Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Ace Published: 2001 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by David L. Felts Have you read this book? Except for a few reviews added when the site first launched, I’ve avoided doing more. That’s because I didn’t want SFReader to get the reputation of being “Dave’s Book Reviews” …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Harper Collins Published: 2001 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by David Hart Have you read this book? For two generations there has been under a curse on the nation of Chalion, and especially on its ruling family. Somehow it is always unfortunate in war, honest men become corrupt, …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: iUniverse Published: 2001 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Lynn Nicole Louis Have you read this book? In Dawn of Man, Lewis does an admirable job of creating minority characters that aren’t often seen in science fiction. Like Lewis, most of his characters are African American. I …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Tom Doherty Associates Published: 2001 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Lynn Nicole Louis Have you read this book? Shadow of the Hegemon is the second in the Shadow series; sequel to Ender’s Shadow and prequel to Shadow Puppets. In the overall scheme of the entire Ender …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Harper Collins Published: 2001 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by David Hart Have you read this book? This is the second and concluding part of the Sarantine Mosaic, the first being the excellent Sailing to Sarantium. That book told the tale of the mosaicist Caius Crispus, travelling from …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Harper Collins Published: 2001 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Fraser Ronald Have you read this book? The third novel in Dave Duncan’s “King’s Blades” setting, Sky of Swords is a story of intrigue, betrayal, fear and politics rife with narrow escapes, bribery, love and, of course, swords. …
Genre: Alternate History Publisher: Ace Published: 2001 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Sarah Guidry Have you read this book? Enter Will Shakespeare, nineteen years of age. He is not yet possessed of the necessary knowledge to pen great plays. He knows naught of intrigue, deceit, great kings, or great magics. …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Tom Doherty Associates Published: 2001 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Kate Savage Have you read this book? I met Walter H. Hunt at a science fiction convention (Readercon) in 2002. He had the good fortune of receiving praise first hand from the reviewer for Analog for …
Genre: Horror Anthology Publisher: Hive Press Published: 2001 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by James Michael White Have you read this book? There’s this huge orchestra, see, and in it are all the expected instruments and sections, yeah yeah, all the brass and strings and woodwinds and percussion and even some …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Xlibris Published: 2001 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Lynn Nicole Louis Have you read this book? I have a confession to make, one that will no doubt shock the hard-core speculative fiction fans that frequent this site. I’ve never read Dune. Yep. There it is. One …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Warner Books Published: 2001 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Lisa DuMond Have you read this book? The kingdom of Aghamore has been through an upheaval when it was left without a ruler many years ago. Now, the king is dead and everyone, it seems, wants to be …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Bantam Published: 2001 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Justin Stanchfield Dean Koontz has a rare talent for creating talented misfits and lovable losers a reader truly cares about. His characters inhabit a shadow world resting somewhere on the edge of our own reality, described so vividly …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Ballantine Published: 2001 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Fraser Ronald Have you read this book? If Sword in the Storm was Morte d’Arthur and Midnight Falcon was Gladiator, then Ravenheart is part Rob Roy and part Braveheart. There’s also a fair dash of Sir Walter Scott’s Waverly …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Ballantine Published: 2001 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Fraser Ronald Have you read this book? Following many years after the story told in Sword in the Storm, Midnight Falcon is the second of David Gemmell’s Rigante books. While Sword in the Storm had many similarities to the …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Harcourt Published: 2001 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Lisa DuMond Have you read this book? The great magic of books, especially the best books, is the ability to take readers away, to lift us from wherever we are to wherever the author can imagine. It’s an escape, …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Scorpius Digital Published: 2001 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Lisa DuMond Have you read this book? If there is a single flaw with William F. Wu’s writing, it is that he doesn’t do enough of it. Once you’ve had a taste of his singular brand of fiction …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Ballantine Published: 2001 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Aaron M. Renn Have you read this book? The third (and final?) book in the Rampart Worlds series is similar to the first two — another installment of the Continuing Adventures of Asahel Frost. Mr. Frost is the …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Tom Doherty Associates Published: 2001 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Fraser Ronald Have you read this book? Glen Cook has done it again. You can tell, when you see that name and the words ‘Black Company’ on a novel, that you are in for a good time. …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: EOS Published: 2001 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Bluejack Have you read this book? Ben Weaver mixes the best sensibilities of military science fiction with a little Star Wars style magic. The result builds from a boot-camp tale with a twist to an exciting, fast-paced adventure. …
Genre: Mixed Genre Anthology Publisher: Lethe Press Published: 2001 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by James Michael White Have you read this book? Steve Berman’s Lethe Press collection of thirteen stories is sold under the label Gay Fiction/Dark Fantasy, and the fiction is certainly gay-themed–by which I mean the tales often …
