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Review: Hilo: The Boy Who Crashed to Earth, by Judd Winick
Meet Hilo, D.J., and Gina! D.J. and Gina are TOTALLY ordinary kids. But Hilo…isn’t. Hilo doesn’t know where he came from, or what he’s doing on Earth. (Or why going to school in…
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Closer To The Heart by Mercedes Lackey : Review
Mags was a Herald of Valdemar. But he had once lived the brutal life of a child slave. When he was Chosen by his Companion Dallen, his young life was saved, and he…
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Email interview with Dan Wells
I did an email interview with author Dan Wells. I asked him about everything from his John Cleaver series to his upcoming novel Bluescreen. I hope you enjoy! Gama Ray Martinez: You’re…
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[Guest Post and Giveaway] A Small Cartography of Maps by Fran Wilde
The first fantasy map I can remember was the one in Phantom Tollbooth. The Doldrums and an island named “Conclusions” (that you have to jump to) and other verbal puns come so alive…
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After Alice by Gregory Maguire: A Review
Gregory Maguire has done it again! Just as he did with Wicked, Maguire has turned the beloved children’s tale Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland into an adult world with real problems and real rules…
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Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho : Review
At his wit’s end, Zacharias Wythe, freed slave, eminently proficient magician, and Sorcerer Royal of the Unnatural Philosophers—one of the most respected organizations throughout all of Britain—ventures to the border of Fairyland to…
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Review: William Shakespeare’s Star Wars: Tragedy of the Sith’s Revenge, by Ian Doescher
To thine own self be true. Lend us your ears and comlinks for a Shakespearean retelling of Star Wars Episode III! A once-heroic knight becomes the darkest of villains. The Jedi suffer slings and…
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Interview with Kevin J Anderson
At Sasquan, I had a long conversation with Kevin J. Anderson. We talked about a lot of things, from Star Wars to his new book which comes out tomorrow, Clockwork Lives. Gama Ray…
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Review: A Siege of Bitterns, by Steve Burrows
Inspector Domenic Jejeune’s success has made him a poster boy for the U.K. police service. The problem is Jejeune doesn’t really want to be a detective at all; he much prefers watching birds.…
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Ignored Themes in Young Adult Dystopian Fiction
All kinds of dystopian fiction have been around for decades and are continuing their popularity in the modern age through young adult stories. Our current lineup consists of very similar and familiar themes…
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The Wild Girl by Kate Forsyth: A Review
THE WILD GIRL tells one of the greatest untold love stories of all time – the heart-breaking romance between Wilhelm Grimm and the young woman who told him many of his most famous…
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Interview with Brandon Sanderson
Earlier this year at Minicon, I sat down with Brandon Sanderson (author of the Mistborn and the Stormlight Archive series, amongst others). We discussed his future works, White Sand, worldbuilding, which of the…
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Updraft By Fran Wilde : Review
In a city of living bone rising high above the clouds, where danger hides in the wind and the ground is lost to legend, a young woman must expose a dangerous secret to…
