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Baen Review: S. Andrew Swann and Gregory Benford

A Time to Kill, by S. Andrew Swann Short Review: A chilling story that definitely got me thinking.Â Not a story I’d read or share so much for enjoyment as for discussion, both of the story and its flaws. Long Review: An excellent sample of the complexity of human existence and the difficulty in predicting

Baen Review: Gene Wolfe and John Barnes

22JuneSuzanne2 CommentsThe Bookshelf

The Old Woman in the Young Woman, by Gene Wolfe.Â Illustrated by Emily Tolson (scroll link to bottom of page). Short Review: The kind of story that sticks in your brain, and maybe you find yourself mentioning to a friend or coworker.Â Has a few small kinks in the plot which I go into below,

Baen Review: All the Things You Are, by Mike Resnick

20JuneSuzanneThe Bookshelf

All the Things You Are, byÂ Mike Resnick.Â Illustrated by Pamelina H.Â Short Review: I’d recomend this story to someone interested in a light, easy read, that will still take the brain out forÂ a thoughtÂ exploration.Â Each step of the story is fairly predictable, but is written in an entertaining style. Long Reveiw: (no really blatant spoilers,

Baen’s Universe Review

20JuneSuzanneNewsy Bits About Writing and Writers, The Bookshelf

I’ve been interested in Baen’s Universe for awhile, so I jumped at the chance to get a free copy ofÂ V1 #3Â in exchange for a reveiw and a link.Â Once I downloaded the pdf, I realized that the 163 pages ofÂ content was more than I could read in a sitting or two.Â So I’ve decided to

Knight Life Review

5MaySuzanneThe Bookshelf

An arthurian urban fantasy by Peter David, Knight Life is about the return of King Arthur to modern day New York, and his subsequent political campaign for the mayorship. I wouldn’t say it was a can’t-put-it-down read, but once I set it down I was sureÂ to look around and find I’dÂ picked it up again.Â The

The $64 Tomatoe

10AprilSuzanneThe Bookshelf

I owe this book my sanity. Not only in the here and now, for giving me something real and funny to keep me going through my math class, but also for saving me from the wonderful world of worm pee, hand-pollination, and all-out war with the local flora and fuana. Which is to say, I

Mystery Man

10JanuarySuzanneHome in the Rookery, The Bookshelf, Uncategorized

I’ve discovered a new love. No, not that kind!Â The mystery genre caught my attention for a few years in my tweens but I have’t visited it since.Â Â Then over the holidays I was desperate for a book and feeling like something different, so when I dug through my book stack and found Dead Cert, a

Out of the Silent Planet

17NovemberSuzanneThe Bookshelf

This is the first novel in C.S. Lewis’s science fiction spaceÂ trilogy.Â TheÂ book takes place mostly on Malacandra (Mars), and tells the story of kidnappedÂ earthman Elwin Ransom as he mingles with the natives and deals with the antagonists, Dr. Weston and his associate Devine. The series explains through myth the Christian doctrine of temptation and the

78 Reasons You Won’t Be Published, 14 Reasons You Might

24OctoberSuzanne2 CommentsThe Bookshelf, Writing

I paraphrased the title, but that’s the rough idea.Â It’sÂ a self-help book for wannabe authors by Pat Walsh, andÂ arguably the best of its kind.Â I’mÂ recommend this as aÂ great gift to give or get thisÂ holiday season. Reasons I’m raving: It combines two very important elements.Â First, the advice is concise and generally dead on.Â I’m not

The Screwtape Letters

12SeptemberSuzanneThe Bookshelf

C.S. Lewis has the tongue of an angel, albeit a demonic one, in his affectionately signed Screwtape Letters.Â Â The bookÂ is writtenÂ entirelyÂ as letters fromÂ a doting uncle toÂ his junior tempter nephew, Wormwood,Â who is out in the world on his first assignment.Â It is Wormwood’s goal to tempt his patient intoÂ paths of sin and worldliness, and his dear old

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