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Book Review – CSI:NY Four Walls
Author: Keith R.A. DeCandido Cover Artist: Publisher: Pocket Star Books Binding: Paperback Publication Date: May 2008 This review is for the CSI: New York novel Four Walls by Keith R.A. DeCandido. I am familiar with DeCandido’s Star Trek work, but this is my first exposure to his CSI work. I also admit that, while I [...]
Book Review – The Sellsword
Author: Cam Banks Cover Artist: Daniel Dos Santos Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Binding: Paperback Publication Date: February 2008 Set in the world of Krynn in the aftermath of the War of the Lance, the mercenary for hire Vanderjack took a job to earn some money. Then he got stuck with an unwanted companion, an [...]
Book Review – Star Trek Terok Nor – Day of the Vipers
Author: James Swallow Cover Artist: John Picacio Publisher: Simon & Schuster Binding: Paperback Publication Date: April 2008 Set 50 years before the events of Star Trek: Deep Space 9, “Day of the Vipers” gives us a complex page turner that takes us from the time The Cardassians first set foot on Bajor as welcomed visitors [...]
Book Review – Captain Kirk’s Guide To Women
Author: John “Bones” Rodriguez Publisher: Simon & Schuster Binding: Mass Market Paperback Publication Date: February 2008 I’m sorry Captain Kirk’s Guide to Women, but like Captain Kirk’s relationships themselves you are brief, shallow, and quickly forgotten. Captain Kirk’s Guide to Women is written by John “Bones” Rodriguez, who is admitted Star Trek fan. It takes [...]
Book Review – Bitterwood
Author: James Maxey Cover Artist: Michael Komarck Publisher: Solaris Binding: Mass Market Paperback Publication Date: 2007 Bitterwood promises much. The world is filled with dragons and humans, who struggle for the dominant role in the world. Don’t expect straight Tolkien or Robert Jordan here though. There are some twists and science fiction is afoot. We’ll [...]
Book Review – Set the Seas on Fire
Author: Chris Roberson Publisher: Solaris Binding: Paperback Publication Date: 2007 The HMS Fortitude is thrown off course into the uncharted South Pacific by a storm. Its First Lieutenant Hieronymus Bonaventure yearns for adventure. But repairing their damaged vessel, making first contact with the natives of an uncharted island, and discovering and surviving the horrors of [...]
Book Review – Counting Heads
Author: David Marusek Publisher: Tor Binding: Paperback Publication Date: November 2005 I hopped on board Counting Heads like it was a shiny new convertible and enjoyed a fast ride with the top down through some memorable and enjoyable scenery. But right as my roadmap got me to the edge of the majestic Rocky Mountains the [...]
Book Review – Storm Dragon
Author: James Wyatt Cover Artist: Raymond Swanland Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Binding: Paperback Publication Date: August 2007 Set in the world of Eberron, “Storm Dragon” will require some familiarity with the world and some patience in order to achieve maximum enjoyment. If you can make it through a slow beginning you’ll reach a solid, [...]
Graphic Novel Review – The X-Files Volume One
Writer: Stefan Petrucha & Miran Kim Publisher: Checker Book Publishing Group Publication Date: June 29 2005 Format: Paperback Checker Publishing brings the Topps X-Files comics from the 1990′s back to life in this graphic novel. Revisit the X-Files comics again, or experience them for the first time. The X-Files Volume One is the first graphic [...]
Book Review – Drawing Dragons and Those Who Hunt Them
Author: Christopher Hart Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications Binding: Paperback Publication Date: 2007 Learn how to draw dragons and dragon hunters. Even if that’s not your thing you can look at some nice drawings and colorful pictures and read about the world in which Christopher Hart’s dragons live. The subject matter of Drawing Dragons and Those Who [...]
Book Review – Battle Dragon
Author: Edo van Belkom Publisher: Five Star Press Binding: Paperback Publication Date: March 2008 “Battle Dragon” by Edo van Belkom is not a deep book, but it does pose an interesting question. If a firebreathing dragon was sent forward in time to the age of airplanes, how would it fare in those battles? Tibalt is [...]
Book Review – Inside Straight – A Wild Cards Novel
Editor: George R.R. Martin Publisher: Tor Binding: Paperback Publication Date: January 2008 How are an American reality TV series “American Hero” and a crisis in Egypt related? Read this excellent novel set in the Wild Cards universe and find out. An 11 on my 10 scale! Inside Straight is a Wild Cards novel. The Wild [...]
