Our new Nonfiction Editor checks into Charlie Huston’s latest Joe Pitt novel, Every Last Drop, where the author digs further into the modern world of vampires in the old school style of detective noir.
Book Reviews
City at the End of Time, by Greg Bear
We check into Greg Bear’s latest, City at the End of Time, where the author brings some fantasy in to play with his usual science fiction.
Misspent Youth, by Peter F. Hamilton
Guest reviewer Amy Brozio-Andrews looks at Hamilton’s Misspent Youth, where renewed youth and wisdom appear mutually incompatible.
Lord Tophet by Gregory Frost
New staff member Matt Switliski dives into Gregory Frost’s Lord Tophet, where a magician finds she has the answer to, well, everything.
Whitechapel Gods, by S.M. Peters
Who doesn’t love steampunk? New staff member Kyle White checks out the promisingly entitled Whitechapel Gods, by S.M. Peters.
The Age of the Conglomerates by Thomas Nevins
Kyle White also checks into Thomas Nevins’ unnervingly titled The Age of the Conglomerates.
The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy: Sixteen Original Works by Speculative Fiction’s Finest Voices, edited by Ellen Datlow
Ellen Datlow edited a collection? We’re there. Again. The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy, a collection of subtle science fiction and fantasy, is reviewed.
Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer
We just couldn’t help ourselves; what’s the fuss all about? Stephenie Meyer’s pop sensation novel, and first in the vampire-laden Twilight Saga series.
Succubus in the City, by Nina Harper
The tale of a succubus leading a charmed life.
Victory Conditions, by Elizabeth Moon
Victory Conditions is the latest (and possibly the last) in the Vatta’s War series featuring Commander Kylara Vatta, the leader of a fleet battling terrorist Gammis Turek. When a spy [...]
Cruel Enchantment, by Janine Ashbless
A little-known collection of twisted faery tales and paranormal romance.
Empire of Ivory, by Naomi Novik
Fourth in Novik’s Temeraire series, an alternate history Napoleonic-era war filled with dragons. This time His Majesty’s (Dragon) Aerial Corps is attacked by disease.
Best American Erotica 2007, edited by Susie Bright
The title says it all: a collection of outstanding stories.
My Girlfriend Comes to the City and Beats Me Up, by Stephen Elliott
On a shelf full of heavily fictionalized erotic memoirs, this book is something different—a mostly true story that claims to be fiction, and a book by a male submissive that neither glorifies nor flinches from the darker side of masochism.
Why Review Books?: My Sort-of Manifesto
Upon joining RE as a staff reviewer, Mathilde Madden had one request: let her introduce herself to the readers. Being generally accomodating people (and delighted to read almost anything she writes), we said “sure—just say something nice about us, and don’t try to convince anyone to join a cult.” We’re not so sure she managed the second one; her passion for books is kind of infectious.