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Author: James Latimer

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James Latimer

James Latimer is the curmudgeonly alter-ego of a mild-mannered civil servant. When not lurking around the internet, he's usually reading or writing fantasy fiction. His corporeal form resides in South West England with a very forgiving wife and very demanding cat.

  • Book ReviewsFantasy
    By James Latimer
    January 26, 2021
    3374
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    BROTHER RED by Adrian Selby – BOOK REVIEW

    I’ve been hugely enthusiastic about Adrian Selby’s previous work – the enigmatic, epistolic Snakewood and the harrowing, heartfelt Winter Road – so it shouldn’t be a ...
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  • Book ReviewsFantasy
    By James Latimer
    December 11, 2020
    2835
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    THE TALES OF CATT & FISHER: THE ART OF THE STEAL edited by Justina Robson (BOOK REVIEW)

    As soon as I saw this ARC available I jumped at the chance to revisit Solaris’s “After the War” setting, and in particular the two central ...
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  • FantasyNautical
    By James Latimer
    November 25, 2020
    2891
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    Call of the Bone Ships by RJ Barker – Book Review

    I’m having a bumper year for sequels, it must be said. This was my second-most-anticipated one, partly because I only had to wait half as long ...
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  • Book ReviewsEpicFantasyHigh
    By James Latimer
    November 24, 2020
    2917
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    Hollow Empire by Sam Hawke – Book Review

    So, City of Lies was one of my favourite reads of the last few years, and perhaps no sequel has been quite so anticipated in that ...
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  • Book ReviewsFantasy
    By James Latimer
    September 24, 2020
    2567
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    THE IKESSAR FALCON by K. S. Villoso (BOOK REVIEW)

    This is a year of hotly-anticipated sequels for me (hello Hollow Empire and Call of the Bone Ships!), and since I first read the self-pub version ...
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  • Book ReviewsFantasy
    By James Latimer
    September 22, 2020
    2639
    0

    THE SEVENTH PERFECTION by Daniel Polansky (Book Review)

    The Seventh Perfection is the second Polansky novella I’ve read, after the wonderfully high (or is it low?) concept The Builders, a revenge Western starring anthropomorphic ...
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  • Book ReviewsFantasy
    By James Latimer
    August 18, 2020
    3091
    1

    THE FOUR PROFOUND WEAVES by R. B. Lemberg (Book Review)

    Some novellas are like short novels, others feel more like long short stories. Neither is necessarily better, but The Four Profound Weaves struck me as one ...
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  • Book ReviewsFeaturesScience FictionWomen In SFF
    By James Latimer
    July 2, 2020
    2420
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    Readers Without Borders – Final Update

    June Readathon – #ReadersWithoutBorders Final Update – Roque Protocol   Well, seeing as it’s July already, I suppose it’s pretty clear that the #ReadersWithoutBorders charity readathon ...
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  • Book ReviewsFantasy
    By James Latimer
    June 29, 2020
    2713
    3

    Readers Without Borders – Second Update

    June Readathon – #ReadersWithoutBorders Second Update – Chains of the Heretic   For those who missed it, I’ve joined the #ReadersWithoutBorders charity readathon for June, all ...
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  • Book ReviewsScience Fiction
    By James Latimer
    June 16, 2020
    2438
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    Readers without Borders – First Update

    June Readathon – #ReadersWithoutBorders First Update – Macaque Attack!   For those who missed it, I’ve joined the #ReadersWithoutBorders charity readathon for June, all in aid ...
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