I haven’t had a what-to-read next poll in a little while and it’s kind of fun to let you all make my hard decisions for me, so I put up a new one. The choices are: Crystal Rain by Tobias BuckellHis Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi NovikSkyfall by Catherine AsaroInk and Steel by Elizabeth Bear I’ll read the winner once I finish reading Revelation Space and Young Miles (I’m going to start the latter because although Revelation Space is good, it […]

The Radiant Seasby Catherine Asaro512pp (Paperback)My Rating: 8.5/10Amazon Rating: 4.5/5LibraryThing Rating: 3.93/5Good Reads Rating: 4.07/5 The Radiant Seas is the direct sequel to Primary Inversion, an earlier novel in Catherine Asaro’s Skolian Saga. Although Asaro’s website says all the books in the series are intended to be stand alone with the exception of the Triad duology (originally written as one book until it became too long), I would recommend reading Primary Inversion first. I don’t think I would have enjoyed […]

Along with a few other bloggers. Remember that book meme from a little while ago that circulated around the science fiction and fantasy book sites in the blogosphere like wildfire? The one where you pick up the nearest book and turn to page 123? It has inspired a song! Page 123 is featured on a blog containing songs inspired by science fiction and fantasy. I found it very amusing – and flattering, even if there is apparently nothing to read […]

Since I just missed the last copy of City of Pearl when I made my Clarkesworld Books order, the owner of the store sent me an email to let me know that Eos currently has this available as a free e-book. It will be available through the end of August. They had Robin Hobb’s Shaman’s Crossing up for download a while ago so perhaps they will put up a new book after that. I’ve been looking forward to reading this […]

Witnessby Bill Blais312pp (Paperback)My Rating: 3/10Amazon Rating: 4.5/5LibraryThing Rating: 3/5Good Reads Rating: 4/5 Bill Blais was kind enough to send me a copy of his self-published novel Witness, the first book in the “All Prophets Are Liars” series, to read and review. Intrigued by the series title and the premise of a prophesied hero being killed before fulfilling his destiny, I couldn’t resist. Although there are certainly some interesting ideas building the foundation of this book, they are not interwoven […]