Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Baen Published: 1999 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Aaron M. Renn Have you read this book? Many years ago I saw a martial arts film called “The Five Deadly Venoms”, which was named after five characters who each practiced some unique and deadly skill. One of …
Genre: Science Fiction Anthology Publisher: New England SF Assoc. Published: 1993 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Aaron M. Renn Have you read this book? Whenever people talk about the greatest writers in science fiction history, you always hear names like Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, and Cordwainer Smith. Cordwainer, who? …
Genre: Horror Publisher: Penguin Published: 1997 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Ram Samudrala Have you read this book? Is there anyone who doesn’t know that Richard Bachman is a pseudonym for Stephen King? No? I didn’t think so. If there’s any book that proves that King needs a good editor, …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Ballantine Published: 2001 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Lynn Nicole Louis Have you read this book? I was about halfway through Blade of Tyshalle when SFReader.com posted a review of Heroes Die, the prequel. I read Heroes Die when it was released; it had generated some good …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Ballantine Published: 1999 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Aaron M. Renn Have you read this book? After the quasi-epic Pliocene Exile/Galatic Milieu books, this light SF detective adventure is quite a departure for May. Helmut Icicle is the alias of a falsely convicted criminal living on …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: St. Martin’s Press Published: 1999 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Aaron M. Renn Have you read this book? Under the heading “Simply embarrassing that more people don’t read Wolfe”, one reviewer wrote: I looked at my local Barnes and Noble. I drove to a Borders which …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Morrow William and Co Published: 2001 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Aaron M. Renn Have you read this book? I enjoyed Smith’s first two books quite a bit. This one, the third in the continuing adventures of Jani Kilian, was satisfying as well, but pretty much …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Ballantine Published: 1999 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Aaron M. Renn Have you read this book? I liked Heroes Die a lot, and that bothers me for two reasons. First, this book could be considered little more than a glorified Chuck Norris movie translated to an SF/F …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: DAW Published: 2001 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Michael E. Picray Have you read this book? In The Company of Others is Julie E. Czerneda’s fifth novel. While the others are parts of two different series, The Trade Pact Series, and the Web Shifter series, In …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Tom Doherty Associates Published: 1999 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Aaron M. Renn Have you read this book? Watt-Evans frequently posts on a newsgroup I read, so when I saw that he had a new release out, I figured I’d buy it even though I was unfamiliar …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Tor Published: 1999 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Aaron M. Renn Have you read this book? I greatly enjoyed last year’s Hugo nominee Darwinia, so was eagerly awaiting the latest novel from Wilson. Unfortunately, Bios disappoints. Wilson really only had one good idea in this book, …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Tom Doherty Associates Published: 1999 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Aaron M. Renn Have you read this book? Since the last two Rat books basically sucked, I was all prepared to kick myself for buying this one in hardcover. But lucky for me, Harrison seemed to …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Morrow William and Co Published: 1999 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Aaron M. Renn Have you read this book? This is a very solid outing for a first novel. In the first few pages I noticed a typical amateur writer’s penchant for flowery wording, but either …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Baen Published: 1999 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Aaron M. Renn Have you read this book? A Civil Campaign is the latest installment in the never-ending chronicles of Miles Vorkosigan. It’s subtitle is “A Comedy of Biology and Manners”. It is supposed to be a romantic …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Baen Published: 1998 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Aaron M. Renn Have you read this book? Why write a review of any already popular book? That’s a good question, I guess. After all, most of the people who are going to read Komarr probably already have, …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Simon and Schuster Published: 2000 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Lynn Nicole Louis Have you read this book? Stephen King has always generated mixed reactions for me. I think his best form is the short–he’s written some truly wonderful short stories and novellas. In my mind, …
Genre: Horror Publisher: Authorlink Published: 1999 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Paul Kane Have you read this book? Now before you get the wrong idea, this is not a book detailing what a certain pop superstar gets up to at night-time. No, as the front cover so emphatically proclaims, this …
Genre: Dark Fantasy Publisher: Eraserhead Press Published: 2001 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by James Michael White Have you read this book? If H.R. Giger wrote stories instead of painting pictures, if he read Lewis Carroll and found himself equally influenced by Terry Gilliam’s Brazil, he might well have written something …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Tom Doherty Associates Published: 2000 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Fraser Ronald Have you read this book? By the way, if you’ve never read the Black Company, crawl out from under your rock and get a start with the first novel, the Black Company. If you’re already …
Genre: Horror Anthology Publisher: Harper Collins Published: 2000 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Paul Kane Have you read this book? Welcome to Peter Straub’s first collection of stories since his acclaimed Houses Without Doors, released no doubt to capitalize on the success of his recent novel Mr X. Straub is …
