Paul
Book Review – Dreadful Skin
Author: Cherie Priest Cover Artist: Mark Geyer Publisher: Subterranean Press Binding: Hardcover Publication Date: March 2007 Dreadful Skin by Cherie Priest isn’t a full-fledged book, but rather a collection of three separate novellas that suitably co-exist with one another. The first part, “The Wreck of the Mary Byrd,” originally serialized at Subterranean Press and available [...]
Comic Book Review – Robotika
Writer: Alex Sheikman, Joel Jason O’Chua Penciler: Alex Sheikman Cover Artist: Alex Sheikman Publisher: Archaia Studios Publication Date: December 2006 Format: Hardcover Fact: I like robots. Whether they are broken, sadistic, stupid, massive iron giants, or just downright sexy, I am constantly fascinated by humanoid machines. Yes, they fall on metal knees to robotic clichés: [...]
New York Comic Con 2007 – Paul’s View
Having kicked myself enough times over, I was glad to make it out to the second annual New York ComicCon after missing it last year. Apparently attending the convention in person and watching badly-produced YouTube videos of it are two different experiences. So the FantasyBookSpot posse consisted of moi, Damon “Boss,” and his Jose “Everyone [...]
Book Review – Keeping It Real
Author: Justina Robson Cover Artist: Larry Rostant Publisher: PYR Binding: Paperback Publication Date: March 2007 To sum up Justina Robson’s ultra-edgy, explosively musicpunk Keeping it Real with only keywords would look something like this: elves, rock shows, drugs, machines, demons, faeries, sex, Games, assassinations, magic, AI, conspiracies, a whole lot of andalune, and lastly, with [...]
Book Review – The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction
Edited by: George Mann Publisher: Solaris Binding: Paperback Publication Date: January 2007 To be honest, George Mann’s introduction to the Solaris Book of New Science Fiction did little to entice me to continue flipping the pages. Turning in at just a couple paragraphs, it reads more as an introduction for the Solaris imprint than the [...]
Book Review – Fast Forward 1
Edited by: Lou Anders Cover Artist: John Picacio Publisher: PYR Binding: Paperback Publication Date: February 2007 There are two things I need to mention up front: one, I generally read anthologies from front cover to back, and two, I never like every story I come across. Thus, I was surprised when I found myself pleasantly [...]
Movie Review – Eragon
Director: Stefen Fangmeier Starring: Edward Speleers, Jeremy Irons,Rachel Weisz Studio: 20th Century Fox Release Date: December 15, 2006 Surprisingly, there are not too many things in this world that make me want to tear my eyes out with rusty silverware and sauté them in lava. A room full of crying babies, yes. Harry Potter fanfic, [...]
Graphic Novel Review – The Seventh Shrine
Writer: Robert Silverberg Pencilers: Anders Finer Cover Artist: Anders Finer Publisher: Dabel Brothers Publication Date: 2007 Format: Trade Paperback The Pontifex, Lord Valentine, arrives at the ruins of an age-old city to investigate the ghastly dismembering murder of an archaeological team member, which has proven just as horrific as it is alluding to those who [...]
Book Review – The Burning Land
Author: Victoria Strauss Publisher: EOS Binding: Paperback Publication Date: November 2004 Gyalo Amdo Samchen, a vowed Shaper and follower of the religion known as Âratism, is sent on a mission by the Brethren to cross the Burning Land in search of lost refugees of the same faith. A host of others join him in his [...]
Book Review – Ysabel
Author: Guy Gavriel Kay Publisher: ROC Binding: Hardcover Publication Date: February, 2007 Guy Gavriel Kay, most notably known for Tigana and The Last Light of the Sun, gives the world another captivating novel, Ysabel, his tenth to date. It’s set in the present day in the southern part of France, but still focuses largely on [...]
Book Review – The Younger Gods
Author: David and Leigh Eddings Cover Artist: Matt Stawicki Publisher: Aspect Binding: Hardcover Publication Date: August 2006 Wow, I just took a big one for the team. I was given a free copy of The Younger Gods by David & Leigh Eddings, and being the nice reviewer that I am, gave it a chance. I [...]
Book Review – Crossover
Author: Joel Shepherd Cover Artist: Stephan Martiniere Publisher: PYR Binding: Paperback Publication Date: August 2006 The three Cassandra Kresnov books (Crossover, Breakaway, and Killswitch) have already seen print in Australia, but thanks to Pyr, a new science fiction and fantasy imprint from Prometheus Books, they are garnering new life in the United States. Crossover introduces [...]
