BloggerATF posted an article on Only the Best Sci-Fi Fantasy - Nov 22, 2009, 12:46 pm
Congratulations to Bryce (aka Seak on SFFWorld) from Laramie WY! Bryce, I have added a couple goodies in the package that were given out at the signing. You will now be the proud owner of two very coo...
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BloggerATF posted an article on Only the Best Sci-Fi Fantasy - Nov 21, 2009, 12:00 am
Hello and welcome to issue #47 of my Weekly Roundup which is the last but one in November. Next week I will be on a business trip to UK from Tuesday to Thursday. That means on one hand limited interne...
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BloggerATF posted an article on Only the Best Sci-Fi Fantasy - Nov 20, 2009, 12:00 am
From 1998 to 2009 ..... that is more than a decade and it is the timespan I needed to discover and read Colours in the Steel (1998), by K. J. Parker. It is the first book of the Fencer trilogy and th...
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BloggerATF posted an article on Only the Best Sci-Fi Fantasy - Nov 18, 2009, 12:20 am
Dear Readers, a post from me in the middle of the week is somewhat unusual. And a title like "Desire and Reality" means all or nothing. You may have noticed that we did not post as regularly as you ma...
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BloggerATF posted an article on Only the Best Sci-Fi Fantasy - Nov 15, 2009, 9:49 am
I was fortunate enough to win a place as a Storm Leader for the New York signing of The Gathering Storm, and it was truly wondrous. You can read the recap of the actual signing and our dinner with Tea...
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BloggerATF posted an article on Only the Best Sci-Fi Fantasy - Nov 14, 2009, 12:00 am
Hello and welcome to issue #46 of my Weekly Roundup. This week again no real movie trailers. But I look forward to next week. Then I will watch 2012 in cinema. I will share my impressions in the next ...
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BloggerATF posted an article on Only the Best Sci-Fi Fantasy - Nov 13, 2009, 12:00 am
In July 2009 I read and reviewed Flood by Stephen Baxter. I liked it and I was curious to read the second book of the duology. Would the sequel Ark (2009, 457 p.), by Stephen Baxter, work for me or no...
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BloggerATF posted an article on Only the Best Sci-Fi Fantasy - Nov 8, 2009, 9:55 am
Once, all power in the Vin Lands was held by the prince-mages, who alone could craft spellwines, and selfishly used them to increase their own wealth and influence. But their abuse of power caused a d...
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BloggerATF posted an article on Only the Best Sci-Fi Fantasy - Nov 7, 2009, 12:00 am
Hello and welcome to issue #45 of my Weekly Roundup. Last Roundup contained a lot of videos. But as I know from our log stats people liked it. I did something similar in summer and failed. That means ...
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BloggerATF posted an article on Only the Best Sci-Fi Fantasy - Nov 6, 2009, 12:00 am
Servant of a Dark God (2009) is John Brown’s debut, which straddles both the Epic and Gritty subgenres. It is a dark, complex, and ambitious fantasy novel filled with bigotry, ancient magic, and sec...
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BloggerATF posted an article on Only the Best Sci-Fi Fantasy - Nov 5, 2009, 12:00 am
When I look at our Butcher's Bill for the last couple of months I get, the distinct impression that I don't read many books. After finishing the last Weekly Roundup I thought to myself that th...
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BloggerATF posted an article on Only the Best Sci-Fi Fantasy - Nov 3, 2009, 9:08 pm
This was suggested to me by a friend, and after watching the trailer I have no idea why I have not watched it yet, as it seems remarkably similar to Army of Darkness -- undoubtedly my favorite indie h...
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BloggerATF posted an article on Only the Best Sci-Fi Fantasy - Oct 31, 2009, 12:00 am
Hello and welcome to issue #44 of my Weekly Roundup. As promised I don't talk about time. But maybe you have been a bit surprised that we didn't post every day. The reason for that is simple: ...
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BloggerATF posted an article on Only the Best Sci-Fi Fantasy - Oct 30, 2009, 8:00 am
In my review of The Gathering Storm I told you that I felt like an addict finally getting a fix, but without all the negative connotations… reading is good for you, right? Anyway, seeing as how this...
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BloggerATF posted an article on Only the Best Sci-Fi Fantasy - Oct 29, 2009, 12:00 pm
"Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations; to boldly go where no ma...
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BloggerATF posted an article on Only the Best Sci-Fi Fantasy - Oct 27, 2009, 11:05 am
(thank you Boing Boing) There is just something so brilliant about rebooting one of your childhood cartoons as a post-apocalyptic zombie thriller. Almost as good as my Gathering Storm review... kinda.
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BloggerATF posted an article on Only the Best Sci-Fi Fantasy - Oct 27, 2009, 12:44 am
This review of The Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson is aimed at readers who have followed The Wheel of Time but who are by no means experts on the series, or theory junkies for t...
