Interview with Jack Campbell

On May 17, 2013, in Paul Weimer, by Paul Weimer

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 [...]

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Book Review: Homeland by Cory Doctorow

On May 16, 2013, in Book Review, Cathy Russell, by Catherine Russell

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 [...]

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Book Review: The Warded(Painted) Man, by Peter V Brett

On May 13, 2013, in Book Review, Paul Weimer, by Paul Weimer

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 [...]

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Book Review: Little Brother by Cory Doctorow

On April 22, 2013, in Book Review, Cathy Russell, by Catherine Russell

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 [...]

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Book Review: Consumption by Patrick Hester

On April 15, 2013, in Book Review, Cathy Russell, by Catherine Russell

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 [...]

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Book Review: No Return by Zachary Jernigan

On April 11, 2013, in Book Review, Paul Weimer, by Paul Weimer

On the planet of Jeroun, every ten years, the followers and detractors of the god Adrash meet in a grand martial arts tournament in the city of Danoor. It is an opportunity to present and show the superiority of one’s point of the view in the most visceral way possible–grand combat.  The world of Jeroun [...]

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Book Review: The Rise of Ransom City by Felix Gilman

On April 8, 2013, in Book Review, Cathy Russell, by Catherine Russell

The Rise of Ransom City by Felix Gilman takes us into a world torn apart by war between two immortal forces, the Line and the Gun. Amid the chaos, Harry Ransom seeks to escape his humble and tragic origins to found a great and peaceful city of the future. By way of his ‘Ransom Process’, [...]

Book Review: Lies and Prophecy, Marie Brennan

On March 11, 2013, in Book Review, Paul Weimer, by Paul Weimer

Welton University is a leading University in the wilds of Minnesota. Much like the isolated and bucolic University of Minnesota at Morris, Welton University has a rustic setting that takes full advantage of the beautiful Minnesota countryside. There, students like Kim, Robert, Liesel and Julian take courses like Historical Tarot, CM, Combat Shielding, and PK [...]

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Book Review: The Emperor’s Soul by Brandon Sanderson

On March 4, 2013, in Book Review, Paul Weimer, by Paul Weimer

To create the ultimate forgery, what you need is, unsurprisingly, is the ultimate forger. And when the forgery is of the arcane variety, to forge and affix a stricken emperor’s very soul, who better than someone capable of magically forging items to the most exacting detail? Fortunately for those who wish to keep the Emperor [...]

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Book Review: Space Magic by David Levine

On January 24, 2013, in Book Review, Cathy Russell, by Catherine Russell

Space Magic by David Levine, a collection of fifteen short stories, combines a variety of award winning genre fiction. Tales of magic and science, ghost stories and fairies, exist side by side in delightful harmony. “Wind from a Dying Star” describes a unique vision of humanity evolving to live among the stars. In “Nucleon,” a [...]

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Book Review: Fortress Frontier by Myke Cole

On January 21, 2013, in Book Review, Paul Weimer, by Paul Weimer

It’s been rough for Oscar Britton, Army officer turned Sorcerous Operations Corps portamancer turned outlaw selfer. After the chaos of his escape from the U.S. Army base in The Source, living life on the run while being true to his developing philosophy and ideals for what should be the future of magic users like himself [...]

Tuesday Serial: Free Serialized Fiction

On January 17, 2013, in Cathy Russell, News, by Catherine Russell

Every Tuesday, readers can find free serialized fiction via the Tuesday Serial website. Authors post links to their new and ongoing series using the site’s collector, and the following day a report is generated which links to each story. Most installments range about 1,000 words, so readers can whet their appetites and decide which narratives [...]

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Review: Mad Scientist’s Daughter by Cassandra Rose Clarke

On January 7, 2013, in Book Review, Cathy Russell, by Catherine Russell

In The Mad Scientist’s Daughter, Cassandra Rose Clarke weaves a heartbreaking tale of love and loss centered around the life of Cat and her strange relationship with her father’s assistant, an android named Finn. Though Cat’s mother and father are both cyberneticists, Cat’s mother has largely given up her career to raise their daughter. Doctor [...]

