Dan Simmons book signing at Murder by the Book
Dan Simmons’ new book, The Fifth Heart, was released on March 24th. Not coincidently, Murder by the Book hosted a signing and reading by Mr. Simmons on that same day. It’s always good luck...
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To Green Angel Tower Part 1 re-read – Part One – The Waiting Stone
THE DOOR STOP COMETH!!! This is a big book. In the original hardback it was one of the longest novels ever written. Thus, in turn, this is the longest re-read post in the history...
Review of Michael Moorcock’s THE WHISPERING SWARM posted at SFSignal
My review of Michael Moorcock’s new novel The Whispering Swarm (Book one in The Sanctuary of the White Friars ) has been posted at the two-time Hugo-award winning SFSignal. An excerpt: REVIEW SUMMARY: While billed as an...
Review of SLEEPING LATE ON JUDGEMENT DAY posted on SFSignal
My review of Sleeping Late on Judgement Day, the third novel in Tad Williams’ Bobby Dollar series, was posted at SFSignal on Christmas Eve. Does that make it a Christmas miracle? An excerpt: In...
Review of HARRY HARRISON, HARRY HARRISON: A MEMOIR posted at SFSignal.com
My review of the late Harry Harrison’s memoir, appropriately entitled Harry Harrison, Harry Harrison, has been published on the two-time Hugo-award winning SFSignal.com. An excerpt: World War II veterans and early pulp fiction writers...
Stone of Farewell re-read – Part Three – Storm’s Heart
It has taken me a while to do this Stone of Farewell part three re-read post. I must confess…I read ahead. I got into the story and slammed through the rest of it, re-read...
Stone of Farewell re-read – Part Two – Storm’s Hand
This is the second part of the re-read of Stone of Farewell, the second book in Tad William’s Memory, Sorrow and Thorn series. The introductory post is here, if you are interested. The re-read...
Stone of Farewell re-read – Part One – Storm’s Eye
This is the DREADED MIDDLE BOOK of the trilogy. And young master Robert Paul Williams has left the appearance that the forces of “good” are in a heap o’ trouble, with King Elias defeating...
Review of Half a King by Joe Abercrombie at SFSignal
My review of Half a King by Joe Abercrombie has been posted by the wonderful, bagel-loving JohnD over at SFSignal.com. An excerpt: ————————– REVIEW SUMMARY: The world-building is not as deep asBest Served Cold and The...
The Dragonbone Chair re-read – Part Three – Simon Snowlock
This is the last part of The Dragonbone Chair re-read. I may have gotten a bit over-zealous with maps and charts this time….but Tad made this section longer than the previous two so it...