The Left Hand of God by Paul Hoffman
The Left Hand of God by Paul Hoffman Published by Michael Joseph / Penguin 448 pages ISBN: 978-0718155186 Review by Mark Yon As young…
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Elegy Beach by Steven R. Boyett
Ace, Hardcover9780441017959November 2009http://www.steveboy.com/http://www.elegybeach.com/ Can a writer go home again? Can a story that seemingly had closure and attained classic status be revisited, only…
Blackout by Connie Willis
Published by BantamSpectraISBN 978-0-5538-0319-8 February 2, 2010 512 Pages http://www.sftv.org/cw/ Let’s start with the bad stuff because the good stuff is…
Ariel by Steven R. Boyett
Ace9780441017942Original publication date: December 1983New Edition: August 2009http://www.steveboy.com/http://www.arielbook.com/ A boy and his unicorn travel across the East Coast of the United States in…
The Bookman by Lavie Tidhar
The Bookman by Lavie Tidhar Published by Angry Robot (7 Jan 2010) 416 Pages ISBN 9780007346585 Review by Bridie Roman Orphan, the protagonist and…
Desolation Road by Ian McDonald
978-1-59102-744-7384 PagesPyrJuly 2009 If there were an official list of “must reads,” I’d place Desolation Road at the top. It is the story…
The Red Tree by Caitlín R. Kiernan
Published by Roc August 2009 ISBN 978-0-451-46276-3 400 Pages http://www.caitlinrkiernan.com/ Telling stories about writers is a relatively common storytelling technique utilized by many writers. …
A Grey Moon over China by Thomas A. Day
Thomas A. Day TOR, May 2009 http://thomas-day.us Hardcover 978-0765321428 There is much to like in this tale and a bit to not like.…
Gaunt’s Ghost: The Founding by Dan Abnett
Published by Black Library2002Paperback 768 PagesISBN 9781844163694The first Gaunt’s Ghost omnibus If any writer has achieved superstar status in the Black Library/Warhammer line of…
Blood of Ambrose by James Enge
Pyr (http://www.pyrsf.com/)April 2009ISBN: 978-1-59102-736-2 401 pp Trade Paperback After plying his writing trade at short stories about Morlock Ambrosius, James Enge pushes the…
Maelstrom by Taylor Anderson
Published by RocFebruary 2009ISBN 978-0-451-46253-4387 Pageshttp://www.taylorandersonauthor.com With depleted resources and a seemingly insurmountable challenge ahead, Lieutenant Commander Matthew Reddy prepares to lead the…
THE DEVIL’s ALPHABET by Daryl Gregory
The Devil’s Alphabet, Daryl Gregory’s second novel puts monsters in small town America, and for the most part, the people in this town accept…
Fast Forward 2 by Lou Anders
Pyr, an Imprint of Prometheus Books ISBN 978-1-59102-692-1 359 Pages 2008Reviewed by Dan Bieger Lou Anders says in his introduction: What follows are…
The Commanding Stone by David Forbes
Published by EOS ISBN 978-0-06-082044-2 Paperback, October 2009 396 Pages With two strong-minded cultures in the midst of a growing conflict, David Forbes…
White Night by Jim Butcher
White Night: Book Nine of the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher Published April 2007 (UK), by Orbit UK, US 2005. ISBN: 9781841495309 528 pages.…
Howards End is on the Landing by Susan Hill
Howards End is on the Landing: A Year of Reading from Home By Susan Hill Published by Profile Books 288 pages ISBN: 9781846682650 Here’s…
The Sad Tale of the Brothers Grossbart by Jesse Bullington
The Sad Tale of the Brothers Grossbart by Jesse Bullington Published by Orbit UK, November 2009 464 pages ISBN: 9781841497839 Review by Mark Yon…
Transitions by Iain M. Banks
Orbit/Hachette Book Group ISBN 9780316071987 Hardcover, September 2009 416 Pages http://www.iain-banks.net/us/ Opening with “Apparently, I am what is known as an Unreliable Narrator,…” indicates…
The Words of Making by David Forbes
Published by EOS ISBN 978-0060820329 Paperback, September 2007 496 Pages In The Words of Making, David Forbes expands on the rich world of…
The Dragon Book: Magical Tales from the Masters of Modern Fa by Jack & Gardner Dann & Dozois
Ace, Hardcover978-0-441-01764-5November 2009 Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois have been putting together themed anthologies for approximately 20 years now; The Dragon Book is…
