Before They Are Hanged, the second book in Joe Abercrombie’s First Law trilogy, was supposed to be released in the U.S. on March 25. Maybe it still is in most stores, I don’t know. However, Amazon actually has it in stockas of today. I really enjoyed the first book in the trilogy, The Blade Itself, so I think I may have to head over there and order myself a copy. It was nothing ground-breaking, but it was enjoyable with interesting […]

Neverwhereby Neil Gaiman400pp (Paperback)My Rating: 8/10Amazon Rating: 4.5/5LibraryThing Rating: 4.18/5Good Reads Rating: 4.08/5 The first novel Neil Gaiman wrote after gaining his reputation as a comic book writer was Neverwhere, a stand alone story based on the BBC mini series Gaiman worked on. (Having seen the mini series before, I was amazed at just how similar the book and mini series were.) As is to be expected from anything by Gaiman, Neverwhere is an enchanting tale, strange and a little […]

To celebrate the 7th birthday of his blog, Neil Gaiman is going to make one of his books available online for free for a month. The free book has not yet been determined as Neil has requested readers to vote for the book they think is the best starting point for someone who has never read any of his work. American Gods is winning by a lot right now, and the closest contender after it is Neverwhere. To read more […]

By registering on Tor’s website, you can receive emails containing free digital science fiction and fantasy books. The first book is going to be Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn: The Final Empire (a rather good book), and it will be followed by Old Man’s War by John Scalzi. After that, they will send more books but the site does not say what they are.

I closed the poll a day early since I’m done with Neverwhere so it’s time to start reading the next book, which will be William Gibson’s Neuromancer. I’m curious about this one since it’s become a cyberpunk classic, but from what I’ve heard, I get the impression that it’s more of an “important” book than a “good” book. I’ll probably do another poll at some point, but I just got the new Carol Berg book Breath and Bone yesterday so […]