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Nebula Awards Showcase 2013

Posted: November 13, 2013 by Vanessa in Books We Like Meta: Catherine Asaro (Ed), , Anthology, Short Fiction
Nebula Awards Showcase 2013

…it (skip straight to the last one if you only want to know the one I liked best). In the order they appear in the NEBULA AWARDS SHOWCASE 2013 :…

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Phoenix Island

Posted: November 15, 2013 by Nickolas in Books We Like Meta: John Dixon, Science Fiction, Young Adult
Phoenix Island

…truly appreciated is that Dixon was able to depict violence and yet manage to give it the appropriate level of consideration. One of my greatest complaints about THE HUNGER GAMES…

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The Thicket

Posted: May 6, 2014 by Steven in Books We Love Meta: Joe R. Lansdale, Western
The Thicket

come up with is a charismatic, bounty-hunting dwarf named Shorty, a grave-digging son of an ex-slave named Eustace, and a street-smart woman-for-hire named Jimmie Sue who’s come into some very…

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Prince of Fools

Posted: June 13, 2014 by Steven in Books We Love Meta: Mark Lawrence, Dark Fantasy
Prince of Fools

…Lawrence has become one of my favorite authors. His novels are a breath of fresh air, and are an absolute pleasure to read. And so now we come to the

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Veil of the Deserters

Veil of the Deserters

VEIL OF THE DESERTERS is the sequel to SCOURGE OF THE BETRAYER by Jeff Salyards, a Sword & Sorcery novel that earned a spot in our Best

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Shades of Milk and Honey

Shades of Milk and Honey

…of amazing, and adds immensely to the Regency feel Kowal creates. Good fantasy is hard. Good historical fiction (my favorite genre) is hard. Good period fantasy, combining the best of…

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Grunt Life

Posted: August 8, 2014 by Steven in Books We Love Meta: Weston Ochse, Military SF, Science Fiction
Grunt Life

…SF/Fantasy/Whatever. It didn’t have to be magic, but I needed something that was contemporary, actiony, and with speculative elements in it. Enter Weston Ochse’s GRUNT LIFE . Ochse is best

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Lightbringer

Lightbringer

…dead has come with a price. By the time she reaches high school she’s already reaped a thousand souls under her mother’s strict tutelage. But during the summer mom was…

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The Emperor’s Soul

Posted: March 1, 2013 by Steven in Books We Love Meta: Brandon Sanderson, Fantasy, Short Fiction
The Emperor’s Soul

…story, novelette or novella? You’d be surprised at how often they can’t. I’d suggest that writing a novel is a completely different skill-set than that of writing short fiction. So…

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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…