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The Spellbook of Katrina Van Tassel

Posted: December 11, 2018 by Vanessa in Books that are Mediocre Meta: Alyssa Palombo, , Books for Chicks
The Spellbook of Katrina Van Tassel

If you’ve never read the original Washington Irving short “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” you should (it’s easy to find a free version online…but be sure to have a dictionary…

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Vigilance

Vigilance

complaints online (after reading the book) about this story just bleeding with the author’s political viewpoints. That may be the case. I, however, thought that all of the aspects of…

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Permutation City

Posted: February 7, 2020 by Writer Dan in Books that are Mediocre Meta: Greg Egan, Hard SF, Science Fiction
Permutation City

…somewhat of an “Autoverse” addict. The Autoverse is a very early representation of an online virtual space where people can visit and exist. It is supported by a complete set…

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Kalanon’s Rising

Posted: February 19, 2020 by Writer Dan in Books that are Mediocre Meta: Darian Smith, Fantasy
Kalanon’s Rising

online review houses involved) is making for these authors is nothing but pure gold. Recently, we were approached by the author of a finalist in the current incarnation of the…

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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…

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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…

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Nebula Awards Showcase 2018

Nebula Awards Showcase 2018

…the reader from feeling like the prose was more valuable to the writer than the story. Wong deftly avoids this flaw, which can be common in shorter pieces, and weaves…

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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…

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Ready Player One

Ready Player One

…start raising prices on what everyone has come to view as a basic right: a free virtual world, with access to all. The company starts buying up competitors, recruiting the…

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Teaching the Dog to Read

Posted: July 20, 2015 by Steven in Books We Love Meta: Jonathan Carroll, Fantasy, Short Fiction
Teaching the Dog to Read

…READ came in the mail, I didn’t look it up online. Honestly, I don’t even remember if I read the back of the review copy. I sat down, opened the…