Having seen the film, and then read the book, I muse on what it all means…
Reading doesn’t separate the men from the boys, it separates the educated from the ignorant. Seriously…
This novel is an indie publishing effort, released just last month, that has shot up the charts. It’s a debut, and the author has no previous platform, so this means its success is based on its own merits — or blind luck. Let’s look closer…
In honor of that special night when the barriers between this world and the next grows thin, I made a list of some favorite creepy/scary books…
In honor of the coming invasion of demons, witches, and the like, I and The Darkening Dream are participating in Fiction Frolic for All Hallow’s Read, an event supporting Neil Gaiman’s All Hallow’s Read…
If you are interested in politics, economics, history or just being human you owe it to yourself to read this book…
If you like Science Fiction, post apocalyptic worlds, or just plain old good novels. Read this. Seriously, it’s one of the most enjoyable speculative novels I’ve read in years…
A tasty fantasy snack from the author of Ship Breaker and The Windup Girl…
I am in utter awe with regard to the creativity oozing from this novel. Part Dickens, part steampunk, part fantasy, part Blade Runner, part Lovecraft and a whole lot more…
Hugo and Nebula wining author of the Sci-Fi novel, The Windup Girl, brings his unique vision of the future to YA…
Watching John Carter got me to reread A Princess of Mars. This is some serious old school pulp adventure, but I used to love that kind of stuff as a kid…
Despite the cheesy “hooded dude” cover, this was a great bit of epic fantasy. It was recommended by a twitter follower and turned out to be one of the better “classic medieval fantasy” books I’ve read in recent years.
It’s been awhile since I read a book by Card, although in eons past I read dozens and he was one of my favorite authors. He’s certainly lost none of his talent or voice…
This was a great book and a breakout YA hit. And, of course, this is one of the most anticipated movies of the year, particularly for book lovers. I take a look at the pros and cons of both mediums.
A combination alternate history and speculative technology book, set in 330 BC. For lack of a better term: bronze-punk.
I’m frequently asked for a list of favorite novels and big influences on my own writing. So I drew up this list. In order to prevent my head exploding I kept it exclusively to adult fantasy.
Nominally, this is an issue novel, about a 15 year-old girl dealing with the fallout of having slept with a guy when she was thirteen. But really it’s just a well written and well characterized slice of teen life story.
This excellent novel was a bestseller in the 1960s and that in of itself is a sad testament to the intellectual decline of the American reader. Its a novelized biography of the fourth century Roman Emperor Julian, known as The Apostate.
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This new YA time travel novel has a bit of buzz and I read it because of the superficial similarities to my second novel, Untimed. Both are YA time travel, both have a male protagonist but that’s about where it ends.