Reviews for the Year 2003

2003 Announcing 
New Sime~Gen Novels 
by
Jacqueline Lichtenberg
Jean Lorrah
New Lifewave publication

Vampire Romance by Jacqueline Lichtenberg

Audio-book releases.  

 

The Re-Readable Collection  Of  SF&F 
Selected by  Jacqueline Lichtenberg
 

 

 

Year 2003 Titles Well Worth Re-Reading

Use Month links to read these columns  Title of the Review 

Books Reviewed

January 2003 "Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies." A quote taken from Guy Spiro's editorial in the November 2002 issue of The Monthly Aspectarian.  

Horoscope Symbols
by Robert Hand

Night Blooming: The Chronicles of Saint-Germain
by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro 


List Price:   $24.95

 





Horoscope Symbols
by Robert Hand, Para Research, 1981



Night Blooming
, by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Warner Books hc., Oct. 2002

This review is full of spoilers, so try to read the novel first.  

The review is all about the definition of Enemy.  

February 2003 "How the Powerless Gain Power - Part I" 



Pilots Choice
by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller, Michael Herring


List Price:

$20.00

Contains 2 novels

 

 

 

 

Partners in Necessity
by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller, Michael Herring


List Price:

 $22.00

Actually there are great daily discounts and "2-fer" deals.  Check today's price.  

 



Plan B
by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller, Michael Herring (Illustrator)


List Price:

 $16.00

 

 

 




I Dare (Liaden Universe Novel Series)
by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller


List Price:

 

$18.00

 

 

 





Lyskarion: The Song of the Wind
by Janice A. Cullum


List Price:

 

$13.95

 

Nessie and the Viking Gold by Lois Wickstrom and Jean Lorrah

Liaden Universe novels by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller, Meisha Merlin Publishing Inc. omnibus reprints and new novels:

Pilot's Choice,

Contains Local Custom and Scout's Progress, prequels to Parnters in Necessity

 

 



 




Partners in Necessity
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Contains 3 WHOLE novels Conflict of Honors, Agent of Change, Carpe Diem

 

 

 

 




 




Plan B


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I Dare

 

 

 




Balance of Trade
by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller, Meisha Merlin, 2003.







 

Lyskarion, The Song of the Wind, by J. A. Cullum, Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing.

 
March 2003 "How the Powerless Gain Power Part II" 

Joss Whedon, The Genius Behind Buffy, by Candace Havens, BenBella Books, March 2003

 

 

Astrology of Intimacy Sexuality and Relationship: Insights to Wholeness
by Noel Tyl


List Price:

 $17.95

Do check the discount for today!  

 

 

 

Joss Whedon, The Genius Behind Buffy, by Candace Havens, BenBella Books, March 2003

Astrology of Intimacy Sexuality and Relationship: Insights to Wholeness by Noel Tyl, Lllewellyn January 2002

 

 

 

 

 

Firefly the television show, created by Joss Whedon New TV Series Fall 2002.  

 
April 2003

Monthly Aspectarian Readers who are confused about sequence of these columns should click here.  

"10 Wands, Pluto, And the Right Hand Path 
Part I"

The Cowboy and the Vampire: A Very Unusual Romance
by Clark Hays, Kathleen McFall

List Price:
$12.95
But check today's discount.

sometimes you even get free shipping! 

 

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Beneath a Mountain Moon

by Silver Ravenwolf

List Price:
$14.95

 

 

 

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Explorer

by C. J. Cherryh


List Price:
$23.95

 

 

 

 

Enterprise: the syndicated television show. Episode, "Precious Cargo"

The Cowboy and the Vampire by Clark Hays and Kathleen McFall, Llewellyn, trade pb, 1999

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Beneath a Mountain Moon
by Silver Ravenwolf, Llewellyn, trade pb, second printing 2001

 

 

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Explorer
by C. J. Cherryh, 6th book in the Foreigner Universe, DAW Books, hc Nov. 2002

 

 


May 2003

"10 Wands, Pluto, And the Right Hand Path 
Part II"

Stone Kiss
by Faye Kellerman


List Price:

$25.95

 

 

 

 

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Devlin's Luck (Bray, Patricia. Sword of Change, Bk. 1.)
by Patricia Bray


 

 

 





Stone Kiss A Peter Decker / Rina Lazarus Novel, by Faye Kellerman, Warner Books hc July 2002

See my previous reviews of books in this series by putting "Faye Kellerman" into our domain search engine at the bottom of this page or the top of our top page.  

