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THE BRIGHT SWORD – Lev Grossman
Wow. Really, just … wow. Author Lev Grossman (of The Magicians fame) takes on a classic legend with his new look at King Arthur, the knights of the roundtable, and all the usual, familiar characters whom we’ve read about in other versions of the legends. Grossman brings us into the story with a new knight, Collum of Continue reading
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WORD PUPPETS – Mary Robinette Kowal
Why do I not do a better job of reading Mary Robinette Kowal? Of the three novels I’ve read by her, I’ve given two of them 4-1/2 star ratings (a solid five stars [as opposed to a rounded-up five stars] is pretty rare from me). This collection of short stories really showcases Kowal’s writing talent Continue reading
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TOOTH AND CLAW – Craig Johnson
After returning from Vietnam, now looking for work, Walt Longmire and Henry Standing Bear take a job in Alaska working for an oil company, riding shotgun with researchers and oilmen. They come upon a monster of a polar bear who appears to be badly injured, likely making him even more of a threat than a Continue reading
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MURDER ON THE DODDER – Keith Bruton
I only just learned, as I went to grab the cover of the book to post on the blog, that this book is a follow-up to another volume (The Lemon Man). This definitely explains some of the questions I had (or at least I hope the previous volume would explain some of my questions). But Continue reading
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FORGING A NIGHTMARE – Patricia A. Jackson
The descendants of God’s fallen angels still live among us, though they’ve managed to keep a low profile and their heritage out of the public eye for a millennia. But now someone has discovered their secret – and not just anyone … a notorious serial killer knows who they are and has selected them as Continue reading
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STAR TREK: PICARD’S ACADEMY–COMMIT NO MISTAKES – graphic novel
We look back at the Academy days of Jean-Luc Picard and see that he’s quite the loner, focused solely on doing well and getting ahead. But his instructor, Mr. Spock, informs him that getting to know the people on his team is important when making leadership decisions and orders Cadet Picard to attend a party Continue reading
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DOLL – Ed McBain
A woman, model Tina Sachs, is killed, brutally slashed to death while her young daughter sat in another room, quietly playing with her doll. In the squad room of the 87th Precinct, Steve Carella asks his lieutenant to assign Bert Kling to the case. Kling has been a bit belligerent since the loss of his fiancé. Continue reading
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SHORES OF A NEW HORIZON – M. Darusha Wehm
The work of terraforming Mars has been a long and challenging process but just as the hopes of those living on the red planet reach an excited level as success looks to be within reach. But disaster looms as a contaminated ice asteroid threatens the planet’s water supply. Professor Zambrotta “Zammi” Kaspar is charged with Continue reading
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DOUBLE EXPOSURE – Robert Sullivan
Timothy O’Sullivan was an American photographer in the 19th century. Some of his photos are among the most iconic of the American Civil War. After the war, O’Sullivan traveled to the American West, raising photography to an art form with his pictures of what was still considered to be unusual locations. His work had an Continue reading
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SHAKESPEARE’S EAR – Tim Rayborn
I started to read this book on multiple occasions but would put it away barely getting past the Introduction each time. The problem? I really didn’t care for author Tim Rayborn’s ‘voice’. Rayborn makes little asides and and remarks that a middle school boy would find funny (generally sexually charged comments, like: The wonderfully named Continue reading
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LIVING THE BEATLES LEGEND – Kenneth Womack
I have read a lot of Beatles-related books over the past dozen years that I’ve been writing this review blog but this is perhaps the most moving and the most insightful of all that I’ve read. Mal Evans was possibly closer to the Beatles than other individual, from their early days at The Cavern Club, Continue reading
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LAST DANGEROUS VISIONS – Harlan Ellison, editor
Is it possible to wait 50 years for one book? Yes. Fans of Harlan Ellison and/or his Dangerous Visions collections have been waiting for this particular book for just that long. Is it possible for a book that one has been waiting for for half a century to even come close to meeting fifty years’ Continue reading
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