20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill
Ashley Barnard
Looking for something different, brilliant, and deeply disturbing to read for Halloween? You need look no further than 20th Century Ghosts, a short-story collection by Joe Hill aka Stephen King’s…
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Dune by Frank Herbert
Tiffany Tackett
There is a special place in my heart for Dune, and I am sure there always will be one. The first time I picked up the book, I was just…
The King of Elfland’s Daughter by Lord Dunsany
Nyki Blatchley
The King of Elfland’s Daughter tells of how Alveric, son of the Lord of Erl, armed with a magic sword given to him by the witch Ziroonderel, ventures into the…
Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch
Mike Shackle
“The spirit of riot and rebellion has awakened in the city and it’s falling to me to bring order out of the chaos – or die trying.” – Police Constable…
Fantasy Book Club – November 2011: Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch
Overlord
Hello Fantasy Fans! This month we will be reading Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch (titled Midnight Riot in the US). My name is Peter Grant and until January I…
The Measure of the Magic by Terry Brooks
Elloise Hopkins
Editor’s Note: This review contains some spoilers for the first book. If you haven’t finished the first book in the series, read with caution. The Measure of the Magic is…
Dead Inside: Do Not Enter: Notes from the Zombie Apocalypse by Lost Zombies
Kit
This book was an impulse buy for me. I actually picked it up the Monday after it was published at a comic shop in downtown Seattle. Oddly enough, the shop…
The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection From the Living Dead by Max Brooks
ChrisMB
Here in week three of Month of the Living Dead, we come now to a piece of the zombie library that probably should have been addressed at the beginning of…
Quidditch Through the Ages by J. K. Rowling
It’s amazing what you’ll find in your personal library when you look around, isn’t it? While perusing through my bookshelves for something to review, I came across a pair of…
The Dragon’s Path by Daniel Abraham
Liz Fellshot Ambrose
Among my convention book haul was The Dragon’s Path. It looked interesting and promised to be a novel of journeys and politics and other things that I usually find interesting…
The First Law Trilogy by Joe Abercrombie
The term ‘gritty’ is quickly becoming overused in fantasy and it’s all thanks to Joe Abercrombie. Certainly, if you look at who earned its first usage and to this day…
The Zombie Hunters by Jenny Romanchuk
When one writes a story involving zombies, the preferred setting is one where the dead have not only come back to life, but have also taken over the world in…