It took me a long time to begin to like Jon Meacham’s portrait of Thomas Jefferson in Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power. As I finished it, however, I found myself a reluctant admirer, appreciative of Meacham’s style and of the biography, not to mention of the man. Meacham is the author of two previous books […]
Review | On My Way to Paradise by Dave Wolverton
2013-05-22 · by ·
Sometimes the best books are found entirely by accident. I found On My Way to Paradise almost completely by accident. Larry Correia, the author of the larger than life Monster Hunter International series posted on his blog that Dave Wolverton, an author I had never heard of, was in dire straights and needed help. Wolverton’s son […]
Giveaway Winner | The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson
2013-05-20 · by ·
Many thanks to all who entered to win our first giveaway, a chance to win a copy of Brandon Sanderson’s The Rithmatist. And the winner is…Stephen Olson! Don’t let that stop you from ordering a copy of The Rithmatist from Amazon or your favorite bookseller. Sanderson is one of our favorite writers, and we look forward to reading and […]
Review | Frozen in Time by Mitchell Zuckoff
2013-05-16 · by ·
There was a moment when reading Mitchell Zuckoff‘s latest book, Frozen in Time: An Epic Story of Survival and a Modern Quest for Lost Heroes of World War II, that I crossed over from a mildly interested reader to a rabid page turner. I’m pretty sure it was in the first chapter, if not the […]
Giveaway: Win The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson
2013-05-14 · by ·
Brandon Sanderson’s new novel, The Rithmatist, is out today, and Attack of the Books! has a copy for one lucky reader. More than anything, Joel wants to be a Rithmatist. Chosen by the Master in a mysterious inception ceremony, Rithmatists have the power to infuse life into two-dimensional figures known as Chalklings. Rithmatists are humanity’s only defense against the […]
Review | Dodger by Terry Pratchett
2013-05-06 · by ·
The most unexpectedly fun read of the year is Terry Pratchett‘s Dodger. With an unmatched skill, Pratchett shows himself to be a writer akin to to Mark Twain and as adept in the historical world of 19th century London as he is in the imaginary world of Ankh-Morpork. A month ago or so, Britt came […]
Author Feature | Mitchell Zuckoff
2013-04-30 · by ·
Two of the best and most interesting books I’ve read in the last year–Lost in Shangri-La and Frozen in Time –are both tales of harrowing and dangerous rescues set during World War II. Both involve the rescue of survivors of crashed airplanes–from the one of the last unexplored jungles of the world and the other from […]
Review | Year Zero by Rob Reid
2013-04-29 · by ·
If you liked the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, I suspect you’ll like Year Zero, too. Robert Reid’s satirical look at what happens when aliens realize they have violated American copyright laws will have you smiling and chuckling from the moment two oddly dressed people (a redheaded mullah and a curvaceous nun) appear in Nick Carter’s […]
Review | The Wind Whales of Ishmael by Philip Jose Farmer
2013-04-26 · by ·
Even if you’ve never read it, almost every reader know the story of Moby-Dick. Opening with “Call me Ishmael[,]” Hermann Melville‘s novel is the tale of the white whale and obsessed Captain Ahab’s quest to kill it, a hunt that does not end well for anyone. Only Ishmael, the narrator, survives to put the story […]
Review | The Unincorporated Man by Dani Kollin and Eytan Kollin
2013-04-24 · by ·
Brilliant industrialist Justin Cord awakes from a 300-year cryonic suspension into a world that has accepted an extreme form of market capitalism. It is a world in which humans themselves are incorporated, their stock traded in markets, and where most people no longer own a majority share of themselves. In this world of the free […]
