3 investigators. 20031014. R.X. modern revamp of the series. blah. a 1.
Adams, Scott. God's Debris. R.X. 200212. interesting, but kinda dull. not funny, but has some ideas. a 3.
ADAMS, DOUGLAS & MARK CARWARDINE. LAST CHANCE TO SEE. HB,1ST,R,NF. Sent Adams around the world to write about endangered species not what you'd think to do but it's a rather interesting book, and a bunch of really odd things. a 6 or 7 , some funny bits but not that kind of book really. The audiobook version is read by Douglas Adams, and is quite well done.
ADAMS, SCOTT. THE DILBERT PRINCIPLE. hb,DJ,R. funny lots of strips and the book is fairly amusing as well.
Alexander, Lloyd. Prydain Chronicles 1 The Book of Three
Alexander, Lloyd. Prydain Chronicles 2 The Black Cauldron
Alexander, Lloyd. Prydain Chronicles 3 The Castle of Llyr
Alexander, Lloyd. Prydain Chronicles 4 Taran Wanderer
Alexander, Lloyd. Prydain Chronicles 5 The High King
Alexander, Lloyd. Prydain Chronicles 0 The Founding & Other Tales of Prydain.
ALEXANDER, LLOYD. THE PRYDAIN CHRONICLES 0 THE FOUNDLING AND OTHER TALES OF PRYDAIN
ALEXANDER, LLOYD. THE PRYDAIN CHRONICLES 1 THE BOOK OF THREE
ALEXANDER, LLOYD. THE PRYDAIN CHRONICLES 2 THE BLACK CAULDRON
ALEXANDER, LLOYD. THE PRYDAIN CHRONICLES 3 THE CASTLE OF LLYR
ALEXANDER, LLOYD. THE PRYDAIN CHRONICLES 4 TARAN WANDERER
ALEXANDER, LLOYD. THE PRYDAIN CHRONICLES 5 THE HIGH KING
BC,no DJ,R. A BC HB THAT COLLECTS ALL 5 NOVELS IN THE SERIES PLUS THE BOOK OF CONNECTED SHORT STORIES. doesn't age that well. it's wonderful-great if you catch it at the right age tho. a 7
ALEXANDER, LLOYD. WESTMARK.
ALEXANDER, LLOYD. KESTREL.
ALEXANDER, LLOYD. BEGGAR QUEEN. YA,R, even better than cauldron for teenagers 13-16, and is great a 9+
Anderson, M.T. Thirsty. R.X. TPB. 20051229. teen vampire. interesting world very modern with addition of all occult and fairy in the background and the media and the tabloids. all to be hunted and killed. black humor. normal teen angst, girl problems, and he's turning into a vampire. even the forces of light aren't really very nice beings. didn't care for the end, but quite good up to then. a 4.
Anderson, Poul & Gordon R. Dickson. Hoka. R. Great! really funny. (TOR pb 1st, signed by Anderson) an 8-9
Anderson, Poul. Brain Wave. everyone gets smarter. R.k. a good one. one of my favs by Anderson. a 9.
Anderson, Poul. New America. R.k. revolutionary war on another planet.
ANDERSON, KEVIN J. & DOUG BEASON. ILL WIND. PB,R,X. stuff up. not very apocalypse tho. multi character viewpoints, some were a lot better than others, "Civilization might come to an end but Rock and Roll will never die"!!! that was so corny and actually very funny too. best line in the book. a 5
ANDERSON, KEVIN J. CLIMBING OLYMPUS. R,X. Why do all the mars books seem so similar - even with totally different characters and plot? the adin and dva's were interesting but no character was really that great. terraforming mars and altered men who do it.
ANDERSON, POUL. HIGH CRUSADE. R. great stuff - medieval knights vs. aliens in spaceship & the knights win ) !
ANDERSON, POUL. LONG WAY HOME, THE. R,X. hyperspace discovered ftl travel or so they thought, it is only ftl for them the universe still ages a year for each light year they cross, so 500,000 years later they come home! Sol and Centarui are human occupied but decadent and slave ridden, ugly future and even Anderson didn't think it was a
great story but it has a good adventure feel to it if only a 5
Anthony, Patricia. Conscience of the Beagle. pb,x,r. not as good as cold allies, but not bad, cream of the cops but each picked to fall apart, more of a SF mystery, a 5
Anthony, Piers & Robert Kornwise. Through the Ice. X. posthumous collaboration.
ANTHONY, PIERS. ADEPT 1 SPLIT INFINITY. X, ONE OF HIS GOOD SERIES (AT LEAST THE FIRST 3 ARE) a 6
ANTHONY, PIERS. ADEPT 2 BLUE ADEPT. X, ONE OF HIS GOOD SERIES (AT LEAST THE FIRST 3 ARE)
ANTHONY, PIERS. ADEPT 3 JUXTAPOSITION. X, ONE OF HIS GOOD SERIES (AT LEAST THE FIRST 3 ARE)
ANTHONY, PIERS. ADEPT 4 OUT OF PHAZE. X,R. BEGINNING OF SECOND TRILOGY not recommended a 4
ANTHONY, PIERS. ADEPT 5 ROBOT ADEPT. X,
ANTHONY, PIERS. ADEPT 6 UNICORN POINT. X,R
ANTHONY, PIERS. ADEPT 7? PHAZE DOUBT. R,
ANTHONY, PIERS. INCARNATIONS OF IMMORTALITY 5 BEING A GREEN MOTHER. HB,DJ,1ST,R, quite an interesting series an 8 the series
ANTHONY, PIERS. XANTH GOLEM IN THE GEARS. x,R. AS THE SERIES GETS ALONG THEY GO DOWNHILL a 3
Antieau, Kim. Jigsaw Woman, the. pb,r. excellent revised Frankenstein, metaphysical past-live memory, feminist, very Tepper-ish, a 9
Anvil, Christopher. Pandora's Planet. R. 20051212. excellent old space opera SF. lion-aliens gigantic empire attacks earth, has hard time overcoming tricksy humans, co-ops them into empire - looses all the myriad screwballs of earth on the cosmos, war of empires ensues, eventual assimilation - good story, lacks depth of character, but is only
175 pages - a modern novella length - a 6.
Applegate, K.A. EverWorld 01 R. YA. a very good series, all worlds mythology all mixed together. like it, an 8
Applegate, K.A. EverWorld 02 R
Applegate, K.A. EverWorld 03 R
Applegate, K.A. EverWorld 04 R
Applegate, K.A. EverWorld 05 R
Applegate, K.A. EverWorld 06 R
Applegate, K.A. EverWorld 07 R
Applegate, K.A. EverWorld 08 R
Applegate, K.A. EverWorld 09 R
Applegate, K.A. EverWorld 10 R
Applegate, K.A. EverWorld 11 R
Applegate, K.A. EverWorld 12 R. didn't really like the ending should have had 2 or 3 more books, should have seen them defeat Ka Anor, should have gotten the scroll the 'software', what happens with Christopher?, Doesn't April go back?, etc. too much unanswered. But a good series up 'til then.
Applegate, K.A. Remnants. R.YA. 200302. end of the world via asteroid. a select few escape via space shuttle & cryonics. an 8.
Armstrong, Kelley. Bitten. Women of the Otherworld 1. TPB R. 200908? good werewolf story, keep for maybe sequel. reminds of Laurel Hamilton. a 7
If you like this try Laurell K. Hamilton - Anita Blake. Charlaine Harris. Robin Mckinley - Sunshine. Nancy Collins - Sonja Blue. Kim Harrison. Carrie Vaughn.
ASHER, MARTY. SHELTER. TPB,R. JOHN LENNON TELLS HIM TO FIX THE NUCLEAR WAR PROBLEM = TRIPPY
Asimov, Isaac. Foundation 4 Foundation's Edge. R.X.
ASIMOV, ISAAC & CARR & GREENBERG. 100 GREAT FANTASY SHORT SHORT STORIES. ANT,R, A marvelous selection of true gems tiny little gems but a terrific collection. a 9 only because shorts are harder to get into.
ASIMOV, ISAAC & SILVERBERG. NIGHTFALL. R,X. MORE COMPLEX AND PERHAPS MORE TECHNICALY 'REAL' BUT I THOUGHT THE ORIGINAL SHORT STORY WAS AS GOOD OR BETTER. A 5
ASIMOV, ISAAC. END OF ETERNITY, THE. -X. THE CHARACTER IS NOT REALLY ALL THAT LIKEABLE, AND THE STORY BOGGS DOWN IN THE EXPLORATION OF ASPECTS OF TIMETRAVEL TO THE DETREMENT OF THE PLOT, WHAT THERE WAS OF IT. END'S NEAT. A 3
ASIMOV, ISAAC. FOUNDATION AND EARTH. -X, NOT BAD BUT VERY COMAN THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE ROBOT MYSTERIES AND THE FOUNDATION SERIES, THE FOUNDATION FINDS EARTH
Asprin, Robert & Linda Evans. For King & Country. R.X. 20051101 time travel to the past into someone's head. King Arthur in a very historical context. IRA vs. Orangemen - Irish troubles - a bit overdone. good king Arthur stuff. a5. worthwhile but there's so much king Arthur stuff around, and the IRA stuff was a bit overly politically done.
ASPRIN, ROBERT. BUG WARS. R
ASPRIN, ROBERT. COLD CASH WAR, THE. R
ASPRIN, ROBERT. MYTH 1 ANOTHER FINE MYTH. R,
ASPRIN, ROBERT. MYTH 2 MYTH CONCEPTIONS. R
ASPRIN, ROBERT. MYTH 3 MYTH DIRECTIONS. R
ASPRIN, ROBERT. MYTH 4 HIT OR MYTH. R
ASPRIN, ROBERT. MYTH 5 LITTLE MYTH MARKER. R-X
ASPRIN, ROBERT. MYTH 8 M.Y.T.H. INC. IN ACTION. R-X
ASPRIN, ROBERT. MYTH 9 SWEET MYTH=TERY OF LIFE. R,X. TPB, ILL FOGLIO, R. NOT HIS BEST, THEY'VE BEEN GOING DOWNHILL SINCE THE 4TH OR 5TH, TOO MANY CHARACTERS AND NOT ENOUGH ACTION. I MUST SAY THO I LOVE THE QUOTES.
ASPRIN, ROBERT. PHULE'S COMPANY. R,X.
ASPRIN, ROBERT. PHULE'S PARADISE. R,X. THE CASINO ONE
Atwater-Rhodes, Amelia. In the Forests of the Night. 20050703 ReRead.k. mini-HB amazing for a 13 year-old-girl's first novel, short juv vampire story, quite good, interesting modification/modernization of the vampire mythology. Raisika the Tyger. a 7.
Atwater-Rhodes, Amelia. Demon in My View. 20050703 R.k.mini-hb/DJ. sequel of sorts to Forests, the villain of Forests, Aubrey, and the girl who writes the true history of the vampires all unknowingly - at first. a bit more of a standard vampire-story plot, more about the Witches vampire-hunters. considerably more polished. a 6.
Austin. J.D. Bobby's Girl. R.X. film industry & aliens... ok trying for humor. a 4
Babbitt, Natalie. The Search for Delicious. R. TA.- like nesbit. cute & amusing and fun a 7
BABBITT, NATALIE. SEARCH FOR DELICIOUS, THE. R. OS,CS. a nice story aimed at a young audience, boy searches out kingdom for definition of delicious and helps mermaid regain doll saves kingdom from civil war. AN 8
BABBITT, NATALIE. TUCK EVERLASTING. CH,OS, & PB,R,YA. frontier family finds fountain of 'youth' (immortality), regrets it, but are nice. interesting a family of pioneers drinks from a small spring(the fountain of youth) and thereafter never age. they grow to regret it but cannot be killed! aimed at a young audience but a good story a 7
BALDWIN, BILL. CANBY'S LEGION. X. Fairly good large cast legionary to mercenary story - very corrupt and nasty earth at times a bit much. 5
Ball, Margaret. Mathemagics. R.X. continuing from the short story in Chicks in Chainmail. but it worked better as a short. a 4
Ball, Margaret. Weaver 1 Flameweaver. R.X. Russian vs. British raj. Gandhara magic
Ball, Margaret. Weaver 2 Changeweaver. R.X. into forbidden china and change the world into 'real' past. they get too romancy & don't really like the setting Tibet/china/Mongol etc. area all that much. a 4 not bad. 200211
BALL, MARGARET. MATHEMAGICS. R,X. 199902. doesn't make a lot of sense lest you read the short story in the chicks in Chainmail anthology. but isn't all that great afterwards either. good short story material but.. as a novel it lacks. some cute SF in jokes, Michael valentine, Dune, others, a 4
BANKS, IAIN M. USE OF WEAPONS. R,X. 199901. extremely creepy (practically military Sf/horror) - very especially the end. The Chairmaker!. if that doesn't remind me... a 7
Barnes, John. Kaleidoscope Century. R. a 7 really well written you really get to like the guy as he's finding his memories & then you both discover he's really rather an evil guy - creepy Memes, the Organization, CTC time line loops.
BARNES, STEVEN. STREETLETHAL 1 STREETLETHAL. PB,R. BEGINNING OF A TRILOGY good, somewhat unpolished but strong, strong main character in more ways than one. a 6
BARNES, STEVEN. STREETLETHAL 2 GORGON CHILD. pb, r. continuation from streetlethal better polished but sort of retread of the interior conflict of Aubrey an 8
BARNES, STEVEN. STREETLETHAL 3 FIREDANCE. pb, R. continuation from gorgon child, the kid is cool, lethal but cool, again Aubrey seems to have lost the resolution he gained at the end of the last book, but it ends well, perhaps over polished an 8, would love a sequel strictly from the kids pov.
