Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: WigWam Publishing Company Published: 2002 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Lynn Nicole Louis Have you read this book? Meet X-84. He’s a human brain, transferred from body to body (termed ‘vehicles’ in the book) for the purpose of carrying out assassinations. He’s vying for the ‘A-List’, …
Genre: Horror Anthology Publisher: Delirium Books Published: 2002 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Jack Crane Have you read this book? You’re not apt to find a more honest, or honestly terrifying, writer than Greg F. Gifune. His Bram Stoker Award nominated collection of short horror stories, Heretics, resonates with bona …
Genre: Horror Publisher: Dorchester Publishing Company Published: 2002 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Lynn Nicole Louis Have you read this book? Journeys to/escapes from/travels in Hell have provided a fertile field for many speculative fiction authors. Some easily recognized names in the biz (Like Niven and Anthony) have penned their …
Genre: Dark Fantasy Publisher: NAL Published: 2002 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Lynn Nicole Louis Have you read this book? It might not be the case, but upon reading this book it seemed to me that Troop’s inspiration for this novel was Rice’s The Vampire LeStat, but instead of vampires, …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: America House Published: 2002 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Lynn Nicole Louis Have you read this book? In Journey to Kumbooda, Paul and his brother-in-law Gene travel to Kumbooda to search for Marie, Paul’s wife. Marie, a computer expert and cognitive scientist, had returned to Kumbooda …
Genre: Horror Publisher: Eggplant Productions Published: 2002 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by James Michael White Have you read this book? Among the guidelines of some horror fiction editors you will find a plea that goes something like, “For God’s sake, don’t send us stories set in clubs or where the …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Ace Published: 2002 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Lalith Vipulananthan Have you read this book? After the success of fellow countrymen Peter F Hamilton and Stephen Baxter, Alastair Reynolds is being hailed as the next British hard SF author to watch. His first novel Revelation Space …
Genre: Horror Publisher: Tom Doherty Associates Published: 2002 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Paul Kane Have you read this book? ‘Once…upon…a…death…’ For almost 30 years now James Herbert has been trying to scare us senseless. Ever since the publication of The Rats in the early 70s, he’s been at the …
Genre: Mixed Genre Anthology Publisher: Prime Published: 2002 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Paul Kane Have you read this book? After a spell in cyberspace, Redsine returns to a print format with issue seven – although you may be forgiven for not recognizing it at first. You see, it’s not …
Genre: Horror Publisher: Serpent’s Tail Published: 2002 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Paul Kane Have you read this book? ‘Ian McEwan used to mine a similar seam. Fowler does it better.’ – Arena ‘Ghoulishly irresistible.’ – The Times ‘The stories are just the right shade of black to have considerable …
Genre: Fantasy Anthology Publisher: Double Dragon E-Books Published: 2002 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Fraser Ronald Have you read this book? This is the second e-book I’ve reviewed by Patrick Welch, the first having been the Thirteenth Magician. The quality of writing I noted in that book is also present …
Genre: Alternate History Publisher: Warner Books Published: 2002 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Fraser Ronald Have you read this book? The world of Lion’s Blood by Steven Barnes is a slightly tweaked version of our own. In this alternate history, Egypt and Abyssinia are the great powers of the world, …
Genre: Mixed Genre Anthology Publisher: FictionWise Published: 2002 Reviewer Rating:Â Book Review by Amy Sterling Casil Have you read this book? Ideomancer Unbound is a big, ambitious anthology produced by managing editors Chris Clarke and Mikal Trimm, and contributing editors Catherine Freeze, Amber van Dyk, Pam McNew, Jennifer De Guzman, …
