Raymond Feist’s March UK Event Schedule
This month, author Raymond Feist will be visiting the UK to promote his latest novel, Rides a Dread Legion, the 1st book in his Demonwar Saga series . . .
Book Review – A Clash of Kings
Author: George R. R. Martin Publisher: Harper/Voyager Publishing Date: 2003 (New Ed.) Binding: Paperback Cover Artist: Larry Rostant A Clash of Kings is the second installment in the epic fantasy series, A Song of Ice and Fire, which George R.R. Martin began with the excellent A Game of Thrones. Martin is deeply inspired by English [...]
Book Review – 3001: The Final Odyssey
Author: Arthur C. Clarke Publisher: Voyager Binding: Paperback Publication Date: 1997 Cover Design: Chris Moore The fourth and final part in Arthur C. Clarke’s Odyssey series was published in 1997. Almost 30 year after the first book, 2001: A Space Odyssey. The final book is set early in the 4th millennium and tells the story [...]
Book Review – 2061: Odyssey Three
Author: Arthur C. Clarke Cover Artist: Michael Whelan Publisher: Voyager Binding: Mass Market Paperback Publication Date: 1997 Clarke’s third entry in the series that started with what probably is his best known work, 2001: A Space Odyssey. Like 2010: Odyssey Two, Clarke maintains that is is not a direct sequel, but rather a variation to [...]
Book Review – The Immortal Prince
Author: Jennifer Fallon Publisher: Voyager Binding: Paperback Publication Date:February 2007 Australia is referred to as a ‘New World’ country with respect to its wine production. This distinction is made with the traditional European nations being referred to as ‘Old World’. Jacobs Creek, one of Australia’s leading wineries, defines ‘New World’ wines as “innovative, easy to [...]
Book Review – 2010: Odyssey Two
Author: Arthur C. Clarke Cover Artist: Michael Whelan Publisher: Voyager Binding: Mass Market Paperback Publication Date:1997 After maintaining for years that a sequel to the SF-classic 2001: A Space Odyssey was impossible Clarke published one in 1982 anyway. Following up on such a successful works always carries a big risk, so perhaps it is not [...]
Book Review – Oracle’s Queen
Author: Lynn Flewelling Cover Artist: David Wyatt Publisher: Voyager Binding: Mass Market Paperback Publication Date: 2007 The Queen’s Oracle is the final part of the Tamir Triad by Lynn Flewelling. I read and reviewed the previous two books as well and although Flewelling basically has a good story there, the books are nonetheless never more [...]
Book Review – The Court of the Air
Author: Stephen Hunt Publisher: Harper Collins/Voyager Binding: Paperback Publication Date: 2007 The Court of the Air is the debut novel of English writer Stephen Hunt, and it falls within the category of steampunk, although the novel constitutes a rather eclectic mix of disparate elements that only occasionally come together in a meaningful whole. The story [...]
Book Review – Hidden Warrior
Author: Lynn Flewelling Cover Artist: David Wyatt Publisher: Voyager Binding: Mass Market Paperback Publication Date: 2003 In March I reviewed the first part of the The Tamir Triad, The Bonedoll’s Twin. I wasn’t all that impressed with the book but it was not entirely without promise so I read the second book, Hidden Warrior, as [...]
Book Review – Procession of the Dead
Author: Darren Shan Publisher: Voyager Binding: Paperback Publication Date: March 2008 Procession of the Dead comes from the Incan word Ayuamarca, which literally translated gives the book its title. It is also the Incan name for the month of November, and the title of the novel’s 11th chapter. In fact all of the chapter titles [...]
Book Review – The Bone Doll’s Twin
Author: Lynn Flewelling Cover Artist: George Underwood Publisher: Voyager Binding: Mass Market Paperback Publication Date: 2001 The Bone Doll’s Twin is the first book of the Tamir Triad and apparently it is set in the same world as the Nightrunner books (for a taste of that series see this review of Luck in the Shadows [...]
Book Review – Rage of a Demon King
Author: Raymond E. Feist Cover Artist: Geoff Taylor Publisher: Voyager Binding: Mass Market Paperback Publication Date: 1997 Rage of a Demon King is the third book in the Serpentwar Saga and probably the last decent book set on Midkemia, Feist wrote (although I must admit I haven’t read recently published Wrath of Mad God yet). [...]
