Posts Tagged ‘creatures’
The Stars are Ours! by Andre Norton
Posted by: Redhead on: January 14, 2012
If Earth doesn’t want them, they will take to the stars!
The Fuller Memorandum by Charles Stross
Posted by: Redhead on: December 19, 2011
Filed under urban fantasy, Charlie Stross will spoil you rotten with his dry dialog, wicked funny infodumps (not an oxymoron, I swear!), and weapons of mass possession.
review: The Orphans Tales, by Catherynne M. Valente
Posted by: Redhead on: June 23, 2011
“Stories are like prayers. It does not matter when you begin, or when you end. . . “ Have truer words every been spoken?
Are Tauntauns Kosher?
Posted by: Redhead on: February 3, 2011
- In: fun stuff | science fiction | scifi
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science fictional creatures that might end up at Shabbat dinner.
The Wolf Age, by James Enge
Posted by: Redhead on: January 26, 2011
- In: James Enge
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elements from stories you’ve heard before – werewolves, unicorns, gods and magic, and turning them into something completely new, done so well you’ll wonder if you’ve been mis-hearing fairy tales your whole life.
The Jennifer Morgue, by Charles Stross
Posted by: Redhead on: October 9, 2010
- In: Charles Stross | science fiction | scifi
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The Jennifer Morgue is a roller coaster of paranormal insanity with horrors, weapons, and the Stross brand of awesome cranked to eleven
Girl Genius, volumes 1-3 by Phil & Kaja Foglio
Posted by: Redhead on: September 20, 2010
AND it’s won the Hugo for best graphic story. Twice
Shriek: An Afterword, by Jeff Vandermeer
Posted by: Redhead on: August 22, 2010
- In: Jeff Vandermeer | Review
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This was another one of those books that jumped off the bookshelf at me, screamed at me to read it, seduced me, allowed me to escape into it’s pages for an entire week, and then left me.
The Scar, by China Mieville
Posted by: Redhead on: March 28, 2010
This review was originally published on Worm’s Sci Fi Haven Not a sequel to Mieville’s Perdido Street Station, The Scar is part action, part mangled romance, part alien magical steampunk dream sequence. As usual, Mieville peppers the narrative with stunning imagery that is equally grotesque yet full of a natural and violent beauty. I think you’ve got [...]
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