by Jim Stitzel | Mar 22, 2007 | General
I’ve been a Dean Koontz fan since I was a kid; I even did a fair job of collecting a lot of his books at the time. A couple of years ago, I got reacquainted with Koontz through Odd Thomas. This is the story of a young man who sees ghosts and is often compelled...
by Jim Stitzel | Mar 14, 2007 | General
Old Man’s War by John Scalzi has been described as a book worthy of the “late, great Heinlen,” and while I’m certainly not as well read in that particular author as some, I would say that _OMW_ definitely has a very Heinlenesque feel to it....
by Jim Stitzel | Mar 12, 2007 | General
_”The finest novel of fantasy to be written in many years.”_ ~Orson Scott Card Brandon Sanderson’s debut novel Elantris is a fresh and remarkably cunning approach to fantasy fiction. Prince Raoden, heir to the throne of Arelon, suddenly finds himself...
by Jim Stitzel | Mar 7, 2007 | General
For the work of a 15-year-old writer, Eragon is an amazing story – I enjoyed it as much on the second read as I did on the first, perhaps even moreso. The book tells the story of a young farmboy who stumbled across a dragon egg and becomes an unlikely hero. He...
by Jim Stitzel | Feb 27, 2007 | General
Peter F. Hamilton’s _Night’s Dawn_ trilogy has been likened in epic scope to fictional universes like Frank Herbert’s Dune and Dan Simmons’ Hyperion. And in terms of size, the universe that Hamilton has built in this series is huge....
