Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Various Companies Published: 1901 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Vincent W. Sakowski Have you read this book? Initially, I was uninterested, then leery, then somewhat reluctantly I conceded to read and review The First Men in the Moon, as this thought kept resounding: It’s a turn-of-the-century …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Various Companies Published: 1895 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Vincent W. Sakowski Have you read this book? Published in 1895, The Time Machine distinguishes itself as being the first novel to introduce the concept of time travel. The novel tells the story of “the Time Traveller,” …
Genre: Mixed Genre Anthology Publisher: Simon and Schuster Published: 1999 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Vincent W. Sakowski Have you read this book? In the bottom corner of the cover it states: “NEW FICTION,” so what is this book then– a collection of five connected stories or a (somewhat) experimental …
Genre: Dark Fantasy Publisher: Eraserhead Press Published: 2001 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by James Michael White Have you read this book? If H.R. Giger wrote stories instead of painting pictures, if he read Lewis Carroll and found himself equally influenced by Terry Gilliam’s Brazil, he might well have written something …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Morrow, William & Co Published: 1999 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Vincent W. Sakowski Reader Rating Ever read anything by Christopher Moore? Ever even heard of him? It seems like most people haven’t, which is unfortunate, as he is probably one of the most entertaining contemporary writers I …
Hannibal, by Thomas Harris Genre: Horror Publisher: Delacorte Press Published: 1999 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Vincent W. Sakowski Reader Rating Hannibal begins roughly seven years after the ending of The Silence of the Lambs. It picks up with Clarice Starling (the heroine of Silence) as a Special Agent in the …
Genre: Horror Publisher: Pocket Published: 1999 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Vincent W. Sakowski Reader Rating So, you’re wondering if this King is worth shelling the big bone out for, especially after so many duds he’s been putting his name on in recent years. (Wizard and Glass being an exception, of …
Genre: Horror Publisher: Simon & Schuster Published: 1999 Reviewer Rating: No Stars! Book Review by Vincent W. Sakowski Reader Rating On the cover, the book has written on the bottom: a novel. Perhaps the word count just squeaks by the minimum, but there’s a lot of empty space between the covers: …
