It might seem strange for someone who writes science fiction, but I enjoy reading historical fiction quite a lot. I have a special fondness for novels written against the backdrop of English history because it illustrates so well that personality, talent, and circumstance had as much to do with who was in power as birth. Not to say that you could ( Read more... )

Stephanie Dray, a friend and fellow writer from the Writers Group From Hell recently released a lovely (in the literal as well as figurative sense; the cover is gorgeous!) novel about Cleopatra's daughter. Stephanie knows her stuff where the ancient world is concerned. Her stories are always rich with a level of detail that makes the past come ( Read more... )

Island of Ghosts: A Novel of Roman BritainTor Books, 1999 ( Read more... )

In online user forums, a "sticky" post is one that administrators create and label in such a way that it always stays in position at the top of a list, so that it's hard to ignore. I like to apply that term to books that I can remember reasonably well, long after I have read them- books that stick in my memory, to some degree or other, even if I ( Read more... )