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The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack
…a vigorous romp through Victorian England like nothing I’ve ever before read. Steampunk at a glance with coal-driven bicycles and helicopter/easy-chair mishmashes, but there are also mega-lithic horses, greyhound post…
Interview with Jeff Salyards
…varied, intricate, rich. Good stuff. But given that I was committed to this particular narrative/narrator, I knew I was going to have to really check myself. Arki does comment on…
The Wolf’s Hour
…McCammon’s THE WOLF’S HOUR , but never had the time. Audible.com didn’t have it at the time, so I was pretty bummed out. I found out that GraphicAudio has a…
Hugo 2014 Novelette Nominations
…“The Lady Astronaut of Mars” by Mary Robinette Kowal (maryrobinettekowal.com/Tor.com, 09-2013) tells us that humans have been settling Mars since the 1950s, all thanks to the lady astronaut Elma. Now…
Giveaway! The World of the End
…We’ve not yet had a chance to review it, but that has no bearing on us giving out a free book! Here’s the blurb from Amazon.com: As an epilogist, Ben…
How to Review Books the EBR Way
…SF When authors write stuff, they often use words that are common and contemporary. It’s just easier. I’m talking about everything from profanity to slang to completely modern terms. Guys…
Strange Dogs
…nature to be unforgiving in its lessons, she’s come to understand this new world a little bit and found a way to be comfortable within it. Cara’s family (mother, father,…
Blog-Off Entry Commentary: Balanced Storytelling
Okay, so you guys totally had to know that another one of these was coming your direction. It’s been way too long since we’ve been able to pontificate on yet…
Sorcery for Beginners
…BEGINNERS provides footnotes about how sorcery works, enchanting details (used to help readers understand references, for example, in Chapter 6, “Invented in 1994, World of Warcraft is a massively…
Primordial Threat
…year of the Self-Published Science Fiction Competition, which I thought was pretty cool. Although, after seeing online how voraciously the author tackles the concepts of self-publication and marketing, it didn’t…
