2004 Announcing
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The
Re-Readable Collection Of SF&F
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Year 2004 Titles Well Worth Re-Reading
Books Reviewed
See also Oct. 2003 for comments on Seven Seasons of Buffy.
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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), Drew Goddard (Foreword)
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Watch for discounts! This one is selling fast.
Synthesis
& Counseling in Astrology: The Professional Manual
by Noel
Tyl
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Out of print, but you can find used copies sometimes.
Dark
Ages: Ravnos (Da Clan, 6)
by Sarah
Roark
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Never watched Angel? Read the synopses of the episodes written by fans who love this show. Dig a little and you'll find transcriptions of the episodes word for word also posted there. A labor of love.
Seven Seasons of Buffy, Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Discuss Their Favorite Television Show, Glenn Yeffeth ed. BenBella Books, Oct. 2003 -- companion volume about Angel to be released in 2004
I've reviewed this one in Oct 2003 -- both Jean Lorrah and I have articles in here. You can find a list of the contributors with excerpts from their articles here.
Synthesis & Counseling in Astrology, The Professional Manual by Noel Tyl, Llewellyn 1994
I've discussed Noel Tyl and his astrological textbooks in previous columns. His primary degree is in psychology and he approaches astrology as the means to organizing an understanding of how the mind works -- and why.
This is not a book you just read cover to cover -- it's one you nibble at over years and then go back and re-read sections going Oh!
Dark Ages: Ravnos by Sarah Roark, White Wolf Publishing, June 2003
There's a big problem with this book. The type face is very thin, and printed very very small on paper that isn't white enough -- the result is a real squint of a read.
This is a vampire novel but
not the sort I generally review. It is very dark. But stands
in stark contrast to the TV series Angel.
Smallville
- The Complete First Season (2001)
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But check out the really nice discount today.
Second season is also available on DVD (with a 2-fer deal most of the time), and the episode discussed here is from the third season.
Reading the Bones
by Sheila Finch
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Discount and Supersaver pricing -- a bargain even though this is a short novel.
Body of Intuition
by Claire Daniels
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Strangled Intuition
by Claire Daniels
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by Jaqueline Girdner, Jacqueline Girdner
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Murder on the Astral Plane
by Jacqueline Girdner, Jaqueline Girdner
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Smallville: "Slumber" episode written by Drew Greenberg, WB network, Oct. 22, 2003
See www.tvtome.com for a wonderful episode guide you can contribute to for your favorite show.
Reading the Bones by Sheila Finch, Tachyon Publications, Sept. 2003.
This is the novelization of the Nebula Award winning novella by Sheila Finch. It's in her archeolinguists series, the Lingsters and is about the development of language among nonhumans.
If you liked Molter Brother and City of a Million Legends, check out this book. This one has little or no esoteric science in it, but it focuses on the magic of language.
Body
of Intuition A Karma Crime Series Novel by Claire Daniels, Berkley
Prime Crime, Dec 2002.
More and more we're seeing mixed-genre books like the novels Jean Lorrah and I have been writing for years. SF and Romance led the way -- vampire romance, time travel romance, paranormal romance, etc. -- now the Mystery genre is getting the same treatment. Books published as mystery may have occult or sf elements as does Jean Lorrah's Blood Will Tell.
Strangled
Intuition A Karma Crime Series novel by Claire Daniels, Berkley
Prime Crime, Jan. 2004.
The Karma Crime Series could well appeal to the same readers who like Sime~Gen for the psychic-healing and karmic elements.
Murder
Most Mellow, a Kate Jasper Mystery by Jaqueline Girdner, Diamond
Books, June 1992. (out of print in 2004 but you can find it used)
Note she spells Jaqueline without a c.
The Kate Jasper Mysteries likewise have a strong psychic element used to solve the mysteries. These are good. See my Oct '93 column.
Murder
on the Astral Plane, a Kate Jasper Mystery, by Jaqueline Girdner,
Berkley Prime Crime Mystery, pb, March 2000
And there are a number of other titles by Jaqueline Girdner very much worth checking out, but don't let amazon's new search confuse you. Go here and put Jaqueline Girdner into the space where it says Author. Be sure to leave out the c in Jaqueline.