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BloggerATF posted an article on Only the Best Sci-Fi Fantasy - Oct 24, 2009, 2:45 am
Hello and welcome to issue #43 of my Weekly Roundup. As promised I don't talk about time. But maybe you have been a bit surprised that we didn't post every day. The reason for that is simple: ...
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BloggerATF posted an article on Only the Best Sci-Fi Fantasy - Oct 23, 2009, 5:57 am
Ulysses Quicksilver, the debonair dandy adventurer and freelance agent of the Throne is back with a new challenge: Evolution Expects (2009) by Jonathan Green. This is the fourth adventure of Ulysses w...
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BloggerATF posted an article on Only the Best Sci-Fi Fantasy - Oct 21, 2009, 4:00 am
This is the prelude to my steampunk review days. That sounds pretentious because I will present you two reviews related to steampunk within this week. A new voice entered the world of steampunk novel...
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BloggerATF posted an article on Only the Best Sci-Fi Fantasy - Oct 17, 2009, 5:55 pm
Hello and welcome to issue #42 of my Weekly Roundup. I can't believe that another week is coming to the end. One thing I know for sure: I definitely slept not enough (between four and five hours p...
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BloggerATF posted an article on Only the Best Sci-Fi Fantasy - Oct 16, 2009, 2:41 am
Prelude Some months ago - it was in July - I reviewed the The Sword-Edged Blonde (2007), by Alex Bledsoe and wrote: "I'm so glad I read this book. It entered my extended 2009 hit list by storm." ...
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BloggerATF posted an article on Only the Best Sci-Fi Fantasy - Oct 15, 2009, 12:20 pm
PAX BRITANNIA is a series of adventure novels published by Abaddon Books. The creator of the World is Jonathan Green and he is currently the sole author of the series. A series of adventure novels, w...
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BloggerATF posted an article on Only the Best Sci-Fi Fantasy - Oct 14, 2009, 10:00 am
Alec's Reads All in all, a solid look at some recent titles in fantasy, with a notable title to be released in 2010, which I highly recommend. Once again, I am short on the science fiction this pa...
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BloggerATF posted an article on Only the Best Sci-Fi Fantasy - Oct 13, 2009, 9:00 am
Angry Ghosts(2009), by F. Allen Farnham, is hard edged military science fiction published by Cadre One Publishing. The Setup The eradication of all human life on earth at the hands of powerful aliens...
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BloggerATF posted an article on Only the Best Sci-Fi Fantasy - Oct 12, 2009, 7:58 pm
This book is a great companion for anyone who went to the movie 9 by Shane Acker and wondered what the hell happened with the ending. It boasts some amazing art along with selected thoughts from the c...
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BloggerATF posted an article on Only the Best Sci-Fi Fantasy - Oct 11, 2009, 1:10 pm
Congratulation to Joel from Canadia on winning a signed copy of Warbreaker. Thanks to everyone who participated, and better luck next time people! Snarkiest Snark of The Week"Where are you getting all...
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BloggerATF posted an article on Only the Best Sci-Fi Fantasy - Oct 10, 2009, 11:30 am
Hello and welcome to issue #41 of my Weekly Roundup. Once again, I have carefully divided my time between reading, reviewing, blogging, and commenting on blogs, and of course staying in contact with e...
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BloggerATF posted an article on Only the Best Sci-Fi Fantasy - Oct 8, 2009, 9:00 am
"Our Father, who art in HeavenCraftsman be thy nameThy Kingdom comeThy plan be doneOn Earth as it is in HeavenForgive us this day our errorsA swe forgive those who err against usLead us not into imper...
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BloggerATF posted an article on Only the Best Sci-Fi Fantasy - Oct 7, 2009, 9:00 am
After my review of The Red Wolf Conspiracy (2008) I came in contact with the author Robert V.S. Redick (V. S. stands for Von Stein) who lives in rural western Massachusetts. He characterizes himself ...
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BloggerATF posted an article on Only the Best Sci-Fi Fantasy - Oct 6, 2009, 11:25 am
Yesterday, I posted a list of responses from speculative fiction bloggers on their most popular posts. The variety of replies was fairly large but did tend to cluster around a couple blogging 'pri...
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BloggerATF posted an article on Only the Best Sci-Fi Fantasy - Oct 5, 2009, 8:00 am
... . My Blog 2.0Reviewette: Bite Anthology -- One Word Answers by Charlaine HarrisI've had two top blog post, each with about 45 comments, Review: Twilight by Stephenie Meyer and Reviewette: Bi...
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BloggerATF posted an article on Only the Best Sci-Fi Fantasy - Oct 4, 2009, 12:41 pm
Warbreaker is the story of two sisters, who happen to be princesses, the God King one of them has to marry, the lesser god who doesn’t like his job, and the immortal who’s still trying to undo the...
