SFReader 2003 Story Contest First Place Winner Okay, I admit it. I had this… this affair with a cartoon–an animated babe. I don’t mean she was hyper, I mean she was a drawing–you know, not real. No, that’s wrong. She was real all right, but she was a real cartoon, like …
SFReader 2003 Story Contest Second Place Winner Jaret Lazarus forced his eyes to remain open as the Pantheron burned through the entry atmosphere of Socorro. He rested his hand on his upper thigh, a few centimeters from the two rows of five buttons on his belt. The interior of the ship …
SFReader 2003 Story Contest Third Place Winner Francis Morgan, though an accomplished agent, did not much care for the idea of being plucked down at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay an hour before dawn. He understood all the justifications, of course. The last shipwreck that he could have conceivably …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Random House Published: 2002 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Lynn Nicole Louis Have you read this book? Hot on the heels of Dark Moon, and having enjoyed it so much, I decided to revisit Echoes of the Great Song. I say revist because I’d had the book …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Harper Collins Published: 2003 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Steven Sawicki Have you read this book? Conspiracy theorist’s unite the answers you seek are here. Curious about the water erosion found at the base of the Pyramids? How about the photos from the supposedly lost Mars …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Wings ePress Published: 2003 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Lynn Nicole Louis Have you read this book? J. C. Hall’s Lady of the Lakes… I’m not sure how to begin. There are many things to like about this book, but there are many things that indicate Hall …
Genre: Star Trek Publisher: Simon and Schuster Published: 2003 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Fraser Ronald Have you read this book? To call this book a Star Trek book is a bit of a misnomer. The Federation certainly instigates the prime plot trigger, but this is done off stage. Work …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: America House Published: 2004 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by S. Fazekas Have you read this book? Jeffrey J. Testin’s first novel T’top is a pleasant surprise. Well grounded in hard sciences, with an interesting plot and some good writing, despite a few flaws it’s a satisfying …
An Interview With Greg Beatty by Daniel Blackston There’s something Saturnine about the state of short spec-fiction and all of its related fields, here, in the early twenty-first century. Perhaps, all short fiction writers (many or most of whom are also aspiring novelists) suffer similar hardships: sparse, under-paying markets, a …
Genre: Horror Anthology Publisher: Gauntlet Press Published: 2003 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Ray Wallace Have you read this book? “A Jack Ketchum/Edward Lee collaboration.” A phrase sure to send a thrill of excitement down the spine of any avid fan of “extreme” horror literature. After all, these are two …
Genre: Horror Anthology Publisher: Prime Published: 2003 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Ray Wallace Have you read this book? Let me open this review by saying that if you have a problem with first person narrative then you are probably not going to like Gemma Files’s new collection, Kissing Carrion, …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Ballantine Published: 2003 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Lynn Nicole Louis Have you read this book? David Gemmell is comfort food for speculative fiction fans who crave old style heroic fantasy. Although some of his earlier work totters on (and sometimes fall off) the edge of mediocrity, …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Gallant Books Published: 2003 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Paul Goat Allen Have you read this book? Veronica Cherry, a nurse turned full-time writer, has written a novel reminiscent of early Robin Cook works like Coma, Brain and Godplayer. A Call to Mind can be described …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: America House Published: 2003 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by S. Fazekas Have you read this book? Carter advertises his work as “the book that brings it all together”, but frankly it’s hard to see just what “it” is. The premise behind Jump Start is interesting; aliens …
Genre: Star Trek Publisher: Simon and Schuster Published: 2003 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Steven Sawicki Have you read this book? When you play in an established universe you face challenges, as a writer, that you don’t face when you create everything yourself. These challenges come from both the inside …
Genre: Horror Publisher: Simon and Schuster Published: 2003 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Lynn Nicole Louis Have you read this book? Riverwatch, a first novel by Joe Nassise, accomplishes what it sets out to do, but does so in a familiar and mostly uninventive fashion. It falls into the category …
Genre: Horror Publisher: Publish America Published: 2003 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Ray Wallace Have you read this book? Wade Hunter’s Judgment follows the story threads of four main characters. First, there is Sam Yeager, a middle aged ex-cop forced into retirement after a horribly tragic run-in with a particularly …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Doubleday Published: 2003 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Ray Wallace Have you read this book? “ Jennifer Government is the best novel in the world ever.” Or so the book’s back cover claims. Whether this is true or not is really beside the point. What is …
Genre: Modern/Urban Fantasy Publisher: Fire Mountain Press Published: 2003 Reviewer Rating: No Stars! Book Review by Paul Goat Allen Have you read this book? From the moment I picked up A Ghost Among Us, I was overcome with a sick sense of literary foreboding. It was almost as if a …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Berkley Published: 2003 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by S. Fazekas Have you read this book? In his latest book Omega, Jack McDevitt continues the tale of his heroine Priscilla Hutchins as she continues her work for the Academy. Filled with the usual depth McDevitt brings to …
