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Timothy Zahn: Dragon and Thief

19 Jan 2010 · No Comments

Even if I count them as guilty pleasures, I’ve enjoyed several of Zahn’s Star Wars novels enough that it’s a bit odd I never got around to trying one of his non-tie-in novels until now. (Many of them seem to be packaged/marketed as “military science fiction” as opposed to “space opera,” which probably partially explains [...]

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Tags: d-title · science fiction · young adult · z-author

Charlie Huston: A Dangerous Man

26 Jun 2009 · No Comments

I had an educated guess as to how A Dangerous Man would bring Huston’s Hank Thompson trilogy to full circle: some naif would bumble into Hank’s way in much the same way Hank stumbled into some nasty heavies in Caught Stealing; Hank would understimate the noob as he himself was once underestimated. Hank might manage [...]

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Tags: d-title · h-author · suspense · thriller

D.H. Lawrence: D.H. Lawrence and Italy

20 Apr 2009 · No Comments

A double entry in my books-I-wouldn’t-expect-myself-to-read endeavor: a Lawrence (whom I’ve never read, more or less deliberately) and a travel book. Three travel books, sort of — this omnibus edition comprises “Twilight in Italy,” “Sea and Sardinia,” and “Etruscan Places.”
I’ve always suspected I would find Lawrence an annoying writer, and I do. He’s fiercely judgmental, [...]

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Tags: d-title · l-author · nonfiction

Charlaine Harris: Dead Until Dark

20 Feb 2009 · No Comments

I’m embarassed about it, but over the past few years I’ve read several books in the burgeoning “paranormal romance” sub-genre (and returned several more to the library when I decided they really weren’t worth my time). I’m perversely intrigued by the extent to which the genre has calcifyied around a single template, Laurell Hamilton’s “Anita [...]

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Tags: d-title · fantasy · h-author · mystery

Nicola Barker: Darkmans

15 Nov 2008 · No Comments

Somewhere deep in Darkman’s 800-page-plus bulk, there’s a scene in which Isodore, a character who vacillates between quixotic haplessness and menace, climbs a lighthouse where he is menaced by a small black bird that may or may not exist. He descends from the lighthouse and wanders off, in search, according to his young son (who [...]

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Tags: b-author · d-title · fiction

Dianna Wynne Jones: Dark Lord of Derkholm

29 Nov 2006 · No Comments

The central premise of Dark Lord of Derkholm seems like such a natural hook on which to hang a comic fantasy that I’m surprised it hasn’t been done to death: there’s a big market for people who want to play at being a Frodo-style hero, triumphing over fearsome evil against long odds, so generic fantasylands [...]

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Tags: d-title · fantasy · j-author · young adult

Maureen Johnson: Devilish

13 Oct 2006 · No Comments

Maureen Johnson’s Devilish commanded my attention as soon as I heard first of it (via Westerblog, of course). The potent combo of demonic subject matter, a Providence RI setting, and a cover that evokes one of my favorite Penelope Houston albums added up to a heaping helping of positive associations and I requested Devilish from [...]

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Tags: d-title · fantasy · j-author · young adult