Tag Archives: fantasy fiction

Book Talk Review: The Magicians

Posted on June 10, 2012 by Sheri

With a 2009 publication date, The Magicians isn’t exactly the freshest title on the new releases pile. In fact, I’m not sure why I didn’t read this sooner – like its awkward protagonist, Quentin, I too have been completely sucked … Continue reading →

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Book Talk Reviews: Shambling Towards Hiroshima, Raising Stony Mayhall

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Brian

A Hugo Award nominee for Best Novella and winner of the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, Shambling Towards Hiroshima by James Morrow is framed as the memoir and extended suicide note of Syms Thorley, B-movie actor. Having achieved cult fandom in … Continue reading →

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Book Talk Reviews: Troika, Elmer, God’s War

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Brian

I’ve got a small heap of books I keep meaning to review, but the stack (and soon, the overdue fines) seems to be growing faster than my motivation to write about them in depth. So here are three quick reviews … Continue reading →

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Book Talk Review: Bitter Seeds

Posted on September 3, 2011 by Brian

Bitter SeedsIan TregillisTor, 2010 Pretty much anything Cory Doctorow recommends ends up sooner or later on my to-read list. He doesn’t often steer me wrong, and this book was no different: Bitter Seeds is a novel about an alternate World … Continue reading →

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Book Talk Review: The Alchemist and The Executioness

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Brian

Paired novellas set in a shared fantasy world, The Alchemist by Paolo Bacigalupi and The Executioness by Tobias S. Buckell take place in a land where the incautious and casual use of magic has brought about the collapse of a … Continue reading →

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