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Killing Rites

Posted: May 2, 2012 by Vanessa in Books We Love Meta: M.L.N. Hanover, Urban Fantasy
Killing Rites

…into. After three completely amazing books detailing her adventures (see the list at the end of this post), we now come to KILLING RITES by M.L.N. Hanover (aka Daniel…

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Hellhound On My Trail

Posted: April 11, 2012 by Steven in Books We Like Meta: D.J. Butler, Urban Fantasy, Short Fiction
Hellhound On My Trail

…set. Mike is a complete alcoholic, a pretty good bassist… and he is haunted by the ghost of his dead brother, Chuy. Naturally, whenever someone uses the phrase “one last…

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The Chosen Seed

Posted: March 28, 2012 by Steven in Books We Love Meta: Sarah Pinborough, Horror
The Chosen Seed

…This is Horror where we see how under-prepared characters deal with an impossibly huge situation. In the end, I was left feeling completely satisfied. THE CHOSEN SEED, and the whole…

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Partials

Posted: February 28, 2012 by Steven in Books We Love Meta: Dan Wells, Dystopian SF, Young Adult
Partials

…inspiration behind my comments made the final version of PARTIALS–the one you should be buying RIGHT NOW–one of the best YA novels I’ve ever read. No. I’m faaaar too humble…

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The Language of Dying

Posted: February 17, 2012 by Steven in Books We Love Meta: Sarah Pinborough, Horror, Short Fiction
The Language of Dying

…told me at the convention that this was the best thing she’d written. So is it? By far. Horror is typically (and erroneously) associated with blood, guts and shock value….

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Low Town

Posted: January 10, 2012 by Writer Dan in Books that are Mediocre Meta: Daniel Polansky, Fantasy
Low Town

Do you know what a cornucopia is? I’m not sure if this is the greatest analogy or not, but the imagery of a cornucopia is immediately what came to mind…

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Ghost Story

Posted: December 15, 2011 by Steven in Books We Like Meta: Jim Butcher, Urban Fantasy
Ghost Story

I realize this review is fairly (really) late. I simply wasn’t sure what I should say about Jim Butcher’s latest. Overall I love this series, but there have been some…

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Children of the Sky

Posted: October 12, 2011 by Shawn in Books We Love Meta: Vernor Vinge, Science Fiction
Children of the Sky

…one of the best books of the year (if not the best)? Yes. The book picks up where A FIRE UPON THE DEEP left off, or rather, ten years after…

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The Enterprise of Death

Posted: September 26, 2011 by Writer Dan in Books We Like Meta: Jesse Bullington, Fantasy
The Enterprise of Death

…share my opinion of at least part of that set. So when writing these responses, I always do my best to show you the playing field, lay out my set…

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2011 Hugo Novelletes

2011 Hugo Novelletes

…memory and just see when I came back to it, which ones were the best compared to the others. The question I hear a lot is, “What the heck is…