I have enjoyed every one of the Tim Powers books I have read so far. It was great that I came across him. I hope he has more new stuff coming out soon.

Expiration Date is the second book in a loose trilogy that started with Last Call and ends with Earthquake Weather. Not really a true trilogy since characters aren’t shared in the three books. ( Read more... )

I read about 42 books this past year and here is a list of the best of the lot.

• Master and Commander
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I was introduced to Scott Westerfeld’s work by Jack Haringa.  I am glad he did. And I’m glad I took his advice and picked up Westerfeld’s books.  Most of the time when people recommend books to me I respond politely that I will check so-and-so author out and smile all the while not having any inkling to actually pick up the recommended book.  Most ( Read more... )

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I had written a few quick reviews a while ago and I am going to start adding them to the Compendium over the next couple of days or so.  These two reviews are of two books by Christopher Golden.  One a comic tie-in for Hellboy and one the beginning of a trilogy.

I expect to be reading The Borderkind and The Lost Ones next month so I’ll follow up ( Read more... )

Since I Can’t seem to find the words to write lengthy reviews for a few books I have read recently I’ll give some quick reviews for each.

This set of In Short reviews includes Boneshaker by Cherie Priest, The Stress of Her Regard by Tim Powers, and The Affinity Bridge by George Mann.

All worth reading.

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