Monday, October 15, 2007
Monday, October 1, 2007
The Good Ghouls' Guide to Getting Even by Julie Kenner: She really excels at these funny modern fantasies (with a high school student turning into a vampire this time).
Sword of Ice and Other Tales Of Valdemar edited by Mercedes Lackey: I love more or less everything she's written in this universe. The short stories give great inside views of individual heralds and people that don't get included in the larger novels.
Sword of Ice and Other Tales Of Valdemar edited by Mercedes Lackey: I love more or less everything she's written in this universe. The short stories give great inside views of individual heralds and people that don't get included in the larger novels.
Devil on my Back and The Dream Catcher by Monica Hughes:
Sorcery and Cecelia or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot, The Mislaid Magician or Ten Years After, and The Grand Tour by Patricia Wrede and Caroline Stevermer: Another Victorian magic universe, this one written as letters (which the authors did send back and forth to each other).
Making Money by Terry Pratchett:
Map of Bones, Ice Hunt, Deep Fathom, and Amazonia by James Rollins: My brother loaned these to me, and while they are labeled thrillers, I would call them alternate history. They are fast-going, reasonably unrealistic but entertaining plots, and I am definitely buying the rest before my next vacation.
Memory by Linda Nagata:
Stardoc, Beyond Varallan, Endurance, Shockball, and Eternity Row by S.H. Viehl: Constantly on the move genetically engineered medical doctor in space. I finally started slacking on this series in the middle of the next book, which is more from the viewpoint of the natives on a planet and less from the doctor. There are at least two spinoff series in the universe and I will eventually go back and read the rest of the main series as well.
Derik's Bane by Mary Jane Davidson: COmplete werewolf romance fluff.
November 1980 issue of Fantasy and Science Fiction magazine: I really disliked Harlan Ellison's story, but did like the one after it about an alien dinosaur who became a religious convert.
Sorcery and Cecelia or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot, The Mislaid Magician or Ten Years After, and The Grand Tour by Patricia Wrede and Caroline Stevermer: Another Victorian magic universe, this one written as letters (which the authors did send back and forth to each other).
Making Money by Terry Pratchett:
Map of Bones, Ice Hunt, Deep Fathom, and Amazonia by James Rollins: My brother loaned these to me, and while they are labeled thrillers, I would call them alternate history. They are fast-going, reasonably unrealistic but entertaining plots, and I am definitely buying the rest before my next vacation.
Memory by Linda Nagata:
Stardoc, Beyond Varallan, Endurance, Shockball, and Eternity Row by S.H. Viehl: Constantly on the move genetically engineered medical doctor in space. I finally started slacking on this series in the middle of the next book, which is more from the viewpoint of the natives on a planet and less from the doctor. There are at least two spinoff series in the universe and I will eventually go back and read the rest of the main series as well.
Derik's Bane by Mary Jane Davidson: COmplete werewolf romance fluff.
November 1980 issue of Fantasy and Science Fiction magazine: I really disliked Harlan Ellison's story, but did like the one after it about an alien dinosaur who became a religious convert.
Bobby's Girl by J.D. Austin: This was great, and reminded me a bit of John Scalzi's Agent to the Stars, although with more exploration of the alien homeworld and lifestyle.
On the Prowl (multiple authors): I liked all of these except the last one, and plan on picking up books by a couple of the authors that I hadn't read before. The Patricia Briggs story, set in the Mercy Thompson universe, was wonderful.
Glass Houses and The Dead Girls' Dance by Rachel Caine: A unique look at what happens when vampires run a small town in Texas and an out of town girl gets involved in the town's politics.
Trouble with Aliens by Christopher Anvil: Short stories about humans fighting aliens, most of which I liked. Although they are heavily military, which sometimes causes me to tune out a bit, the changes and surprises in who the humans were fighting kept me interested.
The Best of Jim Baen's Universe 2006: Loved the majority of these short stories. Definitely will buy next year's edition.