Or look here for  Faye Kellerman  titles available.  

 

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Devlin’s Luck
by Patricia Bray,  Sword of Change, Book I,  Bantam Spectra Fantasy, PB May 2002

June 2003 "The Emperor, 9 of Swords and Uranus"  

 

The Curse of Chalion
by Lois McMaster Bujold


List Price:   $7.99

 

 

 

 

Sequel, Paladin of Souls reviewed below.  Great books, both of them!  

 

 

Dreamspy by Jacqueline Lichtenberg, St. Martins Press 1989, BenBella Books Spring 2004

Yes, I reviewed one of my own novels, the companion to my Oct. 2003 release, Those of My Blood  -- but reading it was a really peculiar experience, as if someone else had written it.  

The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold, Harper Torch Fantasy, 2002

Note Below a message direct from Bujold herself, explaining clearly why I love all the Bujold titles so much.  

 

 

 

More Than Magick by Mary Taffs, Awe-Struck E-books, May 2003

Strangers by Melissa McCann, Awe-Struck E-books, 2002

 
July 2003

New Discussion List for this column titled rereadable-l - click here  

 

 

How to Build a Time Machine
by Paul Davies

 

 

 

 

 

The Eyre Affair
by Jasper Fforde

 

 

 

Gene Roddenberry’s Andromeda syndicated TV series episode "Deep Midnight’s Voice"

How to Build a Time Machine by Paul Davies, Penguin, 2001

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Eyre Affair: A Thrusday Next Novel by Jasper Fforde, Penguin, 2003

 

 

 

 

 

Shadow Run by A. C. Ellis, Awe-struck E-books ( http://www.awe-struck.net ), 2003

 
August 2003 Cold Streets (Elrod, P. N. Vampire Files.)
by P. N. Elrod

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cerulean Sins: An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel
by Laurell K. Hamilton

 

 

 

 

 

 

Afterimage
by Jaye Roycraft

 

 

 

 

 

Immortal Image
by Jaye Roycraft

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dancing with the Devil
by Keri Arthur

 

 

 

 

The Vampire Files: Cold Streets by P. N. Elrod, Ace HC, Jan. 2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cerulean Sins, An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel, by Laurell K. Hamilton, Berkley, April 2003 HC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AfterImage by Jaye Roycraft, ImaJinn Books ( http://www.imajinnbookss.com   ) 2002

 

 

 

 

 

 

Immortal Image by Jaye Roycraft, ImaJinn Books 2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dancing with The Devil by Keri Arthur, ImaJinn Books, 2001

 
September 2003 Hawkmistress
by Marion Zimmer Bradley


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Wysard
by Carolyn Kephart

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lord Brother
by Carolyn Kephart

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Burning of Her Sin
by Patty G. Henderson


 

The Dead Zone TV Series based on a novel by Stephen King.

Hawk Mistress by Marion Zimmer Bradley, DAW pb 1988

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wysard by Carolyn Kephart, SterlingHouse Publishers, 1999

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lord Brother by Carolyn Kephart, SterlingHouse Publishers 2001

http://www.sterlinghousepublisher.com  & on amazon.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Burning of her Sin, a Brenda Strange Mystery by Patty G. Henderson, Barclay Books 2002

 
October 2003 "The Evil Hero, the Devil Card and the Right Hand Path"

Seven Seasons of Buffy: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Discuss Their Favorite Television Show
by Glenn Yeffeth (Editor), Jennifer Crusie (Contributor), Lawrence Watt-Evans (Contributor)

List Price:   $15.95

See list of contributors and excerpts.

