Genre: Fantasy Publisher: iUniverse Published: 2003 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by James Carpenter Have you read this book? Hansel and Gretel Meet the Fisher King Inside the Enchanted Castle starts off with a climactic scene: the evil witch Turbidine lays waste and ruin to the enchanted fantasy realm of Porphyria …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Ballantine Published: 1997 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Lynn Nicole Louis Have you read this book? What if there was an infallible machine that could detect when a person was lying? What if this machine became so ingrained into world society that you could be subjected …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Tor Published: 2002 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Lynn Nicole Louis Have you read this book? I bought Sawyer’s Hominids because it won the Hugo award for best novel. I was even ordered it through SFReader, earning Dave a whopping 33 cents for his continued efforts …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: The Books Collective Published: 2003 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Matt Hughes Have you read this book? This is a book of dreams, in both a literary and a literal sense. Its creation began back in 1966 when a teenage Frenchwoman who was just beginning to …
Genre: Horror Publisher: Kensington Publishing Published: 2004 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Lynn Nicole Louis Have you read this book? Risen, by J. Knight, is an ebook that did so well and generated enough buzz that it caught the attention of a traditional publisher and is now being released in …
Genre: YA Fantasy Publisher: Henry Holt and Company Published: 2003 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Lynn Nicole Louis Have you read this book? In the The Hollow Kingdom, Kate and Emily Winslow, sisters, arrive at Hallow Hill Estate and into the care of a distant cousin after the death of …
Genre: Horror Publisher: Medium Rare Books Published: 2003 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Paul Goat Allen Have you read this book? Memoria, Adam Pepper’s debut novel, is an addictive and disturbing story that is equal parts Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Thea Alexander’s 2150 A.D. with a generous sprinkling of Daniel …
Genre: YA Fantasy Publisher: Henry Holt and Company Published: 2003 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Lynn Nicole Louis Have you read this book? In The Map the Breathed, Nora and Billy, two ‘normal’ kids, discover that they actually have powerful abilities that, when combined, allow them to not only see …
Genre: Biography Publisher: Justin Charles and Company Published: 2003 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Heather Hunt Have you read this book? WARNING: This book is for fanatics only. If you want to know every detail of Douglas Adams’ life starting with his school years, his classes, his teachers, his first …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Tom Doherty Associates Published: 1991 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by David Hart Have you read this book? It’s a standard SF theme, isn’t it: while the whole galaxy is teeming with intelligent life, this is especially true of its core, where the stars are packed more …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Harper Collins Published: 2003 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Lisa DuMond Have you read this book? When author Walter Jon Williams starts a new series, there is good reason for excitement. Not only because of his mastery of prose and world-building, but because he is not …
Genre: Star Trek Publisher: Simon and Schuster Published: 2003 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Fraser Ronald Have you read this book? While the anthology Star Trek S.C.E: No Surrender is not the finest work of literature I’ve ever read, it certain was entertaining. The collection presents four short stories (maybe …
Genre: Horror Anthology Publisher: Gauntlet Press Published: 2000 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Ray Wallace Have you read this book? There are a few lists that I like to keep. Very informal lists. I’ve never even written them down. They exist only in my mind. Most of them have to …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Ace Published: 1989 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by S. Fazekas Have you read this book? Jack McDevitt’s A Talent for War has all the traditional elements of a solid science fiction novel–faster than light starships, an alien race at war with humanity, and fantastic worlds-but starts …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Baen Published: 1987 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by David Hart Have you read this book? It’s the future, and humanity have colonized 20 planets. Some time ago we also discovered Threshold, which seems to be a conventional planet but isn’t. It possesses a ‘Tunnel’ connecting it to …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Warner Books Published: 2003 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Fraser Ronald Have you read this book? I really didn’t know what to make of John Ridley’s Those Who Walk In Darkness when I started it. It had superheros in it (though not going by that name). …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Warner Books Published: 2002 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Fraser Ronald Have you read this book? With the Duke of Uranium, John Barnes has singing-on nailed science fiction high-adventure. Toktru. Not only that, but he’s added some cool slang, masen? The Duke of Uranium isn’t very …
Genre: Movie Novelization Publisher: Simon and Schuster Published: 2003 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Fraser Ronald Have you read this book? I never saw the film. Having enjoyed Blade and Blade 2, I figured I might check it out, but likely on DVD. The thought of Kate Beckinsale in skin-tight …
Genre: YA Fantasy Publisher: Author’s Publishing Published: 2003 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Dennis Kriesel Have you read this book? Goblin hordes have poured from their domain and spread across The Land. Humans, dwarves, elves, and others find themselves fighting for their lives and lands. However, each nation fights separately …
Genre: Horror Publisher: Medium Rare Books Published: 2003 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Dennis Kriesel Have you read this book? The Burden follows Dr. Jordan Maine, a talented neurosurgeon whose daughter tragically dies. Two years later, Maine is far from over the death, becoming obsessed with what happened to his …
