Ink and Steelby Elizabeth Bear448pp (Paperback)My Rating: 8.5/10Amazon Rating: 4.5/5LibraryThing Rating: 4.86/5Goodreads Rating: 3.85/5 “The Stratford Man” is the title of the two newest books in Elizabeth Bear’s “Promethean Age” series, Ink and Steel and Hell and Earth. These two novels were supposed to be one book, but the finished story was too long for that and had to be split into two. Although there are two previous books in the Promethean Age series (Blood and Iron and Whiskey and […]

The Way of Shadowsby Brent Weeks688pp (Paperback)My Rating: 7/10Amazon Rating: 4/5LibraryThing Rating: 4/5Goodreads Rating: 4.58/5 Note: This review may contain spoilers. I always try to give a little bit of detail on the plot without mentioning anything I wouldn’t want to know before reading the book myself and didn’t think there were any major spoilers in this review… But I noticed that the author mentioned on his site this review contained spoilers. So I’m adding a warning because I don’t […]

Probability Moonby Nancy Kress320pp (Paperback)My Rating: 7/10Amazon Rating: 3.5/5LibraryThing Rating: 3.22/5Goodreads Rating: 3.38/5 Probability Moon by Nancy Kress is the first book in the “Probability” trilogy and is followed by Probability Sun and Probability Space. Kress is probably best known for her novella Beggars in Spain, which won both the Hugo and the Nebula awards in 1991, and evolved into an entire trilogy (review). The first two novels in this series, Beggars in Spain and Beggars and Choosers, were nominated […]

Camp Concentrationby Thomas M. Disch192pp (Trade Paperback)My Rating: 6.5/10Amazon Rating: 4/5LibraryThing Rating: 3.81/5Goodreads Rating: 3.81/5 Today marks the beginning of the first in what will hopefully be many Blogger Book Club Discussions. Larry from OF Blog of the Fallen came up with the idea of selecting an older book every month to discuss on various blogs. It’s a casual discussion with an entire week for posting reviews and no obligation to participate every month. The October discussion book is the […]

Maledicteby Lane Robins464pp (Trade Paperback)My Rating: 7/10Amazon Rating: 4/5LibraryThing Rating: 4.3/5Goodreads Rating: 3.56/5 Maledicte is the debut novel of Lane Robins, who is writing a loose sequel to this book that takes place in the same world but features different characters. Since all the loose ends are tied up in Maledicte and the story arc definitely feels like it has a conclusive ending, it works well as a stand alone book. The concept and plot of this character driven fantasy […]

Revelation Spaceby Alastair Reynolds592pp (Paperback)My Rating: 7/10Amazon Rating: 3.5/5LibraryThing Rating: 3.84/5Goodreads Rating: 4.03/5 Renowned science fiction author and former astronomer Alastair Reynold’s first novel is Revelation Space, a combination space opera and hard science fiction novel. While there are five novels that take place within this universe, this novel is followed by two direct sequels, Redemption Ark and Absolution Gap. This was the first book I read by Reynolds, and while I found the story enjoyable, I did think the […]