It has been over a century since the war between the humans and the ‘Mutes’ (the only other known race of intelligent beings in the universe – they don’t speak but communicate through telepathy).  Despite vast exploration, due in part to faster-than-light travel, the universe has turned out to be quite empty, with the Mutes Continue reading

I have an amazing knack for picking up a book that is part of a series wherein I haven’t read any of the previous books in said series.  I’ve done precisely that here, with this, The Timematician by Steven Bereznai. I liked the title, I liked the cover art – both drew me to wanting to read Continue reading

In my review of the last Elric collection, I noted that author Michael Moorcock had found an interesting way to bring the character ‘back from the dead’ by having Elric’s spirit or ‘essence’ travel through dimensions and use other bodies in other times so that we could get a new variety of Elric stories.  With Continue reading

This third volume in the Elric of Melniboné saga takes on a very different tenor than the previous seven books (compiled as collections, Elric of Melniboné: The Saga Vol 1 and Stormbringer: The Saga Vol 2). At the end of the previous collection Elric has died, so how do his adventures continue?  This is high fantasy, so that’s an Continue reading

It’s another era – closer now to our own time – and we’re introduced to Oonagh, the grand-daughter of Oona and Ulric. She’s enjoying her holiday in her grandparents’ home when she’s visited by a number of strangers. First it’s Klosterheim and Gaynor von Minct – a pair likely up to no good. Then it’s the Continue reading