 

 

 

 

Those of My Blood
by Jacqueline Lichtenberg

List Price:   $14.95

 

 

 

 

 

Dhampir
by Barb Hendee, J.C. Hendee

List Price:   $5.99

One of the very best vampire novels I've read in a long time.    

 

 

Paladin of Souls : A Novel
by Lois McMaster Bujold (Author)

List Price:   $24.95

Check today's discount!  

 

 

Seven Seasons of Buffy: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Discuss Their Favorite Television Show  edited by Glenn Yeffeth, BenBella Books, Oct. 2003

Includes articles by Jean Lorrah and also by Jacqueline Lichtenberg.  

Jean writes about how Love Saves The World

Jacqueline writes "The Power of Becoming" -- contending that Buffy The Vampire Slayer is a tv show which is in fact "Great Literature" as well as Intimate Adventure.  

 


Those of My Blood by Jacqueline Lichtenberg, trade pb, BenBella Books Oct. 2003

The companion volume, Dreamspy, will be released in the first Trade Paperback edition in the spring of 2004. 

 

 

 

 

 

Dhampir by Barb and J. C. Hendee, RoC Fantasy, January 2003  See the author's website.  

 This is a very different sort of vampire novel.  The hero is a woman who is a con artist, pretending to be a vampire killer and bilking a fortune from poor villages.  She buys a tavern in a nice coastal town, and settles down to live well -- only to discover the town harbors a family of vampires who believe her reputation is real not faked.  You gotta read it to believe it! 

 

Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold, Eos Fantasy Oct. 2003

To be released in October 2003.

Quote direct from Lois McMaster Bujold about 3 Chalion Universe novels:  (see the Dendarii homepage) or read free chapters at Eos's own Chalion site.  

"The book's demons, by the way, are morally neutral, merely hyper-entropic. They cannot help being what they are, any more than humans can help consuming food to live. All good and evil in the book pertains to and flows from the beings who have the free will effective in time -- the people. Difficult, dangerous, destructive, the Bastard's brothers may be, but they only are what they eat. A subtle point, perhaps, but a key one.

"Happily, there will be a third book in the Chalion series -- it's in (slow) progress now. It moves to a different region -- this world's equivalent of medieval Germany -- and has a new cast and concerns, but does
address some of the same issues of spirit, will, power, and the heavy hand of the past. Working title is _The Hallowed Hunt_.

best regards, Lois Bujold."
  

November 2003  Alien Taste
by Wen Spencer

List Price:   $6.50
 

 

 

 

 

Tainted Trail
by Wen Spencer, Sudbury

List Price:   $6.99

 

 

 

 

 

Bitter Waters
by Wen Spencer

List Price:   $6.99

 

 

 

 

 

Shamara
by Catherine Spangler

 

 

 

 

 

Twilight Crossings
by Jeanne Allen, Sheri L. McGathy, Shannah Biondine


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List Price:   $18.99

 

Alien Taste by Wen Spencer RoC sf, July 2001

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tainted Trail by Wen Spencer, RoC sf, June 2002

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bitter Waters by Wen Spencer, RoC sf, May 2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shamara by Catherine Spangler, Lovespell, Sept. 2001

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Twilight Crossings by Jeanne Allen, Jeanine Berry, Shannah Biondine and Sheri L. McGathy, Double Dragon Publishing, March 2003

This is an excellent anthology of romance stories, all with some kind of twist or refreshing new concept.  

 
December 2003 "The Trauma Trend" 

Street Dreams (Ay Adult - Kellerman)
by Faye Kellerman

  Lots of discount opportunities on amazon.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Street Dreams" by Faye Kellerman 

You can find this book in your library rather than buying it during the holiday sales season.  

Not ostensibly sf/f, this series of mysteries gives you the same kind of entre into a different culture that you find in sf/f.  

Check out my May 2003 review of the previous novel in this series - Stone Kiss.  

Or look here for  Faye Kellerman  titles available. 

 

 



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