Every now and then I get lucky. Someone–a publisher, an author–sends me an ARC, a beta edition of their book, or a new release, and I get to be one of the first people to experience a book, to read a new story. Cry Havoc: Book One of the Havoc Journals is just such a […]
Archives for 2013
Review | Shadow of the Giant by Orson Scott Card [Contributor]
2013-08-20 · by ·
Editor’s Note: This is the seventh in the Stephen Olson’s series of posts reviewing, contemplating, considering, and discussing Orson Scott Card’s award winning Ender’s Game novels. You can find his other posts on the Ender’s Game series here. The moment I finished reading Shadow Puppets, I knew I had to find and read Shadow of the Giant as quickly […]
Author Spotlight | Carol Nicolas
2013-08-17 · by ·
It’s Utah Book Month, and today were spotlighting local Utah author and blogger, Carol Nicolas. As we learned about Carol, we found we had a lot in common. Not only is Carol a BYU grad, as both Brittany and I are, but like us she’s a fan of science fiction and fantasy and enjoys quilting […]
Author Guest Post | James A. Moore on writing Seven Forges
2013-08-16 · by ·
SEVEN FORGES, my latest novel, is a sword and sorcery story. Before Robert E. Howard came along and wrote stories of Conan the Barbarian and King Kull, the genre of sword and sorcery fantasy didn’t even exist. Most of the tales along those lines had been fictitious adventures set in a more realistic version of […]
Review | Shadow Puppets by Orson Scott Card [Contributor]
2013-08-13 · by ·
Editor’s Note: Ender’s Game may be one of the most awaited film adaptations of a novel in recent years, and Stephen Olson is a huge fan of the novel, as well as its sequels. Attack of the Books! will features his weekly review on the novels in the award winning Ender’s Game series. This is the sixth […]
Advance Copy Review | Seven Forges by James A. Moore
2013-08-09 · by ·
Seven Forges is a roaring adventure, full of larger than life characters and cultures, in a world full of exotic peoples, magicks, and gods. And it’s a violent world, too, full of political intrigues, deadly diplomacy, and treacherous allies. Moore’s the story adeptly raises the stakes and dangers from every direction. If you’re looking for […]
Review | The Maze Runner by James Dashner
2013-08-08 · by ·
Thomas is a blank slate. He remembers nothing but his name. Awakening in a pitch black room to the background noise of machinery and the smell of oil, he soon finds himself the newest in a “Lord of the Flies” like community of boys who live in what they call the “Glade” at the center […]
Review | Into the Void by Tim Lebbon
2013-08-07 · by ·
Thousands of year before the Jedi were the guardians of peace throughout the galaxy, they were the Je’daii, a caste of warrior monks based on the planet Tython and confined to just one solar system. Not unlike Obi-wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker, they roamed the system, keeping order among the disparate peoples that call the […]
Review | Shadow of the Hegemon by Orson Scott Card [Contributor]
2013-08-06 · by ·
Editor’s Note: Ender’s Game may be one of the most awaited film adaptations of a novel in recent years, and Stephen Olson is a huge fan of the novel, as well as its sequels. In the coming weeks and months, Attack of the Books! will feature his reviews and guide to the universe (or Enderverse, if you will) […]
Recent acquisitions at Attack of the Books!
2013-08-03 · by ·
Over the last few weeks, Attack of the Books! has been lucky to receive a few new reads, not all of which I am sure will get a review in the near future. I mean, we love to read, but there are only so many hours in the day, right? Also, don’t forget to go […]
