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Short Thoughts on Short Fiction Vol. 8: Federations Part 2
This is the second part in my Short Thoughs on Short Fiction read through of the Anthology Federations (Prime Books 2009), edited by John Joseph Adams. Part 1 can be found here.
Read my thoughts on the next five stories after the break . . .
Short Thoughts on Short Fiction Vol. 7: Federations Part 1
For the next few weeks I am going to cover the anthology Federations (Prime Books 2009), edited by John Joseph Adams, in the Short Thoughts on Short Fiction format. Read my thoughts on the first four stories after the break.
Book Review – Darkest Hour by Mark Chadbourn
I recently reviewed World’s End, the first installment of Mark Chadbourn’s Age of Misrule trilogy. This is a review of the second book in that series Darkest Hour, published by PYR.
Read the review after the break . . .
Book Review – Wolf’s Head, Wolf’s Heart by Jane Lindskold
Wolf’s Head, Wolf’s Heart is the second of a series of six books by Jane Lindskold featuring the wolf-woman Firekeeper. I reviewed the first book Through Wolf’s Eyes in December 2007, one of my first BSC reviews but I never got around to a full reread of the series….
Book Review – Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson
Warbreaker is Brandon Sanderson’s second standalone fantasy novel. It is unrelated to any of his other books. The process of writing this book was somewhat unusual, earlier version of the story were released under a creative commons license on the author’s website….
Book Review – The Towers of the Sunset by L.E. Modesitt Jr.
The Towers of the Sunset is the second book in Modesitt’s long running Recluce saga. I reviewed Fall of Angels and The Chaos Balance recently. Both of these books are set well before The Towers of the Sunset and follow the creation of the nation of Westwind. I decided to follow the Westwind storyline and pick this one up next. Set some 500 years after Fall of Angels this book deals with the last days of the feminist-militaristic society Ryba has created.
Book Review – Cham by Jonathan Trigell
Cham is something of a departure from my usual fantasy and science fiction reading addiction. Damon sent me this book in December but I put it away for a bit because the release date of this reprint stated on the ARC is in May. It’s Trigell’s second novel after Boy A, released in 2004. I haven’t read his first book but I understand it was quite a début…
Book Review – World’s End by Mark Chadbourn
World’s End by Mark Chadbourn is the first book in the Age of Misrule trilogy. The book was first published in the UK in 1999 but now Pyr is releasing all three in with about a month between them for the American market….
Book Review – WWW: Wake by Robert J. Sawyer
WWW: Wake is the first part in Sawyer’s new WWW trilogy. It was released earlier this month and books two and three expected in 2010 and 2011. It is my first exposure to Sawyer’s work. After reading this one I think I may have to make some time to read more of his books, WWW: Wake was a very entertaining read . . .
Short Thoughts on Short Fiction Vol. 6
I rather enjoyed my first go at the Short Thoughts on Short Fiction format so I picked a fresh bunch of stories of the web for your entertainment. This batch is all science fiction, I’ll see if I can make the next one more varied. This edition contains reviews of stories by James Van Pelt, Kim Stanley Robinson, Elizabeth Bear, Alastair Reynolds and Ursula K. Le Guin. All of these stories are available online for free.
Book Review – Company of Liars by Karen Maitland
I don’t usually read a lot of historical fiction but last week the mood grabbed me, so I picked up a copy of Company of Liars: A Novel of the Plague, a historical mystery by Karen Maitland. It is set during the time of the Great Plague that swept across Europe between 1347 and 1351. The book has been compared to The Canterbury Tales. Personally it reminded me more of And Then There Were None.
Book Review – The Dosadi Experiment by Frank Herbert
The Dosadi Experiment is set in the same universe as Whipping Star, which has recently been reissued by Tor. After reading that book I just had to reread The Dosadi Experiment as well. First published in 1977, seven years after the first ConSentiency novel, I consider it to be Herbert’s best non-Dune work . . .
