Archon: the Books of Raziel by Sabrina Benulis Angela Mathers is a girl who discovers that she is an Archon–a human possessed by the spirit of a dead angel–and that she is equally hunted and desired by angels and demons. Torn between mortal love and angelic obsession, she must soon face the truth about herself and her world. [...]
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Michael Stern Hart, who laid the foundation for today’s e-book industry by starting Project Gutenberg 40 years ago, died Tuesday September 6. In March 2011, the project released its 40,000th digitized book. Hart gave the announcement a strong title: “It’s The Year of the eBook!” Project Gutenberg ebooks can be accessed through our library website. [...]
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If you’re looking for some variety in your summer reads, there’s nothing like a short story collection. This summer is especially good for science fiction and fantasy anthologies, and there seems to be one for almost every interest. Do you like steampunk? Try Hot & Steamy: Tales of Steampunk Romance. Urban fantasy lovers have several [...]
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It’s official—George R. R. Martin has set a date for A Dance with Dragons, the 5th volume of his epic fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire. According to his website, the book will be available on July 12th—“barring tsunamis, general strikes, world wars, or asteroid strikes.” Until then, there are plenty of other [...]
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There seems to be no slowing down when it comes to new urban fantasy. In A Taint in the Blood (Shadowspawn #1), S.M. Stirling, a New York Times bestselling author, makes his first attempt at urban fantasy. Adrian Phoenix, author of The Maker’s Song series featuring FBI special agent Heather Wallace, stays in New Orleans [...]
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Comic fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy that is humorous in intent and tone. Usually set in imaginary worlds, comic fantasy often includes puns on and parodies of other works of fantasy. There are many well-known comic fantasy series, like Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series and the Xanth novels by Piers Anthony, but if you’ve exhausted [...]
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Dragons are magnificent creatures found in many stories from mythology, folklore and literature in different cultures around the world. Dragons also feature prominently in many fantasy novels, including Shana Abé’s Drákon series and the Temeraire series by Naomi Novik, both of which have new installments out this summer. The Temeraire novels are a dazzling blend [...]
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The winner of the 2009 Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America’s Nebula Award for best novel is: The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi. Billed as cyberpunk without computers and set in a Bangkok of the near future, this acclaimed debut novel’s windup girl is Emiko, a strange and beautiful creature. One of the New People, [...]
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Imagine science fiction set in a 19th century-like world, where steam power is still widely used, but modern technology, like computers or robots, may also be present—this is steampunk. The Parasol Protectorate Trilogy by Gail Carriger is a steampunk comedy of manners set in Victorian London: full of werewolves, vampires, dirigibles, and tea-drinking. The series [...]
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In her first novel since 2001, Nebula and Hugo award-winning author Connie Willis returns with a stunning, entertaining novel of time travel, war, and the deeds of ordinary people who shape history. In 2060, time travel is routine, but when a team is sent to World War II London, the process goes on the fritz [...]
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