The Radiant Seas (Skolian Web)27 reviews Catherine Asaro Tor Science Fiction, 1999 Good read! + A Perfect Blend of Science Fiction and Romance + Wonderful sci-fi book series. + It's a love story             There Are Doors12 reviews Gene Wolfe Orb Books, 2001 Speculative fiction of the highest quality + Schizophrenia - Pure, Simple, And Brilliant I rarely praise any book quite so highly as I am about to praise this one. A great novel is one that, in addition to telling a good story, gets better on every re-reading and rewards its readers more and more as their understanding grows. This is a terrific story that holds a great wealth for the ...             Lord of Emperors (Sarantine Mosaic, Book 2)62 reviews Guy Gavriel Kay Eos, 2001 Sarantine Mosaic, Real or Imagined? + Why doesn't Kay seem to rate Jordan and Martin? + Do Your Self a Favor and Read The Sarantine Mosaic + Bought hard copies for my personal library + Great wrap-up             China Mountain Zhang33 reviews Maureen F. McHugh Orb Books, 1997 really original and absorbing + A great start got lost somewhere along the way + Report from a Mir on Mars this book depends more on its exquisite characterizations and fascinating vision of a future where china dominates as the global superpower than on plot, and it totally works. it presents a "slice of life" of zhang, a gay half-chinese american, as he navigates a world in which his sexuality and ...             The Orphan's Tales: In the Cities of Coin and Spice8 reviews Bantam, 2007 Story after Story after Story -- and all excellent + A satisfying conclusion, and a must-have fantasy... + Original, delightful, gorgeous + Mythical and marvelous. + Best fantasy in years             Renegade, (Book 2) (Marq'ssan Cycle)1 review L. Timmel Duchamp Aqueduct Press, 2006 Compelling political and psychological thriller This is a tense, fascinating, extremely well-written, thought-provoking book. I suspected it would be brilliant from the endorsement by Samuel R. Delany, but I had no idea it would be such a page-turner. Although it is the 2nd entry in the Marq'ssan cycle, I read it and it works fine as a ...             Pandora's Star156 reviews Peter F. Hamilton Del Rey, 2005 Emotional Investment + Good book, overall. + Another excellent work from the master of the sprawling space opera epic I was harping abuto this book as I read the first 300 pages. "Its all character development, there's so many people, blah blah blah." Then after the first 300 pages I really started to love the book. I realized that this needed the introductions, because it was more vast than any book I've ever ...             Sign for the Sacred3 reviews Storm Constantine Stark House Press, 2002 My favorite Storm's novel (and I read pretty much evth..) + Subtle, rich, rewarding + Another uncanny world by Storm Constantine This is my favorite Storm's novel (along with "Calenture" and "Wraeththu", though). The novel is truly multidimensional: it is left at the discretion of the reader to decide whether this is just an entertaining read with some allegory in it, or a wise allegoric "nutshell" of the major religions' ...             Parable of the Sower107 reviews Octavia E. Butler Grand Central Publishing, 2000 Fantasic Work of Speculative Fiction + Incredible + Could This Be Where We're Heading? This is a fascinating and stimulating read. Butler gives us a dystopia with heart, faith, hope, love and all in the midst of a picture of the absolute worst in human nature when turned desperate. It gives a startling glimpse of what religion looks like when placed up against suffering and ...             Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand17 reviews Samuel R. Delany Wesleyan, 2004 Delany has a lot more than 5 stars in his pocket + extremely subtle, occasionally difficult, and enigmatic, but 1st rate scifi + An entertaining, thought provoking read + As thought-provoking today as it was when first published             Cordelia's Honor69 reviews Lois McMaster Bujold Baen, 1999 As always, a terrific read + Cordella's Honor + great book Previously published as two separate novels, so not new. Have just re-read them, and am very pleased to report they are as terrific as I remember them.             The Secret Books of Paradys Tanith Lee Overlook Hardcover, 2007 Paradys--the city--was a place of decadence and decay, of luxury and lasciviousness, and, after the revolution, a graveyard peopled by the insane and the dead . . . and by those who preyed on both. The strange and the tormented dwell in Paradys--prowling its dark streets and twisted alleyways, passing the endless hours in the city's elegant mansions and smoke-tarnished inns, wandering in ...             Fallen Host10 reviews Lyda Morehouse Roc, 2002 Apocalyse Is Coming - Religion Runs the World - Scary Future + Devils Advocate + On my list of favourite books! + Funny, honest, and insightful -- well worth reading.             Salt of the Air2 reviews Vera Nazarian Prime, 2006 Some, but not all, of Vera Nazarian's short stories + Transcendant fairy tales This collection contains the following short stories by Vera Nazarian: -Rossia Moya -Beauty and his Beast -The Young Woman in a House of Old -Absolute Receptiveness, the Princess, and the Pea -Bonds of Light -The Starry King -The Stone Face, the Giant, and the Paradox -A Thing of Love -The ...             The Secret Of Sinharat (Planet Stories Library)4 reviews Leigh Brackett Paizo Publishing, LLC., 2007 Awesome sword-swingin' and super-sneakin' adventure on a mad, mad Mars that could never be + Wow, I was amazingly surprised!!!! + Barsoom gone bad or Mars from the gutter up. + hard-boiled planetary adventure             In Conquest Born (Daw Book Collectors)39 reviews C. S. Friedman DAW, 2001 One of my favorite books ever... + A real good read. + I love this book This was one of my favorite books in junior high school. I must have read it a dozen times by college. Even now I'll pick it up and re-read it every 3-5 years. I think the complexity of the weave and layers that make up this story and the characters has intrigued me since the first reading. ...             Living Next Door to the God of Love7 reviews Justina Robson Spectra, 2006 Intelligent, unique, even haunting + Fractured Fairy Tale I'm a huge sci-fi fan -- and strict too, no horror except lovecraft, and no fantasy except in weak moments -- and I loved this book. Ms Robson's previous novel, Natural History, was one of the most haunting science fiction I have read in years. I just couldn't get the creepy techno-erotic story ...             Revelation Space144 reviews Alastair Reynolds Ace, 2002 Interesting but sometimes hard to follow + Decent debut + Mini-review: Semi-hard sci-fi When I decided to start reading science fiction this is what I started with. What a shock. You need to be able to keep track of several story lines happening in several different decades. After adjusting to this I found myself quite engaged in the story and very drawn into this universe. ...             The Orphan's Tales: In the Cities of Coin and Spice8 reviews Bantam, 2007 Story after Story after Story -- and all excellent + A satisfying conclusion, and a must-have fantasy... + Original, delightful, gorgeous + Mythical and marvelous. + Best fantasy in years             Renegade, (Book 2) (Marq'ssan Cycle)1 review L. Timmel Duchamp Aqueduct Press, 2006 Compelling political and psychological thriller This is a tense, fascinating, extremely well-written, thought-provoking book. I suspected it would be brilliant from the endorsement by Samuel R. Delany, but I had no idea it would be such a page-turner. Although it is the 2nd entry in the Marq'ssan cycle, I read it and it works fine as a ...