Barry, Dave. Big Trouble. R. funny mystery, hilarious characters. expected barry quality. humor as per expectations. a 7 (there was a movie made - )
Barton, William. Acts of Conscience. R. Alice. ick. get over himself, sex, little fuzzies, sex, lots of sex problems, and never got anywhere. Well written and strong character, but a 2. all social & psych, not space. loneliness, trust, fear, sex, lots of depression.
BAUDINO, GAEL. DRAGONSWORD 1 DRAGONSWORD.
BAUDINO, GAEL. DRAGONSWORD 2 DUEL OF DRAGONS
BAUDINO, GAEL. DRAGONSWORD 3 DRAGON DEATH. R. 199901, good series, which get better as it goes. a 'created' world from the strong emotions of a few people from earth, lots of Kent State flashbacks wraps up well. a7
BAUDINO, GAEL. GOSSAMER AXE. R. SORT of modern Celtic fant - delintish
BAUDINO, GAEL. GOSSAMER AXE. R.X.
BAUDINO, GAEL. STRANDS OF STARLIGHT. R,X. OKAY SERIES a 4
BAUDINO, GAEL. MAZE OF MOONLIGHT. R,X. SEQUEL TO STRANDS OF STARLIGHT A 4
BAUDINO, GAEL. STRANDS OF SUNLIGHT. pb. SEQUEL TO SHROUD OF SHADOW
BAUER, STEVEN. SATYRDAY. R. GREAT FANTASY mythic woods
BAUM, L. FRANK. LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF SANTA CLAUS, THE. R. A very different legend of Santa's beginnings from the usual, foundling of fairies and lastly made immortal. a 7
Baum, L. Frank. 01 THE WIZARD OF OZ. R
Baum, L. Frank. 02 THE LAND OF OZ . R
Baum, L. Frank. 03 OZMA OF OZ. R. mostly the story of Ev a kingdom off to the side of oz, with Dorothy and tic tok. Against the Nome king, they steal/win his magic belt. the one in which ozma says she'll check on Dorothy with the magic picture. a 7
BAUM, L. FRANK. OZ 04 DOROTHY AND THE WIZARD IN OZ R. Actually they're only in oz at the very end, mostly they're in the center of the earth fallen thru a crack from an earthquake, with the vegetable people and guy who makes rustles, some very strange wooden gargoyles and
dragonettes! a 7
BAUM, L. FRANK. OZ 05 THE ROAD TO OZ. R. The shaggy man and polychrome the rainbows daughter go with Dorothy to ozma's birthday party. Also there are Santa Claus, Queen Zixi of Ix, the John Dough and the Cherub, and others from Baum's other books. light hearted cute a 7
BAUM, L. FRANK. OZ 06 THE EMERALD CITY OF OZ. R. Dorothy brings her Aunt & Uncle to OZ, the Nome king tries to invade with a tunnel under the desert and Glinda makes OZ invisible to all so it won't happen again = says is the last oz story (tho it isn't) one of the better ones, an 8
BAUM, L. FRANK. OZ 07 THE PATCHWORK GIRL OF OZ. R.
BAUM, L. FRANK. OZ 10 RINKITINK IN OZ.
BAUM, L. FRANK. OZ 11 THE LOST PRINCESS OF OZ.
BAUM, L. FRANK. OZ 13 THE MAGIC OF OZ. PB
BAUM, L. FRANK. OZ 14 GLINDA OF OZ. LAST BAUM OZ.
BAXTER, STEPHEN. RING (4th in series) R,-X. REALY huge story, extremely long and near immortality and end of the universe and the end of his long timeline. interesting lisel and stuff, ok but as read the end first don't know how compares w/previous. at times too hard sf tech and I just skip it.
BEAGLE. FOLK OF THE AIR. R
BEAGLE. LAST UNICORN. R
Bear, Greg. Vitals. R.X. 20060812. ugh, a disappointment, actually rather reminded me of Tim Powers last - Declare. starts off as if it's going to be an interesting immortality story and ends up a spy/intrigue/mind-control story. Never really got into the biologist character - I remember being at pg 80 and thinking, when is it going to get good... The historian character (2 character pov story, half way thru switches) was much more interesting - but it could have been that the plot was going strong by then. but worst of all he loses, and never really figures out exactly what was going on... bah. I'd expected much better from BEAR, GREG. since THE INFINITY CONCERTO. was amazing, but this isn't up to his old stuff. It is a good spy/mind control/mild sf story, and might appeal to the Dan Brown Da Vinci Code crowd, if they weren't too much into the art & religion aspect of that story. a 4.
BEAR, GREG. BEYOND HEAVEN'S RIVER. R. JAP PILOT IN WWII CAPTURED BY ALIENS AND MADE NEARLY IMMORTAL, MILENIA LATER LEFT OF PLANET AND TAKEN IN BY HUMANS - CULTURE CLASH AND PUZZLES
BEAR, GREG. THE INFINITY CONCERTO. R.
BEAR, GREG. THE SERPENT MAGE. R. series very well described musical aspects really recommended to those who like classical music even a little, also a very admired world view, God is an Elf=mage! or was, fairyland is an alternate 'world' created by the elf=mage, and elves are back to being haughtily evil or not caring or some few liking humans. Michael, goes to fairyland and comes back 5 years later and saves the world. Fairyland collapses and elves return to earth, could easily be classified as a modern fantasy like the borderlands, dozens of 'races' tho few are met, an ancient human mage from before the garden of Eden who was the snake, elves stealing the best artisans from all history and hiding them away in the realm (fairyland), music a magic, Mozart!, the mage of birds, ancient half=elves. and much more, this is a marvelous fantasy. an 8 for the series. bk 1 drags slightly, and there is no real surprize at how it ends.
Beard & Kenney. Harvard Lampoon's Bored of the Rings. R.X. amusing but not really well done. Dildo Bugger a Boggle of the Sty. a 4.
BENARY-ISBERT. THE WICKED ENCHANTMENT. YA.R. COOL, IT WAS SO OBVIOUS, AND I DIDN'T GUESS UNTIL THEY HIT ME OVER THE HEAD WITH IT. THE STATUES CAME ALIVE WITH THE OWL KING WHO CAME
BACK TO LIFE! OF COURSE, REMICENT OF DR. DOLITTLE WHAT WITH SO MANY ANIMALS WHICH SEEM TO BE ABLE TO TALK. FUN, AIMED AT BOTH CHILDREN AND ADULTS.
BENNETT. BEYOND THE DRAAK'S TEETH. R.
BENNETT. WHERE THE NI-LACH. R.
Berg, Carol. Song of The Beast. R. 20061204. good fantasy, interesting dragons, bard, dragon riders. a 7. very strong moral character - won't kill for revenge, just doesn't think it worthwhile. an interesting beginning reminds me of Bujould's Curse of Chalion.
BISCHOFF & BROWN & RICHARDSON. A PERSONAL DEMON. R. NEAT IDEA AND PRETTY NEAT BOOK, PERHAPS A LITTLE OVER DONE 'TOO MANY COOKS' AND ALL THAT
Bishop, Anne. Black Jewels 1 Daughter of the Blood. R.txt files.
Bishop, Anne. Black Jewels 2 Heir of Shadows
Bishop, Anne. Black Jewels 3 Queen of Darkness. a good series. an 8 overall. had to read #2 on computer. interesting setting. a sort of elvenland 3 layers of the world, (and would have been _much_ easier to understand if they'd been a tad explained 1st!) sort of mortal land, shadow land, and underworld. interesting as lots of the characters would be 'evil' but do 'good' - bit creeps with lots of child molest in #1 but gets over it. a tad too much unrequited love , but over all comes off great.
Bishop, Anne. Black Jewels The Invisible Ring. R.20030410.X a 5. taking a small story from the trilogy expanded and explained it. but really should have spent the time on something new or.. didn't have the impact of the trilogy because you already know how it turns out in the broad sense. did have some good stirring stuff at the climatic battle, but the characters weren't as strong as in the trilogy.
BISHOP, MICHAEL. UNICORN MOUNTAIN. R,X, Aids and unicorns. the spirt world of the Indians - the land of the dead has unicorns (who come back sometimes) there all these dead people do the
normal stuff they did in life - have tv shows and everything!!@ too much real life and rather depressing. a 4.
BLAIR. FINAL FAIR. R. REN FAIR mystery
BLAYLOCK, JAMES. LAST COIN. R,-X. SLOW AND BORING FOR SUCH A NEAT IDEA, JUDAS' silver coin made into a sliver spoon, a 4
Block, Francesca Lia. Weetzie Bat. ya. R. a really cool book, that's her name for one thing. and all set in the late 60's but you figure it out not told, set in LA/Hollywood, with a Genie a neat book great writing packed for such a skimpy little thing. a 9
Block, Francesca Lia. Weetzie Bat 2 Witch Baby. ya. R. sequel to Weetzie bat, Witch baby is the sort of daughter of Weetzie and her adventures in the 70's & 80's and finding herself, and she's a genie type magical being, just as good, a 9
Block, Francesca Lia. Weetzie Bat 3 Cherokee Bat and the Goat Guys. ya.R. 3rd in the series of sorts Weetzie's real daughter and her friends and witch baby and their band the goat guys and magic things they get and loose a 9 the 'series' in toto is a 9 very neat and cool, which to it would be the greatest of compliments.
Block, Lawrence. Burglar 01 Burglars Can't be Choosers. R. reread 200408?. amusing and a good fun mystery. a 7.
Block, Lawrence. Burglar 02 The Burglar Who Liked to Quote Kipling. R. fun bookish mystery.
BORDERLAND; SHETTERLY. ELSEWHERE. R, A BORDERLANDS SERIES NOVEL
BORDERLAND; WINDLING, TERRI & ARNOLD, MARK ALAN. BORDERLAND. ANT SERIES. A BORDERLAND SERIES NOVEL. R. GREAT FANTASTIC, MOSTLY, IT'S GOT A STEVEN R. BOYETT (THE ARCHETICT OF
SLEEP) STORY WHICH TAKES OF THE 1ST THIRD OF THE BOOK, AND IS VERY SIMMILAR TO HIS NOVEL ARIAL.
BOVA. PRIVATEERS. R.
Boyer, Elizabeth H. Keeper of the Cats. R.X. highland historical fantasy mystic cats, good but only 4
BOYETT, STEVEN R. ARIEL. post apocalypse fantasy semi-elsewhere style. an 8.R.
BRADBURY, RAY. OCTOBER COUNTRY. R. one of my favorite bradbury's the Autumn people, The Traveler, Uncle Einar, Homecoming. an 8-9
Bradley, Marion Zimmer & Holly Lisle. Glenraven R.X.
Bradley, Marion Zimmer & Holly Lisle. Glenraven 2 Into the Rift. R.X. okay, but not up to standard for either of 'em! a 4 the set
BRADLEY, Marion Zimmer & ZIMMER. HUNTERS OF THE RED MOON
BRADLEY, Marion Zimmer & ZIMMER. HUNTERS OF THE RED MOON 2 SURVIVORS. R.
BRADLEY, Marion Zimmer. LYTHANDE. R. (Partially THIEVES' WORLD).
BRADLEY, Marion Zimmer. SWORD OF THE ALDONES, THE / PLANET SAVERS, THE (ACE double F-153) PB
BRADLEY, Marion Zimmer. DARKOVER FOUR MOONS OF DARKOVER (FM).ED.
BRADLEY, Marion Zimmer. DARKOVER HAWKMISTESS!. R.
BRADLEY, Marion Zimmer. DARKOVER HERITAGE OF HASTUR. R.
BRADLEY, Marion Zimmer. DARKOVER LERONI OF DARKOVER. ED..
BRADLEY, Marion Zimmer. DARKOVER PLANET SAVERS, THE & THE SWORD OF THE ALDONES +(THE WATERFALL). R. PB.
BRADLEY, Marion Zimmer & LACKEY, MERCEDES. DARKOVER REDISCOVERY; A NOVEL OF DARKOVER.
PB,-R. DARKOVER AGAINST THE TERRANS; THE 1ST AGE.
BRADLEY, Marion Zimmer. DARKOVER RENUNCIATES OF DARKOVER (). ED. R.
BRADLEY, Marion Zimmer. DARKOVER STORMQUEEN. R.
BRADLEY, Marion Zimmer. DARKOVER SWORD OF CHAOS (). ED.. R.
BRADLEY, MARION ZIMMER. DARKOVER EXILE'S SONG. R, Good, but too much romance novel influence = i don't remember the others being so much like that, but well done, start of a new trilogy after the shara rebellion, with lew's daughter, an 8
BRIN, DAVID . UPLIFT WAR R. A 9.
Brin, David. Uplift Trilogy 2 #1 Brightness Reef. R.X. Bantam. 553573306 1996
Brin, David. Uplift Trilogy 2 #2 Infinity's Shore. R.X. Bantam. 553577778 1997
Brin, David. Uplift Trilogy 2 #3 Heaven's Reach. R.X. Bantam. 553574736 1999. not quite as good as the original uplift books, but definitely a galactic space opera.
BRIN, DAVID & BENFORD, GREGORY. HEART OF THE COMET. R, good, a bit technical and hard sf at the beginning and turns soft sf at the end, woman in the machine, symbiotics and mega symbiotics with hugely ancient lifeforms which created life on earth, pre=uplift but there is a small mention of uplift institute on Hawaii, so the comet men
could return and find lots of aliens! better than sundiver but not as good as uplift, the end was better than the beginning, an 8.
