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Review: The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
Title: The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archives #1) Author: Brandon Sanderson Rating: Publisher: Tor Books Review: Any fan of fantasy fiction is well acquainted with the name of Brandon Sanderson....
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Review: What Makes You Die by Tom Piccirilli
Title: What Makes You Die Author: Tom Piccirilli Rating: Publisher: Apex Book Company Format: Electronic ARC (provided by publisher) Review: Look at the coffee-stained book cover. Tommy Pic, the...
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Review: The Association by Bentley Little
Title: The Association Author: Bentley Little Rating: Publisher: Signet Review: I recently became acquainted with Bentley Little with his novel, The Store. The plot was not profound, but it still...
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Odds and Ends
I’ve been delinquent in keeping up with this blog. There are a number of excuses reasons for this — I have recently been consumed with potential changes on the job front and my reading habits have...
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Return of the King (for me, at least)
I recall my first foray into adult fiction. It was summer break, sometime in my middle school years. Shortly after devouring the Dragonlance: Chronicles series, I found myself at a used bookstore with...
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Review of The Blue Blazes by Chuck Wendig
Title: The Blue Blazes Author: Chuck Wendig Rating: Publisher: Angry Robot Review: In the midst of Chuck Wendig’s successful Miriam Black series comes a new series. The first entry, The Blue Blazes,...
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Review of Cahill’s Homecoming by Patrick Hester
Title: Cahill’s Homecoming Author: Patrick Hester Rating: Publisher: Self-Published Review: I don’t read a lot of self-published works, but I had no hesitation in reading Patrick Hester’s novella,...
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Excess in Horror Television
When people talk of excess in horror, it is almost invariably about gore and violence. The 2000′s brought splatterpunk to the screen with the Saw franchise, Eli Roth’s Hostel movies, and a string of...
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Review of Zoo City by Lauren Beukes
Title: Zoo City Author: Lauren Beukes Rating: Publisher: Angry Robot Review: Non-Western settings are en vogue right now in fantasy fiction, which works out quite well for South African native, Lauren...
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Review Policy Change
I have recently made changes to Odd Engine’s review policy. In short, there are two key changes: I now will accept self-pubbed submissions, but I plan on being discriminatory with regards to which ones...
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The Return of the King — Part II
Last month, I wrote about my first experiences reading Stephen King. I recently have been reacquainting myself with his earlier works, first with Carrie and most recently, with The Dead Zone. I never...
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Why I Want to Read (and Review!) more Short Stories
I’ve been trying to read more short fiction. It’s a form of writing I’ve appreciated in many genres, from John Updike’s slices of life to Philip K. Dick’s futuristic visions. I love Roald Dahl’s...
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Short Fiction Review: (R+D) / I = M by Catherine Tobler
Title: (R+D) / I = M Author: Catherine Tobler Publisher: Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 80 Date: May 2013 Review: Humans finally have arrived on Mars. Manless expeditions have proven that life no longer...
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Short Fiction Review: The Man Who Carved Skulls by Richard Parks
Title: The Man Who Carved Skulls Author: Richard Parks Publisher: Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 36 (Reprint from 2007 Weird Tales) Date: May 2013 Review: “I married your mother for her skull. It’s no...
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Short Fiction Review: Singing Like a Hundred Dug-up Bones by Alex Dally...
Title: Singing Like a Hundred Dug-up Bones Author: Alex Dally MacFarlane Publisher: Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Issue 121 Date: May 16, 2013 Review: Spring is approaching a small island community when a...
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Review: A Discourse in Steel by Paul S. Kemp
Title: A Discourse in Steel (The Tales of Egil and Nix #2) Author: Paul S. Kemp Publisher: Angry Robot Where I Received the Title: e-ARC from Netgalley Review: Last year I wrote a glowing review of...
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Catching up on 2013 Hugo Nominees — Part 1
I just returned from a weekend trip from Las Vegas and on the plane ride home, I had a chance to catch up on a few short stories. Two of these are Hugo nominees: “Immersion” by Aliette de Bodard...
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Sexism in Science Fiction
Strange Horizons published an interesting study a couple of months ago that looked at the breakdown of science fiction reviews by gender. What this study found was that 60-80% of the science fiction...
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Review of American Vampire, Vol. 5 by Scott Snyder
Title: American Vampire, Vol. 5 Author: Scott Snyder Illustrators: Rafael Albuquerque, Dustin Nguyen Publisher: Vertigo Review: There are two things that make American Vampire unique and the best...
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A Short Rant on Serial Fiction
Okay, so I’m a total hypocrite, since I am working on a 4-book SF novella tetralogy, but I wanted to go on a short rant. I’m getting tired of everything being a series. It’s true of books and even more...
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