The Blade Itself (The First Law: Book One)87 reviews Joe Abercrombie Pyr, 2007 Intriguing and attention holding + Great...best hard driving new fantasy out there + A Gritty, Bloody, and Character Driven Fantasy + Very good fantasy novel             Devices and Desires (Engineer Trilogy)14 reviews K. J. Parker Orbit, 2007 Amazingly Good + Well Within Tolerance Devices and Desires is not like any fantasy novel that I have previously read. No gods or demons, swords & sorcery, priests or magic jewels. Just an excellent premise (chivalry vs. engineering) and very, very good writing. Every character in this book, even the shortest one-paragraph walk-ons, is ...             Colours in the Steel (Fencer, Book 1)6 reviews K.J. Parker Little, Brown Book Group, 1999 Good parallel to Medival History + Less action-packed than its title promises + Not Quite the Right Colour... + Everything you ever wanted to know about seige weapons + A very interesting book             The Algebraist59 reviews Iain M. Banks Night Shade Books, 2006 A must read + Progressive In Both Ways Banks's foremost non-Culture novel and in my opinion his best work so far, it is a must read for any Sci-Fi fan. Not one for spoiling the plot I will only say that it has certainly earned its spot on my "favorites" bookshelf next to Asimov's, Heinlein's, and Hamilton's best works.             The Night Watch (Watch, Book 1)56 reviews Sergei Lukyanenko Miramax, 2006 Fantastically Russian + Loved it more than the movie + Great imagery, if it moves a little slowly + Adoration             Consider Phlebas96 reviews Iain M. Banks Orbit, 2008 Good Read + A Taste of Culture! This is the beginnings of great scifi series. I will recommend this book to anyone who likes the space opera scifi. It was an interesting story, and made me want more when it was done.             The Four Forges: The Elven Ways #1 (Elven Ways)7 reviews Jenna Rhodes DAW, 2007 JSyv: college student, an avid fantasy reader + Excellent fantasy!! + Great find! + an excellent read, original enough to be worth your time + Good start             Mortal Engines (The Hungry City Chronicles)44 reviews Philip Reeve Eos, 2004 Great Book for a 10 year old boy! + A very great book! + "Ask him what he did to Hester Shaw!" + Great good fun + Good             Operation Chaos: A Novel (Operation Chaos)11 reviews Poul Anderson Orb Books, 1999 Science fantasy at its peak. Clever and exciting. + The social commentary is absolutely delicious! + The best pure fantasy novel I have ever read. A Classic. + A classic of Science Fantasy back in print again!             DragonMech (Dragonmech)3 reviews Joseph Goodman Goodman Games, 2004 An excellant book, with more on the way. + WOW!!! What a neat idea... + Steampunk Fantasy at its finest DragonMech was an impulse buy from a bookstore shelf for me. I picked it up for $35, but since then I have reconsidered that to be a very cheap price. After all, it's a book about mechs! I found that, in addition to impressive core and prestige classes and mech rules, this book also boasts a ...             The Scar102 reviews China Mieville Del Rey, 2004 The Best Mieville Novel + Juddering and Puissant + The Scar This is the middle volume of Mieville's trilogy of novel about New Crobuzon. I think the easiest way to describe these books is as fantasy novels, or a sort, which are highly politicl, and set in a steam punk type world, of a sort, which elements of horror. Mieville likes to refer to these books ...             Iron Council68 reviews China Mieville Del Rey, 2005 Stunning and original + Another Great Mieville Book This is the first book I have ever read by China Mieville. I picked it up by chance as a staff recommendation in a small but quality-centric bookstore in my city. It has become one of my top three or five favourite books of all time. If I had to compare it to any book, I would say that it is ...             Last Call45 reviews Tim Powers, 1996 Surprised nobody's mentioned Charles Williams + Insert winning poker hand pun here + Good Call + Myth meets the Mundane             The First Swords: The Book of Swords Volumes 1, 2, & 325 reviews Fred Saberhagen Tor Books, 1999 FIRST SWORDS + A good fantasy read + great fun! FRED SABERHAGEN IS ONE OF THE BEST WRITERS AROUND. THE BOOK OF SWORDS IS ENTHRALLING. YOU FEEL AS THOUGH YOU ARE ACTUALLY THERE! ACES...             Hunter X Hunter, Vol. 111 reviews VIZ Media LLC, 2005 A Girl's Take. + The best shonen jump title + Adventure Galore! Okey, so I've never read this, but I DO own the entire animated sereies (nearly 100 episodes, fansubbed) & I can only think of this as a Heavily BL-Suggestive take on the genres Yu Yu Hakushou & Dragonball took (yes, even slashier than Yu Yu!) I also know that this manga went on haiatus this year ...             Bastard!! (Volume 1)5 reviews VIZ Media LLC, 2002 The ultimate in RPG and rock and roll parodies! + Another in the series hits the bookshelves + Definitely one of the more interesting series I own... + Impressive             Chronicles of the Black Company15 reviews Glen Cook Tor Books, 2007 Brilliant, character-driven fantasy. Erikson fans, check this one out! + Good, Gritty War Fantasy + A great fantasy series. + epic fantasy at its best!             The Etched City41 reviews K.J. Bishop Spectra, 2004 Wierdly marvellous debut + Not Free SF Reader Many of the novels I have read lately have disappointed me, so this book was a delight. I like reading first and second novels to see how fertile the soil of the first published efforts of an author are, like a slightly wild rose bush. Bishop's novel was the best first novel read I have ...             Akira Club2 reviews Katsuhiro Otomo Dark Horse, 2007 Quality publication + Good if you are Akira fans. If you own a Laserdisc player and have been following the story since the early 80s, then there probably isn't a ton of content in here that you haven't seen before. But for new fans, or for old fans who have forgotten what an incredibly talented illustrator Mr. Otomo is after being sickened by the ...             Amano: The Complete Prints of Yoshitaka Amano15 reviews Yoshitaka Amano, Unno Hiroshi Collins Design, 2003 Highly recommendable + AMANO fans only + Breathtaking Art! + just work