Britain, Kristen. Green Rider. R.x. 20040902. nicely written takes a little long to get into the characters, never do like it when it starts with the villains pov. very reminiscent of Lackey's Heralds the green riders are messengers with magic in a land where magic is mostly gone & feared. was a good villain tho & a good resolution. 6.
Britain, Kristen. First Rider's Call. R.x. 20041214. better than the 1st one, more mature, lots of 'romance' but unsuccessful, obviously set for a 3rd. still not a bad story, some time travel, lots of ancient history learned, no defeat of evil just a putting off. a 7.
Brizzolara, John. Empire's Horizon. R.X. Africa in space
Brooks, Terry. Trolltown 1 Running with the Demon. R. Ballantine. 345422589 1998 FANTASY CONTEMPORARY. uber-prequel to Shanara stuff. reread 20040127
Brooks, Terry. Trolltown 2 A Knight of the Word. R. Ballantine. 345424646 1999 FANTASY CONTEMPORARY reread 20040127
Brooks, Terry. Trolltown 3 Angel Fire East. R. 20040128. good stuff! sorta sad bittersweet end, but good characters and the knight of the word is an excellent invention. an 8 or 9 for the trilogy.
BROOKS HERITAGE OF SHANNARA 2 THE DRUID OF SHANNARA -X HB,1ST THE HERITAGE SERIES WASN'T ALL THAT GREAT, TOOK 4 BOOKS TO DO WHAT HE'D DONE IN 1 BEFORE
Brown, Mary. Pigs Don't Fly. R. 7
Brown, Mary. Master of Many Treasures. R. sequel to Pigs Don't Fly. she goes across the world to find her dragon lover. 6
Brown, Mary. Strange Deliverance. R. not bad a 5. again with the unicorn horn ring. Alice reference pg 76. post apocalypse reconstruction with aliens & magic stone circles.
Brown, Mary. Dragonne's Eg. R. 200407? continuation of the series.. of sorts. late 1800's Victorian era woman gains the unicorn ring & returns the eg to china. opens orphanage in countryside for poor Londoners. really the least of them. a 4. series starts off strong but gets less as it goes - a disappointment. recommend #1 but not the rest.
Brown, Simon. Keys of Power 1 Inheritance. R.X. 20060621
Brown, Simon. Keys of Power 2 Fire and Sword. R.x. 20060622
Brown, Simon. Keys of Power 3 Sovereign. R.X. 20060623. not bad, a bit formulaic, but very well done battle sequences, and quite an interesting vampire - the wood vampire. somewhat standard, youngest royal sun betrayed seeks vengeance, and sort of a butler did it, the chancellor regicide. but good adventure getting there. a 6-7 the series.
BROWN, RITA MAE. VENUS ENVY. R. 35 YR-old woman thinks she is dying and writes letters to everyone she knows telling them she was gay. then she doesn't die (it was all a mistake) and goes around the town trying to live with it, it's funny and at the end 1 of her paintings (she owns a gallery) "comes alive" and she meets the Greek gods and has a nice orgy with Venus. it's strange. and only mildly sf (fant) but I thought it was fun.
BRUNNER, JOHN. MORE THINGS IN HEAVEN. PB,R,X. weird hyperspace monstrous beings 'borrow' the bodies of the 1st spacemen. really rather creepy, and stuff about how 'men' were from hyperspace but have 'fallen' and don't remember why, etc. a 5.
BRUST, S & LINDHOLM GYPSY, THE R
BRUST, S BROKEDOWN PALACE IN THE EASTERN (HUMAN) LANDS OF TALTOS R
BRUST, S TALTOS 1 JHEREG R
BRUST, S TALTOS 2 YENDI R
BRUST, S TALTOS 5 PHOENIX R
BRUST, S TALTOS 6 ATHYRA R
Brust, Steven. Jhereg 08 Dragon. 20031028. reread. a good look at fantasy medieval warfare from the pov of a grunt, and an interesting Jhereg story, but probably not the best of the series. a 6 this read thru.
BRUST, STEVEN & EMMA BULL. FREEDOM & NECESSITY. PB,R. a good one, mostly historical english, with a tiny little bit of magic thrown in. very stylistic. an 9. another epistolary novel!
BUDRYS, ALGIS. HARD LANDING. PB,R,X. a 50's sf book (written by a 50's sf writer) in the 90's- not bad but sort of nostalgic - there were some neat Nixon connections. stranded aliens who look superficially human were supposed to keep hidden but one uses his knowledge to gain wealth - but eventually catches or even causes AIDS and dies a 4
Buettner, Robert. Orphanage. R. 20060615. good very gungho pro military sf. believable excuses for using 'antique' modern weapons in space infantry warfare. well done overall. a 7. there's a sequel
Bujold, Lois McMaster. Vorkosigan 00 Falling Free. R.k. Quaddies
Bujold, Lois McMaster. Vorkosigan 01 Shards of Honor. R.X. 20021224. Cordelia & Aral
Bujold, Lois McMaster. Vorkosigan 02 Barrayar. R.X. Cordy preggers
Bujold, Lois McMaster. Vorkosigan 03 The Warrior's Apprentice. R.X. miles fails physical, dendarii.
Bujold, Lois McMaster. Vorkosigan 04 The Vor Game. R.X. rescue emperor
Bujold, Lois McMaster. Vorkosigan 05 Cetaganda. R.X. star crèche
Bujold, Lois McMaster. Vorkosigan 07 Brothers in Arms. R.X. clone on earth
Bujold, Lois McMaster. Vorkosigan 08 The Borders of Infinity. R.X. shorts, prison break
Bujold, Lois McMaster. Vorkosigan 09 Mirror Dance. R.X. miles killed on Jackson's whole
Bujold, Lois McMaster. Vorkosigan 10 Memory. R.X.
Bujold, Lois McMaster. Vorkosigan 11 Komarr. R.X. meets ekaterian
Bujold, Lois McMaster. Vorkosigan 12 A Civil Campaign. R.X. wedding romancing, internal politics
Bujold, Lois McMaster. Vorkosigan 13 Diplomatic Immunity. R.X. 20030102 married & quaddies plague ceta liked the Dendarii stuff better, action rather than politics as the last few, good series overall tho necessary to read them all to get the latest. a 7 the series
Bujold, Lois McMaster. Ethan of Athos. R.X. 20060616. not a Vorkosigan book, but in the same universe has Quinn in it. planet of only men, and spy intrique on a space station. not bad, surprising the way it ended. I'd expected - in general that Athos would be changed to add women, but no.. a 6.
Bull, Emma. Finder. TOR. c.1995. BORDERLANDS R. excellent a 9.
BULL, EMMA. Bone Dance. R. 199901. psychic powers and post apocalypse and Voodoo and artificial people and without the normal post apocalypse feel. very well done. an 9
BULL, EMMA. FALCON. PB,R. Celtic sf! at least the 1st half - seems 2 books in one. 1st is Celtic planet in civil war with near monarchy system and royal kid helps with rebels. then kid is starpilot and at end develops power of teleportation!! - could have a really neat sequel if wanted. a 7 or 8, the 1st half was better.
BULLA, CLYDE. CHALK BOX KID, THE. CH, OS , R
BulletProof Monk. TPB, comix. Michael Avon Oeming art. reread 20040215 sun. R.X. interesting, good art, disjointed story, but works well, disappointing ending. better than the movie, but mostly because didn't like the kid in the movie, otherwise the movie had a better plot.
Bunch, Chris. Last Legion 1 Last Legion. R.x. 20040812
Bunch, Chris. Last Legion 2 Firemask. R.x. 20040814.
Bunch, Chris. Last Legion 3 Storm Force. R.x. 20040815.
Bunch, Chris. Last Legion 4 Homefall. R.x. 20040817.
military sf not bad, not as good as drake or weber but interesting characters pretty good battle scenes. a 5 the series.
Bunting, Eve. Will You be by POSSLQ? R. YA. cute & with cancer & 1st sex & stuff. 7
BURT, K . GIRL ON A BROOMSTICK OS,CH =X sort of sappy girls book, no real witchcraft just coincidence, but strong character and likeable, young romance, nice a 5
BUSBY, F.M. RISSA 1 YOUNG RISSA X, R RISA/TREGARDE 1 TRILLOGY - they get better the 3rd is actually fairly good but you'd need the background of the 1st 2 to get much. in total a 4
BUSBY, F.M. RISSA 2 RISSA AND TREGARE X, R RISA/TREGARDE 2
BUSBY, F.M. RISSA 3 THE LONG VIEW X, R RISA/TREGARE 3
BUSBY, F.M. RISSA 4 ALIEN DOUBT x,R continues risa/tregarde after end of long view
best of the 4 he was getting better but still too stilted style and long boring segments
Butcher, Jim. Dresden Files 01 Storm Front. black magic
Butcher, Jim. Dresden Files 02 Fool Moon. werewolves
Butcher, Jim. Dresden Files 03 Grave Peril. Vampires
Butcher, Jim. Dresden Files 04 Summer Knight. faerie war
Butcher, Jim. Dresden Files 05 Death Masks. shroud of Turin. 20040319-23. R.k. good series. sorta a male anita Blake. a wizard in the modern world. 1st book isn't written all that great a 5., but gets better in 2 and much better by 4 is up to an 8.
CADIGAN, PAT. MINDPLAYERS. PB,R,X. cyberpunk, mental weirdness - legal psychosis etc. franchises personalities, mindwipe, she becomes like a psychologist. ok a 5 didn't;t like
that there was no major plot.
CADIGAN, PAT. SYNNERS. R. A good cyberpunk book, speed thrash, corp scum, just breaking tech to plug into 'net' Artificial intelligence, Rock Video instead of music, post big
one L.A. It was sometimes difficult to figure out which character we were with nearly the first half of the book, minor notices at chapter heads with the name of the current main character would have helped greatly to keep the flow going, mostly it took all of a page or so to get who it was, after a while they all got together and it became
easier to tell them apart. much surreal stuff, neat. a 9
Callahan - Levels of Insanity. 200410?. cartoons, some good stuff but nothing outstanding in this one. a5.
Card, Orson Scott. Ender's Shadow 1. R.X.
Card, Orson Scott. Shadow of the Hegemon 2. R. very military not much like the later Ender books, a 6
Card, Orson Scott. Shadow Puppets 3. R. 20031230. but good a 7.
Card, Orson Scott. Homecoming 1 Memory of Earth. R.X. a 4 for series ok but not good sf
Card, Orson Scott. Homecoming 2 call of earth. R.X.
Card, Orson Scott. Homecoming 3 ships of earth. R.X.
Card, Orson Scott. Homecoming 4 earthfall. R.X.
Card, Orson Scott. Homecoming 5 earthborn. R.X.
Card, Orson Scott. Songmaster. TOR. c.1987. R.X.
CARD, ORSON SCOTT. ENDER 3 XENOCIDE R HUMANITY TRIED TO DESTROY THE NEW WORLD WITH 3 INTELIGENCES ON IT. AND 1 OF IT. NOT AS GREAT AS ENDER'S GAME BUT.. A 7
CARD, ORSON SCOTT. TREASON . R, GOOD STUFF
CARROLL, JIM. THE BASKETBALL DIARIES. PB,R,bio. Quite a psycho junkie boy he was and way young at it! good stuff. an 8.
Cassutt. Michael. Dragon Season. R.X. a rather neat modern/alternate reality fantasy/sf. Men as God. vs. atomic missiles. neat plot, interesting alternate world where everything is grown/bio where prayers are answered if God is interested, where God is just this guy. But too much Xian stuff in our world at the end. a 5
CHALKER & RESNICK & EFFINGER . RED TAPE WAR . X, R, too many cooks...
CHANDLER, A. BERTRAM. STAR COURIER. R. TALK ABOUT THE COVER NOT HAVING ANYTHING! TO DO WITH THE STORY 'A BARBARIAN ON HORSEBACK' NO HORSES AT ALL AND I DON'T REMEMBER A SWORD
EITHER = A DEEPSPACE VERSION OF HORNBLOWER STUFF = GOOD ADVENTURE A 6
Chant, Joy. Red Moon and Black Mountain. 20030624. R. an 8 an excellent YA Fantasy, quite readable by adults. childrens zapped to fantasy land and overthrow the evil due to prophecy, but well done. good writing. nice ending. unicorn horses, star magic, moon magic, gods & evil (very xian setup fallen 'god' as the evil but done well) [first of 3 books set in this world]
Chaykin - American Century Scars & stripes (14) tpb Comics Vertigo. 20040809. R.x. Chaykin story & covers - but not art which was somewhat disappointing. still it was well done and a good action story. but not a type I'm really into - 50's era Latin America drugs revolutions and gun running CIA & USSR, murder and dogfights. well done for what it
was. a 5.
Cherryh, C. J. Cyteen Pt. 1 The Betrayal. c.1989 R.X.
Cherryh, C. J. Cyteen Pt. 2 The Rebirth. c.1989 R.X.
Cherryh, C. J. Cyteen Pt. 3 The Vindication. c.1989 R.X. good series, but not great. I always like her stuff, and she has a few outstanding books, but mostly just good enough. a 5.
