Category: Reading
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Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
Review of Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire. What happens when the children come home from their portal fantasy adventure? What happens when they are trapped in the normal world?
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8 steampunk stories worth reading
Steampunk can immensely enjoyable and fun, when it is well written. but it doesn’t always have the best reputation. Many of these stories are gaslight fantasy as that is what I tend to gravitate towards. Here you will find steampunk recommendations worth reading.
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Miniatures by John Scalzi
Miniatures: The Very Short Fiction of John Scalzi is a ridiculous title, so I am going to do the reasonable thing and shorten it to Miniatures by John Scalzi. It is a short story collection published in 2016 and is full of short funny stories by Scalzi.
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The Drafter by Kim Harrison
Review of The Drafter by Kim Harrison. A spicy science fiction thriller set in a futuristic Detroit. Agent Peri Reed can jump back 40 seconds in time to correct a mistake leaves her vulnerable when her partner, who is responsible for replacing her memory of the event, gives her a false one.
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The Aeronaut’s Windlass by Jim Butcher
Review of The Aeronaut’s Windlass by Jim Butcher. An action packed steampunk novel about a culture living in spires and sailing between them in sail drawn airships.
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Range of Ghosts by Elizabeth Bear
Review of Range of Ghosts by Elizabeth Bear a fantasy novel set on the mongolian steppes in the 1200s. A wonderful culturally complex novel with a fast paced plot and interesting characters. Range of Ghosts is all about power and political intrigue.
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Uprooted by Naomi Novik
Review of Uprooted by Naomi Novik. A fantasy inspired by polish fairytales about learning magic, the deep dark forest and political intrigue. If you enjoy fairytale inspired books it is defiantly worth reading.
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The Myth of Rain by Seanan McGuire
Review of The Myth of Rain by Seanan McGuire. The Myth of Rain is a short story about animal conservation in the face of climate change. What do we do when the world is burning.
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The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu
Review of The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu, the first book in the The Dandelion Dynasty series is epic fantasy set in a Chinese inspired island kingdom. Ken Liu might be better know for his short stories and translation work, but The Grace of Kings is a wonderful epic fantasy and it is a…
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9 political fantasy recommendations full intrigue
Political fantasy is full of court life, political intrigue, backstabbing – figurative and literal, complex alliances, moral grays, diplomacy, spycraft, possible wars etc. These are all the hallmarks of good political fantasy for me.