Life is just too short. Let’s be completely honest: we all pick up books for various reasons. A recommendation from a trusted friend. It was up front in the airport bookshop. Written by a favorite author. A great cover. I picked up Psychoshop because it was written by Alfred Bester. I was at Powell’s in […]
Review | Schlock Mercenary: Under New Management by Howard Tayler
2013-09-23 · by ·
Schlock Mercenary: Under New Management, and its author Howard Tayler, is unlike anything I’ve ever read before. Wait–hold that thought. It’s not completely true. Yes, it’s unique, a veritable cornucopia of creative energy and humor, entertaining and–dare I say?–educational at the same time. But it is also reminiscent, in so many happy ways, of the […]
Review | Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card (PART 2 of 2)
2013-09-17 · by ·
Editor’s Note: This is the eleventh in Stephen Olson’s series of posts on Orson Scott Card’s award winning Ender’s Game novels and the second on Speaker for the Dead. You can find his other posts on the Ender’s Game series here. My first year of teaching was book-ended by readings of Speaker for the Dead. In September, […]
Book Bomb and Review | Lights in the Deep by Brad R. Torgersen
2013-09-16 · by ·
Finding Lights in the Deep was one of those happy accidents that leads to lost sleep and happy day dreams. Nominee for the Hugo, Nebula, and Campbell awards and winner of the 2010 Writers of the Future award, Brad R. Torgersen is one of the newest authors to join the ranks of published science fiction, […]
Review | Variant by Robison Wells
2013-09-12 · by ·
Reading Variant was reminiscent of a winter toboggan ride on a steep, snow covered hill. Fast, furious and short, it is only when I screech to a stop at the bottom of the hill am I able to look back and see everything that I had flown by on my haphazard downward journey. In other words, Variant […]
Review | Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card (PART 1 of 2)
2013-09-10 · by ·
Editor’s Note: This is the tenth in Stephen Olson’s series of posts reviewing, contemplating, considering, and discussing his experience with Orson Scott Card’s award winning Ender’s Game novels. You can find his other posts on the Ender’s Game series here. I first read Speaker for the Dead right after the first time I read Ender’s Game, when I […]
Review | Ender in Exile by Orson Scott Card
2013-09-03 · by ·
Editor’s Note: This is the ninth in 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. When I heard about a book that functioned as a direct sequel to Ender’s Game, I thought that sounded pretty […]
Utah Author Spotlight | Dave Wolverton
2013-08-27 · by ·
As part of Utah Book Month, we’re spotlighting Utah author Dave Wolverton. You can find other posts–including spotlights of other Utah authors, book reviews, book giveaways, contests, and more–related to Utah Book Month at Utah Books. I initially bought Dave Wolverton’s novel as a part of a charity book bomb, but before long it was […]
Review | Shadows in Flight by Orson Scott Card [Contributor]
2013-08-27 · by ·
Editor’s Note: This is the eighth in 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 nice thing about Shadows in Flight is that it came out just last year, so I remember very well my […]
Review | Nightingale by David Farland
2013-08-26 · by ·
If you like sparkly vampires, this might be a good segue to more serious fantasy, without giving up all the juice of a good teen romance. If sparkly vampires make you blanch, then you have nothing to worry about. Nightingale, though occasionally dark, is an enjoyable and satisfying story. The worst thing about Nightingale, to […]
