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Fiction – Lud-in-the-Mist

Posted on February 18, 2018 by Sarah

   by Hope Mirrlees The fantasy Lud-in-the-Mist, originally published in 1926, has a great deal of quiet charm in its prose. As you read, Mirrlees gives you a lush sense of the ordinary life of the town of Lud-in-the-Mist. For … Continue reading →

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Fiction – Bad Times

Posted on March 3, 2016 by Sarah

 Written by Chuck Dixon Chuck Dixon, a master of adventure storytelling, launches a new series of time-travelling thrillers with Cannibal Gold. His heroes, a team of special forces veterans, are hired for an unusual job: to go far back in time to … Continue reading →

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Fiction – The Dawn of Amber

Posted on December 8, 2012 by Sarah

by John Gregory Betancourt Betancourt was authorized by the Zelazny estate to write a new trilogy of Amber novels; this one about the founding of Amber. This explains the title page, which actually reads Roger Zelazny’s The Dawn of Amber. … Continue reading →

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Fiction – To Green Angel Tower

Posted on November 20, 2012 by Sarah

by Tad Williams The final volume of Williams’ Memory, Sorrow and Thorn unrolls the climactic confrontation with the hostile immortal Storm King, whose spirit rages against his exile from all living things. This pending confrontation has loomed over all three volumes and … Continue reading →

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Fiction – Stone of Farewell

Posted on November 20, 2012 by Sarah

by Tad Williams The second volume of Williams’ Memory, Sorrow and Thorn has to deal with all the problems of being “the middle.” Everyone knows it is the middle and will not have a full resolution to it. The object then is … Continue reading →

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Fiction – The Dragonbone Chair

Posted on November 20, 2012 by Sarah

by Tad Williams I had had the volumes of Tad Williams’ epic tale, Memory, Sorrow and Thorn sitting on my bookcase for some time. It seemed about time to catch up on some fiction reading. Williams has quite the knack … Continue reading →

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Fiction – The Silver Pigs

Posted on August 16, 2012 by Sarah

by Lindsey Davis It’s always fun to encounter a “good read” that you missed along the way. Lindsey Davis’ The Silver Pigs was originally published in 1989. But I didn’t catch up with it until recently. I’d been looking for … Continue reading →

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Fiction – Fire

Posted on June 12, 2012 by Sarah

by Kristin Cashore Kristin Cashore appeared in the field of Young Adult Fantasy with the well-received Graceling. Her second novel, Fire, takes place in the same world, but in a totally different region with entirely new characters. The two novels … Continue reading →

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Fiction – Fuzzy Nation

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Sarah

by John Scalzi John Scalzi has made a name for himself writing science fiction, so no one can claim that he’s mining H. Beam Piper’s work just to boost his own career. I just wanted to make that clear up … Continue reading →

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Fiction – Looking For The King

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Sarah

by David C. Downing Sometimes you run across a work that sits in a limbo spot: it is neither so bad that you give it a “thumbs down,” nor so good that you feel comfortable recommending it. For me, Downing’s … Continue reading →

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