CHERRYH, C. J. FADED SUN KUTATH . R
CHERRYH, C. J. FADED SUN KESRITH . R
CHERRYH, C. J. FADED SUN SHON'JIR R
CHERRYH, C. J. CHANUR 1 THE PRIDE OF CHANUR . PRETTY GOOD, INTERSETING THAT SHE BARELY LET THE HUMAN COMMUNICATE. the series as a whole would get a 4
CHERRYH, C. J. CHANUR 2 KIF STRIKE BACK, THE
CHERRYH, C. J. CHANUR 3 CHANUR'S VENTURE . THRID CHANUR BOOK
CHERRYH, C. J. CHANUR 4 CHANUR'S HOMECOMING . It's not a bad series, a bit long, being a single adventure split into three books, (the 1st is separate) but okay and the Knnn and
the methane breathers are some of the most interesting and bizarre aliens I've ever seen, Knnn esp where they'd been taught to 'trade' so instead of just taking and pillaging anything they wanted, they first dump something off then take anything they wa1nt. The 4th book in the series
CHERRYH, C. J. CHANUR 5 CHANUR'S LEGACY . TPB, ADVANCE, SIGNED TO ARIC . It's Hilfy instead of Panfar and the Legacy instead of the Pride and no Tully (which annoys Hilfy to no end) this is not the best of the series #4 or #1 was but the whole series is not so hot. The reverse sex discrimination thing is just too overdone and been dragged out too much. it works good but you can get tired of it. I would love to see one with humans in it more tho. a 4
CHERRYH, C. J. GATE 1 GATE OF IVEREL R, A GREAT SERIES - FANTASY WITH SF
CHERRYH, C. J. GATE 2 WELL OF SHIUAN R
CHERRYH, C. J. GATE 3 FIRES OF ASEROTH R
CHERRYH, C. J. GATE 4 EXILES'S GATE R, GREAT sf-fantasy series
CHERRYH, C. J. FAERY IN SHADOW. PB. R. 6 not one of her greatest, very Celtic, powerful sidhe, hero very reminiscent of Elric, but often disjointed too much bemoaning his fate not enough action. no resolution to the heros real problem. Caith and his sidekick help a pair of twins from a evil witch, the twins selkie father from the sea and the boy get killed cause of Caith and she turns pure sidhe and Caith is left with sidekick and no change in his
fortune for all that trouble. 980330
CHERRYH, C. J. HEAVY TIME. -X, R. SORT OF BORING, VERY TECHNICAL, THE REBELLION WAS NEAT BUT IT WAS ONLY A FEW CHAPTERS NEAR THE END, THE END WAS DISAPOINTING, TOO 'REAL' NO WINNERS.
CHERRYH, C. J. PALADIN, THE. Quite liked this one, the farm girl forces the older paladin to train her (and boy does he have a 'different' view of women, and a high value of his sexual prowess.) They fall in love (kinda, actually it's real slow and mostly him) and then they go off to tear down the evil regent. She does a great job of showing the action especially of the swordfights so that you know without being told that they're using Japanese technique and style weapons with out any mention of any asian words. I thought that that was very well done and difficult to do, esp so well as she did it. The plot is tame and 'tho there are a few twists (mainly with the girl) it is the development and the great action which make the book. an 8 or 9
CHERRYH, C. J. PORT ETERNITY. R. CLONES AND THE ARTHURIAN LEGEND, I'D LIKE TO WRITE A SCREENPLAY AND/OR PLAY BASED ON THIS ONE, CLONES NAMED AFTER ARTHURIAN LEGENDS, ILLEGALY GET AHOLD OF A MINDTAPE PLAY OF THE LEGEND AND THEN BEGIN TO ACT OUT THEIR PARTS - ON A SPACESHIP TRAPPED IN HYPERSPACE. WITH METHANE BREATHERS ON THE ATTACK. a 9
CHERRYH, C. J. RUSALKA. PB,R good different fantasy, 1st Russian fantasy.
CHRISTOPHER, JOHN. WHITE MOUNTAINS 1 THE WHITE MOUNTAINS
CHRISTOPHER, JOHN. WHITE MOUNTAINS 2 THE CITY OF GOLD AND LEAD
CHRISTOPHER, JOHN. WHITE MOUNTAINS 3 POOL OF FIRE, THE. CH, YA, R. GOOD KIDS SCI-FI
CLAREMONT, CHRIS. FIRST FLIGHT (have 1ST signed? pb-keep)
CLAREMONT, CHRIS. GROUNDED
CLAREMONT, CHRIS. SUNDOWNER. R,X. Good, nothing like his x-men sf, recent warp drives, 1st contact trilogy, alien intelligences cat-men, altered DNA stuff, virtual reality. but mostly fighterjock actions /boredom. a 5 - great stuff about Lila Cheny (sp) the rocksinger from the x-books!!
Clayton, Jo. Duel of Sorcery 01 Moongather. DAW c.1982. R.
Clayton, Jo. Duel of Sorcery 02 Moonscatter. DAW c.1983. R.
Clayton, Jo. Duel of Sorcery 03 Changer's Moon. DAW c.1985. R.
[unread RETURNING TO THE "DUEL OF SORCERY" UNIVERSE"Dancer" 1)Dancer's Rise, 2)Serpent Waltz, 3)Dance Down the Stars]
CLAYTON, JO. DIADEM 1 DIADEM FROM THE STARS. R. interesting human aliens and space faring and the fantastic diadem. part of a long series, a good story a 6
CLAYTON, JO. DIADEM 2 Lamarchos
CLAYTON, JO. DIADEM 3 IRSUD. R
CLAYTON, JO. DIADEM 4 Maeve
CLAYTON, JO. DIADEM 5 STAR HUNTERS. R
CLAYTON, JO. DIADEM 6 The Nowhere Hunt
CLAYTON, JO. DIADEM 7 Ghosthunt
CLAYTON, JO. DIADEM 8 THE SNARES OF IBEX. R
CLAYTON, JO. DIADEM 9 QUESTER'S ENDGAME. R. end [1939 02 15 to 1998 02 13]
CLEARY, B . MOUSE & THE MOTORCYCLE L
CLEARY, B . RUNAWAY RALPH HB
CLEARY, B . RALPH S. MOUSE
CLEARY, BEVERLY. STRIDER. CH PB,X. Sequel to Dear Mr. Henshaw. and interesting - meets girl, refriends dad,
CLELAND, JOHN . MEMOIRS OF A WOMAN OF PLEASURE (FANNY HILL) . TPB,XXX
CONSTANTINE, STORM. WRAETHTHU 2 THE BEWITCHMENTS OF LOVE AND HATE. PB,R. a really interesting and mental post apocalypse and alternate humanity - new race.
COOK, GLEN. STARFISHERS 1 SHADOWLINE. R, interesting and not really connected with the others except as background for mouse who is only the sidekick in the others. - very LIKE David drake merc's stuff. a 7
COOK, GLEN. STARFISHERS 2 STARFISHERS. R, infiltrate starfishers and begin stuff a 7
COOK, GLEN. STARFISHERS 3 STAR'S END. R. the war against the enemy - bio terraforming machines a race that destroys all to make planets for it's owners = who are long dead!! and worse yet the book doesn't hold out much hope for their success!! and then ends!! a 7
COOK, GLEN. SWORDBEARER, THE. R, poor guy gets a magic sword, no really you would not want to get a magic sword in this place, very much like the Elric stories but with some twists that make it cooks story not Moorcock's, an early book but still good, not the happiest of endings. a 6.
COOPER, LOUISE. BOOK OF INDIGO 05 TROIKA. R
Cooper, Louise. BOOK OF Indigo 06 Avatar. R. demon=fear. dark jungle. not bad a 5.
COOPER, LOUISE. BOOK OF Indigo 07 Aisling. R. TOR 812508084 1994 They get less great as the series goes on the first 4 or so were really good and the rest less so, her descriptions are great and character development does go on but the story seems to lag especially when compared to the 1st episode. this one's about a village (which
seems vaguely oriental and very communist) in which logic and wealth are king, anything else is deemed unproductive and there is no greater disparagement. yet there are childish laughing 'ghosts' following the townsfolk about or at least Indigo sees them.
Cooper, Louise. Indigo 08 The Revenant. R. TOR. 812508076 1993. end of series... finally... started out so good, but the last 3 or 4 sort of dragged...
COOPER, LOUISE. TIME MASTER 1, INITIATE. X, R. GOOD SERIES ESPECLALLY IF IT WAS HER FIRST (WHICH IT SEEMS) INTERESTING WAS THE SMALL SIZE OF THE 'PLANET' A SINGLE CONTINENT
WHICH COULD BE CROSSED BY HORSE IN 15 WEEKS (DAYS? I DON'T REMEMBER), it seemed VERY SMALL. AND THE RELEGIOUS ASPECTS SHOWING THAT TOO MUCH ORDERS IS JUST AS BAD AS TOO MUCH CHAOS. I DIDN'T KEEP 'EM 'CAUSE I SEE THEM ALL OVER AND THEY ARE THE WORST-WRITTEN OF HER BOOKS, THE REST OF WHICH ARE MUCH BETTER. a 6 or 7 (of course now that I'd like to reread them there no where to be found!)
COOPER, LOUISE. TIME MASTER 2 THE OUTCAST. X, R
COOPER, LOUISE. TIME MASTER 3 MASTER. X. R.
COOPER, SUSAN. DARK IS RISING 1 OVER SEA, UNDER STONE. YA, R. one of the best YA series! the 1st isn't as good as the later, but the series as a whole is a 9 Arthurian-ish ya fantasy
COOPER, SUSAN. DARK IS RISING 3 GREENWITCH. HB,DJ,YA , R.
COOPER, SUSAN. DARK IS RISING 4 THE GREY KING. YA, R.
COOPER, SUSAN. DARK IS RISING 5 SILVER ON THE TREE (END). HB,DJ,YA,R. SUPER GREAT CELTIC/ARTHURIAN MODERN FANT A 9! FOR SEIES
Cooper, Susan. King of Shadows. Clapp, John (illustrator). Simon & Schuster
Children's. c.1999. ARC Proof. R. back in time to Shakespear.
Cornwell, Bernard. Gallows Thief. R.X. 20060614. 2 years after the battle of waterloo an english gentry after his father lost all their money is looking for work. he gets a one shot employment as an investigator, and actually tries to do it, annoying his employer. newgate prison, murder, lords, painters, money. an interesting murder mystery, an interesting character, and setting, well shown, and well written. some of the minor supporting characters were actually better than Rider Sandman. a 5.
COWPER, RICHARD. BIRD OF KINSHIP 1 THE ROAD TO CORLAY. R. In the 1st bk there are flashes back the present and minds flying to the far future of corlay but it falls off in the later books, and the 3rd is so far in the future that the 1st story is legend! very religious and x=ian but also much anti=x=ian a good trilogy an 8
COWPER, RICHARD. BIRD OF KINSHIP 2 A DREAM OF KINSHIP. R
COWPER, RICHARD. BIRD OF KINSHIP 3 A TAPESTRY OF TIME. R
Crane, Jordan. The Last Lonely Saturday. small GN. 2004? R.x. excellent nearly all 'silent' little short of a lonely old man visiting his wives grave, and dies & her ghost welcomes him, touching. a 6.
Crean, Michelle Shirey. Dancer of the Sixth. R.X. 20060804. an excellent 1st book. Military, Spy, fighter jock, secret spy organization, in depth secrets, multiple races of men, torture death. well written for the most part, just a few bits where it gets confusing, unfortunately the end is one, not the big finish, but the denouement is off, bit of romance. a solid 6. great potential for further stuff. good plotting. excellent detail filled setting. One of the fighter-jock sf sub-sub-genre. Dancer code name of a former hot shot pilot now assumed KIA, joins the 6th - apparently the clean up crew war, sort of well armed spies, full of vengeful Aruyx a race of minor telepaths massacred by the enemy who has an odd love of torture. She finds a double has taken her place in the 4th (the fighter-jocks) and is in their version of the Blue Angels. There are some excellent twists and revelations. It's set up for a sequel without truly needing it to finish the story. I would have said she was a writer to watch out for - great things might be forthcoming - if it didn't look like this book from 1993 is her one and only book. A shame, she had a good voice, and this could have been expanded to an excellent trilogy. If you like this you might like LEWITT, S.N. CYBERSTEALTH, & DANCING VAC.
Crichton, Michael. Eaters of the Dead. ill ed. R.k. (made movie 13th warrior). excellent story, the footnotes are hillarious. at least an 8.
CRICHTON, Michael. EATERS OF THE DEAD. R. Great! Crichton best ever, made into
not so good movie 13th warrior. the footnotes in the book are really cool, and amusing
CROWLEY. BEASTS. REALLY NEAT SORT OF BEAUTY AND THE BEAST AT FIRST AND THEN HE GETS
INTO HOW HUMANOID BEASTS WOULD REALLY BE AND THEY'RE AS ALIEN AS ANIMALS, THE FOX-MAN RENYARD (OF COURSE) IS A NEAT CHARACTER, WELL DONE AND INTERSETING AS ALL CROWLEY'S ARE. PERHAPS NOT UP TO LITTLE, BIG, BUT IT'S SHORTER AND EARILER. so an 8 or 9.
Czerneda, Julie E. In the Company of Others. 20040909. R.x. she's an excellent writer - but this exploration into 3rd person wasn't as successful as her 1st person narratives. Still it's an excellent self contained story. a 6.
Dahl, Roald. James & the Giant Peach. YA. the movie was nearly as good.! R. 9
DAHL, ROALD . MATILDA . CH,OS,R, very good a 9
DAHL, ROALD . ENORMOUS CROCODILE, THE . OS,CH , R. young childrens book, a 5
DAHL, ROALD . MAGIC FINGER, THE . CH,OS,PB . ONE OF HIS BOOKS FOR YOUNGEST AUDIENCE, VERY SHORT.
