Genre: Dark Fantasy Publisher: St. Martin’s Press Published: 2000 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Louis Maistros Have you read this book? Lovers of literary dark fiction will not want to miss this one. Weighing in at a lean, mean 196 pages, “Being Dead” by Jim Crace has all the unlikely …
Genre: Horror Publisher: Picador Published: 2000 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Louis Maistros Have you read this book? Originally released in England under the more fitting title, “The Apprentice”, Gordon Houghton’s fine new novel appears to have fallen victim to the overzealous marketing strategies of us pesky Americans. The new …
Genre: Mixed Genre Anthology Publisher: Harcourt Published: 2000 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Paul Kane Have you read this book? Under the Skin is “a first novel that defies categorization” says the cover blurb, and you can’t argue with cover blurbs — well, you can, but they hardly ever answer …
Genre: Horror Anthology Publisher: Avalon Publishing Published: 2000 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Paul Kane Have you read this book? I don’t know about you, but when I was a kid I always used to look forward to the comic book annuals that came out about this time each year …
Genre: TV Series Tie-in Publisher: Pocket Books Published: 2000 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Paul Kane Have you read this book? Oh dear. Poor old Angel never seems to catch a break, does he? But then, that’s what you get for being a centuries old vampire out to atone for …
Genre: Horror Anthology Publisher: Night Shade Books Published: 2000 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Paul Kane Have you read this book? I don’t think there can be too many writers in the horror genre who work as hard as Tim Lebbon. This prolific author always seems to have a novel/novella …
Genre: TV Series Tie-in Publisher: Pocket Books Published: 2000 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Paul Kane Have you read this book? It’s a general rule of thumb that TV spin-offs stink. K-9 And Company, Crusade, Highlander: The Raven…Need I go on? But then every now and again, along comes an …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Simon and Schuster Published: 2000 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Lynn Nicole Louis Have you read this book? Stephen King has always generated mixed reactions for me. I think his best form is the short–he’s written some truly wonderful short stories and novellas. In my mind, …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Tom Doherty Associates Published: 2000 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Fraser Ronald Have you read this book? By the way, if you’ve never read the Black Company, crawl out from under your rock and get a start with the first novel, the Black Company. If you’re already …
Genre: Horror Anthology Publisher: Harper Collins Published: 2000 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Paul Kane Have you read this book? Welcome to Peter Straub’s first collection of stories since his acclaimed Houses Without Doors, released no doubt to capitalize on the success of his recent novel Mr X. Straub is …
Genre: Horror Anthology Publisher: Avalon Publishing Published: 2000 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Paul Kane Have you read this book? I don’t know about you, but when I was a kid I always used to look forward to the comic book annuals that came out about this time each year …
Genre: Horror Publisher: Pantheon Books Published: 2000 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Paul Kane Have you read this book? This is not for you. Quite a bold statement for the beginning of a book by a virtually unknown author. But he’s right, this might not be for you. If you’re …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: iUniverse Published: 2000 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Fraser Ronald Have you read this book? Caveat: I’m not an epic fantasy fan. I like more realism, less power and a certain amount of grittiness. Believable characters in a consistent setting following a cohesive plot are the most …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Tom Doherty Associates Published: 2000 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Richard R. Horton Have you read this book? Will Shetterly’s novel Chimera mixes together a few fairly familiar SF themes: human/animal combinations, artificial intelligences, the issue rights for both of the above, and a somewhat balkanized …
Genre: Science Fiction Anthology Publisher: Baen Published: 2000 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Richard R. Horton Have you read this book? James H. Schmitz was one of SF’s most popular writers of the 1960s and early 1970s. His stories were published between 1943 and 1974, but despite early successes such …
Genre: Science Fiction Anthology Publisher: St. Martin’s Press Published: 2000 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Aaron M. Renn Have you read this book? This is a solid collection of Gene Wolfe short stories. They are a diverse lot, having only excellence in common. I’ll admit that I’m really not a …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: DAW Published: 2000 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Aaron M. Renn Have you read this book? This trilogy works well as an omnibus novel. The three books tell a single tale with really no logical break between them, something I imagine annoyed people at the time. …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Ballantine Published: 2000 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Aaron M. Renn Have you read this book? Those of you who read my review will recall that I was pleasantly surprised at how much I liked May’s light adventure Perseus Spur. Well now she’s back with a …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Del Rey Published: 2000 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Aaron M. Renn Have you read this book? A Case of Conscience won the Hugo Award for Best Novel. And for good reason. If I might generalize a bit, a lot of science fiction seems to be implicitly …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: William Morrow & Co Published: 2000 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Aaron M. Renn Have you read this book? I liked Kristine Smith’s Code of Conduct a lot and apparently so did a lot of other people, because Smith was nominated for the John W. Campbell …