Book Review: Shadowlands, by Violette Malan

On January 3, 2013, in Book Review, Paul Weimer, by Paul Weimer

The Lands of Faerie, after a struggle and a near-death experience, have a true High Prince again. The rule of the false Basilisk Prince is over, and the long process of healing the damage caused by his reign can finally happen.There are holdouts, those who do not want to submit to the new Prince, and [...]

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Review: Broken by A.E. Rought

On December 31, 2012, in Book Review, Cathy Russell, by Catherine Russell

The beautifully written novel, Broken by A.E. Rought takes the reader through a modern retelling of Frankesntein with a twist of Romeo and Juliet. The story begins in a cemetery, where the lonely teen, Emma, mourns her boyfriend and the fact that he will never have a grave. Her heartache is palatable; yet soon she [...]

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Book Review: The Mirror Prince by Violette Malan

On December 27, 2012, in Book Review, Paul Weimer, by Paul Weimer

A familiar skeleton of a tale. A lost ruler or aspirant to rule of a magical land has been banished, and lost his allies, friends and even his memory. He lives his life on Earth, unaware of his true role and nature, until a meeting with an ally from his old realm shows up at [...]

Review: Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett

On December 20, 2012, in Book Review, Cathy Russell, by Catherine Russell

In the middle of this elemental storm a fire gleamed among the dripping furze bushes like the madness in a weasel’s eye. It illuminated three hunched figures. As the cauldron bubbled an eldritch voice shrieked: ‘When shall we three meet again?’ There was a pause. Finally another voice said, in far more ordinary tones: ‘Well, [...]

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Book Review: Walk the Fire, edited by John Mierau

On December 17, 2012, in Book Review, Paul Weimer, by Paul Weimer

Thematic Shared-world anthologies used to be, once upon a time, all the rage, and one of my favorite forms of genre reading. Wild Cards, Thieves World, Heroes in Hell, Forever After, Time Gate, the Man-Kzin Wars…at one point, I couldn’t scan a shelf in a bookstore without running into one I had not seen or read before.Thematic [...]

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Review: Libriomancer (Magic Ex Libris #1) by Jim C. Hines

On December 13, 2012, in Book Review, Cathy Russell, by Catherine Russell

  This book is a love letter. Within its pages, books are magic. They come alive. Libriomancy allows certain gifted individuals to pull forth objects from the pages of books and use them in our world. From the time Gutenberg himself became the first Libriomancer when he invented the printing press, libriomancy has been used [...]

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Book Review: Geekomancy by Michael R Underwood

On December 10, 2012, in Book Review, Paul Weimer, by Paul Weimer

As a barista at a cafe/comic book store in a fictional California college town, Ree Reyes has a pretty typical life for a genre geek. Talk with the regulars about the latest Watchmen prequel, gather with her group of equally geeky girlfriends after work. Try and pay the rent and the bills in a recession. [...]

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Book Review: Babylon Steel by Gaie Sebold

On October 29, 2012, in Book Review, Paul Weimer, by Paul Weimer

Babylon is the madam of a brothel in Scalentine. Scalentine has two moons, and is a hub of the multiverse, with portals to many other worlds. As such, a madam of a brothel who is also a good swordsman is fairly straightforward  and ordinary compared to lizard races, a werewolf chess playing police captain, and [...]

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Book Review: Among Thieves by Douglas Hulick

On October 22, 2012, in Book Review, Paul Weimer, by Paul Weimer

  Drothe is a Nose. In a city of thieves, his role is as an information gatherer and curator for his employer, a roughhewn boxer of an Upright Man (think mob boss) called Nicco. It’s a decent life, one that Drothe has developed over years as one of the Kin. On the side, Drothe likes [...]

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