Aaron Teiser
The Last Page by Anthony Huso – review
The Last Page opens with one of our protagonists, reluctant king-to-be and college student par excellence Caliph Howl, out for some petty revenge for a prank he suffered over three years past. What young Caliph didn’t count on was having his machinations observed by Sena Iillol, our other protagonist. Unwilling to risk having his plan [...]
Foiled by Jane Yolen and Mike Cavallaro – review
I’ll start off by saying that Foiled was very much not written with someone like me, a man in his third decade, in mind. Amazon recommends the book for ages 9 through 12, which I would say is about right, as the story is rather, let us say, uncomplicated. The book starts off with an [...]
Book Tournament Final Matchup
Voting for this round is now open and will close around 8:00 PM EST on April 19th and the winner will be declared there in the forum thread, with a follow up announcement here on the front page afterwards. With a full seven days in this round, we encourage everyone to pick up one or [...]
Book Tournament Begins Final Four
The Final Four of the Fourth Annual BSCreview Book Tournament is now officially under way. Voting for this round is now open and will close around 8:00 PM EST on April 12th. The winners will then move on to the final round starting the morning of April 13th. With a full six days in this [...]
Book Tournament Begins Elite Eight
The Elite Eight of the Fourth Annual BSCreview Book Tournament is now officially under way. Voting for round one is now open and will close around 8:00 PM EST on April 6th. The winners will then move on to the next round starting the morning of April 7th. With a full six days in this [...]
Book Tournament Begins Sweet 16
The Sweet Sixteen of the Fourth Annual BSCreview Book Tournament is now officially under way. Voting for round one is now open and will close around 8:00 PM EST on March 31st. The winners will then move on to the next round starting the morning of April 1st. With a full six days in this [...]
Round Two of the Tournament Begins
Round two of the Fourth Annual BSCreview Book Tournament is now officially under way. Voting for round one is now open and will close around 8:00 PM EST on 3/25. The winners will then move on to the next round starting the morning of 3/26. With a full six days in this round, we encourage [...]
The Fourth Annual BSCreview Tournament Begins
The Fourth Annual BSCreview Book Tournament is now officially under way. We have a last-minute replacement in the book roster. One author asked that their book be withdrawn, so by popular request from our forum regulars Paolo Bacigalupi’s novel The Windup Girl will be joining the fray instead. Voting for round one is now open [...]
Fourth Annual BSCreview Book Tournament Announcement
Welcome to the announcement of the fourth annual BSCreview Book Tournament. For those coming back, welcome. For those new to the tournament this year, here is a brief rundown of what to expect. In the past we held two book tournaments simultaneously; one for the past year’s releases and one for classics. This year we [...]
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins – review
Catching Fire starts with an extension of the crisis from the end of The Hunger Games. Six months after the end of the first book, during a surprise visit, President Snow of Panem makes it clear to Katniss in no uncertain terms that he is aware of her deception. She is told plainly that unless [...]
Kage Baker Battling Cancer
As announced at Tor.com and elsewhere, Kage Baker, author of various works of fantasy and science fiction, including The Company series, is in the hospital undergoing chemotherapy and radiation therapy for cancer. Her health is extremely precarious. There is hope that this new treatment regimen will be effective, but it will be a couple weeks before the doctors will have an idea as to whether she will survive.
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Fourth Gormenghast Novel on the Way
In an interview on BBC Radio 4, Sebastian Peake, son of Mervyn Peake and Maeve Gilmore, discussed the forthcoming publication of the recently discovered manuscript of Titus Awakes. Four publishing houses have expressed interest in the book, including Vintage Books, an imprint of Random House which already publishes the first three Gormenghast novels. Until now, only three pages of Titus Awakes had seen publication, such as those that appear in the Overlook Press omnibus edition of the Gormenghast novels.
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