevation by Stephen King
And so, a mere two months after Stephen’s last novel (The Outsider), we have this novella. This one is part-homage. Thinking of Richard Matheson…
THE BONES OF THE EARTH by Rachel Dunne
The Bones of the Earth is the second book in Rachel Dunne’s Bound Gods trilogy, picking up hot on the heels of where she…
The Blue Salt Road by Joanne M. Harris
You may have noticed a recent trend of books of myths and legends retold for a modern audience. For example, there’s Neil Gaiman’s Norse…
The Man Who Sold the Moon by Robert A Heinlein
Following my reread of Heinlein’s juveniles over the last few years at SFFWorld, I thought I would read more from where he started –…
SFFWorld Countdown to Halloween 2018: The Haunting of Hill House (novel) by Shirley Jackson
With the arrival of a new Netflix series, I thought that it was time to return to this classic Horror novel. Shirley Jackson (1916-65)…
SFFWorld Countdown to Halloween 2018: Midwinter of the Spirit by Phil Rickman
As Winter draws in here at Hobbit Towers, the lure of the supernatural lingers after Halloween. And so, as a result, I picked up…
SFFWorld Countdown to Hallowe’en 2018: The Hour of the Oxrun Dead by Charles L. Grant
It was Grady Hendrix that made me do it.* Inspired by his Paperbacks From Hell (review HERE) summary of the 1970’s and 80’s Horror…
SFFWorld Countdown to Hallowe’en 2018: Final Girls by Riley Sager
To quote Randy, our ‘Curator of Horror’ at SFFWorld, “This is another novel that alludes to horror without exactly being a horror novel. ”…
SFFWorld Countdown to Hallowe’en 2018: LOCKE & KEY by Joe Hill & Gabriel Rodríguez
When Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez launched Locke & Key in 2008 through IDW Publishing, few readers were prepared for the dark tale they…
SFFWorld Countdown to Hallowe’en 2018: Phantoms edited by Marie O’Regan
As I type this it is October, and, as a result, the post-person to Hobbit Towers is usually kept busy with tomes pertaining to…
SFFWorld Countdown to Hallowe’en 2018: Harrison Squared by Daryl Gregory
Randy’s latest review is a contemporary take on Lovecraft that’s a lot of fun: This is how the brain works. It makes up stories…
BONEYARD by Seanan McGuire (A Deadlands Novel)
Seanan McGuire is one of the most prolific writers publishing in the speculative fiction genre, keeping up with her output is almost a part…
Rejoice by Steven Erikson
Though Steven is best known for his Epic Fantasy Malazan series, it’s been clear for a while that he’s a genre fan. As well…