One Foot in the Grave, Dead on My Feet, Habeus Corpus by Wm. Mark Simmons: This is an interesting look at a dark modern fantasy universe where the main character has really, really bad days. Heavily vampire/werewolf/zombie. I liked these three, and there's a fourth one that just published.
The Android's Dream by John Scalzi: This was a really funny look at intergalactic politics and outsmarting people by following the fine print.
Magic and Malice by Patricia Wrede: I've read these numerous times. A thief becomes a magician's apprentice, with a little bit of romance thrown in. Great Victorian magic setting.
The Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricia Wrede: This is a SF book club edition of four wonderful fantasy stories. The first three star a thoroughly non-standard princess, and the fourth stars her son (although he doesn't know what's going on for most of the book).
The Sharing Knife: Legacy and The Sharing Knife: Beguilement by Lois McMaster Bujold: I really enjoyed this newest series by Lois McMaster Bujold (although I miss Miles extensively). These books read much more like the latest Miles books, where romance plays a more emphasized role in the plot, but the new characters have their own quirks and personalities, and the setting holds hints of a complicated history. The main characters have enough particular quirks to seem human and their relationship grows as the plot unfolds. I particularly enjoyed how they supported each other against the judgmental attitude of the people in both of the societies that they traveled through. In the end, their journey continues, and I look forward to seeing where they go and how they grow in the next two books in the series.
Magic Lost, Magic Found by Lisa Shearin: Set in a fantasy universe, the main character has perhaps too much spunk for her own good. The tag line on the front pretty much sums it up: A girl with attitude. An all-powerful amulet. This could only mean trouble.
On the Prowl (multiple authors): I liked all of these except the last one, and plan on picking up books by a couple of the authors that I hadn't read before. The Patricia Briggs story, set in the Mercy Thompson universe, was wonderful.
Glass Houses and The Dead Girls' Dance by Rachel Caine: A unique look at what happens when vampires run a small town in Texas and an out of town girl gets involved in the town's politics.
Trouble with Aliens by Christopher Anvil: Short stories about humans fighting aliens, most of which I liked. Although they are heavily military, which sometimes causes me to tune out a bit, the changes and surprises in who the humans were fighting kept me interested.
The Best of Jim Baen's Universe 2006: Loved the majority of these short stories. Definitely will buy next year's edition.
One Foot in the Grave, Dead on My Feet, Habeus Corpus by Wm. Mark Simmons: This is an interesting look at a dark modern fantasy universe where the main character has really, really bad days. Heavily vampire/werewolf/zombie. I liked these three, and there's a fourth one that just published.
The Android's Dream by John Scalzi: This was a really funny look at intergalactic politics and outsmarting people by following the fine print.
Magic and Malice by Patricia Wrede: I've read these numerous times. A thief becomes a magician's apprentice, with a little bit of romance thrown in. Great Victorian magic setting.
The Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricia Wrede: This is a SF book club edition of four wonderful fantasy stories. The first three star a thoroughly non-standard princess, and the fourth stars her son (although he doesn't know what's going on for most of the book).
The Sharing Knife: Legacy and The Sharing Knife: Beguilement by Lois McMaster Bujold: I really enjoyed this newest series by Lois McMaster Bujold (although I miss Miles extensively). These books read much more like the latest Miles books, where romance plays a more emphasized role in the plot, but the new characters have their own quirks and personalities, and the setting holds hints of a complicated history. The main characters have enough particular quirks to seem human and their relationship grows as the plot unfolds. I particularly enjoyed how they supported each other against the judgmental attitude of the people in both of the societies that they traveled through. In the end, their journey continues, and I look forward to seeing where they go and how they grow in the next two books in the series.
Magic Lost, Magic Found by Lisa Shearin: Set in a fantasy universe, the main character has perhaps too much spunk for her own good. The tag line on the front pretty much sums it up: A girl with attitude. An all-powerful amulet. This could only mean trouble.
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