The Complete Roderick2 reviews John Sladek Overlook TP, 2005 A masterpiece + For Many, One Roderick is Enough John T. Sladek made his reputation in the SF community writing clever satires and parodies with the emphasis on AI and Robotics. "Roderick" is the life story of one such robot, and like Sladek's other masterful robot tale "Tik Tok", it involves a huge cast of characters and all kinds of twists and ...             The Sarban Omnibus: Ringstones, The Sound of His Horn, The Doll Maker (Sarban)1 review Author Sarban Black Mask, 2008 Thank You Blackmask! Up until 2008 here were your options. Option 1: Track down one of the tattered Ballantine copies of Sarban's three core works (Ringstones, The Sound of His Horn, and The Doll Maker) at prices that are usually reserved for regular hardback novels (about an average of thirty bucks) and sometimes up ...             The Essential Hal Clement Volume 3: Variations on a Theme by Sir Isaac Newton1 review Hal Clement New England Science Fiction Association, 2000 Things are very very heavy there... I had to chuckle to read that little snippet in the Booklist review at the top of the page. Here are the classic Mesklin novels, stories, and some essay material under one cover at long last... what, you've never read them? Scroll back up and click the yellow button. Although I, for one, would ...             Shadow & Claw: The First Half of 'The Book of the New Sun' (New Sun)186 reviews Gene Wolfe Orb Books, 1994 My favorite novel + Allusions + A Book of Gold + Absolutely Wonderful!             The Gormenghast Novels114 reviews Mervyn Peake Overlook TP, 1995 "A Fairy-tale with no Fairies" + the gormenghast novels + Fresh even though not new + A picturesque canvas of words...             The Lord of the Rings: 50th Anniversary, One Vol. Edition34 reviews J.R.R. Tolkien Houghton Mifflin, 2005 A perplexing and endlessly strange masterpiece + This is what all authors should strive to be + A Classic in Every Way + Excellent! Simply Perfect! + Lord of the Rings Trilogy             Otherwise: Three Novels9 reviews John Crowley Harper Perennial, 2002 An unsung American master + Favorite Novel + Literary novels of the fantastic + 3 lovely early masterpieces...             The Solitudes (The Aegypt Cycle)5 reviews John Crowley Overlook TP, 2007 Aegypt Restored + Amazing. + Worth the wait + RENAMED & REVISED AEGYPT             The Chronicles of Narnia1004 reviews C. S. Lewis HarperCollins, 2001 Sexy Scenes None, A Great Read + Good item. + Great box set at great price + Superlative             The Slave and The Free: Books 1 and 2 of 'The Holdfast Chronicles': 'Walk to the End of the World' and ...6 reviews Suzy McKee Charnas Tor Books, 1999 An unflinching examination of gender, power and violence + You need to understand what they're really about... + A future world, plausible, very 70's feminism This volume is a reprint of the first two novels of Charnas's Holdfast series, *Walk to the End of the World* and *Motherlines*. Together, these two novels were awarded a Retrospective Tiptree Award in 1996 and at last they are back in print. Charnas writes in a spare, calm style that sets off the ...             Rings3 reviews Charles L. Harness Nesfa Press, 1999 Recommended for all Charles Harness fans! + Great to see this back in print + Baroquely imagined trips in space and time This gathers all Harness 'Ring' stories under one cover, presenting his four science fiction novels in a convenient package. Paradox Man, Ring Of Ritornel and Firebird cover space-time changes and odd settings: readers should enjoy space opera settings and complex plots and will find this an ...             Philip K. Dick: Five Novels of the 1960s & 70s Philip K. Dick Library of America, 2008 Jonathan Lethem, editor "The most outré science fiction writer of the 20th century has finally entered the canon," exclaimed Wired Magazine upon The Library of America's May 2007 publication of Philip K. Dick: Four Novels of the 1960s , edited by Jonathan Lethem. Now comes a companion volume collecting five novels that offer a breathtaking overview of the range of this science-fiction ...             Dark Ladies: 'Conjure Wife' and 'Our Lady of Darkness'9 reviews Fritz Leiber Orb Books, 1999 Two Horror Classics + Review for Conjure Wife + CONJURE WIFE REVIEW ONLY + Two seminal horror classics for the price of one             Tales of the Dying Earth44 reviews Jack Vance Orb Books, 2000 Vance struck gold + Humor in fantasy + From a weak beginning to supreme mastery + Sheer Brilliance             The Gates to Witch World (Witch World Chronicles)6 reviews Andre Norton Orb Books, 2003 Andre Norton Does Indeed Write "The Good Stuff" + excellent stories - problem is with e-translation. + Your entry into one of Fantasy's greatest worlds + A Great Read             Philip K. Dick: Four Novels of the 1960s: The Man in the High Castle / The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch ...17 reviews Philip K. Dick Library of America, 2007 WHETHER FAN OR NEWBIE, THIS IS A MUST-HAVE + A "religious preoccupation" + A Great Introduction to the World of Philip K. Dick + Welcome to the dark, thrilling, paranoid world of PKD + FINALLY: RECOGNITION AND RESPECT FOR PKD             Elric: To Rescue Tanelorn (Chronicles of the Last Emperor of Melniboné, Vol. 2) Michael Moorcock Del Rey, 2008 “Moorcock’s writing is intricate, fabulous, and mellifluous. Reading his words I was, and am, reminded of music. His novels are symphonic experiences. They dance and cry and bleed and make promises that can live only in the moment of their utterance.” –from the Foreword by Walter Mosley, New York Times bestselling author of Blonde Faith and Devil in a Blue Dress Elric of ...             Viriconium17 reviews M. John Harrison Spectra, 2005 A very distinctive cup of tea that's not for everyone + Mind-Bending and Challenging + Excellent and amazing writer, stories range from okay to superb The phrase 'a writer's writer' is often trite and overused. But this is the only accurate and concise description that can be applied to M. John Harrison and his work. You're here trying to decide if this book is worth your time and money, and so you'll read a mixture of reviews to make that ...             The Cornelius Quartet: The Final Program, A Cure for Cancer, The English Assassin, The Condition of Muzak20 reviews Michael Moorcock Thunder's mouth press, 2001 Stunningly good + Eternal Champion a-Go-Go + A little imagination helps + Moorcock's fabulous sf + Here we go again             Elric: The Stealer of Souls (Chronicles of the Last Emperor of Melniboné, Vol. 1)8 reviews Michael Moorcock Del Rey, 2008 Inspiring + Elric review + Great literary value to the genre + I've finally had a justified taste of the soulstealing blade