by Michelle | Aug 28, 2007 | Fantasy
Characters and world building. Those two devices drive Anne Bishop’s remarkable dark fantasy trilogy. But if picking up an oversized paperback comprised of over 1200 pages seems a bit daunting, don’t worry; you can still enjoy the trilogy, novel by novel....
by Michelle | Aug 18, 2007 | Fantasy, Romance, YA
Stephenie Meyer’s Eclipse. We waited patiently for it. We read it as soon as we could get our hands on it. ta calmly enjoyed it; kimb8 was quietly dismayed; and inkonvellum wanted to throw it across the room. Here is a collection of thoughts on the third...
by Michelle | Aug 18, 2007 | Book Awards
The Hugo Awards {recognizing sci-fi and fantasy novels} will be handed out in September. The nominees in the Novel category are: Blindsight, Peter Watts Eifelheim, Michael Flynn Glasshouse, Charles Stross His Majesty’s Dragon, Naomi Novik Rainbows End, Vernor...
by Michelle | Jul 23, 2007 | The Literary World, YA
If you’re a Percy Jackson/Rick Riordan fan (as in The Lightning Thief, The Sea of Monsters, and The Titan’s Curse) you’ll want to take a virtual walk over to Riordan’s blog. He’s posted the first part of a never-before-seen Percy short...
by Michelle | Jul 11, 2007 | The Literary World
When the trustees of Ian Fleming’s estate began looking for an author to write a new James Bond book many assumed hard-bitten thriller writers such as Frederick Forsyth or John Le Carré would top the list.Certainly no one tipped the acclaimed serious literary...
