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Book Review – The Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy
Edited by: Mike Ashley Cover Artist: Joe Roberts Publisher: Running Press Binding: Paperback Publication Date: August 2008 don’t know what the phrase “extreme fantasy” means. To me the word “extreme” was best defined in Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle : white water rafting in a convenience store, hang gliding off a cliff, drinking [...]
Book Review – The Devil You Know
Author: Mike Carey Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Binding: Paperback Publication Date: June 2008 Many book authors make their way over to comics. It may seem like a sensible idea since it’s just another medium and another way to tell a story. However, with comics you generally only have 22 pages to tell a story, while [...]
Book Review – The Undead Kama Sutra
Author: Mario Acevedo Publisher: EOS Binding: Paperback Publication Date: March 2008 Since the folks at EOS were kind enough to send me a copy of The Undead Kama Sutra, I felt that I should extend them the same courtesy and read this book. This is the third book in Mario Acevedo’s Felix Gomez detective series, [...]
Book Review – Grimspace
Author: Ann Aguirre Cover Artist: Scott M. Fischer Publisher: ACE Binding: Paperback Publication Date: February 2008 I’m a fan of stories centered on strong female characters: ball busting, take no prisoners, hey-buy-me-a-drink-and-when-I-do-you-walk-away-laughing-at-what-a-chump-I-am; you know, basically the women I’ve known all my life. While these types are generally relegated to the urban-fantasy subgenre, it’s always nice [...]
Book Review – Sweet Silver Blues
Author: Glen Cook Cover Artist: Tim Hildebrandt Publisher: ROC Binding: Paperback MassMarket Publication Date: August 2007 My first foray into Glen Cook’s writing was less than a success. I got through about 50 pages of The Tyranny of the Night and threw it across the room—page after page containing made up words with no explanation of [...]
Book Review – Quest For Lost Heroes
Author: David Gemmell Cover Artist: Luis Royo Publisher: Del Rey Binding: Paperback MassMarket Publication Date: May 1995 I am a huge sword and sorcery fan. I grew up reading the mythical stories of Howard’s Conan , Moorcock’s Elric , Leiber’s Fafhrd and The Gray Mouser , and Moore’s Jirel of Joiry . The staging of [...]
