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Issue 19
September 2011

Book Reviews
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ALL BOOK REVIEWS

ON SHELVES
CHILDREN OF PARANOIA by Trevor Shane

"This book describes a world in which a world-wide, real-life game of Assassin has been going on for generations. And by "real-life", I mean none of this "Nerf" stuff..." -- K. Burtt
DEBRIS by Jo Anderton

"I always like it when a novel has an interesting magic system." -- Amy Gordon
GOODBYE MILKY WAY by Dan Makaon

"I got lost in the scientific explanations quite often and found myself skimming to get to the next piece as my brain went: “Too complicated! Can’t think this hard!”" -- Rachel Day
JACOB T. MARLEY by R. William Bennett

"Marley dies, but at the moment of death he repents, and the thing he regrets most is not pimp-slapping the bad attitude out of his protégé. (I may be paraphrasing things a bit here.)" -- Kate Nagy
ONE SALT SEA by Seanan McGuire

"The fifth October Daye novel takes the best of what we've seen before and combines it into a strong and painful new challenge." -- Colleen Reed
THE REVISIONISTS by Thomas Mullen

"A rambling piece of garbage passing itself off as literature." -- Jason Luna
TWILIGHT FULFILLED by Maggie Shayne

"Within the pages, our intrepid reviewer learns that yes, indeed, this book features vampires. James has the power to heal, and Brigit has the power to shoot lasers from her eyes. (Yeah, our reviewer didn't get the connection, either.) " -- K. Burtt
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IN THE STACKS
Our topic this month:
NPR's Top 100 SFF Books
FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON by Daniel Keyes

"If you are the sort to cry in books (as, I am afraid, I very much am), then I warn you to have your Kleenex at the ready for this one. But it's good crying. It's "wow, this book is messing with my head AND I LOVE IT" crying." -- Rachel Hyland
MISTBORN by Brandon Sanderson

"Ithis is a subtly complex book, with several layers that are not immediately apparent." -- K. Burtt
SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES by Ray Bradbury

"This is not about why I am not a fun person at cocktail parties, this is about a remarkable book. " -- Katie Hager
THE MISTS OF AVALON by Marion Zimmer Bradley
 
"In Le Morte d'Arthur, Arthur was stupid, Lancelot was vain, Guinivere was overly pious and Morgan was evil. Bradley took these caricatures and gave them pathos." -- Sara Paige
THE NAME OF THE WIND by Patrick Rothfuss
 
"On the surface, this plot synopsis does not sound to be anything special. I realize that. It's how the book is written, though, that is where it shines." -- K.  Burtt
TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA by Jules Verne
 
"One of the things this book does best is use science to ground the fantastic so that it might become believable" -- Katie Hager

Our topic next month:
Media Tie-in Comics


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