I’ve been meaning to read Elizabeth Bear for some time now, and after taking up Worlds Without End‘s Women of Genre Fiction Reading Challenge, Range of Ghosts came out on top of that list. I was almost put off immediately after reading the first few pages – the premise is great, but the prose seemed uncomfortably…
While I was rummaging through Goodreads for more books to read, I stumbled across a review of Ex-Heroes written by Mihir over at Fantasy Book Critic that convinced me to look into a book I would have otherwise set aside. I don’t really enjoy reading about superheroes. While it may be fun to read about Superman or Batman kicking ass and…
Forty-five years ago, Ursula K. Le Guin laid the foundation for what is now the modern wizard in fantasy in A Wizard of Earthsea. It is a coming-of-age tale of Ged, a ‘chosen’ young man from the island of Gont, with wizards, dragons, and demons plentiful. What’s that you say? A young man with dreams…
Jo Fletcher Books is publisher to many good authors, including Tom Pollock, Snorri Kristjansson, and one Sarah Pinborough. Sarah is author to many dark stories, including her Dog Faced Gods horror series, as well as rewritten fairy tales, one being Poison (Snow White) and another being Beauty (Sleeping Beauty). I’ve yet to read any of her other work, so…
Jason M. Hough’s The Darwin Elevator marks my foray back into sci-fi after six or so consecutive fantasy and historical fiction books. It’s books like this that make me want to read more of the genre – pure, pulse-pounding action. I really love the recent trend in which a series is finished and is being released in…
