Book Review: Pearlhanger by Jonathan Gash Lovejoy is a “divvy” (presumably from “diviner”), a person who can just feel if an antique is genuine by standing near it. This is a great help in his career as an antiques dealer. But just because he’s got a gift of his own doesn’t mean he believes in anything… Continue reading Book Review: Pearlhanger
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Book Review: Republic of Thieves
Book Review: Republic of Thieves by Scott Lynch Note: This is the third book in the Locke Lamora series, and this review will contain spoilers for the first two. If you haven’t already read them, you may want to check out my review of the first volume, The Lies of Locke Lamora. We return again to… Continue reading Book Review: Republic of Thieves
Book Review: Whetted Bronze
Book Review: Whetted Bronze by Manning Norvil Note: This is the second book in the “Odan the Half-God” series, so this review will contain spoilers for the first book, Dream Chariots. It is a time before recorded history, when what we call the Mediterranean Sea was fertile land, a basin between the continents. The cities… Continue reading Book Review: Whetted Bronze
Book Review: Temporary Walls
Book Review: Temporary Walls edited by Greg Ketter and Robert T. Garcia This short book of fantasy stories was inspired by John Gardner’s On Moral Fiction, in which the author argued that writing fiction is an inherently moral endeavor and that writers, especially those in the fantasy genre, should instruct their readers about “the morality that tends… Continue reading Book Review: Temporary Walls
Book Review: The Beauty of Grace
Book Review: The Beauty of Grace edited by Dawn Camp Disclaimer: I received this book through a Goodreads giveaway in the expectation that I would read and review it. God’s love is a wonderful thing. It is not dependent on our earning it, it comes to us free of charge and all we have to… Continue reading Book Review: The Beauty of Grace
Book Review: Creature from the Black Lagoon
Book Review: Creature from the Black Lagoon by Vargo Statten When marine paleontologist Dr. Carl Maia’s expedition into the Amazon rain forest discovers a unique fossil, which looks like a webbed hand, he asks for a full expedition to the area by his colleagues at the Morajo Institute of Marine Biology. He is joined by… Continue reading Book Review: Creature from the Black Lagoon
Book Review: The Time Machine
Book Review: The Time Machine by H.G. Wells H.G Wells (1866-1946) was not the first science fiction author, nor even the first one to write about time travel. But he was the first writer in English to produce multiple important works in what would become the science fiction genre. The Time Machine was published in… Continue reading Book Review: The Time Machine
Book Review: Life Learned Abroad: Lessons on Humanity from China
Book Review: Life Learned Abroad: Lessons on Humanity from China by Brandon Ferdig Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book free from the author in the expectation that I would write a review. No other compensation is involved. The traveler’s tale is one of the oldest forms of narrative; going to a faraway place… Continue reading Book Review: Life Learned Abroad: Lessons on Humanity from China
Book Review: The Silence of the Loons
Book Review: The Silence of the Loons edited by The Minnesota Crime Wave The long-time reader may by now have realized that I have something of a weakness for anthologies. Collections of short fiction are an excellent use of limited lunch reading time. And I am also a faithful son of Minnesota. So this book… Continue reading Book Review: The Silence of the Loons
Book Review: The Players of Null-A
Book Review: The Players of Null-A by A.E. van Vogt (Also published as The Pawns of Null-A) Note: This book is a direct sequel to The World of Null-A and this review will spoil elements of that first novel. Like, immediately after this paragraph. With the death of the mighty Thorson, the plans of the Greatest Empire… Continue reading Book Review: The Players of Null-A