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Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card My rating: 5 of 5 stars Lots of people have jumped on the Orson…

Although it might seem a bit strange at first, I take inspiration for my novels equally from Slavic mythology, sacred literature and…

Arsenic with Austen: A Mystery by Katherine Bolger Hyde My rating: 4 of 5 stars Arsenic with Austen is the first mystery…

Something a little lighter this week. I generally like to have a vivid mental picture of events and places and people before…

Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey My rating: 3 of 5 stars How often do people say–with justified anger–that “the movie version…

Too often in modern fantasy fiction, the invented societies and characters are reflections of the failings of our world. There are certain…