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BloggerATF posted an article on Only the Best Sci-Fi Fantasy - Oct 4, 2009, 12:09 pm
Congratulations to William from Wisconsin over at TheAlternative, and thanks to all the other participants. Best of luck on the next one, which will be a signed copy of Warbreaker, by Brandon Sanderso...
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BloggerATF posted an article on Only the Best Sci-Fi Fantasy - Oct 3, 2009, 1:00 pm
Hello and welcome to a new issue of my Weekly Roundup. Beginning with this issue you will discover a few slight improvements. In order more easily identify different Roundups, I have introduced a numb...
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BloggerATF posted an article on Only the Best Sci-Fi Fantasy - Oct 2, 2009, 9:45 pm
I have been fan of the Death's Head series, hard hitting military science fiction, since its inception. Curious to learn a little about the author, David Gunn, whose pen uses adrenaline instead of...
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BloggerATF posted an article on Only the Best Sci-Fi Fantasy - Oct 2, 2009, 11:50 am
Last night, Sony released a 2 minute clip on, well, pretty much every channel in existence. The preview of 2012 shown below is the exclusive five minute scene unveiled at Comic-Com. Hold your breath ...
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BloggerATF posted an article on Only the Best Sci-Fi Fantasy - Oct 1, 2009, 2:44 pm
Brandon recently stopped by Blog Talk Radio for a fairly informal interview to talk about finishing up Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series and to discuss some recent developments in multimedia pu...
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BloggerATF posted an article on Only the Best Sci-Fi Fantasy - Sep 30, 2009, 2:43 pm
Fellow SF/F Book Bloggers (who did not already receive an email), I am conducting a survey of top book blog posts (in terms of visitors/hits over the life of your blog). Please email me a very brief ...
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BloggerATF posted an article on Only the Best Sci-Fi Fantasy - Sep 28, 2009, 4:10 pm
As a blogger and a science fiction lover, xkcd's do not get much better than this. My only question: why has the squirrel not been tortured to death by Locke?
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BloggerATF posted an article on Only the Best Sci-Fi Fantasy - Sep 27, 2009, 2:31 pm
Homer and Langley Collyer are brothers–the one blind and deeply intuitive, the other damaged into madness, or perhaps greatness, by mustard gas in the Great War. They live as recluses in their once ...
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BloggerATF posted an article on Only the Best Sci-Fi Fantasy - Sep 26, 2009, 2:40 am
Hello and welcome to the last Roundup in September 2009. On the upcoming Sunday we will have federal election in Germany. And yes, there is a relation to books. We pay a reduced value-added tax for bo...
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BloggerATF posted an article on Only the Best Sci-Fi Fantasy - Sep 25, 2009, 4:00 pm
The Osiris Ritual (2009), by George Mann is second book in the Newbury & Hobbes Investigations series. There will be six books in the series. All started in 2008 with the publishing of The Affinity B...
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BloggerATF posted an article on Only the Best Sci-Fi Fantasy - Sep 24, 2009, 9:20 am
The second chapter of The Gathering Storm (2009) was just released. For those of you at work, you will have to wait a bit since it is the audiobook version, and the text itself has not been released -...
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BloggerATF posted an article on Only the Best Sci-Fi Fantasy - Sep 22, 2009, 10:37 pm
I got a solid chuckle out of this one.
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BloggerATF posted an article on Only the Best Sci-Fi Fantasy - Sep 21, 2009, 7:49 pm
In an interview with PBS, the renowned Margaret Atwood explains to us why she writes "speculative fiction" and not "science fiction". Apparently, science fiction is concerned with only crazy things, s...
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BloggerATF posted an article on Only the Best Sci-Fi Fantasy - Sep 21, 2009, 12:35 pm
Spurred by Larry's multi-cultural ramblings, I have finally decided to read some foreign fantasy books in their original language. This is a daunting task. Reading in French is now so foreign that...
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BloggerATF posted an article on Only the Best Sci-Fi Fantasy - Sep 20, 2009, 10:05 am
In August I posted about my reading habits. Last week a lot of book blogger wrote a lot of posts related to the Book Blogger Appreciation Week topics. Unfortunately I was busy with other things. Even ...
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BloggerATF posted an article on Only the Best Sci-Fi Fantasy - Sep 19, 2009, 4:40 pm
Hello and welcome to a new issue of my Roundup. The work for the next Roundup starts as soon as I have finished the previous one. But it takes mostly until middle of the week until I decide what I wan...
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BloggerATF posted an article on Only the Best Sci-Fi Fantasy - Sep 18, 2009, 2:10 pm
"It is hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head." The Loch (2005), by Steve Alten, is a stand-alone novel in which, similar to his Meg series, water plays an important role. I posted abou...
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