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Dec 03, 2014

Waistcoats & Weaponry: A fresh steampunk parody

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Waistcoats & Weaponry by Gail Carriger “It’s most annoying of you to order me to do something I’m going to do anyway. Now it’ll look like I’m obeying you.” ~Miss...

Aug 19, 2013

Horrible Magazine Monday: Nightmare Magazine, August 2013

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Matthew Cheney’s “How Far to Englishman’s Bay” leads off the eleventh issue of Nightmare Magazine. Max, the protagonist, impulsively decides to close up his bookshop and permanently leave his home...

Aug 19, 2013

Ink and Steel: Rewards for the patient reader

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Ink and Steel by Elizabeth Bear A blend of history and fantasy is what typifies Elizabeth Bear’s body of work, as does her reliance on folklore and literary references to...

Aug 16, 2013

The Glass God: Sharon Li is no Matthew Swift

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The Glass God by Kate Griffin The Glass God is the second book in Kate Griffin’s Magicals Anonymous series. These books are set in the same magical London as the...

Aug 15, 2013

The Mongoliad: Mostly successful

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THE MONGOLIAD by Neal Stephenson, Greg Bear, and others The series of books known as THE FOREWORLD SAGA was a grand experiment in collaboration and serialized storytelling involving more than...

Aug 15, 2013

Brain Wave: A fascinating idea

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Brain Wave by Poul Anderson Poul Anderson’s Brain Wave has a great premise — for millennia, unknown to scientists, the Earth has been under the influence of some sort of...

Aug 14, 2013

Stray Souls: Griffin moves into Pratchett territory

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Stray Souls by Kate Griffin I am a big fan of Kate Griffin’s MATTHEW SWIFT books. I think her love of London; the majestic, the beautiful, the historic, the grungy,...