DAHL, ROALD . BFG, THE . YA,PB,R,. interesting language the giants use and it's neat of course, it's dahl after all. a 6
DAHL, ROALD. MY UNCLE OSWALD. BRIT PB. FUNNY AND RISQUE, SORT OF, NOT FANTASY, or kids stuff.
DAHL, ROALD. WONDERFUL STORY OF HENRY SUGAR & SIX MORE. L,CH,R, good, NF and stuff, a 7
DALEY, B. HAN SOLO & THE LOST LEGACY. R
DALEY, B. HAN SOLO'S REVENGE. R
DALEY, B. HAN SOLO AT STARS' END. R. fun pre-star wars setting, good smuggler stuff.
Daley, Brian. Gammalaw 1 Smoke on the Water. X.Read
Daley, Brian. Gammalaw 2 a Screaming Across the Skyx. X.Read
Daley, Brian. Gammalaw 3 the Broken Country. X.Read
DALKEY, KARA. CURSE OF SAGAMORE. R. a neat little fantasy and some good funny bits.
DALMAS. FANGLITH. RETURN TO FANGLITH. R,X. Fanglith is medieval earth! and kind of obvious stuff happens
Dalmas, John. Kalif's War. Baen. c.1991. R.
Dalmas, John. The Three-Cornered War. Baen. c.1998. R.
Dalmas, John. The Regiment's War. Baen. c.1993. R. Military SF.
DALMAS, JOHN. REGIMENT 1 THE REGIMENT. R,PB. good war sf. a 6 or 7
DANIELS, LES. BLACK CASTLE. vampire. R,X.
DANIELS, LES. SILVER SKULL.vampire. R,X.
DANIELS, LES. CITIZEN VAMPIRE. R,X.
HAWKE, SIMON. DARKSUN TRIBE OF ONE 1 THE OUTCAST. R,X.
HAWKE, SIMON. DARKSUN TRIBE OF ONE 2 THE SEEKER. R,X.
HAWKE, SIMON. DARKSUN TRIBE OF ONE 3 THE NOMAD. R,X.
a very interesting idea many minds in one body was very disappointed at the end to see that they were not many parts of his mind but really other minds, the story was interesting but constrained by the darksun rules not as good as it felt it could have been for the total series a 6
David, Peter. Knight Life. R. Ace. 441451306 1987 Humor/Fantasy/King Arthur.
DAVIDSON, AVRAM. PEREGRINE PRIMUS. R. VERY ANTI ESTABISHED CHRISTIANITY = MAKE IT SEEM LIKE A SCATTERING OF CULTS, PRINCE OF THE LAST PAGAN COUNTRY IN EUROPE! A 6 BUT NEAT.
DAVIS, MARGARET. MINDLIGHT. R,. good, very similar plot to something else I've read but finishes out different. another 1st contact story. a 6
de Lint, Charles (Samuel M. Key). Angel of Darkness. R.X. 20050820. more a horror than a modern fantasy, otowa as usual, magic evil, some rather gruesome & vile sexual assaults & deaths. bittersweet ending. a 5. well written but too many POV's and too horror.
De Lint, Charles. Someplace to be Flying. R. 20030210. 3alice. excellent, modern fantasy, Amerindian shapechangers, crow, fox, coyote, raven. very _nice_ tricksters rather than villain except for the cuckoos. an 8 a strong full novel (rather than coll of linked shorts as is usual from him)
De Lint, Charles. Svaha. future sf/fant with Indian myth. not really much like his modern fant stuff, but good.
DE LINT, CHARLES. DREAMING PLACE, THE. PB,R. Sort of a ya delint, girls get put into animal bodies, and the homeless person is a witch.
DE LINT, CHARLES. GREENMANTLE. R. This is good, but not as great as moonheart, but very similar (and I think it came earlier) the green man and the God Pan and such living in a small wood in upstate Canada and murder and mayhem from the American Italian mob, and an assassin who quit. a 6
DE LINT, CHARLES. JACK OF KINROWAN. R. includes jack the giant=killer and sequel a 9
DE LINT, CHARLES. JACK, THE GIANT-KILLER. R. good, very much like moonheart, a 9 (to X)
DE LINT, CHARLES. LITTLE COUNTRY, THE. R. in Ireland(I think) and with old Celtic stuff
DE LINT, CHARLES. SVAHA. X,R. The only problem is how they got the tech in the first place, the Indian enclaves of native peoples all across the world, but the story was good
action as well, much cyberpunk around the edges.
DE LINT, CHARLES. WOLF MOON. R. a good werewolf hunted by an evil bard odd twist, good characterization nice fantasy an 8
DE LINT, CHARLES. YARROW. R. A GOOD ONE, ANOTHER OF HIS MODERN FANTASY BOOKS, LESS OF FEY MORE DREAM MAGIC BUT GOOD, AN 8, rotten cover for it tho.
DE CAMP. DIVIDE & RULE. R
DE HAVEN, TOM. CHRONICLES OF THE KING'S TRAMP 1 WALKER OF WORLDS. R.199901. a great fantasy series with the feel of SF, unique magic and creatures with a strong feel of history about them, tons of truly 'alien' stuff. a 9
DE HAVEN, TOM. CHRONICLES OF THE KING'S TRAMP 2 THE END-OF-EVERYTHING MAN. R.199902 a great fantasy series with the feel of SF, unique magic and creatures with a strong feel of history about them, tons of truly 'alien' stuff. a 9
need #3 The Last Human
Deakins, John. Barrow. pb,R. neat connected short stories - original? or 1st done as SS'
s? - can't tell, about a God-like magician and the place where he dwells, and the people around about the town, reminds me much of the thieves world at the end of the series, good a 6 - could be a sequel
DEAN, PAMELA C. SECRET COUNTRY, THE. R.
DEAN, PAMELA C. HIDDEN LAND, THE R. SEQUEL TO THE SECRET COUNTRY
DeCHANCIE, J. Castle 2 CASTLE PERILOUS -X
Deitz, Tom. Windmaster's Bane. Rx. 200501?. reread. Celtic Sidhee in the Appalachian mtns. help the good faerie vs the bad one. a 6.
Deitz, Tom. Fireshaper's Doom. Rx. 20050106. reread. new plot but continues with the same villains & characters. in faerie. a 6.
Deitz, Tom. Darkthunder's Way. Rx. 20050106. the Indian with the Irish name, Alex does a bad thing. a 6.
Deitz, Tom. Sunshaker's War. R. 200501? the war in Faerie is wrecking the Indian myth land & need to stop it. a 5.
Deitz, Tom. Stoneskin's Revenge. Rx. 20050116?. something let out leftover from the previous book, this one's all Cherokee mythology. a 6
Deitz, Tom. Ghostcountry's Wrath. Rx. 20050118. another leftover a year later from the last book. again all Cherokee, but with Dave and crew back again. a 6.
Deitz, Tom. Dreamseeker's Road. Rx. 200502?. back to faerie and David and his pals, the wild hunt, and more. a 6.
Deitz, Tom. Above the Lower Sky. Rx. 20050120. 25 years in the future of the same series - a son of a minor character, & dolphin mages. not bad, nice future building Indian style. a 5.
Deitz, Tom. The Demons in the Green Rx. 20050206. direct sequel to "Above the Lower Sky" just days later. a bit bloodier, a bit better. a 7.
DEITZ, TOM. GRYPHON KING, THE. R. stand alone?
Devenport, Emily. Scorpianne. R. mars, bioengineered people, child octogenarians, porn machines. cool looking cover that has absolutely nothing to do with the book. interesting odd ideas a 6
Devenport, Emily. Shade. N A L c.1991 R.
Devenport, Emily. Larissa. N A L. c.1993 R. excellent SF series and 8 or 9
DICK, PHILLIP K. & ZELAZNY. DEUS IRAE. CORBEN CVR,PB. NOT THE GREATEST - DIFFICULT TO GET INTO, NOT VERY SIMPATHETIC CHARACTERS. shame with such great authors, but guess didn't add up well. a 3
DICK, PHILLIP K. WE CAN BUILD YOU. R,X?. THE PYCOITICS & LINCOLN ROBOT,
Dickinson, Peter. The Changes 1 The Devil's Children. R.x. a 5
Dickinson, Peter. The Changes 2 Heartsease. R.x. a 4
Dickinson, Peter. The Changes 3 The Weathermonger. 20040311. R.x. 3 connected books, but different characters in each. an interesting sf/fantasy. England suddenly reverts to the dark ages, madness ensues. finally 2 kids figure it out and put Merlin back to sleep. a 6
Dickson, Gordon R. Dorsai/Childe Cycle 01 Necromancer. R.k. Ace. 441568548 1983.DAW
Dickson, Gordon R. Dorsai/Childe Cycle ? The Genetic General. R.k.
Dickson, Gordon R. Dorsai/Childe Cycle ? Soldier, Ask Not. R.k.DAW
Dickson, Gordon R. Dorsai/Childe Cycle ? The Spirit of the Dorsai. R.k. up to here this is excellent military sf 6 to 8
Dickson, Gordon R. Dorsai/Childe Cycle 05 Lost Dorsai. R.k. Ace. 441493009 1981. the early Dorsai stuff is the epitome of military SF, but the end stuff is too politically oriented and slow. a 4 or 5
Dickson, Gordon R. Dorsai/Childe Cycle 07 The Final Encyclopedia. r. x. boy does this get long. a4
Dickson, Gordon R. Dorsai/Childe Cycle 09 Chantry Guild. R.x. too much a4
Dickson, Gordon R. Dorsai/Childe Cycle 10 Young Bleys. R.x. I just don't really like the stories where you already know the main character is the villain - you can see _some_ good in what he does but it's all downhill. a4
Dickson, Gordon R. Dorsai/Childe Cycle 11 Others. R.x. I just don't really like the stories where you already know the main character is the villain - you can see _some_ good in what he does but it's all downhill. a3
Dickson, Gordon R. Magnificent Wilf, the. X,R.199902 ok, reminds me of retief the galactic diplomat a lot, and was interesting and funny but not a whole lot so. a 4
Dickson, Gordon R. Spacepaw. R. sequel to spacial delivery. okay a 4
DICKSON, GORDON, R. NONE BUT MAN. R,. (with extra chapter at beginning) Highjack spaceliners for rebellions ships, revolutionary war in space again. but dickson does it pretty good.
DICKSON, GORDON R. OUTPOSTER, THE. R, the meda V'dan space nomads and barbarians.
Dietz, William C. Freehold. R.k. 200408? rotten cover. military sf mercs - coming 'home' to the planet they fight for. good adventure story desert planet (sort of dune-ish) pirates & aliens & evil big corps. an 8.
Dietz, William C. Halo the Flood. 2005061?. gah video game novelization, but not bad military stuff, Dietz has done much better tho. a 4.
Dietz, William C. Legion of the Damned 1 Legion of the Damned. R. 200408? good military sf foreign legion in space, cyborgs, camoronne. a 7.
DIETZ, WILLIAM C. LEGION 2 FINAL BATTLE. R, GOOD MILITARY SF FORIEN LEGION OF CYBORGS, AN 8 OR 9
Dietz, William C. Legion of the Damned 3 By Blood Alone. R. 200408?
Dietz, William C. Legion of the Damned 4 By Force of Arms. R. 20040901. 2 linked sets of dualogys 1+2 and 3+4 but they all go together. 3+4 are bill booly 3rd, 3 = mutiny and takeover of earth. 4 = aliens chased by killer robots. - not really sure I like the rather deux ex machina (literally!) ending for 4 but it works okay, just too fast and not really pat enuf. a 7 the series.
Dietz, William C. Prison Planet. R.k. 200408?. a quickie adventure -with really good cyborg stuff. killer planet makes man of mouse... etc. gets 'revenge' & the girl. classic stuff. but well done a 6.
Dietz, William Drifter. R. ends as if it were starting the 2nd book already, pirate sf very very hansoloish. not bad written tho. a 6. main characters name is Lando )
Douglass, Sara. Wayfarer Redemption, the. 1 of 6. 20030506. R.X. a 4. not bad writing, but one of those prophecy series (like Jordan's) & I'm just kinda sick of 'em. Pretty interesting characters, but a few too many to know them well. non-standard fantasy races, treefolk, wingfolk, underground charons, and humanfolk.
Downer, Ann. The Spellkey Trilogy (Spellkey, Glass Salamander, Books of the Keepers) R. 200303?. like the last best - bookmakers } a 7 the 1st 2 a 5 sometimes hard to follow.
Doyle, Debra & James D. Macdonald. Mageworlds 1 Price of the Stars. 20031116. a good adventure with some mystic (sorta star wars force magic) stuff. actually a lot of star wars the extra fast, armed merchant ship, did the net in 6.21 hours(like the falcon and the kessel run) but good characters even if elements were lifted from pop movies.
Doyle, Debra & James D. Macdonald. Mageworlds 2 StarPilot's Grave. 20031117.
Doyle, Debra & James D. Macdonald. Mageworlds 3 By Honor Betray'd. 20031118. 1st 3 = a 7
Doyle, Debra & James D. Macdonald. Mageworlds 4 The Gathering Flame. 20031119. the prequel the parents of and & older characters from the first 3 books. seemed a bit short. a 6
Doyle, Debra & James D. Macdonald. Mageworlds 5 The Long Hunt. 20031120. the kids of the characters in the 1st 3 books. a 4, not much to it, reuses the villain of the 1st story arc to not really that great effect.
