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- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Most Beguiling Cookbook
- What’s New for the 13th of April: Anthony Bourdain in print and video; Calexico, Giant Sand and related music; new recordings of ragas, Nordic songs, and vocal jazz, ‘The Night They Drive Old Dixie Down’ performed by The Band
- A Kinrowan Story: We Lost The Cheshire Cat
- What’s New for the 30th of March: Space Opera by Niven & Pournell, Arkady Martine, C. J. Cherryh, Elizabeth Bear, Simon Jimenez and more; Kage reads for us ‘The Empress of Mars’, a novella she wrote; a grab bag of music including new Buryat folk music; The Ukrainians; live music from the Scottish band Iron Horse; Gail Simone graphic novels; Farscape; and of course chocolate
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Our Rooms
- What’s New of 16th of March: A variety of mysteries; some new Scottish music by an old band, new jazz, and splendid archival reviews; ballads in graphic novel form; and chocolate in Paris
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Pub Ghoulies
- What’s New of 2nd of March: Kibbles and Bits including ghostly stories, the Hotel California, music picked by Gary of course
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Quotes that aren’t
- What’s New for the 16th of February: Books by and about Bob Dylan, and music by Dylan and others; plus some new world music and jazz
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Unreliable Narrators
- What’s New for the 2nd of February: All about the Oz books, green man lore, and gargoyles; Baltic polyphony, East-West ambient psychedelia, and a grab bag of other music
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Knit One, Purl Two
- What’s New for the 19th of January: Go Ahead, Be Pleasantly Surprised At What’s Here
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Ancients and Venerables of Guild of St. Nicholas
- What’s New for the 5th of January: A look back at books Gary reviewed in 2024; some seasonally appropriate Nordic music and a little new jazz
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Biscuits
- What’s New for the 22nd of December: A Solstice Story, Crow Girls, Scrooge, Marley, Elizabeth I, Revels and more festive holiday reading; The Lion in Winter on stage and screen; Jethro Tull, Steeleye Span, Christine Lavin, swinging jazz and more holiday sounds
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Fireplaces
- What’s New for the 8th of December: Elizabeth Bear fiction; some holiday related offerings including new music from The Unthanks, Americana tinged jazz, Polar Express, and more
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Eggnog
- What’s New for the 24th of November: Norwegian winter holiday music, archival jazz, new roots music from around Europe, and more; books and what not about things fictional & medæival
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Pudding
- What’s New for the 10th of November: a grab bag of books from our favorite authors; Richard Thompson and Stephane Grappelli on film; music from all over; and comfort food
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Brandy (A Letter to Tessa)
- What’s New for the 27th of October: The Byrds Live, Trader Joe’s Organic Hot Cocoa Mix, Some Excellent Music Reviews, Folkmanis Puppets of an Autumnal Nature, The Mouse Guard begins…
- A Kinrowan Estate story: All The World’s A Stage
- What’s New for the 13th of October: Elizabeth Bear tends a pot of turkey stock, Groot and Rocket Raccoon, A Video and Fiction set in India, Tasty music reviews, and music from Irish trad band Clannad
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Autumn is Here (A Letter to Anna)
- What’s New for the 29th of September: Louisiana’s Lost Bayou Ramblers, live music by Kathryn Tickell, Ottawa based urban fantasies by Charles de Lint, Norwegian saxophonist Karl Seglem, Gus on the Estate Kitchen garden and other Autumnal matters
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Tag Archives: urban fantasy
T. A. Pratt’s Poison Sleep
Poison Sleep is the new Marla Mason book from Tim Pratt, writing as T. A. Pratt. Blood Engines, the first volume in what is bound to be a successful series of books following the adventures of the same heroine, was … Continue reading
T. A. Pratt’s Blood Engines
Marla Mason is not a people person. She’s too suspicious of people’s motives to have friends, she doesn’t enjoy casual chitchat, and she considers the fact that people want to kill her a plus, since death threats ensure she keeps … Continue reading
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Tagged dark fantasy, fantasy, urban fantasy
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Simon R. Green’s Shadows Fall
Somewhere off the beaten path of society and civilization, there lies the mysterious town of Shadows Fall. The elephants’ graveyard of the imagination, it’s where gods and heroes, legends and monsters, myths and childhood companions all go when their time … Continue reading
China Miéville’s Perdido Street Station
Jason Erik Lundberg wrote this review. China Miéville sometimes pisses me off because he’s such a phenomenal writer. He’s only three years older than me, but at this point he’s written four amazing books, run for Parliament, gotten a Ph.D., … Continue reading
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Tagged fantasy, urban fantasy
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China Miéville’s The Scar
Jason Erik Lundberg wrote this review. China Miéville is one of those authors that leaves you feeling exhilarated and envious at the same time. At only thirty years old, he has managed to graduate from Cambridge, complete a Ph.D. from … Continue reading
China Miéville’s The Tain
Jason Erik Lundberg wrote this review. tain n. 1. A type of paper-thin tin plate. 2. Tinfoil used as a backing for mirrors. China Miéville has contributed The Tain as part of PS Publishing’s line of original novellas (which includes … Continue reading
Jennifer Estep’s Jinx
In the city of Bigtime, New York, superheroes and ubervillains are a common phenomenon, sightings of them almost routine. With costumed stalwarts such as the Fearless Five, Johnny Angel, Swifte, or even Granny Cane prowling the streets to keep them … Continue reading
Tagged contemporary fantasy, Romance, urban fantasy
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Neil Gaiman’s American Gods: Author’s Preferred Text; and American Gods: Author’s Preferred Text, The Reader’s Copy
I am not here to review this novel, as Michael M Jones has already done that for us in his review of American Gods. I will only add to his comments that this is my second favorite Gaiman novel after … Continue reading
Tagged American Gods, Collectors editions, contemporary fantasy, Neil Gaiman, urban fantasy
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Neil Gaiman’s American Gods
A storm is coming. One strong enough to sweep away all that has gone before, and open up the world to a new age. The age of media, the Internet, drugs, Hollywood scandals, sports stars, politics, and more. An age … Continue reading
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Kim Harrison’s For A Few Demons More
I love history. But I really, really love alternate history. You know, taking the world and tweaking the timeline it a little. And perhaps putting in a few things that don’t exist in the world as we know it. For … Continue reading