Aphrodite's
Kiss
by Julie Kenner
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Summer Knight (The Dresden Files, Book 4)
by Jim Butcher
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Death
Masks (The Dresden Files, Book 5)
by Jim Butcher
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Guilty Pleasures
by Laurell K. Hamilton
Average Customer Review:
Publication Date: July 1995
Out of Print--Limited Availability
Aphrodite’s Kiss by Julie Kenner, Love Spell contemporary Romance, April 2001
Also see Aphrodite's Secret and Aphrodite's Passion. which I haven't read but would like to.
Summer
Knight, Book 4 of The Dresden Files, by Jim Butcher, RoC Fantasy pb,
Sept. 2002
I haven't read books 1-3 -- but this one fills in enough of the background that it was a smooth, complete and satisfying pure-action read.
The cover of SUMMER KNIGHT quotes "The Midwest Book Review" -- "Fans of Laurell K. Hamilton and Tanya Huff will love this series."
In this column I compare The Dresden Files to Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake novels. (see below)
Death
Masks, Book 5 of The Dresden Files, by Jim Butcher, RoC Fantasy Aug.
2003
This is a direct sequel to book 4 and continues the breathless action pace with more problems than any one detective can handle.
Anita
Blake, Vampire Hunter Series by Laurell K. Hamilton – 11 book series
reviewed here Jan
’94, June
’95, Aug
’97, Nov.
’98, Feb
’99, July
’00, Jan.
02, Aug
03
Angel, the television show on the WB network – all episodes.
http://www.buffyworld.com/
Also see http://www.tvtome.com
Kushiel's
Dart
by Jacqueline Carey
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Kushiel's Chosen
by Jacqueline Carey (Author)
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by Jacqueline Carey (Author)
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Devlin's
Honor (Sword of Change, Book 2)
by Patricia Bray
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Devlin's Justice
by Patricia Bray
(The Sword of Change, Book 3)
by Patricia Bray
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Discounts abound. Look for 2-fer offers on amazon.
Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey, Tor Fantasy, pb June 2001
In this series a sex-slave buys freedom by using the valuables given as tips for their services to have a tattoo placed on their back.
Kushiel’s Chosen by Jacqueline Carey, Tor Fantasy pb March 2003
Kushiel’s
Avatar by Jacqueline Carely, Tor Fantasy pb March 2004
Devlin’s Honor by Patricia Bray, Bantam Spectra Fantasy, pb June 2003
This is book 2 in this series. I reviewed book 1 Devlin's Luck here in May 2003.
Devlin’s Justice by Patricia Bray, Bantam Spectra Fantasy, pb March 2004
Midnight Harvest
by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
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There was a paperback edition but it's out of print.
Double Image
by Jaye Roycraft
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by Jaye Roycraft
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Star Trek: Enterprise: TV Series episode, "Impulse" written by Jonathan Fernandez first aired Oct 8, 2003 ( www.tvtome.com )
Midnight Harvest From the Chronicles of Saint-Germain, by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Warner Aspect HC, Sept 2003
This is set in the 1930's and goes from Spain's civil war to Prohibition in California. Loved St. Germain driving a car!
Sweeter Than Wine by Michaela August published at www.awe-truck.net/AUTHORS30/sweeter.html Spring 2003
This is a terrific novel, gloriously well written but a historical romance that has no apparent connection with the usual topics of this column. In this case though, it is right on the button.
Double
Image by Jaye Roycraft, ImaJinn Books, 2001
See reviews of previous novels in this series in 2003 columns.
These are Vampire Romances and extremely well plotted adventures with great psychology and solidly developed relationships.
Shadow
Image by Jaye Roycraft, ImaJinn Books, 2002
Rainscape
by Jaye Roycraft, ImaJinn Books, 2001
http://www.imajinnbooks.com
Or it is still available on the publisher's site in 2003.
Imajinn Books has made a name for itself lately, especially with the Roycraft titles.
May 2004 sees the first e-book publication of any Sime~Gen story with a novel by Jean Lorrah titled Sime~Gen: To Kiss Or To Kill.
The Monthly Aspectarian publication dates drifted out of sync with this website in April 2003 because they accidentally skipped "10 of Wands, Pluto and the Right Hand Path Part I" in April 2003
This reprint brings us back into sync. as they have published Part I in May 2004.
