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Audiobook Review: The Atrocity Archives by Charles Stross

Posted on August 29, 2013 Leave a Comment

The Atrocity Archives by Charles Stross Series: Laundry Files Genre: Science Fiction, Occult There is a list floating around Tumblr of Bioware voice actors who have narrated audiobooks. Having fallen in love with Fenris’ voice in Dragon Age II, I decided that The Atrocity Archives, read by Gideon Emery, was a necessary listen from Audible. […]

Book Review: The Coldest War by Ian Tregillis

Posted on August 21, 2013 Leave a Comment

The Coldest War by Ian Tregillis Genre: Science Fiction Fantasy Series: Book 2 of The Milkweed Triptych Publisher: Tor Books Date of Publication: July 17, 2012 Author Information: Website | Twitter Wow, did that seriously just happen?! Those were the words running through my head when I reached the very end of this book. Just […]

Book Review: Love Minus Eighty by Will McIntosh

Posted on August 20, 2013 2 Comments

Love Minus Eighty by Will McIntosh Genre: Science Fiction Series: Stand-alone Publisher: Orbit Date of Publication: June 11, 2013 Author Information: Website I have a confession to make: I’m a sucker for love stories. But not just any kind of love story would do, oh no, because I like my romance the same way I […]

Book Review: Countdown City by Ben H. Winters

Posted on August 19, 2013 Leave a Comment

Countdown City by Ben H. Winters Genre: Sci-Fi Apocalyptic, Police Procedural Series: Book 2 of The Last Policeman Publisher: Quirk Books Date of Publication: July 16, 2013 Author Information: Website | Twitter What would you do if the world was going to end in a little less than three months? Being a wimp, I’d probably […]

Book Review: The Exodus Towers by Jason M. Hough

Posted on August 17, 2013 Leave a Comment

The Exodus Towers by Jason M. Hough Genre: Science Fiction, Post-Apocalyptic Series: The Dire Earth Cycle #2Publisher: Del Rey BooksDate of Publication: August 27, 2013Author Info: http://www.jasonmhough.comWith thanks to NetGalley and Del Rey for the opportunity to read an advance copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.The Exodus Towers takes up shortly after The Darwin Elevator. The […]

Book Review: Ex-Communication by Peter Clines

Posted on August 9, 2013 2 Comments

Ex-Communication byPeter Clines Superheroes, zombies, and Hollywood — you really can’t go wrong with this combination. This third book in the Ex-Heroes series is just as fun and entertaining as the first two. A big thank you goes to LibraryThing and their Early Reviewers program, which is where I received a copy of this book […]

An Interview with Ascension Author Jacqueline Koyanagi

Posted on August 5, 2013 Leave a Comment

The first thing that struck me about Ascension: A Tangled Axon Novel was the cover. It’s rare to see a person of colour – and a female at that – as the main protagonist in a science fiction/fantasy story. But in reading the book, I learned that there was far more to Alana Quick. And a […]

Interview with Jason M. Hough, Author of "The Darwin Elevator"

Posted on July 30, 2013 1 Comment

Hello all, today we have a very exciting interview with Jason M. Hough, author of the highly anticipated science fiction novel The Darwin Elevator, which comes out today! Jason’s excellent debut features a thrilling adventure set in a savage world decimated by an alien plague. Survivors have found refuge in Darwin, Australia, where a massive […]

Book Review: The Darwin Elevator by Jason M. Hough

Posted on July 23, 2013 Leave a Comment

The Darwin Elevator by Jason M. Hough Skyler Luiken captains the Melville, a typical smuggler ship with a typical smuggler crew doing typical smuggler things. At least, that’s how it seems, but from the first few moments spent with Skyler, it’s obvious that he’s anything but the typical cocky captain that we know from scifi classics like Star Wars and Firefly. […]

Review Bites: DNF

Posted on July 20, 2013 Leave a Comment

I make a point of finishing every book I pick up. There have been some that I haven’t made it through in the past, but since founding a book club and working on this site, I’ve felt compelled to make sure I get through every book, even if it sometimes means skimming pages of the […]