The Bodhisattva

The Lynch Mob:
Earlier this week I received a treat. A book I was very much looking forward to reading in 2006, Scott Lynch’s debut, ‘The Lies of Locke Lamora’ showed up in mail. Now I know a lot of heads want the gist but bear with me, manuscripts slow me down and I [...]

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I put up my interview with Robin Hobb today at Fantasybokspot.com. We talk about a lot of things - but nothing about spoilers.

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My interview last week was with Sarah Ash. We talk fantasy, manga, and music.

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Title: A Canticle for Leibowitz
Pages: 368
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicholson/Contemporary Fiction (1961)
Series/Related Titles: Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman (1997)
Walter M. Miller Jr’s A Canticle for Leibowitz was one of the first books I picked up when starting my personal quest to catch up and immerse myself in Science Fiction, as I had always known [...]

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Title: Blade of Tyshalle
Pages: 800
Publisher: Del Rey 2002
Series/Related Titles: Heroes Die (1999)
Matthew Stover is a name garnering a lot of mainstream attention recently due to his contribution to the StarWars universe as the author of the novelization of the record breaking film Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. I have read Stover’s rendering, which is [...]

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Title: Revelation Space
Pages: 480
Publisher: Ace 2001
Series/Related titles: Chasm City (2002) Redemption Ark (2003), Absolution Gap (2004), Diamond Dogs, Turquoise (2 novella’s 2003)
Revelation Space is my first time being exposed to Alastair Reynolds, and his full length novel debut. As such, it comes with the flaws or characteristics we would normally associate with a first novel. [...]

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