Fantasy Literature: Fantasy and Science Fiction Book and Audiobook Reviews

THE WIND THAT SWEEPS THE STARS by Greg Keyes Greg Keyes ’ THE WIND THAT SWEEPS THE STARS (2024) is a book that while it has its issues I’d say with pace and structure, is often utterly fas...

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THE NAMING SONG by Jedediah Berry THE NAMING SONG (2024), by Jedediah Berry, is an ambitious work with a thoughtful and thought-provoking premise, and if (for me at least), it didn’t fully c...

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THISTLEFOOT by GennaRose Nethercott 2023’s THISTLEFOOT, by GennaRose Nethercott, is one of my favorite reads of 2024. This literary fantasy draws from Jewish and Eastern European folktales, ...

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NO NIGHT WITHOUT STARS by Andre Norton NO NIGHT WITHOUT STARS (1975), by Andre Norton , is a post-apocalyptic adventure set in a world where civilization has collapsed, and all that’s left a...

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Reactor reviews Suzan Palumbo’s newest, a space-opera retelling of The County of Monte Cristo . Sign me up. And enjoy their review of an upcoming Netflix “Sci-fi movie with jokes,” It’s...

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FLEDGLING by Molly Harper FLEDGLING (2019), the second book in Molly Harper ‘s SORCERY AND SOCIETY series, picks up where CHANGELING left off, following Sarah Smith (posing as Cassandra Ree...

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IMPOSSIBLE CREATURES by Katherine Rundell I really wish I hadn’t seen all the hype around Katherine Rundell’s IMPOSSIBLE CREATURES — the Waterstones Prize, the comparisons to C.S. Lewis,...

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In this column, I feature comic book reviews written by my students at Oxford College of Emory University. Oxford College is a small liberal arts school just outside of Atlanta, Georgia. I chal...

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THE GLORIOUS POOL by Thorne Smith In Ron Howard’s 1985 film Cocoon, a group of seniors becomes rejuvenated as a result of taking a dip in a swimming pool whose waters had been infused with �...

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It’s the first Thursday of the month. Time to report! WHAT’S THE BEST BOOK YOU READ IN AUGUST 2024 AND WHY DID YOU LOVE IT?  It doesn’t have to be a newly published book, or even SFF, ...

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File 770 shares the latest AI kerfuffle , as NaNoWriMo’s steering organization made an unpopular statement about use of AI in its Annual November write-a-thon. Their awkwardly worded statement ...

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DARKWATER HALL by Catherine Fisher I must have read this book for the first time over twenty years ago, and though I had forgotten the title, author and much of the story, a few little details...

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THE COMPLETE JOHN SILENCE STORIES by Algernon Blackwood For English author ALGERNON BLACKWOOD , success as a writer came fairly late in life. Although today deemed one of the 20th century’s ...

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Some fans of Lost consider Season Three its best season. It is a pivotal season, with the growing hints about Jacob and the smoke monster/Man in Black. Two things make the season a fan favorite; ...

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PLAY OF SHADOWS by Sebastien de Castell Welcome to PLAY OF SHADOWS, in which, in the fabled city of Jereste, our Hero, Damelas Chademantaigne, flees a duel and takes refuge with a Theater Trou...

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WEYWARD by Emilia Hart WEYWARD, by Emilia Hart, (2023), is women’s fiction with magic. The stories of three different women in three different eras wrestling not only with their connection t...

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THE PRIVATE EYE by Brian K. Vaughan (writer), Marcos Martin (artist), and Muntsa Vincente (colors) In this column, I feature comic book reviews written by my students at Oxford College of Em...

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DINOSAURS AT THE DINNER PARTY by Edward Dolnick DINOSAURS AT THE DINNER PARTY, by Edward Dolnick, is an engaging and entertaining look at how the discovery of dinosaur bones in the 1800s and t...

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A SORCERESS COMES TO CALL by T. Kingfisher  A SORCERESS COMES TO CALL, T. Kingfisher’s most recent 2024 novel, is a magical regency-style romance, with lengthy interruptions by the machinat...

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The Bulwer-Lytton Contest winners were announced —awarded for the best example of the intentionally worst prose. Enjoy! Nerds of a Feather reviews T. Kingfisher’s latest , A SORCERESS COMES...

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