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H. P. Lovecraft: Tales (Library of America) 42 reviews
H. P. Lovecraft
Library of America, 2005
Glimpse of a dark figure in the night
+ Walk on The "Dark Side"
+ Your One-Stop Lovecraft
+ Lovecraft's Tales
+ Memories and possibilities are ever more hideous than realities.
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High Society (Cerebus, Volume 2)16 reviews
Dave Sim
Aardvark-Vanheim, 1994
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+ Cerebus goes high art.
+ Graphic SF Reader
+ "High Society" is my favorite "Cerebus" graphic novel
+ The torch burns brighter
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Little, Big 118 reviews
John Crowley
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006
Poetic diversion
+ The ultimate adult fantasy
+ "Besides cats, there was the dog Spark."
+ This may well be my favorite book of all time
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Celestial Matters18 reviews
Richard Garfinkle
Tor Books, 1997
Strange but good
+ Great Alternative Science Fantasy
+ One Of The Best Alternative History Novels, Period
+ So good it hurts.
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Strange But Not a Stranger3 reviews
James Patrick Kelly
Golden Gryphon Press, 2002
One of the Best Single-Author-Collections of the Year.
+ Not Free SF Reader
+ A marvelous book
James Patrick Kelly's second collection of stories (published by Golden Gryphon, a fine publisher) is a treasury of superbly crafted gems. 15 of them, actually, with a foreword by Connie Willis and an afterword by the author himself. Highlights are 1016 to 1 (Hugo Winner, novelette category), ...
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The Sword Volume 1: Fire (Sword)3 reviews
Jonathan Luna
Image Comics, 2008
I've been saying it for years
+ Great Art, Great Story
+ Blew my mind.
The dynamic duo that is the Luna Brothers have been impressing me ever since I purchased Ultra. While some of their stories are unique or a new take on an old genre If you take the time to read these comics you will find brilliance. One thing you will notice about their comics is that there is a ...
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Queen & Country: The Definitive Edition, Vol. 14 reviews
Greg Rucka
Oni Press, 2008
Reality-based cloak and dagger stories
+ Great start to a refreshing comic book series.
+ Excellent Purchase.
+ Finally!
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Gravity's Rainbow 273 reviews
Thomas Pynchon
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2000
Fear and Loathing in Peenemunde
+ Nothing but the best
This is the mother of all post-modern novels. Much has been said about Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow; even more written about it since it was published 35 years ago.
There are a myriad of threads running through this novel. I have read Gravity's Rainbow four times in my life thus far; each ...
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Stranger Things Happen: Stories28 reviews
Kelly Link
Small Beer Press, 2001
A modern take on classic stories
+ Travels with the Snow Queen
+ reading this book was like wacking my own life into pieces with a hammer.
+ "Mastery of a very particular kind"
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The Book of Leviathan7 reviews
Peter Blegvad
Overlook TP, 2008
A WONDERFUL JOURNEY INTO STRANGENESS...
+ Thrilling!
+ Fantastical Absurdity on Paper
+ clever and funny
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Cerebus, Volume 119 reviews
Dave Sim
Aardvark-Vanheim, 1991
One of the finest stories i've read
+ very happy
+ wonderful independent literature
+ Graphic SF Reader
+ Greatest self-published comic of all time!
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Leviathan Three2 reviews
Forrest Aguirre, Zoran Zivkovic
Wildside Press, 2002
Fantasy isn't dead
+ Interesting reading
This is a Pandora's box of a book. Open it up and you'll be amazed. Every approach to imaginative fiction from Zoran Zivkovic's brilliant Library stories, a Michael Moorcock Jerry Cornelius story which reads like today's news, Jeffrey Ford, Scott Thomas, Tamar Yellin -- the list goes on and on. ...
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Steampunk 8 reviews
Tachyon Publications, 2008
Not Free SF Reader
+ A fine gathering of 'steampunk' writings
Another interesting retrospective anthology from the VanderMeer marital team, from the same publisher in Tachyon, too. This one I think with a cooler and more appropriate cover.
The difference here is that neither of the editors are as heavily invested in the subject from a personal writing ...
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The Troika8 reviews
Stepan Chapman
Ministry of Whimsy Press, 1997
A challenging read, but worth the effort
+ A surreal trio
+ Truly a fantastic shard of dementia
+ and you thought you had problems...
+ Spectacular.
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Declare65 reviews
Tim Powers
HarperTorch, 2002
A stunning novel
+ An assured work by a master
+ Fantastic Read! A Fusion of Spy and Supernatural!
DECLARE immerses the reader in a mid-twentieth century spy world where a greater, miasmic cause eclipses the Cold War between communism and capitalism. Kim Philby, the real life British turncoat, plays a fascinating and fatalistic role in Tim Powers' globe-trotting adventure aimed at the ...
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Tigana203 reviews
Guy Gavriel Kay
Roc Trade, 1999
A classic in its own right
+ This book touched my heart
+ Unique and beautiful fantasy
+ Just an excellent book.
+ Tigana is pretty great
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The Sword Volume 2: Water (The Sword)
Joshua Luna, Jonathan Luna
Image Comics, 2008
Dara brighton has discovered more information about the three powerful strangers who murdered her family. Armed with this knowledge and the mystical sword, her first order of business is to find the one who murdered her sister and make him pay.
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Church & State Volume I (Cerebus, Book 3)6 reviews
Dave Sim, Gerhard
Aardvark-Vanheim, 1987
The High Point
+ When Sim and Cerebus truly were infallible.
+ Darkly Humorous and touching
+ Cerebus matures
+ Where Cerebus Breaks Through
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Queen & Country: The Definitive Edition, Vol. 21 review
Greg Rucka
Oni Press, 2008
More Queen & Country
I absolutely love this format. It's portable, and it's packed with stories. For a "Definitive" edition I would have liked some more behind the scenes work, concept art and the like, but it's good enough. The story is gripping as always. My only complaint is the art. While I like seeing the ...
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Dhalgren105 reviews
Samuel R. Delany
Vintage, 2001
A sleeper surprise for the ages
+ Demanding and rewarding for committed readers
It's a rare title that reveals and unfolds on each new reading - Dhalgren is one of those books. The characters shift their sexualities and their identities in each chapter, grammatical surprises abound, and urban USA is laid bare for all to see its divisions and unities.
Dhalgren is not as ...
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