Reprint of "10 of Wands, Pluto and the Right Hand Path Part II"
FROM May 2003.
Confused? Find a chart of the Monthly Aspectarian publication dates vs.
this website here.
Joan of Arcadia CBS primetime series
With Alex By My Side by Joel Davis, Toad Hall Press, July 2000
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Children of the Rock Duology: Nov. & Dec 2003 Tekno
Books
Moons' Dreaming (Children of the Rock Duology, 1)
by Marguerite Krause, Susan Sizemore
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Moons'
Dancing: The Children of the Rock (Krause, Marguerite. Children of the
Rock, V. 2.)
by Marguerite Krause, Susan Sizemore
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Justice
Hall by Laurie R. King, Bantam pb., Feb 2003
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Watch for great discounts
by LAURIE R. KING
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This is the HC from March 2004. Watch for the PB, or look for great discounts.
House of Zeor by Jacqueline Lichtenberg available in e-book formats. This is the first novel in Sime~Gen: The Unity Trilogy.
Joan of Arcadia CBS primetime series
With Alex By My Side by Joel Davis, Toad Hall Press, July 2000
Children of the Rock Duology: Nov. & Dec 2003 Tekno Books
Moons’
Dreaming by Marguerite Krause and Susan Sizemore,
CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURE: Susan Sizemore wrote a fantastic
introduction to the trade pb edition of my novel, Dreamspy which came out
in April 2004.
Moons’
Dancing
by Marguerite Krause and Susan Sizemore
Justice
Hall
by Laurie R. King, Bantam pb., Feb 2003
The Game by Laurie R. King, Bantam hc, March 2004
If you like Sherlock Holmes spinoffs, check this series out. Very probably you'll want to collect all the books in the series because they do form a story-arc of the developing relationship between Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes who takes her on as an apprentice and eventually marries her. They still work in the field after that marriage and things get even more interesting.
E-book from Awe-Struck E-Books.
3rd in a series that's still available
Read 3 free
Chapters online.
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See Oct. 2003 column and Jan 2004 for other mentions of Seven Seasons of Buffy. Here in August, focus is on the Initiations of Buffy and Willow as discussed in the article by Jacqueline Lichtenberg.
by Barb Hendee, J. C. Hendee, J.C. Hendee
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by E. E. Knight
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by Jacqueline Lichtenberg, Susan SizemoreIntroduction
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I
Thirst for You
by Susan Sizemore (Author)
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Healing Magick by Mary Taffs, Awe-Struck E-Books May 2004
Note: in May 2004, Mary Taffs died unexpectedly. At this time it is not known if the planned final book in this series will be published.
Seven Seasons of
Buffy: Science Fiction And Fantasy
Writers Discuss Their Favorite Television Show, edited by Glenn
Yeffeth, BenBella Books Oct. 2003
2009 - scheduled to be available on Amazon Kindle program
Thief of Lives by Barb and J. C. Hendee, Roc pb., Jan
2004
Thief of Lives is the sequel to Dhampir reviewed here in the Oct 2003 column.
Every book reviewed in this column is 5-star - highly recommended and re-readable.
Book
One of The Vampire Earth: Way of the Wolf by E. E. Knight, Roc SF,
Sept. 2003
Dreamspy by Jacqueline Lichtenberg, BenBella Books, TP
2004
OK, it's a conflict of interests. I wrote this book. If you want to know more about the book itself, you can read free chapters here.
The way I look at it, a reviewer has to write their own books so the other writers they take pot-shots at can get back at them.
Turns out Susan Sizemore likes my writing, and I like
hers. So here's a new one of hers you should read:
I
Thirst For You by Susan Sizemore, Pocket Star Books, June 2004.
Shivering World (TYERS, KATHY)
by Kathy Tyers
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Contact Imminent
by Kristine
Smith (Author)
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Gabriel's
Ghost
by Megan Sybil Baker
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Plus a much cheaper e-book format!
Star Commandos 11 -- Pariah
by P. M. Griffin
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Shivering World by Kathy Tyers, Bethany House, TP, 2004
Contact Imminent by Kristine Smith, Eos, November 2003
Kristine Smith explores the plight of Jani Killian in this 4th in the series I have reviewed here in the June 2001, and August 2002 columns, Code of Conduct, Rules of Conflict, Law of Survival, and now Contact Imminent.
