[I]f someone asked me today what my absolute favorite book, regardless of category, author or any other discriminator, I would say without hesitation that my favorite book is It by Stephen King. On my morning walk, I finished reading it for the third time. I remember really liking it the first time I read it, loving…
[T]he mailman arrived today with this book, Tunnel out of Death by Jamil Nasir (TOR Books). Looks like the book is scheduled for release in early May:
[I] haven’t posted a list of books I’ve received for review consideration since before my Internet vacation. In order to bring things up-to-date, here is the list of books I’ve received since the last post. Kitty Rocks the House by Carrie Vaughn (TOR) Virus Thirteen by Josuah Alan Parry (TOR) The Man From Mars:…
[I] am on the record here, and in various other places I imagine1, as saying that I did not like my first experiences reading Stephen King. Before I ever read anything by King, I considered him a horror writer who wrote about crazy wild dogs and evil cars and clowns and you could pretty much…
[R]ecently, I reported on how I read 9 books in March, more than any previous month for the last 17 years. 7 of those 9 books were audio books. And I’ve continued that into the month of April. But I doubt that I’ll read 9 books in April for reasons I will explain shortly. Not…
I am currently away on an Internet Vacation. I’ll be back online on March 31. I have written one new post for each day of my Vacation so that folks don’t miss me too much while I am gone. But keep in mind, these posts have been scheduled ahead of time. Feel free to comment,…
[Y]et another book in the mail today, which certainly makes this a record week for books received (the count stands at 5 for those keeping track). This one is On the Razor’s Edge by Michael Flynn. The book is scheduled for release by TOR in July. The copy I received was an uncorrected proof, but I…
[I]n today’s mail was this interesting-looking anthology: Queen Victoria’s Book of Spells: An Anthology of Gaslamp Fantasy, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling. I certainly recognize a lot names in this one:
[I]f you head over to InterGalactic Medicine Show, you’ll find the latest entry in my science fiction book review column, “The Science of Wonder.” In March I review Robert J. Sawyer’s latest novel, Red Planet Blues and Stephen King’s time-travel novel, 11/22/63. Both books are excellent, but if you want to find out more details, head on over to…
[I] arrived home today to find not one but two packages from TOR books. Today’s shipment brings the following: Pandemonium by Warren Fahy And Shattered Pillars by Elizabeth Bear
[T]echnically, this book arrived in the mail yesterday, but I ran out of time to record it as such, so I am posting it today. Courtesy of TOR books, Quintessence by David Walton, which is coming out on March 19, according to the accompanying press release:
[I] finished reading Hearts in Atlantis while on my walk today. I’ve already written about my thoughts on the first story in the book, “The Low Men in Yellow Coats.” This story, and the last story in the book are the two stories upon which the movie was rather loosely based. I was sure that it…