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Stars Beyond

Posted: January 10, 2020 by Vanessa in Books We Love Meta: S.K. Dunstall, Science Fiction
Stars Beyond

…and complicated, but Dunstall handles it with subtly. Some of my complaints from STARS UNCHARTED are fixed here (such as choppy fight scenes) don’t exist here, or else they’re significantly…

Blog-off Entry Commentary: First Impressions

Blog-off Entry Commentary: First Impressions

…DeviantArt full of talented and capable artists eager for paid work. Do some research, know what you want, and search out that style of artist and inquiry about commissions. If…

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Best of 2018

Best of 2018

best to restructure the site to make both our readers and search engines (Google) love us ever more. We held a contest for and opened our doors to a couple…

Review

Soulless Review and Gail Carriger Interview

Posted: October 19, 2009 by Alan in Books We Like Meta: Gail Carriger, Fantasy
Soulless Review and Gail Carriger Interview

…a genre for SOULLESS and think comedic fantasy is the closest. How would you describe the Parasol Protectorate? I like “urbane fantasy with a comedic twist.” But the series really…

Review

Truthwitch

Posted: April 22, 2016 by Vanessa in Books We Like Meta: Susan Dennard, Fantasy, Young Adult
Truthwitch

…Merik’s ship to an enemy ship? The story sometimes completely glosses over character movement or explanations of behavior, which is often simplistic. For example, everyone acts like Iseult is trash…

Review

The Aeronaut’s Windlass

Posted: March 2, 2016 by Writer Dan in Books We Love Meta: Jim Butcher, Epic Fantasy, Steampunk
The Aeronaut’s Windlass

I’m kind of a late-comer to the whole Jim Butcher Bandwagon. I tried his first book of the Codex Alera series and wasn’t all that impressed. A few years later…

Blog-off Entry Commentary: Internet Presence

Blog-off Entry Commentary: Internet Presence

…that are free or in the $10-$20 per year range if you want a custom url and are both upgradable, Wix has free options that are upgradable for when you…

Review

The Tale of Telsharu

Posted: February 21, 2014 by Vanessa in Books We Like Meta: Samuel Stubbs, Valerie Mechling, Fantasy
The Tale of Telsharu

…rebels who struggle for freedom against a tyrannical emperor. He risks his own life and the future of his freedom fighters when one night he sneaks onto the palace grounds…

Review

The Calculating Stars

Posted: August 7, 2018 by Vanessa in Books We Like Meta: Mary Robinette Kowal, Science Fiction
The Calculating Stars

…In THE CALCUATING STARS it’s much the same, with women working as computers (the mechanical computational machines were clunky, slow, and prone to error)–a job Elma excels at because of…

Review

The Shadow Saint

Posted: May 19, 2021 by Writer Dan in Books We Love Meta: Gareth Hanrahan, Dark Fantasy, Fantasy
The Shadow Saint

for the affection of his sister-in-law, he spends most of his time drunk off his rocker. He’s tasked with bringing his family’s greatest weapon, the vessel containing all the souls…