January 2023
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AXLE BUST CREEK – John Shirley
Axle Bust Creek is a new mining town in Nevada. Towns such as this don’t usually have law enforcement until the lawlessness gets out of hand. Cleve Trewe is a former Union officer who feels it’s his family duty to help his uncle (who was almost killed defending his gold mine from claim jumpers). Although Continue reading
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THE SILVER NINJA – Wilmar Luna
There is a moderately interesting back-story to this book and my decision as to whether or not read and review it. At some point the author made this book available for early reviews. When I first was ready to read this, I did a little reading on the author’s website (there were big plans for Continue reading
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CONFESS, FLETCH – Gregory McDonald
I’m quite certain I read one or more Fletch books, probably in the mid-1980’s when the Chevy Chase films were coming out and I was managing a book store, but I don’t remember much about the books, so I was quite interested in looking at this, Confess, Fletch, being reissued to coincide with the new film. Continue reading
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DRUNK ON ALL YOUR STRANGE NEW WORDS – Eddie Robson
Being a translator is difficult at the best of times – knowing multiple languages so thoroughly in order to be able to translate in real time – we can only imagine the challenges ahead when we make contact with intelligent life from new worlds and author Eddie Robson has imagined this for us in the Continue reading
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THE RETURN – Buzz Aldrin and John Barnes
Well of course I picked up this book primarily because of Buzz Aldrin’s name on the cover. I mean, an astronaut writing a sci-fi/mystery/thriller? Yes, please! And of course, most of us recognize that the second name on the cover is probably really the author who took the astronaut’s idea and turned it into a 300+ page yawner novel. Continue reading
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STRINGERS – Chris Panatier
While it is sometimes nice to pick up a book by a familiar author and in general know what kind of story you’re about to get, I do appreciate an author who takes chances and tries something very different from what they’ve written previously. Stringers, by Chris Panatier, feels like a risk and one I’m not Continue reading
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LITTLE EVE – Catriona Ward
Sisters Eve and Dinah are youthful members of a cult, led by a man known only as “Uncle,” living in an old stone castle on a remote island off the coast of Scotland. Uncle promises his wards, his followers, all young girls, that the future holds something profound, something they’ve never seen before. One of Continue reading
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IN THE CITY OF TIME – Gwendolyn Clare
Willa Marconi has been doing research in a laboratory at the University of Bologna in 1891 when her mentor at the school dies unexpectedly. Without her mentor’s support she risks losing her access to the lab, her stipend, and all her research to date. But when she discovers a strange signal while using her radio Continue reading
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STORMBRINGER (Saga #2) – Michael Moorcock
Just as with the first volume in the Elric Saga, I’m quite pleased to have the entire Elric series being re-released and available digitally. The order of the books is slightly different from earlier releases, but this being the latest collection of Elric books, I would assume this is the current, definitive order in which Continue reading
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STORMBRINGER – Michael Moorcock
In this collection of Elric novellas we have “Dead God’s Homecoming,” “Black Sword’s Brothers,” “Sad Giant’s Shield,” and “Doomed Lord’s Passing.” In the first story, Elric’s wife, Zarozinia, is kidnapped by some beings out of chaos, on the behest of a resurrected god named Darnizhaan. Darnizhaan was killed by a soul-drinking Black Sword. Not Elric’s Stormbringer, Continue reading
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THE BANE OF THE BLACK SWORD – Michael Moorcock
The saga of the damned albino prince of Melniboné continues in another novel composed of three novellas in The Bane of the Black Sword. As the title might suggest, Elric’s cursed sword, the soul-drinking runeblade known as Stormbringer plays a larger part in this collection. We have the ‘usual’ three novellas making up this book, with a short extra. Continue reading
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THE REVENGE OF THE ROSE – Michael Moorcock
Three novellas in one title, as seems to be the pattern with the Elric books. “Concerning the Fate of Empires,” “Esbern Snare; The Northern Werewolf,” and “A Rose Redeemed; A Rose Revived.” Elric, the albino prince of the doomed city of Melniboné still cavorts with his friend Moonglum when Elric is visited by a dragon Continue reading
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