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Book of December 31, 2009
Dragons plus Napoleonic-era tall ships: great tastes that taste great together.
Posted in Reviews Also tagged dragons, fan writer, fantasy, fantasy of manners, historical fiction, ships, steampunk Leave a comment
Book of December 26, 2009
He is the reason for the season. You'd better watch out.
Book of December 24, 2009
Vivid and exciting SF by and for the meaning of books, with characters not all white and not all straight.
Book of December 23, 2009
The title story presents the basic premise of James Cameron's Avatar -- except in 1957, and better.
Book of December 21, 2009
Las Vegas is built on the power of cards. Tarot cards.
actual post date: Dec. 22, 2009
Book of December 15, 2009
Steampunk + genetic engineering + August 1914 + girl-in-disguise = gripping, ripping yarn.
Posted in Reviews Also tagged alternate history, evolution, fantasy, genetic engineering, science fiction, steampunk, ya Leave a comment
Book of December 11, 2009
By one of the great stylists of fantasy, a tale of magic and life in the kitchen.
actual post date: Dec. 12, 2009.
Book of December 6, 2009
I am going to put aside my uncertainties and talk about Oscar Wao and what it seemed like to me, regardless of authorial intention (which is so last millennium, anyway).
Posted in Long reviews, Reviews Also tagged comics, dominican republic, fan culture, literary classics, long, longreview, tolkien Leave a comment
Book of November 24, 2009
A complex fantasy of near-Pratchettian wit and commentary. The rules for Epic Drama are especially funny and meta.
As I was reading, I dithered about whether I was going to be able to recommend this book, because of something in the early chapters that really got under my skin. In the event I do recommend it [...]
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Book of January 9, 2010
The Demon Breed, by James Schmitz
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