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Category Archive: Book Review

The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe

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The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe is told in Lovecraft’s world, though a world where the cosmic horror is not mysterious and threatening but familiar and, erm, threatening.

August 15, 2016 Book Review, Books

The Wonderful World of Michael Swanwick

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I don’t remember what the first story I read by Michael Swanwick is. But I do remember the […]

August 3, 2016 Authors, Book Review, Books, Short stories

The Paper Menagerie – Book review

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You should have read one of Ken Liu’s stories by now. You really should. Ken Liu is one […]

April 17, 2016 Book Review, Writing

Wow! That Was Awesome! (The Builders book review)

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A mouse, a badger, an owl, a salamander a mole and stout…. walk into a bar. So begins […]

November 5, 2015 Book Review, Books

The Last Policeman – Book Review

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The Last Policeman, along with its sequels, was the best thing I read in September. Here’s a little […]

October 8, 2015 Book Review, Books

These Last Embers, Book Recommendation (too bad it’s sold out).

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I really like indie publishers, especially ones taking chances in these uncertain times. Undertow is one of my […]

October 5, 2015 Book Review

Book Review: Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Doctor Avrana Kern just wanted to save the human race. A space station orbits a terraformed planet, destinied […]

July 16, 2015 Book Review, Science Fiction

It´s Official: When We Were Animals is Sublime.

When the moon was out, you could be aware of all the pieces of night—you could see all […]

June 8, 2015 Book Review, Writing

Book Review: V.E. Schwab´s A Darker Shade of Magic

There are four Londons in this excellent fantasy by V.E. Schwab; Grey London is the normal Londob we […]

May 6, 2015 Book Review, Books

3 of the Best Short Stories I’ve Read This September

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I read a surprising amount of short stories every month. I have so many anthologies on my Kindle […]

September 29, 2014 Book Review, Books, Short stories

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