Doyle, Debra & James D. Macdonald. Mageworlds 6 The Stars Asunder. 20031120. the professor as a youngin' (part 1 of a new story arc) a bit flat, as you know the ending already, but interesting enough, some excitement, but since you already know he gets thru it all alright it does sorta fall a bit flat. a 6. of all the series the 1st 3 are best.
Doyle, Debra; MacDonald, James D.. The Knight's Wyrd. R. Harcourt. 152015205 1997 KNIGHTS MAGIC MIDDLE AGES JUVENILE HISTORICAL MEDIEVAL ROYALTY Fantasy. dark fantasy and strong and good characters. an 8.
DR. BONES 1; LEIGH, S. THE SECRET OF LONA. R. THIS ONE WAS GOOD BUT THE OTHERS IN THE SERIES...
DRAGONLANCE; WEIS & HICKMAN. CHRONICLES 1 V 1 DRAGONS OF AUTUMN TWILIGHT. R.x. THE BEST TRILOGY OF THE BATCH (ALSO THE 1ST)
DRAGONLANCE; WEIS & HICKMAN. CHRONICLES 1 V 2 DRAGONS OF WINTER NIGHT. R,x
DRAGONLANCE; WEIS & HICKMAN. CHRONICLES 1 V 3 DRAGONS OF SPRING DAWNING. R.x.
Drake, David (editor); Miesel, Sandra (editor). A Separate Star. Baen. c.1989.R.
Drake, David & Eric Flint - Belisarius 01= An Oblique Approach. R.Reread 200512
Drake, David & Eric Flint - Belisarius 02= In the Heart of Darkness.R. Reread 200512
Drake, David & Eric Flint - Belisarius 03= Destiny's Shield. R.Reread 200512
Drake, David & Eric Flint - Belisarius 04= Fortunes Stroke. R. Reread 20060123 an 8 for the series so far.
Drake, David & Eric Flint - Belisarius 05= The Tide of Victory. R. 20031223. Great historical military SF. SF not fantasy - which is interesting, Roman empire vs. India, with beings from the far future giving advice & technology, romans and machine guns!, cannon & war galleys. but overall very good characters & character development, a lot of characters - but not too many to keep track of, usually, - (some times the names are hard to separate, but that's prob historical accuracy getting in the way of the story ). excellent military stuff, both in detail & in large overall strategy. as good as anything either has done on their own. better than the 1632+ universe by a slim margin (but getting better faster), the military stuff is more 'real' & I suspect that's Drake's attribute. a 9
Drake, David & Eric Flint - Belisarius 06= Dance of Time. R.reread.20061014. excellent finish to a great series. bittersweet end, but fitting. a 9. Drake says (on his website) this whole series is mostly Flint's work, so my estimation of Flint is up tremendously.
Drake, David. Cross the Stars. a hammer's slammers tie-in novel. ReRead 200505?. more space fantasy than military fiction in this one. Good, liked it better before tho. a 7 & a 6.
Drake, David. Fortress. R. TOR. 812536207 1988. terrorism, post-modern day, space-station, spy-intrigue-action.
Drake, David. Lt. Leary Commanding. R. sequel to With the Lightning's. neat warp tech, sails & veins & such, Good a 7.
Drake, Emily. The Magickers. R.X. 20041225. sort of a an American harry potter at summer camp. but not as good. not bad, but took too long to get into the magic, and the threat - tho spoken of was too far off until the very very end. has potential, but feels like a HP knockoff. a 4. there's a sequel the curse of arkady. Emily was at comiccon04, but I missed her.
DRAKE, DAVID & WAGNER, K E. KILLER. X,R. PRETTY GOOD, THEY REALLY LIKE ROMAN STUFF (THIS IS THE THRID DRAKE, DAVID I've SEEN USING IT) AND THEY GET THAT ACCROSS FAIRLY WELL BUT IT'S
NOT CLOSE TO HIS BEST, AND COMMAN. a 5
DRAKE, DAVID. HAMMER'S SLAMMERS, R.X. (reissued in different order in Tank Lords, Caught in the Crossfire, & The Butchers Bill)
DRAKE, DAVID. Rolling Hot. R.X. (reissued in Tank Lords)
DRAKE, DAVID. Counting the Cost. R.X. (reissued in Caught in the Crossfire.)
DRAKE, DAVID. HAMMER'S SLAMMERS THE SHARP END. R all 8
DRAKE, DAVID. IGNITING THE REACHES. R. VENUS BREAKING FROM EARTH IN SPACE MERCHANTS = CERMAMIC SHIPS, FIGHTING BUT NOT REALLY A WAR NOVEL, GOOD, BUT NOT AS SLAMMERS, A 7
DRAKE, DAVID. OLD NATHAN. R fantasy
DRAKE, DAVID. PATRIOTS. PB,R. a sf take on early revolutionary war, green mountain boys. The best part is in the into where he talks about Allen and the green mountain boys. but it's not bad, much less battle than in most of his books, a 7.
DRAKE, DAVID. REDLINERS. a whole company of troops (or what was left) pushed a little to far a gone slightly haywire, or to be redlined, but the bureaucratic head of the humanity feels mad about it and to redeem them and himself drags them thru hell on a nasty planet which does not like them at all! some very good characters and great military writing as is usual from drake. one of his better books, up there with the slammers novels, an 8.
DRAKE, DAVID. STARLINER. R
DRAKE, DAVID. THE VOYAGE. R. A SF RETELLING OF THE PLOT OF JASON AND MEDA (WITH THE SEXES REVERSED) WITH PLANETS INSTEAD OF ISLANDS, NOT HIS BEST BUT I LIKE THE IDEA AND HIS
WRITING IS Polished, a 7
Drake, David. Isles 01: Lord of the Isles. Reread 20061231. excellent epic high fantasy series. a 9. mulitple characters, but kept within a reasonable and rememberable number, excellent magic, and lots of alternate worlds. but mostly just great characters, and good battles.
Drake, David. Isles 02: Queen of Demons. Reread 20061231. an 8.5
Drake, David. Isles 03: Servent of the Dragon. ReRead 20070101. again great characterization, epic -cross-dimensional battles, necromancy and armys of undead. an 8.5
Drake, David. Isles 04: Mistress of Catacombs. R. 20070103. further adventures, and bring more islands into the kingdom, some time travel as well as dimension hopping, all leading to the same point, woven toghether quite well. Giant spiders. an 8
Drake, David. Isles 05: Goddess of the Ice Realm. R. 20070110. more in a similar vein. The group is split each to their own quest, then reunites at the final battle at the end. Ilna - the evil version. an 8.
Duane, Diane. Wizard 01 So You Want to Be a Wizard. R. great YA modern magic a 9
Duane, Diane. Wizard 02 Deep Wizardry. R. not quite as good a 7
Duane, Diane. Wizard 03 High Wizardry. R.
BCE HB 1st 3 books. K.
Duane, Diane. Wizard 04 A Wizard Abroad. R. Ireland a 7-8
Duane, Diane. Wizard 05 The Wizard's Dilemma. R. 20051016. HB. Neet's Mom. Very sad an 8
Duane, Diane. Wizard 06 A Wizard Alone. R. 20051017. HB. 7 autism.
DUANE, DIANE. TALE OF THE FIVE 1 DOOR INTO FIRE, THE. X,R. EACH IS WRITEN FROM THE POV OF A DIFFERNT CHARACTER IN THE GROUP, THOUGH THE 3RD BOOK BEGINS TO SWAP CHAPTERS SOMETIMES.
DUANE, DIANE. TALE OF THE FIVE 2 DOOR INTO SHADOW, THE. X,R
DUANE, DIANE. TALE OF THE FIVE 3 DOOR INTO SUNSET, THE. X,R. THIS SERIES HAS REALLY NEAT IDEAS FOR DRAGONS, ALIENS WHO DON'T EAT AND USE MAGIC, BUT IT'S OVER WEIGHED BY THE HOMOSEXUAL AND RELIGIOUS ASPECTS. THERE'S TO BE A NUMBER 4 DOOR INTO STARLIGHT
Duncan, Dave. King's Blades 1 The Gilded Chain. R. 200302?. a 8 an interesting gimmick both the bonding of the blades, (which was quite a good new? idea) and the trilogy which was also a neat idea but didn't quite pull off as well.
Duncan, Dave. King's Blades 2 Lord of the Fire Lands. Rx a 5
Duncan, Dave. King's Blades 3 Sky of Swords. R.x a 4
Duncan, Dave. King's Daggers 1 Sir Stalwart. R.x. a 5 YA. not bad but with nothing new
Duncan, Dave. The Cursed. F,X,R.199704. interesting idea sickness brings psychic powers 'curses' to those who don't die. but it seems that the fact of foreknowledge wrecked the ending could have been a trilogy but just skipped over the building of the empire and then 'the end'. okay book by okay writer = a 5 an average book.
DUNCAN, DAVE. A MAN OF HIS WORD 1 MAGIC CASEMENT. PB,R,X
DUNCAN, DAVE. A MAN OF HIS WORD 2 FAERY LANDS FORLORN. PB,R,X
DUNCAN, DAVE. A MAN OF HIS WORD 3 PERILOUS SEAS. PB,R,X
DUNCAN, LOIS. A GIFT OF MAGIC. YA,R my favorite of hers.
DUNCAN, LOIS. FIVE WERE MISSING (AKA RANSOM). YA, R =X. kidnapers take a bus near the end of it's route and parents manage to get them back while kids manage to escape. Good interpersonal of teenagers, personal growth of each of the 5 or 4 at least. and some good adventure. okay not her best by far but she's a good author. Done in '66
so it is kind of old fashioned in one or two spots, but not greatly so. A 4
DUNNING, JOHN. BOOKED TO DIE. MYS,R. A really good mystery if you're in the book trade, lots of hints for bookscouts, the mystery part wasn't really all that interesting to me. but the book stuff was really neat, an 8.
DUNNING, JOHN. BOOKMAN'S WAKE, THE. mys,R. more of a mystery less bookdealerish, but a lot about small press stuff, also very interesting, more interesting people, a 7.
Dunning, John. The Bookman's Promise (3). 20060522. A good mystery, Sir Richard Burton as the theme. A bit depressing at the end, but not as much as the 1st one in the series. Overall not as gripping as the 1st book, maybe I just wasn't as interested in Burton as I was with a used bookstore. Did like the burton stuff, but didn't feel the
murder was really necessary, could have had an excellent mystery without killing her. imo. still, ends on a bit of an up.a 7.
DUNSANY, Lord. CHARWOMAN'S SHADOW, THE. R
Durgin, Doranna. Touched by Magic. R. X. magic comes back. 4 something annoying...
Durgin, Doranna. Wolverine's Daughter. R.X. 20030304 good barbarian characters (destroy magic, etc.) ap hugh did a better female warrior, not superb writing but good, enough. author of dun lady's jess (and better than it). a 4.
DURGIN, DORANNA. DUN LADY'S JESS. R,X. NEAT STORY, THE IDEA WAS GREAT AND KEPT WELL, THE CROSSING OF THE MAGICAL AND 'NORMAL' WORLDS WERE GOOD, AND IT WAS INTERESING, NEAT TO BE A reverse TRANSFORMATION FROM A HORSE TO A HUMAN. a 4
Eddings, David & Leigh. The Redemption of Althalus. R. great his/their best a 10. wonderful fun cat goddess, (rather creepy cover for the story tho) thief & murderer & rather nice guy overall ) Althalus gets caught up with the goddess & the fight of law vs. chaos. lots of great stuff. the evolving relationships are well done & satisfying
endings. Reread, 20050926 still excellent -some great humor, insights, and fun adventure & good evil.
Eddings, David. The Losers. 200305. R an 8. really cool non-sf. finding out about self, become self-reliant, & overcoming the depression, 'evil' 'friend' cripples. and a very scathing commentary on the welfare system and social workers. excellent!
NOT AN SF NOVEL (despite recent covers) BUT GOOD strong character = 8
EDDINGS, David. Belgariad 1 PAWN OF PROPHECY. R.X.
EDDINGS, David. Belgariad 2 QUEEN OF SORCERY. R.X.
EDDINGS, David. Belgariad 3 MAGICIAN'S GAMBIT. R.X.
Eddings, David. Belgariad 4 Castle of Wizardry. R.x. standard fantasy series. a 5.
Eddings, David. Belgariad 5 Enchanters' End Game. R.X.standard fantasy series. a 5.
Eddings, David. Malloreon 1 Guardians of the West. R.X.
Eddings, David. Malloreon 2 King of the Murgos. R.X.
Eddings, David. Malloreon 3 Demon Lord of Karanda. R.X.
Eddings, David. Malloreon 4 Sorceress of Darshiva. R.X. repetitious - overall a redo of the plot from Belgariad. a 4
Eddings, David. Malloreon 5 Seeress of Kell. R.X. repetitious a 4
EDDINGS. ELENIUM 1 DIAMOND THRONE. r. prob 2 copies to X
EDWARDS, JULIE. LAST OF THE REALLY GREAT WHANGDOODLES, THE. CH,R,. REALLY JULIE ANDREWS (Edwards)
EFFINGER, GEORGE ALEC. WHEN GRAVITY FALLS. R,. Arabic cyberpunk Mafia story more Arabian futurist than cyber but chipping personalities etc.great series an 8
EFFINGER, GEORGE ALEC.A FIRE IN THE SUN. R. SEQUEL TO WHEN GRAVITY FALLS. an 8
EFFINGER, GEORGE ALEC. EXLIES KISS, THE. TPB. THIRD FROM WHEN GRAVITY FALLS, cyberpunk in the middle east. A 7
EFFINGER, GEORGE ALEC. WOLVES OF MEMORY. R. creepy, but good sf and weird memory stuff. and interesting AI
Elder, Joshua & Erich Owen. Mail Order Ninja v1. R. 20061110. Graphic Novel. Amusing idea, adequate art, a few in jokes (like the article by Charles 'Eastman-Laird', or the Asimovian aliens). Overall quite pointedly aimed at 5th graders. similar to ninja high-school, only it's grade school, and while it has it parts, there's a bit too much kiddie to it. a 4.
