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Demon Bound by Caitlin Kittredge
Demon Bound is the second book in Caitlin Kittredge ’s Black London series . Kittredge fans will be happy to know that she has once again spun a fascinating yarn that is loaded with creative nuances and twists. Her dark imagination is a breath of ...
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Karl Urban
Frank Herbert
Blood Kin by Maria Lima
….Overall, I am interested enough in the Blood Lines series and characters, and impressed enough with Maria Lima ’s overall talent, that I am still looking forward to the next novel and would recommend the series to fans of urban fantasy. But this Lima fan ...
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Karl Urban
Frank Herbert
Mirrorscape by Mike Wilks
Mel is living his dream. He’s been plucked from his meager existence in his sleepy town and has been brought to the big city to study as an apprentice under a great Master painter. Once there however, Mel finds that life in the big city is not exactly what he ...
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Mike Resnick
The Thief
… This is YA fiction that would appeal to a nine year old, but does not lose its appeal for adult readers as well. It is the first book in a trilogy, and I already have the second book on hold at the library so I can continue to follow the adventures of Gen. Read the rest ...
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Megan Fox
Demons
Nightingale’s Lament
The Nightside stories are so hard boiled that it’s hard to put in perspective, but I’m going to try anyway: If you took Dashiell Hammett’s corpse, rolled it in batter, then deep fried it till black, you would have a pretty good approximation of what Simon R. Green ...
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Simon Pegg
Karl Urban
By SB Frank.
In the innocence of my youth (note: aka up until a couple of months ago), I naïvely thought that a fantasy in which a supernatural being fell in love was called a “paranormal romance.” When I started blogging, I proudly announced that I was a fan of urban fantasy and ...
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Frank Herbert
We have with us today, Lev Grossman , in addition to writing book reviews for Time Magazine, Lev is also the internationally best-selling author of The Magicians, Warp, and Codex. His Nerd World blog has recently relaunched as Techland.com . But Lev promises that a) he is still a nerd; and ...
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Frank Herbert
By the Mountain Bound by Elizabeth Bear
….. If you enjoyed All the Windwracked Stars and are curious about how it all started, definitely check out By the Mountain Bound . It contains some powerful scenes, tons of beautiful, poetic prose, and a highly original fantasy universe. ...
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Elizabeth Bear
Nightchild by James Barclay
… In Nightchild , James Barclay basically does everything he did in the first two books of the CHRONICLES OF THE RAVEN , but just a little bit better. The novel is more tightly written, the characters have by now acquired some depth, and the plot is ...
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James Bond
The Skeleton Creek Duology
by Patrick Carman
In the Skeleton Creek duology, best friends Ryan McCray and Sarah Fincher team up to investigate the mysterious goings-on at an old mining dredge in their town. The story is told in Ryan’s journal, in which he records his thoughts and his ...
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Patrick Stewart
First off, congratulations to BookobsessedGrl who won Stacia Kane’s Demon’s Inside in our drawing from Monday. Please e-mail SB Frank by Sunday with your address.
Secondly, the future of an unborn child is in your hands. Names have power. Fantasy is replete with stories ...
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How to Make Friends with Demons by Graham Joyce
… .How to Make Friends with Demons is another great example of Graham Joyce ’s distinctive style. Narrator William Heaney is a more or less regular middle-aged man: boring government job, divorced with two kids, likes seventies ...
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Demons
Karl Urban
The Waking: Dreams of the Dead by Thomas Randall
Considering what an awkward foot Dreams of the Dead by Thomas Randall (Christopher Golden) starts off on, I was pretty surprised when, shortly after beginning, I found myself unable to put it down.
In spite of my overactive imagination, ...
Books
Christie Golden
The Greener Shore by Morgan Llywelyn
…. The Greener Shore is a gorgeous novel that’s completely readable by itself, but it is the last act of what was likely a better story. I will read Druids someday and hope that it features less frequent reflections on The Source of All ...
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Gwenhywfar: The White Spirit by Mercedes Lackey
… For an Arthurian retelling, this didn’t make me feel the magic of one of the most resilient and resonant legend cycles of all time. Arthur was a caricature, Gwenhywfar was cloying, and Lancelin was the only one I felt any sorrow ...
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The Silver Skull
There are times when you read a book that’s so amazing to you that you feel the author had you personally in mind when they wrote it, that’s exactly how I feel about Mark Chadbourn ’s The Silver Skull . … I admit I was caught by surprise at how much I liked ...
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By SB Frank - Today’s topic: the role of gender in fantasy literature. As societal expectations regarding sex and power change, our ideas of the appropriate traits for a hero or heroine evolve, too. For instance, today’s contemporary fantasy heroines almost reflexively assert their rugged ...
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The Soldier King
… Violette Malan excels at writing fun books with entertaining characters. There is a level of sophistication to her writing that is not commonly present in this style of book. This story is more action-driven than The Sleeping God , but it is still centered around ...
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Stephen King
All the Windwracked Stars
All the Windwracked Stars is the first book in the EDDA OF BURDENS trilogy by fantasy and SF author Elizabeth Bea r. The novel is a very original blend of fantasy, science fiction, steampunk and mythology, and while it has some weaknesses, its originality ...
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Elizabeth Bear
The God Engines
John Scalzi is another author I’ve never read before, even though I own several of his novels. It’s an oversight I’ve been meaning to correct for some time now, but just never got around to doing. However, that all changed as soon as I heard about John Scalzi’s novella, ...
