Interview with Jack Campbell, author of the Lost Fleet Series “Jack Campbell” is the pseudonym for John G. Hemry, a retired Naval officer (and graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis). As Jack Campbell, he writes The Lost Fleet series of military science fiction novels. The newest novel in that series, Guardian, was recently [...]
Homeland, Cory Doctorow‘s sequel to Little Brother, revisits San Francisco several years after the Bay Bridge is destroyed in the worst terrorist attack on U.S. Soil. Marcus Yallow and his girlfriend, Ange, are still together, making technology with scrap parts and a bit of ingenuity. But when Marcus is given a USB stick with secret [...]
Mass Market Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: Ace (March 26, 2013) ISBN-10: 0425259803 Official Description: Spread throughout the dark corners of our world lies the Shadow World, a society of vampires who feed off the living. In Austin, Texas, one woman must rise from the ashes of tragedy and confront an ancient evil before it destroys [...]
First off, let me say that I tend to use the term “Game Master,” or GM, when referring to the person sitting behind the screen. There are other names, and they include Dungeon Master, Loremaster, Storyteller, Referee (my least favorite), The Computer, Spymaster, and so on. One of the most important people at the table [...]
In the 145th episode of the Functional Nerds podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio welcome blogger Justin Landon for part 2 of our conversation. About Justin/Staffer’s Book Review: Staffer’s Book Review is a blog maintained by Justin Landon. It began in spring of 2011 with a review of James S.A. Corey’s Leviathan Wakes. Initially inspired [...]
On a distant world, night is the dark time for the guttering, flickering remnants of human civilization, in more ways than simply the setting of the sun. Every night, demons called corelings rise out of the ground, demons intent on feasting upon the remaining humans. Reduced from a once great civilization to some few communities [...]
Mass Market Paperback: 368 pages Publisher: Roc (April 2, 2013) ISBN-10: 0451465067 Official Description: Jane Yellowrock is a shape-shifting skinwalker who’s always up for a fight—even if it means putting her life on the line… The Master of Natchez, Mississippi has a nasty problem on his hands. Rogue vampires—those who follow the Naturaleza and believe [...]
Hardcover: 368 pages Publisher: Ace Hardcover; 1 edition (March 26, 2013) ISBN-10: 0425256820 Official Description: Robert J. Sawyer, the author of such “revelatory and thought-provoking”* novels as Triggers and The WWW Trilogy, presents a noir mystery expanded from his Hugo and Nebula Award-nominated novella “Identity Theft” and his Aurora Award-winning short story “Biding Time,” and [...]
In the 144th episode of the Functional Nerds podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio welcome blogger Justin Landon. About Justin/Staffer’s Book Review: Staffer’s Book Review is a blog maintained by Justin Landon. It began in spring of 2011 with a review of James S.A. Corey’s Leviathan Wakes. Initially inspired to jot down thoughts to help [...]
Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: Roc Hardcover; 1 edition (April 2, 2013) ISBN-10: 0451414446 Official Description: E.E. Knight has proven “a master of his craft. His prose is controlled but interesting, and his characters are fully formed and come to life.”* In his latest Vampire Earth novel, the national bestselling author tells a tale about David [...]
Paperback: 512 pages Publisher: NAL Trade; 1 edition (April 2, 2013) ISBN-10: 0451237994 Official Description: AN ALL-NEW COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANTLY CONSTRUCTED WORLDS IN ALL OF FICTION Stephen King’s bestselling multi-volume Dark Tower series is the author’s most inspired and imaginative creation. The story of Roland Deschain of Gilead, the last [...]
In the 143rd episode of the Functional Nerds podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio welcome back Chuck Wendig, author of many books including Blackbirds, Mockingbird, Double Dead, Bait Dog, and Dinocalypse Now. About Chuck Wendig: Chuck is the author of the published novels: Blackbirds, Mockingbird, Double Dead, Bait Dog, and Dinocalypse Now. He also the [...]
Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Ace Trade; Reprint edition (April 2, 2013) ISBN-10: 0425258467 Official Description: In a world steeped in darkness, a new breed of evil has fallen… London’s ruined economy has pushed everyone to the breaking point, and even the police rely on bribes and deals with criminals to survive. Detective Inspector Cass Jones [...]
Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: Ace Trade (June 4, 2013) ISBN-10: 0425265277 Official Description: An exciting debut novel, in the tradition of The Passage. The Beautiful Land is part science fiction, part horror–and, at its core, a love story, between a brilliant young computer genius and the fragile women he has loved since high school. Now, [...]
In the 142nd episode of the Functional Nerds podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio welcome back Chuck Wendig, author of many books including Blackbirds, Mockingbird, Double Dead, Bait Dog, and Dinocalypse Now. About Chuck Wendig: Chuck is the author of the published novels: Blackbirds, Mockingbird, Double Dead, Bait Dog, and Dinocalypse Now. He also the [...]
In Little Brother, Cory Doctorow paints a dystopian near future when the rights of citizens are taken away in the name of National Security. Marcus Yallow is an ordinary teenager attending High School, bristling under the technological surveillance imposed by his school. Smart and tech savvy, he skips school along with his friends to participate [...]
Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Roc (April 2, 2013) ISBN-10: 0451465040 Official Description: HISTORY HAS A WAY OF REPEATING ITSELF, EVEN FOR TELEPATHS.… As a Level Eight telepath, I am the best police interrogator in the department. But I’m not a cop—I never will be—and my only friend on the force, Homicide Detective Isabella [...]
Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Roc (April 2, 2013) ISBN-10: 0451465059 Official Description: Imagine a city divided. Fae and human mages on one side, vampire Blood Lords and shape-shifting Beast Kind on the other. Between these supernatural forces stands a peace treaty that threatens to shatter at the slightest provocation…. I was raised to [...]
In the 141st episode of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio welcome Dave Robison, host of the Roundtable Podcast. About Dave: Dave has indulged in creative pursuits his entire life. His CV includes writing Curious George fan-fiction at the age of eight, improv theater at age ten, playing trumpet at age twelve, [...]
Consumption by Patrick Hester is a charmingly creepy short story of life beyond death in the Wild West. John Henry has just arrived from Georgia to attend the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery when he hears about the exhibition of a newly discovered mummy. While attending the display with his schoolmates, one of them claims [...]
Mass Market Paperback: 368 pages Publisher: Signet (March 5, 2013) ISBN-10: 0451239571 Official Description: Samantha Ryan—homicide detective by choice, witch hunter by necessity—has left Salem for San Francisco, hoping a move will help her forget the horrors of her past. But she’s about to discover that witches tempted by the dark side are everywhere…. Samantha [...]
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