ENGH, M.J.. WHEEL OF THE WINDS. to be -X'ed when found. AN EPIC OF PLANETARY Circumnavigation - Not at all, the outside just doesn't sound like the book inside, not that it's bad, interesting but the pov and way it was written was not conductive to great enjoyment, in short it was kind of boring even though it has great interesting things
about the planet and races etc.
ETHERIDGE, RUTLEDGE. LEGEND OF THE DUELIST. R,X. A 6, not bad, reminiscent of Steve perrys first 3 matador books, but the end with the aliens was kind of odd, and a bit to quick, several bits I just didn't quite get. bunch of aliens who think they're god because they can't remember anyone else creating them so they must have created it all
themselves. yeah makes perfect sense !!?, good action, sort of wrestlemania/boxing to the death kind of bloodsport stuff,
Fabri, Mark. Wyrm. R. a 10 super excellent as good in it's way as snowcrash. as charles Sheffield's review says in the blurb - "All Hackers should have this book; so should anyone interested in; the internet, computer viruses, role-playing games, mythology, science fiction, Lewis Carroll, or Monty Python. Anyone not in this group has my sympathies." very 'real' hacker stuff, and very fun online-games stuff. interesting ideas religion as an 'information' virus running in human brains. (meme programs - like in the very creepy Barnes - Kaleidoscope Century)
FARMER, NANCY. THE EAR, THE EYE, AND THE ARM. YA ch,R,. YA sf in Africa of the far future! mutants with powers and spoiled rich kids,
FARMER, PHILIP JOSE. RIVERWORLD 1 TO YOUR SCATTERD BODIES GO
FARMER, PHILIP JOSE. FABULOUS RIVERBOAT, THE; RIVERWORLD 2
FARMER, PHILIP JOSE. DARK DESEIGN, THE; RIVERWORLD 3
FARREN. PHAID THE GAMBLER. R
FARREN. VICKERS. R. SAME UNI AS PHAID
Feinberg, Jennifer & Todd Meister. Little Scrowlie 1 The Call of Cuthbert. 20041018. GN collection. cool detailed art - the lettering is very interesting but often a bit hard to decipher. the cats are cool & the people often brainless. fun. an 8.
Feintuch, David. The Still. R.X. okay so having the kid be an annoying brat at the beginning was to show how he grew later on but it went on too long and just didn't like him much at all. a 5
Feintuch, David. Voices of Hope. Warner. c.1996. R.X. gah depressing, great military sf, but..
FEINTUCH, DAVID. THE STILL. X,R. Not bad. but not great. Magical kingdoms that each give the rulers some minor power, kid (brat) to be king learns to like peasants etc. gains power gets kingdom. has to stay virgin so he messes around with boyfriend. a 4 not much original but really not too over done. His 'Hope' stuff was better, but much more
depressing.
FEIST. RIFTWAR 1A MAGICIAN APPRENTICE.
FEIST. RIFTWAR 1B MAGICIAN MASTER.
FEIST. RIFTWAR 3 A DARKNESS AT SETHANON
FEIST & WURTS. MISTRESS OF THE EMPIRE
FEIST & WURTS. RIFTWAR SERVANT OF THE EMPIRE
FEIST, RAYMOND & JANNY WURTS. DAUGHTER OF THE EMPIRE. PB,R,SIGNED!.
FEIST. KING'S BUCCANEER, THE. PB,R.
FEIST, RAYMOND E. SERPENT WAR SAGA 1 SHADOW OF A DARK QUEEN, RIFTWAR. REG PB
FEIST, RAYMOND E. SERPENTWAR SAGA 3 RAGE OF A DEMON KING. R,pb. A Good conclusion to the trilogy but not as good as the 2 books before it. calis & thomas loose their valerhu-ness! poor pug = everybody dies on him, but good, an 8
FENN, LIONEL. SEVEN SPEARS OF THE W'DCH'CK, THE .-X
Fforde, Jasper. Next 1 The Eyre Affair. 20050625. R. hav signed HB. very good, very literate, with more adventure/action than I'd expected. alternate universe, books & authors as if sports & entertainment, characters in books as real, time-travel, oppressive authoritarian corporation in control of England. packs a lot into it. An 8 or 9. [alice
108, 218]
Fforde, Jasper. Next 2 Lost in a Good Book. 20050627. R. hav signed HB. very good, better than the 1st, (esp for the introduction of the Cheshire Cat & Red Queen). packs even more oddity into it, finally get well into the jurisifiction, book travel, time travel, alternate universes, well written very literate. an 8.
Fforde, Jasper. Next 3 The Well of Lost Plots. 20050630.R. hav signed HB. nice continuation, best ending of the 3 so far, multiple plots going all over, but all concluding or continuing, none lost. an 8 or 9. fun well written series.
Fforde, Jasper. The Big Over Easy (A Nursery Crime). R. 20061112. a crime noir mystery, with characters from children's nursery rhymes, as real. Humpty is murdered, Jack Spratt (the giant killer) investigates, with Sergeant Mary Mary. A wild cast of characters you instantly recognize, or eventually recognize with surprize, including Prometheus, Old Mother Hubbard, all the famous detectives of fiction from Sherlock Holmes, to Mrs Marple, Solomon Grundy, Georgie Porgie, the woodcutters, 3 Little Pigs, Big Bad Wolf, and many many more, all for some reason living in Reading. A true crime mystery with all the trimmings, and all the extra's you'd expect from Fforde. an 8.
FIORE & MCLUHAN. MEDIUM IS THE MASSAGE, THE. R.X. - photographic juxtaposition of text as art - no real story, but a message - and philosophy -eh. a 3.
FITZHUGH, BILL. PEST CONTROL. PP,MYS. R.199903 Very funny, lots of bugs (oops insects) great you got the wrong person plot. lol funny. a 9
Flint, Eric. 1632. R.k+file 20040130. good alternate history, modern day town sent to the year 1632 in Germany - gustav the 'father' of modern warfare general of guns & artillery. an 8. good military sf (historical military...) large cast tho.
Flint, Eric & David Weber. 1633. R.k+file 20040131. if anything better than the original, more political, a bit less action perhaps, but more emotional & stronger purpose showing in the characters. an 8. good stuff.
Flint, Eric. Ring of Fire. R.20060127. sequel anthology to 1632. pretty good a 6.
Flint, Eric & Andrew Dennis. 1634 The Galileo Affair. R. 20060129. Good, lots of political, stuff, intrigue and such, not much action. a 7.
(apparently going to be a long series, the afterword mentions at least 4 more novels in the works) interesting Protestant vs Catholic wars give new view to the troubles in Ireland, not something 'new' or unique, been going on for centuries!
FORGOTTEN REALMS; NILES. MOONSHAE 1 DARKWALKER ON MOONSHAE. R,-X
FORGOTTEN REALMS; NILES. MOONSHAE 2 BLACK WIZARDS. X
FORGOTTEN REALMS; NILES. MOONSHAE 3 DARKWELL. X-unread
Forward, Eve. Villains by Necessity. R. very good a 9 or 10. good has triumphed & the world is BORing! ) so the last assassin, thief, an evil sorceress, warrior, and a druid who wants to fix the 'balance' set off to try & rescue evil. some really good stuff, the nifty gnomes (smurfs) were hilarious, great characters showing evil doesn't mean crazy or unloyal traitorous. the assassin is strictly lawful evil the thief is a good friend, they're just not 'good', very very AD&D like spells & monsters with different names, really familiar seeming, esp. with all the alignment stuff. Great fun.
Foster, Alan Dean. Commonwealth 1 Phylogenesis. R.20050213.X. the 1st 'mad' thranx poet.
Foster, Alan Dean. Commonwealth 2 Dirge. R.20050213.X. The Pitar war.
Foster, Alan Dean. Commonwealth 3 Diuturnity's Dawn. R.20050214.X. the coming together & signing of the commonwealth, the united church. overall interesting, but all really just background stuff, bits and pieces already known from other humanix stories, the 2nd with the Pitar was the most interesting. lots of characters, and large jumps in
time between novels, (like the structure of his the Damned series) sort of like the simillarion vs. LotR interesting background but not really necessary, and with only one book each, don't get so into any one character to want it to continue. a 5.
Foster, Alan Dean. Interlopers. R. 20061021. very lovecraftian, invisible tenticled things from other dimensions feed on bad thoughts, and cause them. not bad a 5.
Foster, Alan Dean. Jed the Dead. R.x. 20041217. good amusing, but not on par with his great Glory Road or Quzol. dead alien, amusement, bit of thwarted romance, not too evil army intelligence, interesting aliens, death not withstanding. a 5.
Foster, Alan Dean. Pale Rider. R.X. Clint Eastwood western movie novelization. well done.
FOSTER, ALAN DEAN. BLOODHYPE. R
FOSTER, ALAN DEAN. CODGERSPACE. R,X,. not one of his best, it takes forever to get to the point where it even introduces the main characters. a good quarter of the way into the book, and hey old farts aren't the best character if you make them 'be' old farts! okay they got better some, but not great, not nearly on par with Quzol or glory lane with which it was compared on the cover, 2 of his very funniest books, it had some funny bits as all the AI's in the humanity started to try and find a higher intelligence because well, humans just couldn't be the top!, but not much was done with them, the end was interesting but really zipped by. amusing a 4, but not more.
FOSTER, ALAN DEAN. FOR LOVE OF MOTHER-NOT. R
FOSTER, ALAN DEAN. GLORY LANE. R. VERY very funny a 9
FOSTER, ALAN DEAN. HOWLING STONES, THE. R,. a new humanx book, but not as good as the flinx stuff- superscience/magic and alternate dimensions/universes and HELL and the Devils as a scientific presence!! slow beginning and kind of a let down ending. but interesting. a 6
FOSTER, ALAN DEAN. ICERIGGER. R, X. not bad, just too cold.
FOSTER, ALAN DEAN. LAST STARFIGHTER, THE. R,-X novelization
FOSTER, ALAN DEAN. MAN WHO USED THE UNIVERSE, THE. R. from master criminal to master politico, to savior of the universe by putting on the biggest hoax in the galaxy!
FOSTER, ALAN DEAN. MIDWORLD. R
FOSTER, ALAN DEAN. SPELLSINGER 1 SPELLSINGER. R,-X
FOSTER, ALAN DEAN. SPELLSINGER 2 THE HOUR OF THE GATE. R,-X
FOSTER, ALAN DEAN. SPELLSINGER 3 THE DAY OF DISSONANCE. R,-X
FOSTER, ALAN DEAN. SPELLSINGER 4 THE MOMENT OF THE MAGICIAN. R,-X
FOSTER, ALAN DEAN. SPELLSINGER 5 THE PATHS OF THE PERANBULATOR. R-X
FOSTER, ALAN DEAN. SPELLSINGER 6 THE TIME OF THE TRANSFERENCE. R-X
FOSTER, ALAN DEAN. SON OF SPELLSINGER. R,X a 2 rap-magic!!?
FOSTER, ALAN DEAN. THE DAMNED 1 A CALL TO ARMS. R
FOSTER, ALAN DEAN. THE DAMNED 2 THE FALSE MIRROR. R
FOSTER, ALAN DEAN. THE DAMNED 3 THE SPOILS OF WAR. R. one of the best "aliens come to get humans because they can fight and use them to fight the great galactic war" stories. See John Ringo,
FOSTER, ALAN DEAN. TO THE VANISHING POINT. R
FOSTER, ALAN DEAN. WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE... (). R
Frankowski, Leo. A Boy and his Tank. 20030428. R. a 5. like it says sort of Bolos & Slammers, but not really quite as good, took a long time to get to the action, the dreamworld was interesting, a lot of European politics as history Yugoslavia, but good character & well written. - keep for sequel.
Frankowski, Leo & Dave Grossman. The War with Earth. (sequel to A Boy and his Tank) R.20060625. excellent characters, they have such fun building their dream palaces. AI's very much infused with the spirit of Heinlein. a 6. excellent sequel, pretty good military stuff when they got around to it. there is a 3rd too.
FRAZETTA & SILKE. FRANK FRAZETTA'S DEATH DEALER 1 PRISONER OF THE HORNED HELMENT. -X great art, didn't really get much story there. a 3.
FREIREICH, VALERIE J. BECOMING HUMAN. R. GOOD STUFF, CLONE SLAVES GENETICLY 'INFERIOR' (EVEN THO GENETICLY BETTER SENSES AND SUCH) HE BRINGS SOME CHANGE TO THE SOCIETY = A 9
FREZZA, ROBERT. A SMALL COLONIAL WAR. R,X. AN Interesting book the beginning was too full of jargon and too disjointed but it got better further on and became not bad, the regiment was mostly Russians and but the leaders of the future are jap imperials and the war is corporate and cowboys = very reminiscent of a slammers books but not quite as good. a 5 = See David Drake - Hammer's Slammers
FRIEDMAN, C. S. COLDFIRE 1 BLACK SUN RISING. R. ONE of the most intriguing evil characters I've ever read is Tarrent, off to rescue the priests new girlfriend, and fight the natives of the planet.
