About the book Herexquisite beauty and brilliant mind were not enough to free her from captivity.That took her skills with a knife, plus the power of a goddess. Shewas born in poverty, in a dusty village under the equatorial sun. She doesnot remember her mother, she does not remember her own name–her earliest clearmemory is of…
Continue ReadingAboutthe book From the mind thatbrought you Plague Year and The Frozen Sky… SIXTEEN STORIES ABOUT STRANGE WORLDS, BIOTECH,COMMANDOS, AND THE GIRL NEXT DOOR. “Striking.” –Locus Online “Exciting.” –SF Revu “Chilling and dangerous.”–HorrorAddicts.net First published in top venues such as Asimov’sScience Fiction Magazine and cult ‘zines like The Vampire’s Crypt, thesestories have been translated into…
Continue ReadingThe end of the year is always kind of interesting for me, especially with bloggers. People summarize their year, throw shout outs to whoever they think was awesome during the previous year and… undoubtably, some of them will write a list of books they plan to read. I don’t schedule or plan like that. It’s…
Continue ReadingAbout the book A FORCED WEDDING. A DOUBLE EXECUTION. TWOTHIEVES HAVE OTHER PLANS. The New Empire intends to celebrate its victoryover the Nationalists with a day that will never be forgotten. On the highholiday of Wintertide the empress will be married and Degan Gaunt and the Witchof Melengar will be publically executed. Then the empress…
Continue ReadingOccasionally when I am bored I wander around Goodreads to see who is reading what and what they think about it. The other day I was doing this and one common complaint I saw from reviewers was when the individual liked all aspects of the book except this one detail that the author got wrong….
Continue ReadingAbout the book Fifteen-year-old Landon Wicker is psychokinetic,but the tragic unleashing of his abilities forces him to run from everything heknows. Alone, terrified and unable to remember the events that compelled him toflee, Landon fights to survive and understand what’s happening to him. He findssolace, however, in the company of hundreds of psychokinetics like him…
Continue ReadingAbout the book One of the most respected writers of hard SF, ithas been more than ten years since Joan Slonczewski’s last novel. Now shereturns with a spectacular tour de force of the college of the future, inorbit. Jennifer Ramos Kennedy, a girl from a rich and politically influentialfamily (a distant relation descended from the famous Kennedy…
Continue ReadingI’ve finally thought of a discussion for this week. I apologize that it’s a bit late. I had a friend ask me what fantasy book she should read if she’s never read fantasy before. I honestly had no idea what to say to her, so I asked Twitter and got some great suggestions I threw…
Continue ReadingAbout the book Once a privileged royal child, raised by a lovingmother, Jorg Ancrath has become the Prince of Thorns, a charming, immoral boyleading a grim band of outlaws in a series of raids and atrocities. The worldis in chaos: violence is rife, nightmares everywhere. Jorg’s bleak past has sethim beyond fear of any man,…
Continue ReadingI’m not feeling up to much today so instead of a discussion I think I’ll just post some recent photos I’ve taken. They aren’t incredibly exciting, but that’s okay. I’m not a professional photographer, but I learn as I go. I wish I had more time for it. Anyway, here they are. Theme? Baby feet….
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