In recent years, we have been seeing a surge in Arabian nights-esque fantasy, which I am 100% down with. With series like The Warded Man, The Golem and Jinni, and Throne of the Crescent Moon, lots of authors have been using desert lore to craft awesome stories. I personally think the world needs more badasses…
Continue reading ➞ Twelve Kings In Sharakhai – A Raw Diamond In The Desert
This week I finished up The Raven’s Shadow Trilogy by Anthony Ryan, with Queen of Fire. In preparation for the final book, I also reread the first two books in the series Blood Song and Tower Lord. In doing so I gained some valuable insight into rereading books that I want to share with all…
Continue reading ➞ Queen of Fire – An Explosive End To A Great Trilogy
There are tons of elements in writing that draw me to a book, from great characters to an exciting plot to an incredible world, etc. The Memoirs of Lady Trent has two of my favorite ones: an interesting take on writing style and dragons. Marie Brennan has fused two of my favorite things in fantasy…
Continue reading ➞ Memoirs of Lady Trent – Because Sometimes I Just Want To Read About Dragons
When I was a kid I loved the X-Men. They were my favorite superheroes and I watched all the cartoons and read all the comics. Now many years later, that love has in no way diminished. In fact it has likely grown. So when I discovered multiple books about mutants I was very excited. The…
Continue reading ➞ Brilliance and Shadow Ops – The Search For The Perfect Mutation
So I just finished Wool by Hugh Howey and I was left somewhat stumped on how to review it. On the one hand, the book was very well written. On the other hand I didn’t really enjoy it for personal reasons. As such, the following is going to be a rather odd review, but let…
In between the larger books I read for review, and for my own personal enjoyment, I like to read smaller works to fill my down time on the subway or right before I go to sleep. As such I decided to pick up a collection of short stories to kill time. Enter Hannu Rajaniemi. Hannu…
Continue reading ➞ Hannu Rajaniemi: Collected Fiction – Something for Every Kind of Sci-Fi Fan
This month my book club read Leviathan Wakes, I just finished reading The Widow’s House, and I am about to start reading Nemesis Games. All three of these books were written or co-written by the author Daniel Abraham, so I thought it might be a good time to take a moment to appreciate one of…
Continue reading ➞ Daniel Abraham And The Importance Of Creativity
A little while ago I heard about a short story called The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu (click here) that was going around and impressing a lot of people that I take seriously. I am not a huge short fiction person myself, but I thought what the hell, it isn’t that long I will just…
Continue reading ➞ The Grace of Kings – There But For The Grace of The Gods, Kings Go
I am a sucker for huge sweeping stories. Two of my all time favorite series are The Black Company and Malazan. At about 10 books each, they are masterpieces of world building, plot intricacies, and character development. But they are not good because they are long; they are good despite being overly long. One of…
Continue reading ➞ Standalone Novels: Small Books With Big Stories
I am on a bit of a self publishing kick for no particular reason. This choice has led me to read some really great unknown gems, and some books that have not made it into posts as they are not worth mentioning. Today I want to talk to you about a new self published book…
Continue reading ➞ Monsters of Elsewhere – Giving You Respect For The Monster Under Your Bed
