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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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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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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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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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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 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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The Unnoticeables

Posted: January 15, 2016 by Writer Dan in Books that are Mediocre Meta: Robert Brockway, Urban Fantasy
The Unnoticeables

This book immediately caught my attention when I first saw it. The bright colors and dark, almost rorschach-testness of the images were immediately arresting, and the summary on the inside…

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Grunt Traitor

Posted: August 25, 2015 by Steven in Books We Love Meta: Weston Ochse, Science Fiction
Grunt Traitor

…left dangling at the end of GRUNT LIFE. But along with all that, I wanted something new. GRUNT TRAITOR delivered on it all, making it the best Military SF I’ve…

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Hannu Rajaniemi: Collected Fiction

Hannu Rajaniemi: Collected Fiction

…story collection because it was quite impossible for me to disentangle the plot from the speculative elements in the slightest. They all relied completely and wholly upon the made up…

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Updraft

Posted: September 1, 2015 by Vanessa in Books We Like Meta: Fran Wilde, Fantasy
Updraft

…characterization wasn’t as in-depth as it could have been. There’s Kirit’s best friend Nat, who wants to be a hunter, and can be as reckless as Kirit. The Singer Wik…