Book Review: Women of the Night edited by Martin H. Greenberg With all the anthologies I’ve been reviewing, I’m surprised it took me this long to cover one edited by Martin H. Greenberg (1941-2011), who curated more than a thousand SF/F/Horror anthologies during his career. He was an excellent packager: If you wanted a book about… Continue reading Book Review: Women of the Night
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Book Review: The Hugo Winners Volume 5 1980-1982
Book Review: The Hugo Winners Volume 5 1980-1982 edited by Isaac Asimov The Hugo Awards are given out every year by the membership of the World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon.) This series of books from 1986 collected the winners in the three short fiction categories: Novella (17,500-40,000 words), Novelette (7,500-17,500 words) and Short Story (less… Continue reading Book Review: The Hugo Winners Volume 5 1980-1982
Book Review: Bug Jack Barron
Book Review: Bug Jack Barron by Norman Spinrad What’s bugging Jack Barron? Jack used to be a young radical, waving signs and helping form the Social Justice Coalition. But the SJC became a legitimate political party, and Jack wasn’t really interested in playing politics. Plus, he’d gotten on television a lot, and the cameras and audiences… Continue reading Book Review: Bug Jack Barron
Book Review: Birthright: Book 1 of the Temujin Saga
Book Review: Birthright: Book 1 of the Temujin Saga by Adam J. Whitlatch Temujin has always known he is special. He is, after all, the clone restoration of Genghis Khan, endowed with strange alien powers and destined to conquer the Earth. It is his birthright. Alexander Walker has never even suspected he is special. He’s… Continue reading Book Review: Birthright: Book 1 of the Temujin Saga
Anime Review: Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders
Anime Review: Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders Jotaro Kujo is a bit of a juvenile delinquent, sassing his mother, wearing his school uniform out of regulation style, and getting into fights. But when he notices that there’s now a strange being that only he can see and does things for him, like bring comics he… Continue reading Anime Review: Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders
Manga Review: UQ Holder! Vol. 1
Manga Review: UQ Holder! Vol. 1 by Ken Akamatsu It is a couple of generations into the future, and both reasonably-priced space travel and techno-magic have come into existence. Large swaths of Earth’s population has gone to space, with the remaining people either enjoying life in small country villages or struggling in the remaining big… Continue reading Manga Review: UQ Holder! Vol. 1
Comic Book Review: Showcase Presents: Weird War Tales Volume 1
Comic Book Review: Showcase Presents: Weird War Tales Volume 1 edited by Joe Kubert & Joe Orlando As I’ve mentioned in other reviews, the relaxation of the Comics Code in the early 1970s created a horror anthology boom at DC Comics. At the same time, the once best-selling war comics were going into a slump,… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Showcase Presents: Weird War Tales Volume 1
Comic Book Review: The Sixth Gun Book 1: Cold Dead Fingers
Comic Book Review: The Sixth Gun Book 1: Cold Dead Fingers written by Cullen Bunn, illustrated by Brian Hurtt Becky Montcrief’s stepfather is dying. But the men who’ve come to their remote homestead aren’t willing to wait for him to finish. It seems he’s been hiding a gun all these years, and they want it… Continue reading Comic Book Review: The Sixth Gun Book 1: Cold Dead Fingers
Book Review: The Avenger: Roaring Heart of the Crucible
Book Review: The Avenger: Roaring Heart of the Crucible edited by Nancy Holder & Joe Gentile Moonstone Books is a publisher that specializes in new material about pulp magazine characters. This is their third anthology of stories about Richard Henry Benson, the Avenger, and his organization, Justice, Inc. For those who have not heard of the… Continue reading Book Review: The Avenger: Roaring Heart of the Crucible
Book Review: Deathless
Book Review: Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente Marya Morevna is not like the other girls in Saint Petersburg/Petrograd/Leningrad. She sees the husbands of her sisters while they are still birds. But times are changing in Russia, now the Union of Soviet Socialistic Republics. The People have no time for magic, and Marya… Continue reading Book Review: Deathless