Let me back up before I move forward. I have just passed my 40th year of playing Dungeons and Dragons. When the first remake came out, at the time, I was angered over Gary Gygax being kicked out of his own company and the game becoming too politically correct. So …
Halloween was approaching and I was looking for something Horror to give me a fix as the days grew darker and the cold set in. Luckily I found Horror For Good, A Charitable Anthology lurking like a serpent ready to strike a little terror into my evening. The whole project …
This is not the first time I have read The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander. The first time was several decades ago when I was twelve. This time I am reading it to my young boys after they get into their beds for the night. Funny how little I …
The Exiles of the New World by Conor P. Dempsey is a science fiction novel with a strange dose of dystopia thrown in for flavor. The story revolves are a physicist named Kim and another scientist, Silva, who is going through a very different experience. Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Iconic …
Salvation by Peter F. Hamilton is a science fiction novel set in a far flung time when alien contact has helped dynamically improve the level of our technology. This is a huge novel with over 550 pages and a huge undertaking as the author follows the lives of numerous people …
This is a non-fiction account which details the evolution of role playing games. It outlines many types, but predominantly focuses on Dungeons and Dragons. The book is half an outline of how Dungeons and Dragons began, while the other half is one man’s journey through his personal role playing experience. …
Wolf Smoke by Poe Casavant is a science fiction novel set in the not too distant future. Limited nuclear attacks and other wars have placed the earth in grave danger to the point where something must be done if the life on this planet is going to survive. Sarah is …
Beowulf by Santiago Garcia and David Rubin came out on my birthday last year and is an exciting new exploration into one of the oldest recorded tales in Europe. Beowulf has enjoyed multiple artistic, literary, and movie interpretations. This new version is a more creative and artistically loose. They let …
The Collected Nightmares by Fred Wiehe is a horror anthology which was just released with the hopes of making you leave the lights on at night. The book had a little more stylistic variety than many one person shows. Within its pages are short stories, poems, as well as two …
Genre: Science FictionPublisher: Image ComicsPublished: 2014Reviewer Rating: 3 StarsReviewer: Michael D. Griffiths The Far Bank of the Rubicon by Erik Wecks is a science fiction novel set in the deep reaches of space. In the far-flung future the human race lives across numerous stars. There are however, two factions, the …
The Messiah Game by Tom Flynn is a science fiction novel set in a future where the human race has spread through the solar system. Although there is a lot going on, the novel primarily focuses of the spreading of Christianity and the new form of entertainment called Spectators. The …
One of Us by Craig DiLouie is what I tend to call Dark Fantasy—a fantasy novel which takes place during our present era. This novel centers around a young generation of children which were born with monstrous disfigurements living as little better than slaves within harsh orphanages. There are several …
Redhead by Ian Cook is a Dark Fantasy novel set during our current era. It revolves around a reporter, Rebecca, and her new friends, a scientist name Jim and an archeologist named Larry. Rebecca discovers strange doings regarding redheads. There had been assaults and disappearances. Since she is a redhead …
The Point by John Dixon is a fantasy novel set during our current era. The story revolves around Scarlett Winters an eighteen year old female rebel. Scarlett was usually more interested in partying than using her skills to insure her future. When she discovers her ‘Posthuman” abilities in a manner …
The Ultra Big Sleep by Patrick Swenson is a science fiction novel set in the not too distant future. Even though most things on Earth seem similar to our time, things on Crowell’s world have gone through a great reorganizing as the Earth is connected into a multi-planet Union. Genre: …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Hyperion Published: 2018 Reviewer Rating: 5 Stars Reviewer: Michael D. Griffiths Umbertouched by Livia Blackbrune is a fantasy novel set in the Rosemarked series. This is the third book in the series. Normally I wouldn’t have started with the third book in a series, but luckily for …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Kristell Ink Published: 2013 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: SJ Higbee Have you read this book? Looking for something enjoyable and interesting to read, I found this offering languishing in my TBR pile… Llew has a gift. Her body heals itself from any injury–but at a cost to anyone …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Del Ray Published: 2017 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: SJ Higbee Have you read this book? I’d heard a lot about this series and so was delighted when I spotted this one on Netgalley. As a child, Rose Franklin made an astonishing discovery: a giant metallic hand, buried …
