I enjoy Stephen King, have loved many of his books, but this one isn’t high up on my list. Premise: Jamie Morton recalls his run-ins with Charles Jacobs, originally a minister is his small town. Charles has a profound affect on Jamie at that first meeting, but as he runs …
Genre: Young Adult Horror Publisher: Grinning Skull Press Published: 2018 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: Michael D. Griffiths Have you read this book? The Witching Well, by S.D. Hintz is a young adult horror novel. It centers around a fourteen-year-old boy named Murray. Murray is not doing well. He has just lost …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Xlibris Published: 2016 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: Michael D. Griffiths Have you read this book? Oars of Olympus by Christopher Mac Lairn is a fantasy novel set in mythological Greece. The author mixes history and facts, but this is more like Clash of the Titans than 300, which–in …
Genre: Urban Fantasy Publisher: eSpec Books Published: 2017 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: David L. Felts Have you read this book? In Yesterday’s Dreams, by Danielle Ackley-McPhail, Kara O’Keefe, overwhelmed by the expenses of her father’s cancer treatments, finds herself forced to give up the violin passed down to her by her …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Titan Books Published: 2017 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: Michael D. Griffiths Have you read this book? The Beauty by Aliya Whiteley is a strange sort of Science Fiction. Original and odd, this story takes you in an unexpected u-turn within the first few chapters and then just …
Genre: Military SF Publisher: Espec Books Published: 2017 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: David L. Felts Have you read this book? In All Directions, by David Sherman, is the second book in his The 18th Race series, covering military action by the Earth against a particularly aggressive alien species that invaded and …
Genre: Military SF Publisher: Dark Quest Published: 2013 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: David L. Felts Have you read this book? In humanity’s expansion out of the solar systems and into the galaxy, we have discovered evidence of eighteen other sentient species. Seventeen of these species had not developed interstellar travel and …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Dog Horn Publishing Published: 2012 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: David L. Felts Have you read this book? Let me get my genre classification out the way, as those of you who’ve read this (or might read it) could potentially disagree. Despite a spaceship, space-travel, androids, and aliens, I’m …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Sinister Grin Press Published: 2017 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: David L. Felts Have you read this book? People of the Sun, by Jason Parent is a first contact book, with aliens landing on Earth. First contact stories come with a lot of built in tropes: how the …
Genre: Horror Publisher: Rockefeller Publishing Group Published: 2015 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: Michael D. Griffiths Have you read this book? The Raping of Ava DeSantis, by Mylo Carbia, is a horror novel set in contemporary times. There is not a drop of supernatural in this one. It could be labeled thriller, …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: ChiZine Productions Published: 2012 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: Michael D. Griffiths Have you read this book? Bullettime by Nick Mamatas is a nihilistic, young adult, coming-of-age novel with a small dash of potential science fiction thrown in. Hard to say how much of the science fiction aspect …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Saga Press Published: 2016 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: Joshua Palmatier Have you read this book? This is the first book of a series of humorous SF novels. Sort of a spoof of serious military SF. Premise: Roger Wilson Rogers has managed to get out of the military …
Underworld 5: Blood Wars (2016), Rated R Directed By: Anna Foerster Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Theo James, Lara Pulver, James Faulkner, Charles Dance Rating: Reviewed by Xavier Emaka Have you seen this movie? Kate Beckinsale makes a return to the underworld in this fifth chapter. While I’ve been a fan of the series since …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Daw Published: 2016 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: Joshua Palmatier Have you read this book? The Operative is the second book in Gerald Brandt’s San Angeles sci-fi thriller series and it continues the story of Kris Merrill. Premise: In The Courier, Kris finds herself caught up in the …
Genre: Fantasy Anthology Publisher: Freedom Fox Press Published: 2017 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: Michael D. Griffiths Have you read this book? Hero Lost, is a Fantasy Anthology edited by Alex J. Cavanaugh. This anthology has 12 short stories which all revolve around mostly traditional fantasy themes. This book comes out of …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers Published: 2016 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Joshua Palmatier Have you read this book? This is the second book in Mark Lawrence’s “The Broken Empire” series. I generally like post-apocalyptic novels, but this series is much darker than most, on the verge …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Xlibris Published: 2016 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Michael D. Griffiths Have you read this book? The Dark Matter by DM Flexer is a fantasy novel more than anything else, although there are some odd dashes of science fiction thrown in. It takes place on Atlantis, which …
Star Trek Beyond (2016), Rated “PG-13” Starring Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana, Simon Pegg, John Cho, Anton Yelchin, Idris Elba, Sofia Boutella Directed by Justin Lin Review by David L. Felts Rating: Have you seen this movie? I finally got around to seeing Star Trek Beyond. I enjoy …
28 Weeks Later (2007), Rated “R” Starring Robert Carlyle, Rose Byrne, Jeremy Renner, Harold Perrineau Jr. Directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo Review by Nicholas Ozment Rating Have you seen this movie? So everyone who knows me knows I’m a sucker for zombie movies. When this one came out in 2007, …
Genre: Star Trek Publisher: Pocket Books Published: 2003 Review Posted: 10/1/2004 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Jeff Edwards Have you read this book? Pantheon is a special signature edition reprinting two Star Trek: The Next Generation novels – “Reunion” (1991) and “The Valiant” (2000). In “Reunion,” Captain Morgen of the …
