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The Gate to Futures Past by Julie E. Czerneda Futures Past Tour: Guest Post by Julie Czerneda and Giveaway

Today I’m delighted to welcome Julie Czerneda as part of the Futures Past Tour celebrating the release of her upcoming science fiction novel! The Gate to Futures Past, the second book in the Reunification trilogy after This Gulf of Time and Stars, will be released on September 6, and I have a guest post by the author and a book giveaway of both Reunification books—plus DAW Books is offering a tour-wide giveaway of all eight Clan Chronicles books! Cover Credit: Matt Stawicki […]

The Leaning Pile of Books

The Leaning Pile of Books is a feature where I talk about books I got over the last week–old or new, bought or received for review consideration (usually unsolicited). Since I hope you will find new books you’re interested in reading in these posts, I try to be as informative as possible. If I can find them, links to excerpts, author’s websites, and places where you can find more information on the book are included. Three books, all of which […]

The Obelisk Gate by N. K. Jemisin Review of The Obelisk Gate by N. K. Jemisin

It’s astonishing to recall that N. K. Jemisin’s impressive debut novel The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms was released a mere six years ago since it’s difficult to imagine a time when she wasn’t one of my favorite authors. In the last few years, she’s published six more novels—the rest of the Inheritance trilogy, the Dreamblood duology, and now, the first two books in The Broken Earth trilogy—and has proven to be one of the more consistently excellent writers I’ve read. Three of her novels (The Hundred Thousand […]

The Masked City by Genevieve Cogman The Leaning Pile of Books

The Leaning Pile of Books is a feature where I talk about books I got over the last week–old or new, bought or received for review consideration (usually unsolicited). Since I hope you will find new books you’re interested in reading in these posts, I try to be as informative as possible. If I can find them, links to excerpts, author’s websites, and places where you can find more information on the book are included. Last week brought one book […]

Forerunner by Andre Norton August Patreon Book

Since the last couple of Patreon book selections were fairly recent, the August book poll theme was science fiction and fantasy from the ’70s and ’80s. The choices were as follows: The Birthgrave (Birthgrave #1) by Tanith Lee (now back in print!) Deryni Rising (The Chronicles of Deryni #1) by Katherine Kurtz Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre Forerunner by Andre Norton The Ladies of Mandrigyn (Sun Wolf and Star Hawk #1) by Barbara Hambly The August book is… Forerunner by Andre […]