Review: Dragon Heart by Cecelia Holland
The novel Dragon Heart by Cecelia Holland has the charm of a fairy-tale and the edge of a dark fantasy as it takes readers in many unexpected directions.
Review: The Mechanikals by John Dodds
The Mechanikals by John Dodds is the first installment in a new YA Steampunk series. It is a strong beginning to an absorbing and entertaining world of wonder.
MORE ON THE RAH FRONT: Robert A. Heinlein, continued
Alexei Panshin is a well-known critic/reviewer of Heinlein and his works
Heinlein’s YA Novels From Scribners and Other Things, continued
Heinlein’s YA (Juvenile) work is still generating praise and controversy.
A Sentimental (Science Fiction) Education
Much as I loved Heinlein’s juveniles (Podkayne of Mars, Farmer in the Sky, etc) I became obsessed with Simak. The Way Station stories blew me away, and City was, and probably still is, one of my top ten favourite science fiction novels.
Book Review: Vicious, by V.E. Schwab
V.E. (Victoria) Schwab’s people are called EO, for ExtraOrdinary people; people with something extra. These abilities are not genetic, nor are they the result of spilled chemicals (The Flash), extraterrestrial birth (Superman) or encounters with supernatural forces (The Mask); EOs gain their powers by an unfortunate encounter with mortality.
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