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John Scalzi’s The Kaiju Preservation Society

John Scalzi writes some of the most purely entertaining science fiction being published these days, and The Kaiju Preservation Society is Exhibit No. 1. If you’re looking for a quick, light read with a certain amount of action, angst-free characters, … Continue reading

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The One Ring: Ruins of the Lost Realm

The One Ring: Ruins of Lost Realm is an expansion resource book for the roleplaying game. It is also interesting due to its status as an example of Middle Earth spreading beyond the material written for it by J. R. … Continue reading

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May Sinclair’s The Flaw in the Crystal and Other Stories

The Flaw in the Crystal and Other Uncanny Stories by May Sinclair represents a wonderful author-specific collection from the British Library Tales of the Weird series. “The Flaw in the Crystal” is long enough that it could have been published … Continue reading

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Francesca Lia Block’s Dangerous Angels

Rebecca Scott wrote this review. Our stories can set us free, Dirk thought. When we set them free. This book includes: Weetzie Bat (1989), Witch Baby (1991), Cherokee Bat and the Goat Guys (1992), Missing Angel Juan (1993), and Baby … Continue reading

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Francesca Lia Block’s Girl Goddess #9: 9 Stories

Rebecca Scott wrote this review for Folk Tales. When Girl Goddess #9 arrived on my doorstep, I wanted to pick it up immediately and start reading. Then I thought of some of the things I’d written in my last review … Continue reading

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Jane Yolen’s The Scarlet Circus

Jane Yolen’s The Scarlet Circus is the latest short story collection by a masterful author. Among these “circus” titled volumes, this book deals in pieces where there is some romantic aspect to the tale. While there is a very nice … Continue reading

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Deborah Crombie’s A Killing of Innocents

Deborah Crombie’s A Killing Of Innocents is the latest in her Duncan Kincade and Gemma Jones series. Starting with the description of a few events and then the discovery of a dead woman, our leads are quickly called into the … Continue reading

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Marina Lostetter’s The Cage of Dark Hours

Marina Lostetter’s The Cage of Dark Hours is a sequel to her previously released The Helm of Midnight. As such it has a lot of characters and a complex setting to manage from the outset. Characters like Krona and Mandip … Continue reading

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Charles Todd’s The Cliff’s Edge

Charles Todd’s The Cliff’s Edge is the latest in his Bess Crawford series. With the same solitary nurse experienced in the worst of bloodshed as the lead, readers can slip firmly into the volume and have no expectation about going … Continue reading

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Max Gladstone’s Dead Country

Max Gladstone’s Dead Country is the first in his The Craft Wars trilogy, and the 7th in his Craft series overall. Billed as a standalone subseries and an introduction to the characters, the volume starts with lead Tara Abernathy returning … Continue reading

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