Interesting Books
(Descriptions
from Goodreads)
The
Explorer by James Smythe, review at SF
Signal
When
journalist Cormac Easton is selected to document the first manned mission into
deep space, he dreams of securing his place in history as one of humanity’s
great explorers. But in
space, nothing goes according to plan.
The
crew wake from hypersleep to discover their captain dead in his allegedly
fail-proof safety pod. They mourn, and Cormac sends a beautifully written
eulogy back to Earth. The word from ground control is unequivocal: no matter
what happens, the mission must continue.
But as the body count begins to rise, Cormac finds himself alone
and spiralling towards his own inevitable death … unless he can do something to
stop it.
The Mad Scientist’s Daughter by Cassandra Rose Clarke, review at A Fantastical Librarian
The Mad Scientist’s Daughter is the heartbreaking story of the journey from childhood to adulthood, with an intriguing science fictional twist.
There’s never been anyone - or anything - quite like Finn.
He looks, and acts human, though he has no desire to be. He was programmed to assist his owners, and performs his duties to perfection. A billion-dollar construct, his primary task is to tutor Cat.
When the government grants rights to the ever-increasing robot population, however, Finn struggles to find his place in the world.
A
Memory of Light by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson, review at The
Wertzone
Since
1990, when Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time® burst on the world with its first
book, The Eye of the World, readers have been anticipating the final
scenes of this extraordinary saga, which has sold over forty million copies in
over thirty languages.
When
Robert Jordan died in 2007, all feared that these concluding scenes would never
be written. But working from notes and partials left by Jordan, established
fantasy writer Brandon Sanderson stepped in to complete the masterwork. With The
Gathering Storm (Book 12) and Towers of Midnight (Book 13) behind
him, both of which were # 1 New York Times hardcover
bestsellers, Sanderson now re-creates the vision that Robert Jordan left
behind.
I have
listed these titles in earlier SSS posts: check out my SSS
Books Page for links to more reviews:
Fairy
Tales from the Brothers Grimm by Philip Pullman, review at Janicu’s
Book Blog
Katya’s
World by Jonathan L. Howard, review at The
Ranting Dragon
Legend
by Marie Lu, review at Escaping
. . . One Book @ A Time
Giveaways
Cinder
by Marissa Meyer at Cuddlebuggery.
Looking Back at 2012
Fantasy
Literature offers their Books
We Loved in 2012
Mihir
at Fantasy Book Critic gives his Top
Reads of 2012
The
Ranting Dragon posts their Top
20 Best Speculative Fiction Novels of 2012
Vampire
Book Club list the Top 10 Most
Popular VBC Reviews
Triumph Over Tragedy
.
. . is now available! Check out the details at Bookworm
Blues.
Smugglivus 2012
The
Book Smugglers’ “month long celebrations of all things bookish and geeky”.
Game of Thrones News
Winter
Is Coming shares a couple of GoT Laughs:
I especially like The Twelve Days of Christmas, and make sure you watch the
comments while it plays.
George
has published a chapter from The
Winds of Winter on his website, if you want to catch up with Arianne
Martell.
I'm reading The Explorer right now. I saw the feature on him and the book on John Scalzi's Big Idea post and bought it right then. Also saw the great review on SF Signal. So far I'm enjoying it. I've been saving it for night reading when everyone is in bed. Figure that enhances that whole aura of loneliness that the book is based around.
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