About the Book The Dangerous Women anthology contains following stories: – Introduction by Gardner Dozois – “Some Desperado” by Joe Abercrombie – A Red Country story – “My Heart is Either Broken” by Megan Abbott – “Nora’s Song” by Cecelia Holland – “The Hands That Are Not There” by Melinda Snodgrass – “Bombshells” by Jim…
Continue ReadingToday my author-love series continues with a post about why I think Elizabeth Bear is amazing, and why you should read her books (and love them). This series will take place every Monday (unless I forget or run out of people to talk about). — I read my first Elizabeth Bear book a few years…
Continue ReadingAbout the Book Elizabethan spy Mal Catlyn has everything he ever wanted—his twin brother Sandy restored to health, his family estate reclaimed and a son to inherit it—but his work isn’t over yet. The guisers’ leader, Jathekkil, has reincarnated as the young Prince Henry Tudor, giving Mal a chance to eliminate his enemies whilst they…
Continue ReadingAbout the Book Something More Than Night is a Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler-inspired murder mystery set in Thomas Aquinas’s vision of Heaven. It’s a noir detective story starring fallen angels, the heavenly choir, nightclub stigmatics, a priest with a dirty secret, a femme fatale, and the Voice of God. Somebody has murdered the angel…
Continue ReadingTomorrow is Thanksgiving in this neck of the woods and I’m too busy/lazy to write up a review right now. I figured I’d do something fun an interactive instead. So, here’s a little questionnaire I’m writing up for all of you lovely people to answer. Why? Because I want my to-be-read pile to be big…
Continue ReadingAbout the Book All her life Jessica Drake has dreamed of other worlds, some of them similar to her own, others disturbingly alien. She never shares the details with anyone, save her younger brother Tommy, a compulsive gamer who incorporates some aspects of Jessica’s dreams into his games. But now someone is asking about those…
Continue ReadingTad Williams is a name anyone even moderately familiar with SpecFic is familiar with. He’s been writing huge tomes for many years. His books are always well received and loved by his numerous fans, myself among them. Another reason why Tad Williams is an important genre author for me is because his are some of…
Continue ReadingAbout the Book The new novel set in the addictive and compelling fantasy world ofThree Parts Dead Shadow demons plague the city reservoir, and Red King Consolidated has sent in Caleb Altemoc — casual gambler and professional risk manager — to cleanse the water for the sixteen million people of Dresediel Lex. At the scene…
Continue ReadingAbout the Book A decade in the future, humanity thrives in the absence of sickness and disease. We owe our good health to a humble parasite – a genetically engineered tapeworm developed by the pioneering SymboGen Corporation. When implanted, the tapeworm protects us from illness, boosts our immune system – even secretes designer drugs. It’s…
Continue ReadingI cut my fantasy teeth on Carol Berg’s books, which automatically puts her in a special place in my heart, as fantasy is a genre that I love so intensely. Her Rai-Kirah books changed how I looked at the genre, and how I loved it. Even now, years after I’ve re-read it, I still think…
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