Book Reviews
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CRUISING THE COSMERE: The Way of Kings (Book Review)
The Hive are starting a new feature, which isn’t actually all that new as it was originally introduced on Fantasy Faction, but myself and possibly ... -
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 ... -
Women’s Weird 2: More Strange Stories by Women, 1891-1937 – Edited by Melissa Edmundson (BOOK REVIEW)
“I knew all the time that for a man who had gone to bed in a commonplace hall bedroom in a very commonplace little town such ... -
THE TROUBLE WITH PEACE by Joe Abercrombie (BOOK REVIEW)
‘What some called madness he recognised as diamond-edged clarity. The time for arguments in the teahouse, for pretty words and fancy theories, was over. The grasping ... -
Knight’s Shadow by Sebastian De Castell — Book Review
Series: Greatcoats (#2) Published by: Jo Fletcher Books. Genre: Epic fantasy, grimdark, low magic(-ish?). Length: 20 hrs and 6 minutes, or 606 pages on hardcover. Format: ... -
NOTES FROM SMALL PLANETS by Nate Crowley (BOOK REVIEW)
Sci-fi and fantasy love to be epic. There’s nothing like an existential threat to the world or galaxy whose resolution inevitably comes down to a handful ... -
A MEMORY CALLED EMPIRE by Arkady Martine (BOOK REVIEW)
High-grade sci-fi performs a tricky balancing act: inventing a world that is different to ours in important respects but at the same time providing a narrative ... -
ONE LOVE CHIGUSA by Soji Shimada (BOOK REVIEW)
“He felt cold. There was an unpleasant metallic noise, a ringing coming from somewhere. He saw everything in a flash. The cliff behind him was in ... -
BEOWULF: A New Translation by Maria Dahvana Headley (BOOK REVIEW)
So. Here’s the thing about Beowulf. A lot of people have bad high school memories of reading an archaic, basic myth about a dude whose sole ... -
CAPTAIN MOXLEY AND THE EMBERS OF THE EMPIRE by Dan Hanks (BOOK REVIEW)
‘‘Those who seek power can only ever see what’s right in front of them. There is no patience in their makeup. They simply look for the ...
