http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/ en Copyright 2009 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.32 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Shiver's flaws, weighed against one of the most engaging and emotionally involving reads I've had recently, are slight.]]> http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/11/shiver_by_maggi.shtml http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/11/shiver_by_maggi.shtml book review Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0000 Downum takes us into that dark and dangerous territory pioneered by Robert E. Howard and Fritz Leiber. http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/11/the_drowning_ci.shtml http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/11/the_drowning_ci.shtml book review Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0000 Jonathan McCalmont: Is Baxter to be praised for his seemingly ever-increasing control over an array of themes and issues that few other authors bother to tackle? Or is he to be condemned for writing and re-writing the same kind of book over and over again?

Alvaro Zinos-Amaro: It travels much farther than its predecessor. It takes even bigger risks, and the emotional pay-off is consequently greater. ]]> http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/11/ark_by_stephen_.shtml http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/11/ark_by_stephen_.shtml book review Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0000 In other words: I hate this book. http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/10/orbus_by_neal_a.shtml http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/10/orbus_by_neal_a.shtml book review Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:00:00 +0000 Robert Conroy's alternate history of the Japanese attack against Pearl Harbor serves as a morality play about good guys and bad guys. http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/10/1942_by_robert_.shtml http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/10/1942_by_robert_.shtml book review Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:00:00 +0000 Overall: a very worthwhile collection of stories indeed. http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/10/the_black_mirro.shtml http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/10/the_black_mirro.shtml book review Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:00:00 +0000 A wonderfully versatile book. http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/10/fifty_key_figur.shtml http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/10/fifty_key_figur.shtml book review Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:00:00 +0000 Killer unicorns. I heard those words and Diana Peterfreund's fifth novel vaulted to the top of my to-be-read list. http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/10/rampant_by_dian.shtml http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/10/rampant_by_dian.shtml book review Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:00:00 +0000 The horror genre is lucky to have two new writers of such quality and ambition. http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/10/house_of_window.shtml http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/10/house_of_window.shtml book review Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:00:00 +0000 It seems likely that this volume will remain more at home in the seminar rooms of cultural studies departments than on the bookshelves of interested lay-persons. http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/10/red_planets_mar.shtml http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/10/red_planets_mar.shtml book review Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:00:00 +0000 This one is just plain fun, the way it exemplifies abstract surrealism while still being a series of character-driven stories with odd little beginnings, middles, and ends. http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/10/tile_by_maryann.shtml http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/10/tile_by_maryann.shtml comic review Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:00:00 +0000 The Stranger's raison d'etre is pleasure.]]> http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/10/the_stranger_by.shtml http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/10/the_stranger_by.shtml book review Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:00:00 +0000 While the cast and overarching plot remain largely the same, the mood of the series changes enormously; turning gradually from optimistic light-heartedness and straightforward warfare towards political manipulation and the darker side of human nature. http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/10/blood_of_the_ma.shtml http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/10/blood_of_the_ma.shtml book review Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:00:00 +0000 The voyage to Arcturus on which David Lindsay takes his readers is a voyage worth taking. http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/10/voyage_to_arctu.shtml http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/10/voyage_to_arctu.shtml book review Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:00:00 +0000 Grazing the Long Acre is a rich, rewarding collection by a writer at the height of her powers. ]]> http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/10/grazing_the_lon.shtml http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/10/grazing_the_lon.shtml book review Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:00:00 +0000