…Leviathan
I picked up Scott Westerfeld's Leviathan last night and trail-blazed the first 100 pages before I fell asleep. If I maintain my current pace, I should complete the novel before the end of the week...
View Article…The Lies of Locke Lamora
Really, I should say this is my first impressions after 350 pages of The Lies of Locke Lamora, as I stayed up until 4:15 AM this morning, glued to its pages. Clearly, that provides some sort of hint as...
View Article…Ilium
To say there is a whole lot going on in Ilium would be a huge understatement. The novel begins with three separate settings and sets of characters, each of them completely compartmentalized from the...
View Article…The Heroes
Joe Abercrombie has earned a reputation for writing gritty, intense fantasy that’s unafraid to deconstruct and reexamine the old fantasy tropes. I’m glad to say, “Joe’s back,” this time with The...
View Article…Reamde
With the arrival of e-books and online retailers, I fret that local book shops might be doomed to extinction, along with the dodo, glaciers, and letting children trick-or-treat on Halloween without...
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