Category Archives: Pop! Goes the Culture

Gene Wolfe is still turning out genre-defying fiction. Home Fires, his latest, wasn’t his best, but it still made for a pretty good read, as described in my review for BookPage.

Steven Erickson’s Malazan Book of the Fallen series is the most momentous, immense and truly epic fantasy series of the last thirty years. (Sorry, George R.R. Martin.) As impressive as the series is for its unbridled fecundity, Erickson’s achievement of … Continue reading →

I wasn’t aware of Patrick Rothfuss until I had the chance to review The Wise Man’s Fear, the second book of the Kingkiller Chonicles, for BookPage. (I read The Name of the Wind, book one of the series, as well.) … Continue reading →

I reviewed this anthology for BookPage more out of a sense of obligation to the popularity of Weber’s universe than due to its craftsmanship. But then again, writing a review that is honest yet not so critical it makes a … Continue reading →

It was a pleasure to review this first-rate piece of modern pulp. Written for BookPage.

I review the latest by bardic bardress, Patricia A. McKillip for BookPage.

Book I of the classic shared-world anthology edited by George R.R. Martin was re-released in the months before the premier of HBO’s much-awaited televised adaptation of Martin’s Game of Thrones. Savvy timing, reviewed by me for BookPage.

Jim Butcher’s combo of modern noir and classic fantasy in his Dresden Files series remains one of the great smack-the-forehead “Of course!” ideas of the last few decades. I reviewed a collection of Dresden stories from outside the main series … Continue reading →

William Gibson is a legend in sci-fi—so much so that I had a working “cocktail conversation” knowledge of his style and works though I had never read any of his works. My review of Gibson’s latest for BookPage spurred me … Continue reading →