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Bookshelf: The Year’s Best Military SF & Space Opera (2014)
The Year’s Best has a longish title, so I will abbreviate it. The title is also pretty direct and thorough; some of these stories are crunchy and technical military science fiction (e.g., Linda Nagata’s “Codename: Delphi”, which follows a “handler” through a … Continue reading
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Tagged Baen, Brad Torgersen, Charlie Jane Anders, David Afsharirad, David D. Levine, David Drake, Derek Künsken, Eric Leith Davin, Holly Black, Linda Nagata, Matthew Johnson, Michael Barretta, Michael Z. Williamson, Military SF, Robert R. Chase, Seth Dickinson, Stephen Gaskell, William Ledbetter
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Bookshelf: The Finger Trap
Tony Flaner can’t get his act together. He bumps from job to job, propelled by ennui and sarcasm. Despite having planned the date of his divorce years in advance (his son’s fourteenth birthday, plus four months), when the day comes … Continue reading
Bookshelf: Long Live the Suicide King
Mostly I put speculative fiction on the Bookshelf here, because that’s what I myself read (mostly) and write (again, mostly). Long Live the Suicide King is not spec fic. It’s quirky, dark, funny, touching, and ultimately redemptive storytelling about middle-class … Continue reading
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Tagged Aaron Michael Ritchey, Dandelion Iron, Long Live the Suicide King, Young Adult
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Bookshelf: Residue
Teenaged Jack Bishop sees the psychic residue left behind murders and monsters. His gift kicks in for the first time exactly when needed—upon the mysterious disappearance of his father, head of security at the mysterious Helix Corporation. Investigating his dad’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Dan Wells, Jack Bishop, John Cleaver, Ragnar, Residue, Steve Diamond, X-Files, Young Adult
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Bookshelf: Bluescreen
Bluescreen launches a series author Dan Wells hopes, in the book’s Acknowledgements, will be “very long.” Well, I hope so too. The series appears to be called Mirador, after its geographical setting. This is cyberpunk sprawl Los Angeles, in a … Continue reading
Bookshelf: Pack Dynamics
After getting out of the Army, Ben becomes a private investigator, in which capacity one of his big clients is billionaire pharmaceuticals CEO Alex Jarrett. Ben’s Ranger experience makes him a great PI, tenacious, tough, and clever… but his experience … Continue reading
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Tagged Julie Frost, Larry Correia, Monster Hunter International, Monsters, Pack Dynamics, Vampires, Werewolves, Wordfire Press
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Bookshelf: Million Dollar Productivity
I needed a quick short in the arm this week, to get me focused on what I should be doing to get to where I want to go. Kevin J. Anderson’s Million Dollar Productivity did the trick. As Anderson says, not … Continue reading
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Tagged Kevin J. Anderson, Million Dollar Productivity, Wordfire Press
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Bookshelf: Son of the Black Sword
Larry Correia takes a turn away from guns and monsters (which are awesome) toward India-inspired epic fantasy heavy with prophecy, curses, dynastic politics, oaths, demons, and chivalric orders. This is great stuff. Son of the Black Sword tells the story … Continue reading
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Tagged Baen, Epic Fantasy, Larry Correia, Saga of the Forgotten Warrior, Son of the Black Sword
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Bookshelf: Terra Incognita
The Edge of the World is book one of Kevin J. Anderson’s Terra Incognita trilogy. The trilogy is set in a Byzantium / Crusades style world, immediately putting itself beyond the herd of faux-Europe off-the-shelf fantasies. Anderson’s world is dominated by two … Continue reading
Bookshelf: The Seer
The Seer is a gripping epic fantasy novel about the curse of talent and the overreaching of power. Sonia Orin Lyris’s debut novel The Seer follows young Amarta, who has a limited ability to see the future. The future is … Continue reading
