Genre: Science Fiction Anthology Publisher: eSpec Books Published: 2017 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: David L. Felts Have you read this book? If We Had Known, edited by Mike McPhail, presents thirteen stories of humanity’s future, each one (some more than others) exploring the theme of if we had know what would …
Genre: Urban Fantasy Publisher: eSpec Books Published: 2017 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: David L. Felts Have you read this book? To condense the official blurb: In The Halfling’s Court, by Danielle Ackley-McPhail, Lance Cosain is the halfling (as in half-human, half-elf, not the Middle Earth kind) leader of The Wild Hunt …
Genre: Dark Fantasy Publisher: Loose ID Published: 2013 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: Jarla Taugh Have you read this book? Levade is a book for those unafraid to feel. In terms of raw emotion and execution, it surpassed the first book Capriole. It’s all about the Lipizzans. Well, no, but there’s major …
Genre: Apocalyptic Science Fiction Publisher: Published: 2017 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: David L. Felts Have you read this book? In the near future (the reader isn’t told precisely when) the United States has broken up into a separate zones, each zone protected by a “salt line”, a broad expanse of scorched …
Kong: Skull Island (2017) Directed by: Jordan Vogt-Roberts Starring: Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, John Goodman, Brie Larson, Jing Tian, Toby Kebbell, John Ortiz, Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, Shea Whigham, Thomas Mann, Terry Notary, John C. Reilly. Rating: Have you seen this movie? This is the umpteenth reboot in one …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Tor Published: 2017 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: SJ Higbee Have you read this book? After enjoying the hippo-related mayhem of River of Teeth and looking forward to reading what happens next as the first book left everything on something of a cliffhanger, I was delighted to spot …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Egmont Books Published: 2017 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: SJ Higbee Have you read this book? Oscar and I have thoroughly enjoyed this series–the last book particularly captured the menace of being trapped in deep space on a ship with a number of really creepy little creatures. So …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Rebel Satori Press Published: 2014 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: Jarla Tangh Have you read this book? I adore short stories, especially fantastical ones. My acquaintance with Craig Laurence Gidney’s work actually begins with the YA novel, Bereft, but that’s another book to mention in its own review. I …
Genre: Urban Fantasy Publisher: Published: 2017 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: David L. Felts Have you read this book? I had a lot of fun reading this book, although not as much fun as I suspect John Magna had writing it. He draws on his interest in mythology, specifically Norse and Geek, combined …
Genre: Science Fiction Anthology Publisher: Third Flatiron Publishing Published: 2017 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: David L. Felts Have you read this book? Cat’s Breakfast is an anthology from Third Flatiron that pays tribute to the inspiration of Kurt Vonnegut, presenting stories that seek (and mostly succeed) to emulate Vonnegut’s dark humor …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Onigiri Press Published: 2017 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: SJ Higbee Have you read this book? One of my book blogging buddies, Lola, reviewed this book here and I was so intrigued by the premise, I got hold of it. Crash Land on Kurai is the first book …
Genre: Dark Fantasy Publisher: White Cat Publications Published: 2011 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: Michael D. Griffiths Have you read this book? Tainted Blood by Ferrel D. Moore might be considered a horror by some, but I would place it firmly in the camp of Dark Fantasy, despite its high body count. …
Genre: Alternate History (historical fantasy) Publisher: Overlook Press Published: 2017 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: David L. Felts Have you read this book? Battle for Rome is the third book in the Twilight of Empire historical fantasy series, which takes place at the end of the Roman empire and focuses primarily on …
Genre: Horror Publisher: Titan Published: 2013 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: Michael D. Griffiths Have you read this book? Dead Space is a graphic novel with the emphasis on graphic. Not for the faint of heart this one. It revolves around the people on a distant planet who think they discovered a …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Angry Robot Published: 2017 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: SJ Higbee Have you read this book? I thoroughly enjoyed the first book, Outriders – see my review here–so when I saw this sequel pop up on the Netgalley dashboard, I immediately requested it. In a new Cold War …
Genre: Horror Publisher: Dark Horse Published: 1996 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: Michael D. Griffiths Have you read this book As some people might know, I am a big fan of the Alien series and concept. I used to read a lot of comics and graphic novels. I switched to mostly reading …
Genre: Publisher: Published: 2017 Reviewer Rating: 4 stars Reviewer: Have you read this book? I spotted this offering on Netgalley and really loved the sound of it, so requested it and was delighted to be approved, given that VanderMeer is a talented author with a gift for writing the disturbing–see …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Watkins Media Published: 2017 Reviewer Rating: 4 Stars Reviewer: SJ Higbee Have you read this book? If you’ve followed my blog at all, you’ll know I have a habit of falling into book series without meaning to, and this Netgalley offering is no exception. By pure luck, …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: MVMedia Published: 2015 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: Jarla Tangh Lo People, I’m gonna school ya on why this book is important. From Here to Timbuktu had me when I turned the page to the map of an alternate U. S. where the original 13 colonies, NY, PA, …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Titan Books Published: 2017 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: Michael Griffiths Have you read this book? Netherspace by Andrew Lane and Nigel Foster is a Science Fiction novel with a huge imaginative scope. These folks bring in the concept of Netherspace, which is a method of traveling through …
