by John M. Ford “If you do not wish a thing heard, then do not say it.” “If you are going to bite, bite deep.” “Only a fool fights in a burning house.” This is the book that explains Klingons. It explains their philosophy of honor, their warrior culture, why so many have names that begin with “K.” It begins to develop a language and a belief system for the Klingons. It is a beautiful and thoughtful book, philosophical and action-packed at the same time. […]
Five Historical Romances, But Only Four Count
For every new historical romance author discovery, such as Juliana Gray, there is a little pile of disappointment at my bedside. So while waiting for the new Julie Anne Long, I have re-read the Hathaway series by Lisa Kleypas. If Courtney Milan is the reigning romance queen, she inherited the crown from Kleypas when she abdicated the historical genre. The five Hathaway siblings, Leo, Amelia, Win, Poppy, and Beatrix, were raised in eccentric academic family, happy in their seclusion when a series of events changed their […]
Bright Lights, Many Words, Epic Fantasy
Target: Brandon Sanderson’s Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive #2) Profile: Epic Fantasy After a seemingly interminable four years of waiting for Brandon Sanderson to wash his hands of the Wheel of Time, it is finally time to return to the series that got me hooked on Sanderson in the first place, The Stormlight Archive. The Way of Kings was a great novel that suffered most from being little more than a prologue to the rest of the series. But now the real story can begin. Words of Radiance returns […]
The Disappointing Disappointment
I’ve loved Barbara Vine for like ever. I know she doesn’t exist and is in fact Ruth Rendell, but still. It’s an irony that I have not now nor have I ever had any desire to read a Rendell novel. Vine first showed up on my radar when A Fatal Inversion was televised for the BBC way back in time before the hula hoop. Okay, it was like 1992 or something but still, I’m old, alright? Anyway, I read the book of that, then burned my way […]