A richly detailed, feminism-themed fantasy – Victory City by Salman Rushdie
Victory City is a showcase for Salman Rushdie’s ability to create an entire new world in a novel – inContinue Reading
Tag: Review of Fantasy
Aspiring to apotheosis – She Who Became the Sun, by Shelley Parker-Chan
She Who Became the Sun is a novel which, for the most part, reads like Historical Fiction, and as itContinue Reading
Constructed World Novel Discussion of genre Discussion of writing style Review of Fantasy Review of new book
L.E. Modesitt Jr. redefines the term “isolate” with new novel
I am late to contribute to the raft of praise for L.E. Modesitt’s latest Fantasy book series, The Grand Illusion.Continue Reading
Josiah Bancroft’s “Books of Babel” Tetralogy Goes Out with an Almighty Bang (3)
This post concludes my review of the Fantasy novel, The Fall of Babel, by Josiah Bancroft, the last in theContinue Reading
Constructed World Novel Discussion of writing style New Fiction Review of Fantasy Review of new book
Josiah Bancroft’s “Books of Babel” Tetralogy Goes Out with an Almighty Bang
Fans of Josiah Bancroft’s popular series, The Books of Babel, had to wait two long years for The Fall ofContinue Reading
All the little angels…
There’s a thing that really good authors do – and I don’t know what’s the word for it – theyContinue Reading
Authors to watch Constructed World Novel Discussion of writing style Fairytales Review of Fantasy Review of new book
A good bet for a Hugo Award – Spinning Silver, by Naomi Novik
There are authors whose restraint, clear vision and graceful expression make their novels a quiet joy to read. I haveContinue Reading
The Charm/Curse of Cliffhangers – The Hod King, by Josiah Bancroft
The Hod King, Bancroft’s third book in his Books of Babel tetralogy, is an exercise in exquisite torture through cliffhangers.Continue Reading
Current events Discussion of current events Discussion of genre Discussion of writing style Review of new book Review of science fiction Reviews of short stories
Reality from a different perspective – Giants at the End of the World, Finnish Weird anthology
At the 75th World Science Fiction Conference (Worldcon 75) held in August 2017 in Helsinki, Finland, the bag of goodiesContinue Reading
Discussion of author’s portfolio Review of new book Review of new novel Review of new science fiction Review of science fiction
Leaving a sense of wonder – The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter
Terry Pratchett (Sir Terence David John Pratchett, OBE) died on 12 March 2015. Last week Thursday. He was only 66Continue Reading
A child comes from Alaskan woods – The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
Eowyn Ivey was raised in Alaska, was educated there, and lives there. Ivey was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize forContinue Reading
SEVEN CIRCUMSTANCES 