Book Reviews
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THE COMBAT CODES by Alexander Darwin (SPFBO 6 FINALIST REVIEW)
Phase 2 of the Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off is drawing to a close at the end of this month! Keep track of the finalists’ scoreboard here. If you’re ... -
ROBOT ARTISTS & BLACK SWANS: THE ITALIAN FANTASCIENZA STORIES by Bruce Sterling (BOOK REVIEW)
“Ideas changed the world. Thoughts changed the world – and thoughts could be written down. I had forgotten that writing could have such urgency, that writing ... -
FALLIBLE JUSTICE by Laura Laakso (BOOK REVIEW)
Fallible Justice is, at its core, a detective novel. Yannia Wilde is a PI who must prove a man’s innocence before he is sentenced to death ... -
NETHER LIGHT by Shaun Paul Stevens (SPFBO 6 FINALIST REVIEW)
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STORMLAND by John Shirley (BOOK REVIEW)
“You haven’t been here that long. Just wait. I don’t go for it either, but who’s in charge of Stormland, really? The perpetual storm system is! ... -
THE FALL OF ERLON by Robert H. Fleming (SPFBO 6 FINALIST REVIEW)
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THE SPACE BETWEEN WORLDS By Micaiah Johnson (BOOK REVIEW)
This review contains spoilers. Cara is based on Earth Zero but travels to other worlds in the multiverse to gather information about planetary resources that ... -
OUR BLOODY PEARL by D. N. Bryn (BOOK REVIEW)
Content warnings: Gore/blood/eating of human body parts (not overly graphic); some violence; coming to terms with new disability; recovery from trauma. When I first took a ... -
THE BONE SHARD DAUGHTER by Andrea Stewart (BOOK REVIEW)
On the face of it, Andrea Stewart’s debut novel The Bone Shard Daughter is an escapist’s dream. We’re transported to an Earthsea-like archipelago of shifting islands, where ... -
BIRDS OF PARADISE by Oliver K. Langmead (BOOK REVIEW)
“The books are a perfect example, Adam thinks, of reading to confirm one’s own beliefs: they are all theological in nature, and of a very particular ...