FRIEDMAN, C. S. COLDFIRE 2 WHEN TRUE NIGHT FALLS. R. off to find where the villains from last time came from and defeat them.
FRIEDMAN, C. S. COLDFIRE 3 CROWN OF SHADOWS. R. to defeat the force behind the villains behind the 1st bk. and find the other space traveling aliens on the planet! most of whom didn't even know of their own existence! Quite a good series a 8 or 9, one of the best 'Cleric' characters.
FRIEDMAN, C.S. IN CONQUEST BORN. X. the fantasy series was good, this is very similar but not as well developed. a 3 too many characters too few sympathetic.
Gaiman, Neil. 1602. rx. 20061012. Graphic Novel. the beginning of the marvel universe as it would have happened in 1602. All the greats, Fury, Strange, X-men, Doom, daredevil, Magneto, Thor. and he even made it work without being an elseworlds story, (although I think that would have worked just as well) excellent cover art by Mckowen very much in the style of woodcuts. An interesting story but more a gimmick than anything great. a 5.
Gaiman, Neil. Coraline. 20040218. R. TPB. quite a good kids novel. perhaps a bit lower written than I would have thought for 8 year olds, but the story was good, creepy and interesting, not his best tho, and good for the age level it was aimed at but not the best ever, reminded me of Sleator or Avi. a 7.
GAIMAN, NEIL & JONES, S. NOW WE ARE SICK. ANT,, TPB. COLLECTION OF HORRIBLE POEMS - REALLY GREAT STUFF, GAHAN WILSON CVR
GAIMAN, NEIL & PRATCHETT, TERRY. GOOD OMENS. HB,DJ,1ST,R a 9 or 10
GAIMAN, NEIL. NEVERWHERE. BCHB,DJ,R. A great sort of de lint=ish faery tale story set in London, or rather Under London, creepy, and more intricate than most de lint stuff, reminds me of the modern elves stuff but with a darker feel, He helps and is caught in the underground, tags along, saves the day (sort of) and is able to return, regrets it and is able to go back. sort of standard plot wise but a nicely done bit, applaud the angel a 9. easily as good as his sandman stuff and sustained only by the prose. 19980510
GARDEN, NANCY. LARK IN THE MORNING. HB,YA,1st,DJ,R. Very reminiscent of Voigt's Dicey stories - the 1st one, but stuff about homosexuals, and suicide and runaways pretty good, a 7
Gardner, Craig Shaw. Buffy the Vampire Slayer 2 Return to Chaos. R. druids, ethan good a 6.
GARDNER, JAMES ALAN. EXPENDABLE. R. Bizarre super intelligent aliens which tho aren't 'seen' are out there, humanity is one of the lesser races, but of course they don't really
think so. physically deformed people 'ugly' but not in any other major way defective, (easily cure able but of course they are needed so... they 'can't' be.) festina and her partner and an admiral are sent to explore a planet from which no one has ever returned, sort of a legal way to dump them with out killing which is not allowed by the higher races, = after all the planet is perfectly capable of supporting human life, but.... there are some interesting secrets. Invisible people who live forever and eat N sunlight! (radiation) for just starters. sort of dirty dozen feel to the ending but it was very good. a 7. definitely a great 1st novel.
GARNER, ALAN & FOREMAN, MICHAEL. THREE GOLDEN HEADS OF THE WELL, THE. SPB,CH,R. A very funny little kids fairytale with a horrible ending for the bad guys. GREAT AN 8 OR 9
GARRETT, RANDALL & HEYDRON, VICKI ANN. GANDALARA CYCLE 1-3 GANDALARA CYCLE I THE STEEL OF RAITHSKAR, THE GLASS. OF DYSKORNIS, THE BRONZE OF EDDARTA. pb no cvr
GARRETT, RANDALL & HEYDRON, VICKI ANN. GANDALARA CYCLE 1 THE STEEL OF RAITHSKAR
GARRETT, RANDALL & HEYDRON, VICKI ANN. GANDALARA CYCLE 2 THE GLASS OF DYSKORNIS
GARRETT, RANDALL & HEYDRON, VICKI ANN. GANDALARA CYCLE 3 THE BRONZE OF EDDARTA
GARRETT, RANDALL & HEYDRON, VICKI ANN. GANDALARA CYCLE 4-6 GANDALARA CYCLE II THE WELL OF DARKNESS, THE SEARCH. FOR KA, RETURN TO EDDARTA
GARRETT, RANDALL & HEYDRON, VICKI ANN. GANDALARA CYCLE 4 THE WELL OF DARKNESS
GARRETT, RANDALL & HEYDRON, VICKI ANN. GANDALARA CYCLE 5 THE SEARCH FOR KA
GARRETT, RANDALL & HEYDRON, VICKI ANN. GANDALARA CYCLE 6 RETURN TO EDDARTA pb no cvr
GARRETT, RANDALL & HEYDRON, VICKI ANN. GANDALARA CYCLE 7 THE RIVER WALL. pb. conclusion
GEAR, W. MICHAEL. WARRIORS OF THE SPIDER, THE. R.
GEAR, W. MICHAEL. THE WAY OF THE SPIDER. R.
GEAR, W. MICHAEL. THE WEB OF THE SPIDER. R. good series, a 7 , got better written as it went on, perhaps a few too many characters, very plot driven. Spider is God and the directorate is Sheep.
GEAR, W. MICHAEL. FORBIDDEN BORDERS 1 REQUIEM FOR THE CONQUEROR.R,X.
GEAR, W. MICHAEL. FORBIDDEN BORDERS 2 RELIC OF EMPIRE.R,X.
GEAR, W. MICHAEL. FORBIDDEN BORDERS 3 COUNTERMEASURES.R,X. extremely long, better at the beginning - too many characters. good concept, but ends with freedom -too soon. okay 5
Gemmell, David The Stones of Power 1 Ghost King
Gemmell, David The Stones of Power 2 Last Sword of Power
Gemmell, David The Stones of Power 3 Wolf In Shadow (The Jerusalem Man)
Gemmell, David The Stones of Power 4 The Last Guardian good series 1st 2 are king Arthur 2nd 2 are post-apocalypse and much creepier & perhaps better because I'm kinda tired of king Arthur. but it was an interesting series - recurring characters between the 2 stories. good adventures a 6 -X
Gemmell, David. Drenai Quest for lost Heroes. R. 3 old men out of retirement to kick ass. a 7.
Gemmell, David. Drenai Waylander. R. 200303 good an 8 the start of the 30.
Gemmell, David. Drenai Winter Warriors. 200303 R. seems quest over again a 7.
Gemmell, David. Drenai 3? The King Beyond the Gate. R. cross-breed king. a 6.
Gemmell, David. Drenai 1 Legend. R. excellent last stand of the old hero. possibly his best. an 8. BRIT CVR. -X. GOOD SEIGE WARFARE, BUT ALL THE SUDDEN AT THE END ALL THIS MAGIC STARTS HAPPENING AND YOU DIDN'T EVER REALIZE SUCH STUFF EXISTED IN THIS LAND. OKAY BUT NOT GREAT.
GEMMELL, D. KING BEYOND THE GATE, DRENAI 2. -X. GOOD PLOT AND ACTION BUT...
Gemmell, David. Drenai The First chronicles of Druss the Legend (prequel to Legend). 20031128-9. quite good an 8 only because it's a prequel so there is not any real suspense, but good strong adventure.
Gemmell, David. Morningstar. R.x. 200408? standard Gemmell - good story but not great plots. another or those where the future is set and can't change it. he's going to be the mythic hero of the past - time travel etc. not bad story tho. a 5
GERROLD, DAVID. WHEN HARLIE WAS ONE. PB,R. A REALLY GREAT ARTIFICAL INTELLIGENCE STORY 'RUINED' BY A BAD ENDING. HARLIE IS TERRIFIC BUT THE EXPLAINATION AT THE END RUINS THE FEEL.
A COMPUTER THAT THINKS IT'S HUMAN, OR A MAN IN THE BODY OF A COMPUTER. AND THE COMAPANY IS TRYING TO SHUT HIM DOWN, WHICH TO HARLIE IS THE SAME AS IF THEY WANTED TO KILL HIM SO HE FIGHTS BACK, WITH INTERESTING RESULTS. 8 OR 9
Gibson, William & Bruce Sterling. The Difference Engine. R.X. 200407? read when helping Aron with move to Seattle. cyberpunk of the 1800's too many characters tho hard to really get into any one of them. not as good a their stuff individually has been. a 5.
GIER, SCOTT. GENELLAN PLANETFALL. -X. NOT BAD FOR A FIRST BOOK, NEAT ALIENS, INTERESTING SITUATION, BUT NOT ANYTHING SPECTUALR EITHOR, GOOD BUT... a 5
GILDEN. Mel. HAWAIIAN U.F.O. ALIENS. R,
GILMORE, KATE. ENTER THREE WITCHES. YA,R. his mom is a witch, not really a bad witch more like a wicca witch, but the old lady in the basement apt is a voodoo sorceress, it's a neat story he finds a girlfriend but is afraid to bring her home and reunites his estranged parents. a 6
Godwin, Parke. Limbo Search. Morrow/Avon. c.1995. R.
Godwin, Parke. Waiting for the Galactic Bus. Bantam c.1989. R.
Golden, Christopher & Nancy Holder. Buffy The Vampire Slayer 1 Child of the Hunt. R. much better than I expected for a media Tie-in novel. quite good the wild hunt & slayers past. A Ren-Faire. Runaways, set after "Anne" an 8
Golden, Christopher & Nancy Holder. Buffy the Vampire Slayer 3 The Gatekeeper Trilogy 1 Out of the Madhouse. R. alice. not bad
Golden, Christopher & Nancy Holder. Buffy the Vampire Slayer 4 The Gatekeeper Trilogy 2 Ghost Roads. R. alice. not bad
Golden, Christopher & Nancy Holder. Buffy the Vampire Slayer 5 The Gatekeeper Trilogy 3 Sons of Entropy. R. alice. not bad a 5 the series
GOLDIN & MASON. REHUMANIZATION OF JADE DARCY 2 JADE DARCY & THE ZEN PIRATES. GREAT STUFF 9 OR 10 hoping for more - there were rumors - but so far... don't know if they continued the series.
GOLDIN, S. ASSAULT ON THE GODS. GOOD ADVENTURE STORY, HI=TECH, (SILLY MAN DOESN'T BELIEVE COMPUTERS CAN BE WEAPONS THOUGH) TAKES CREATION MYTH AND MAKES SCIENCE OUT OF IT, WORKS
WELL, COULD HAVE SEQUEL = SHE HAS ALIENWARSHIP NOW. 6=7
GONICK, LARRY. THE CARTOON HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE (VOL 1=7) FROM THE BIG BANG TO ALEXANDER THE GREAT. TPB,COMIX,HIST,R,. a marvelous, humorous, and very factual history book.
GOODKIND, TERRY. THE SWORD OF TRUTH 1 an 8.
GOODKIND, TERRY. THE SWORD OF TRUTH 2 STONE OF TEARS. R. a very long book but also very good, a 9.
GOODKIND, TERRY. THE SWORD OF TRUTH 3 BLOOD OF THE FOLD. R. a 7. sort of confusing and kind of slow beginning = I think if I'd read it directly after the 1st 2 it would have been fine.. but. it got better, 2 had felt kind of finished but he expanded a new villain, continues to be a good story, with good old standard wizardly not the psychic stuff that's everywhere else these days, he finally gets together with the girl at the end. seres as a whole is an 8 so far tho this is not the best of the 3, a 7.
GOODKIND, TERRY. SWORD OF TRUTH 4 TEMPLE OF THE WINDS. BC,DJ,R,x, well they finally get married at the very end, haven't beat the dream king guy yet, but Nathan the prophet is coming along neat. reunited boy and g'father. better than 3rd, an 8
Goodkind, Terry. Sword of Truth 5 Soul of Fire. Mother & Rahl finally get some '} sort of strings on but tis a good series. R. a 6
Goodkind, Terry. Sword of Truth 6 Faith of the Fallen. Rahl captured and taken to empire, does capitalist (very soviet empire) becomes sculptor, creates revolution. R. an 7
Goodkind, Terry. Sword of Truth 7 The Pillars of Creation. R. 200304. a 5. new characters, not Richard & Kahlan, boo. also stepping back for most of the story (about kin of richard) so you know how it has to end out. #6 was far better. reread 20041009 trying to remember the story so to go on to book 8.
Goodkind, Terry. Sword of Truth 8 Naked Empire. 20041011. R. beh the last 2 have been sidetracks from the main story and not really very good - this one was a thinly veiled philosophy of life and pro-death penalty mentality anti-caseworker thought - not that I necessarily disagree but I don't need it rammed down my throat. a 5 maybe - story
was okay written but not as well done as previous stuff has been - get on with it!
Goodkind, Terry. Sword of Truth 9: Chainfire. R.20060624. much better in that it gets back to Richard, still the whole book is nothing but a side plot, a good one, but wished it could have gotten to the point faster. Kahlan out of mind and memory. a 7. seems to be building to a conclusion of everything could happen in the next one, but prob 2 or even 3 more.
GOULD, STEVEN. JUMPER. R, TREMENDOUS 1st book, well wrought, very realistic, if you suddenly found you could teleport this is the kind of stuff you'd use it for. a 10. 20050819 2am reread. still excellent, getting a little bit long in the tooth due to anachronisms ( of terrorism, but one of the greats.
Gould, Steven. Reflex. R. 20061126. sequel to Jumper. a good story but doesn't have the umph of jumper. much more a spy story with teleportation than a teleportation