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Interview with Jeff Salyards

Posted: July 25, 2012 in Interview
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…

Review

All Men of Genius

Posted: September 5, 2012 by Vanessa in Books that are Mediocre Meta: Lev A.C. Rosen, Steampunk
All Men of Genius

…re-telling combination of Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Ernest” and Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night.” It’s more a comedy of manners than anything resembling the conspiracy mystery he prologues the book with….

How to Review Books the EBR Way

Posted: June 12, 2012 in Editorial Tags: Elitist University
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…

Review

The Wolf’s Hour

Posted: February 1, 2013 by Steven in Books We Love Meta: Robert McCammon, Horror, Audible
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…

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Hugo 2014 Novelette Nominations

Posted: June 20, 2014 by Vanessa in Books We Like Meta: , Science Fiction, Hugo Awards, Short Fiction
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

Posted: June 26, 2013 in Giveaways
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…

Review

Sorcery for Beginners

Posted: April 18, 2018 by Vanessa in Books We Like Meta: Matt Harry, Fantasy, Middle Grade
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…

Review

The Vital Abyss

Posted: November 23, 2015 by Writer Dan in Books We Love Meta: James S.A. Corey, Science Fiction
The Vital Abyss

…taste of what is to come. But stick around and check out my review of this first, if you will. Cause if you’re a fan, you’re not going to want…

Review

Mystic

Posted: February 1, 2016 by Patricia Kintz in Books We Like Meta: Jason Denzel, Fantasy
Mystic

…The girl, Pomella AnDone from the island of Moth, is chosen to compete against noble-born challengers for the privilege of apprenticing under her island’s High Mystic, much to her surprise…

Review

Linesman

Posted: April 11, 2016 by Vanessa in Books We Like Meta: S.K. Dunstall, Space Opera
Linesman

Humans have been traveling the stars for hundreds of years, and use alien technology in order to do it. The alien ship they originally found all those years ago was…