You don't have to read them in order, but there is a story-arc so it does help. The backgrounding is there though if you haven't read the previous books -- and it's not at all heavy handed.
Gabriel’s Ghost by Megan Sybil Baker, LTDBooks, TP &E,
The Trade Paperback is actually worth the price. The packaging is good, and the print is small enough that for the 314 pages you get a lot of reading.
Star Commandos: Pariah by P. M. Griffin, ArcheBooks, Dec. 2003
(Oct 2004 - I just read the 12th volume -- it's one long denoument for the series, wraps everything up neatly and shows the characters growing up and out of their action-action lifestyle, now planning for the future.)
The Soul
Five
Seasons of Angel: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Discuss Their
Favorite Vampire
by Glenn
Yeffeth (Editor)
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Single
White Vampire
by Lynsay Sands
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Dead
to the World
by Charlaine Harris
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Laws of the Blood:Companions
by Susan Sizemore
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Different Blood:The Vampire As Alien by Margaret L. Carter
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$15.00
Five Seasons of Angel: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Discuss Their Favorite Vampire Glenn Yeffeth, ed., BenBella Books Oct. 2004
I have an article in this one.
Single White Vampire by Lyndsay Sands, Lovespell, Sept. 2003
Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris, Ace Books, May 2004
Laws of the Blood: Companions, by Susan Sizemore, Ace Books,
October 2001
Different Blood, The Vampire as Alien by Margaret L. Carter, Amber
Quill Press, 2004
If you shop regularly for vampire novels, you should have this book on your shelf.
Note Margaret L. Carter, one of the resident professional writers at simegen.com, has written many vampire, werewolf and supernatural novels.
Time and Dimension Travel
In the Face of Death: An Historical Horror Novel (Count Saint Germain)
by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
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Watch the discounts! And there's an ebook that's
cheaper.
Hôtel Transylvania
by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
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DarkEnchantment
by KAREN HARBAUGH (Author)
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Night
Fires by KAREN
HARBAUGH (Author)
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by Dotti Enderle, Matthew Archambault (Illustrator)
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$4.99
Children's book which gets the Magick right!
by J. C. Wilder (Editor), Linnea Sinclair (Editor)
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In The Face Of Death by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, BenBella Books Trade PB April 2004
Yes, this is a St. Germain, and no it's not HORROR though it's billed that way. It's about Madelaine de Montalia's trip to the US during the Civil War to study and record the culture of the American Indians before it became spoiled. It focuses on the Indian view of the war, and General William Tecumseh Sherman.
Hotel
Transylvania by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, pb, Warner Books, Sept. 2002
This was the first of the St. Germain novels and details how Madelaine de Montalia became a vampire.
Dark Enchantment by Karen Harbaugh, Dell Romance Jan 2004
Night Fires by Karen Harbaugh, Dell Romance, Dec 2003
Unearthed by C. J. Barry, Lovespell Futuristic Romance, May 2003
Fortune Tellers Club: Secrets of the Lost Arrow by Dotti Enderle,
Llewellyn 2004
Dream Quest, J. C. Wilder and Linnea Sinclair, eds., ebook & TP.LTD Books 2003
Five
Seasons Of Angel: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Discuss Their
Favorite Vampire (Smart Pop Series) List Price:$17.95
by Glenn Yeffeth
Jean Lorrah and Jacqueline Lichtenberg and 26 other sf/f writers have contributions in this book.
Trekkies
2
List
Price: $19.99
From trekkies2.com
TREKKIES 2
STARRING
Vaughn Armstrong
Richard Arnold
Robert Meyer Burnett
Casey Biggs
John Billingsley
Brannon Braga
Lolita Fatjo
Leslie Fish
Michael Forest
David A. Goodman
Richard Herd
Dominic Keating
Jacqueline Lichtenberg
Cirroc Lofton
Phil Morris
Ethan Phillips
Tracey Scoggins
Connor Trinneer
Nana Visitor
Joanie Winston
Ben Yalow
Glenn Yeffeth, ed., BenBella Books, October 2004
TV Series: Star Trek: Enterprise, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Angel
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