Archive for the ‘Books’ category
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Book Review: ‘Deadlocked – A Sookie Stackhouse Novel’ By Charlaine Harris
Charlaine Harris returns to the world of Sookie Stackhouse with her 12th Southern Vampire novel titled ‘Deadlocked‘. With a new season of HBO’s ‘True Blood‘ less than a month away, fans of both the novels and television show always eagerly await the... -
Book Review: ‘Triggers’ By Robert J. Sawyer
President Seth Jerrison, the Republican successor to Obama, is giving a speech from the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC. The former History Professor from Columbia is presiding over a nation still at war: Chicago, Philadelphia, and San Francisco have been devastated by a new... -
Read The Official Synopsis Of Stephen King’s ‘Shining’ Sequel ‘Doctor Sleep’
Back in September while accepting the Mason Award, Stephen King personally read the first chapter of the latest book he was working on called ‘Doctor Sleep.’ He gave a little bit of background on how the idea of the book developed, but beyond that not much more was given.... -
New Details On John Barrowman’s ‘Torchwood’ Novel
While the fate of ‘Torchwood’ is still up in the air (as the saying goes, it ain’t over til it’s over!), fans of the show can continue their journey with Captain Jack Harkness as new details of John Barrowman’s new ‘Torchwood’ novel has now been disclosed. Back... -
Book Review: ‘Womanthology: Heroic’
From the first moment I opened ‘Womanthology: Heroic’, with its “this book belongs to ______:” title page reminding me of the treasured books of my youth, I felt I was holding something special. As I read through its pages, I was not proven wrong; indeed, it exceeded... -
‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Novel-Of-The-Movie Hits The Same Day As The Film
Occasionally, when there’s a movie that you just can’t wait for, you get lucky that there’s a novelization of the film. Even better, the book version often releases before the actual film so you can get a head-start on the movie’s universe before it hit. And, if it’s... -
2012 Hugo Awards Nominations Announced
On Saturday, April 7th, this year’s prestigious Hugo Award Nominees were announced. Those who attended the Norwescon, Leprecon, Minicon, Marcon, and the Olympus 2012 conventions were able to see the announcements delivered live while those at home were able to stream it via... -
Book Review: ‘The Girl Who Was On Fire: Movie Edition’ By Leah Wilson
We’ve all fed into our Hunger Games obsession. You’ve read the books, and if you’re like me, you read them more than once. Perhaps you’ve even tried the cookbook. Now we’ve seen the movie. The question then becomes: how do you feed this obsession... -
Book Review: ‘How To Make A Big Bang: A Cosmic Journey’ By Andrew And Victor Flambaum
Jonathan Swift’s ‘Gulliver’s Travels’ came out in 1726 and was an immediate best-seller. Gulliver, a surgeon and master mariner, encountered a number of bizarre races on his travels: the tiny Lilliputians, the gigantic Brobdingnagians and the uncouth Yahoos. These weird,... -
Book Review: ‘Acacia: The Sacred Band’ By David Anthony Durham
Not long after ‘The Other Lands’ ends, ‘The Sacred Band’ begins. Queen Corinn’s powers have grown, her spells from the Book of Elenet mastered. Dariel, her younger brother, is still on his mission to The Other Lands. Mena, her younger sister, is... -
Book Review: ‘Acacia – The Other Lands’ By David Anthony Durham
In ‘The Other Lands’, the second book, in the ‘Acacia’ trilogy, nine years have passed since young beautiful Corinn has become Queen Corinn, taking control of the Known World. The opposite of her father, Leodan, Corinn rules with an iron fist. Because... -
Book Review: ‘Acacia – The War With The Mein’ By David Anthony Durham
The ruler of the Known World, Leodan Akaran, shields his four children from the real world. The world that they know is perfection with their needs catered to at every turn. Their father, Leodan, himself was born into the wealth, although his knowledge of things past are the... -
‘Prophets Of Science Fiction: Jules Verne’ – Recap
Last night’s ‘Prophets of Science Fiction’ featured one of the most imaginative and perceptive science fiction writers of all time: Jules Verne. It’s not until you truly see the world that he lived in and how precise his science “fiction” theories were in his books,... -
J.K. Rowling To Write First Novel For Adults
It’s been 5 years since J.K. Rowling published the last ‘Harry Potter’ book and her fans have been chomping at the bit waiting to see what she’ll write next. Well, it looks like the wait is over as it is being reported that Rowling’s next novel will be aimed at adults. In... -
Imagine Entertainment Optioned Rights To Anne Rice’s ‘The Tale Of The Body Thief’
The return of Lestat is near! After ‘Queen of the Damned,’ the not too favorable sequel to ‘An Interview with a Vampire,’ the return of Lestat and his story was left undone. Now THR is reporting that Brian Grazer and Ron Howard’s production company, Imagine Entertainment,...
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