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The Folded World by Catherynne M. Valente The Leaning Pile of Books

This week was a very good week since it brought 3 new review copies, all of which look very interesting to me. I already talked about one of these books on Friday since I got it after I’d written up a post about how much I was looking forward to it in 2012. If you’re interested in learning more about Range of Ghosts by Elizabeth Bear, there’s a post on it here (and I will say that although I haven’t […]

Range of Ghosts by Elizabeth Bear Books of 2012: Range of Ghosts by Elizabeth Bear

Instead of writing one huge post of all the books I’m looking forward to in 2012, I decided to highlight some of these books in their own posts throughout the rest of this year. That way I can include as much information as I want about each one without it being an 8-mile long post and can just compile a list of links to these posts at the end of the year. Range of Ghosts is the first book in […]

Discount Armageddon by Seanan McGuire Books of 2012: Discount Armageddon by Seanan McGuire

Instead of writing one huge post of all the books I’m looking forward to in 2012, I decided to highlight some of these books in their own posts throughout the rest of this year. That way I can include as much information as I want about each one without it being an 8-mile long post and can just compile a list of links to these posts at the end of the year. Discount Armageddon is the first book in a […]

Review of After the Apocalypse by Maureen F. McHugh

After the Apocalypse is a collection of short stories by Maureen F. McHugh. She is perhaps best known as the author of China Mountain Zhang, a nominee for both the Hugo and Nebula Awards as well as the winner of the James Tiptree Jr. Award, the Locus Award for First Novel, and the Lambda Award. After the Apocalypse contains nine short stories, only three of which were unpublished before this book. The complete list of stories is as follows: The […]

Well-Tempered Clavicle by Piers Anthony The Leaning Pile of Books

This week brought one unsolicited review copy. Well-Tempered Clavicle by Piers Anthony This 35th installment in the Xanth series was just released in hardcover and ebook on November 22.  An excerpt is available on the publisher’s website. I’ve never read a Xanth book, but from what I’ve heard its humorous fantasy very heavy on the puns. There’s apparently a search for a castle that supposedly contains Pundora’s Box in this book so that sounds about right. Picka Bones and his […]