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Sci-Fi Short Story Review Bites

Posted on February 26, 2015 6 Comments

Glitch by Hugh Howey “I remember holding Sarah for the first time, marveling at this ability we have to create life where before there was none.” In a world that craves the brutality that come with robot bouts (basically brutal cage fights between robots), Sam, Peter, and Greenie investigate why their prize fighter, Max, refuses to […]

YA Weekend: Seeker by Arwen Elys Dayton

Posted on February 21, 2015 16 Comments

Seeker by Arwen Elys Dayton Genre: Young Adult, SFF Series: Book 1 of Seeker Publisher: February 10, 2015 (Delacorte Books for Young Readers) Author Information: Website Mogsy’s Rating: 1 of 5 stars When I requested this book from NetGalley, this was in the description: “For readers of A Game of Thrones and The Hunger Games comes an epic new series.” I […]

Book Review: Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie

Posted on February 19, 2015 11 Comments

Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie Genre: Science Fiction Series: Book 2 of Imperial Radch Publisher: Orbit (October 7, 2014) Author Information: Website | Twitter Mogsy’s Rating: 3.5 of 5 stars Looking back at my review of Ancillary Justice, it seemed that while I liked the book, it and I didn’t actually hit it off as well as I’d hoped. Mind you, I’m most definitely […]

Book Review: Star Wars: Tarkin by James Luceno

Posted on February 14, 2015 4 Comments

Star Wars: Tarkin by James Luceno Genre: Science Fiction, Media Tie-In Series: Star Wars Universe Publisher: Del Rey (November 4, 2014) Author Information: Website Mogsy’s Rating: 3 of 5 stars I’ve been a great admirer of James Luceno’s Star Wars work in the past, especially his book Darth Plagueis about the eponymous Sith Lord who was the master of Darth Sidious. Having […]

Book Review: Unbreakable by W.C. Bauers

Posted on February 12, 2015 16 Comments

Unbreakable by W.C. Bauers Genre: Science Fiction Series: Book 1 Publisher: Tor (January 13, 2015) Author Information: Website | Twitter Mogsy’s Rating: 3.5 of 5 stars Every once in a while I’ll get this hankering for some military sci-fi, so Unbreakable couldn’t have come along at a better time. Teasing the prospect of large scale ship-to-ship battles and space marines in mech […]

Comic Stack 02/11/14

Posted on February 11, 2015 2 Comments

This week I met Poe, a young boy born with black feathers whose destiny seems to rest in a game played by omnipresent beings, Laney Griffin, a man who has a chance encounter in the woods after deciding to do whatever necessary to help his dying son, Kate Kristopher, who has to return to her fantasy […]

Comic Stack 02/04/2015

Posted on February 4, 2015 2 Comments

I have a confession. I have a ton of first issues of comics. I’m not even joking about this. While I enjoy reading and reviewing comics, I’m not one that likes to review every single issue of a comic, especially if I lose interest and quit the series. I prefer to review volumed editions for that […]

Book Review: Deadeye by William C. Dietz

Posted on February 4, 2015 15 Comments

Deadeye by William C. Dietz Genre: Science Fiction Series: Book 1 of The Mutant Files Publisher: Ace (January 27, 2015) Author Information: Website | Twitter Mogsy’s Rating: 3 of 5 stars William C. Dietz brings us an interesting new sci-fi police procedural series set in a plague-ravaged future. Those who survived the bioengineered threat of 2038 were either left completely unaffected […]

Giveaway: Echo 8 by Sharon Lynn Fisher

Posted on February 2, 2015 4 Comments

*** The giveaway is now over, thanks to everyone who entered! *** Craving some romance with your sci-fi? Then you definitely should check out Echo 8. Romance Writers of America RITA Award-nominated author Sharon Lynn Fisher burns up the pages with a fast-paced love story that is sure to appeal to readers who enjoy a very healthy […]

Book Review: Echo 8 by Sharon Lynn Fisher

Posted on January 29, 2015 14 Comments

Echo 8 by Sharon Lynn Fisher Genre: Romance, Science Fiction Series: Stand Alone Publisher: Tor (February 3, 2015) Author Information: Website | Twitter Mogsy’s Rating: 3 of 5 stars Echo 8 is the first novel I’ve read by Sharon Lynn Fisher, but I’d known from before that her work is usually characterized by mixture of Science Fiction and Romance elements. That sounded […]