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Lamentation (The Psalms of Isaak) by Ken Scholes
Lamentation takes place in a possible future on Earth. More than two thousand years after the so called end of the Old World. It was the Androfrancine order who saved the remaining knowledge by building the Great Library in the city of Windwir. Iron ships and mechoservitors are [...]
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It Happened One Night by Lisa Dale
With the combination of personalities, situations and past, present and future tensions, It Happened One Night is a story that is easily absorbing and complex enough to keep the readers attention until the very end. Lisa Dale shows an extreme talent for storytelling and quickly and easily brings the [...]
about 4 weeks ago - No comments
WE by John Dickinson
The characters are also great and help bring the story to life. Munro is our main character and it's through his eyes that we see what Earth is like before heading into the outer reaches of the solar system. It is his struggle to adjust that pushes the story forward and his [...]
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Servant of a Dark God by John Brown
The other great positive is the world that Brown creates. The setting feels fresh and the magic of the land is just unique enough. The culture of the people is also quite fascinating – Brown’s take on oppressed peoples feels real enough at times to make me genuinely [...]
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Veracity by Laura Bynum
In the end, even though “Veracity” covers a number of familiar themes and ideas; suffers from a routine plot, safe storytelling, and uneven characterization; and doesn’t realize its full potential as a novel; Laura Bynum’s debut is a very strong first effort. In particular, “Veracity” is well-written, thought-provoking, and powerfully relevant. Definitely [...]
about 1 month ago - 1 comment
Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl
Dahl is a master storyteller who specializes in simple, straightforward, plot-based tales. No complex plot lines or subplots here. Just true, basic storytelling at its best. Children will root for the Foxes and hold their breaths, waiting to discover how the family escapes from a frightening situation.
The one problematic component [...]
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Time Travelers Never Die by Jack McDevitt
BRIEF SYNOPSIS: A pair of time travelers, Shel and Dave, travel to past eras looking for Shel's father.
MY REVIEW:
PROS: Skillful storytelling; engaging story; showcases cool uses of a time travel device.
CONS: The tendency of the characters to show advanced technology in past centuries undermines the respect they're supposed to [...]
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Infoquake: Book One of the Jump 225 Trilogy by David Louis Edelman
Hallmarks of “Infoquake” are (1) a detailed and well thought out future society (especially the driving force behind it: bio/logics), (2) memorable writing (3) and a few really memorable sections of the story (e.g. Nacht's backstory), but this qualitities can't full compensate for some [...]
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The Magicians: A Novel by Lev Grossman
In the end, Grossman has written a something that I would recommend only to fans of fantasy. It’s a decent read, but instead of trying to put itself on the shelf with the classics with its original and vibrant storytelling, it chooses instead to piggyback off its predecessors. You’d [...]
about 8 months ago - 1 comment
The Human Disguise by James O’Neal
The jacket discription of O’Neal’s debut novel The Human Disguise reads like it is supposed to be a post-apocalyptic noir story.  It had me really excited.  Needless to say I was a bit disappointed when the novel turned out be more of an action-thriller and I had radically adjust my [...]
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Orphan’s Destiny (Jason Wander) by Robert Buettner
about 9 months ago
Never heard of this series before, now I must find them. These sound awesome, exactly my kind of thing!