Reviews for the Year 2009

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January 2009

Honing Imagination

 

 

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Mr. Holland's Opus film from Hollywood Pictures 1995

 

 

 

The Karen Montgomery Series, by Jennifer St. Clair, Writers Exchange E-Publishing http://www.writers-exchange.com

 

Foundling

 

and

 

 

 

Lamplighter

by D. M. Cornish, Speak, an imprint of Penguin Group USA April 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

Once Upon a Spring Morn, by Dennis L. McKiernan, RoC HC Oct. 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Once Upon A Dreadful Time by Dennis L. McKiernan, RoC HC Oct. 2007

 

February 2009 Poetic Justice: The Fragile Universe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Book of Names by Jill Gregory and Karen Tintori, St. Martin’s paperback Feb. 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Time Machines Repaired While-U-Wait by K. A. Bedford, Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy, Aug. 2008

This one is a must-read.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Reel Stuff, Brian Thomsen & Martin H. Greenberg, eds., DAW Books, June 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stakeout, film, 1987, starring Richard Dreyfus -- and a sequel not reviewed.

Watch this with Blake Snyder's SAVE THE CAT GOES TO THE MOVIES! in mind. 

 

 

March 2009   Karma of World Prominence

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also a novel of Crosspointe:

 

 

 

 

 

Synthesis & Counseling in Astrology by Noel Tyl, Llewellan, 1994

 

 

 

 

 

 

Valor’s Trial by Tanya Huff, DAW HC June 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Key to Redemption by Talia Gryphon, Ace Fantasy pb, October 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Cipher by Diana Pharaoh Francis, RoC Fantasy pb Nov 2007

 

 

 

 

 

The Black Ship (not reviewed in this issue)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Excalibur Murders by J. M. C. Blair, Berkley Prime Crime Historical Mystery, July 2008

 
April 2009 Soldier and Warrior

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Valor’s Trial by Tanya Huff, DAW HC June 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kris Longknife: Intrepid by Mike Shepherd, Ace pb Nov 2008 

Interestingly, I met Mike Shepherd in the bus going back to the airport after Worldcon in Denver.  He's friendly and amazing! 

 

 

 

 

 

The Lost Fleet Series by Jack Campbell: Dauntless, Fearless, Courageous, Valiant, Relentless, Ace SF pb June 2006 to April 2009.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Hidden City, A Novel Of The House War, by Michelle West, DAW HC March 2008

 
May 2009   Life As A Problem Set

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Also see my blog entry on Life as a Problem Set. 

Deja Demon by Julie Kenner, Berkley pb July 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unquiet Dreams by Mark Del Franco, Ace Fantasy, Feb 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs, Ace Fantasy, Jan. 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

Heart of Light by Sarah A. Hoyt, Bantam Spectra Fantasy, March 2008

 

 

 

 

 

Direct sequel to Heart of Light

Soul of Fire by Sarah A. Hoyt, Bantam Spectra Fantasy, August 2008

June 2009 Language and Magic

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Draw One In The Dark by Sarah A. Hoyt, Baen Fantasy pb, May 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reserved For The Cat by Mercedes Lackey, DAW hc Nov 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Shenandoah Spy by Francis Hamit, Brass Cannon Books,TP, 2008.
http://www.brasscannonbooks.net/

 

 

 

 

 

Dawnkeepers by Jessica Andersen, Signet Eclipse Paranormal Romance, Jan 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

Teach Me Everyday Spanish and Teach Me Everyday German, book and CD from http://www.teachmetapes.com 

July 2009 Why Do You Pull Your Magical Punches?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fortune and Fate by Sharon Shinn, Ace HC, Nov 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reader and the Raelynx by Sharon Shinn, Ace HC, Nov 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spell Sword of Darkover by Marion Zimmer Bradley, 1974

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Fetch by Laura Whitcomb Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sex on the Altar, Vol. 1, by Wencke Braathen, wenckebraathen@gmail.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

Black Ship by Diana Pharaoh Francis, RoC pb, Nov 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

Death of a Musketeer by Sarah D’Almeida, Berkley Prime Crime Mystery, 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peacekeeper, a Major Ariane Kedros novel by Laura E. Reeve, RoC pb Dec. 2008

 
August 2009  The Mystery of Magic:
Part I, Arm of the Law

   

 

 

And a new one, not reviewed in this issue:

 

 

Which is in other formats, too

 

 

 

Click above to see my review on Amazon

 

 

Click above to see my review on Amazon

 

The Musketeer’s Seamstress by Sarah D’Almeida, Berkley Prime Crime, April. 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Musketeer’s Apprentice Sarah D’Almeida, Berkley Prime Crime, Sept. 2007

 

 

 

 

 

A Death in Gascony by Sarah D’Almeida, Berkley Prime Crime, April. 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Mercedes Coffin by Faye Kellerman, Wm Morrow, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flipping Out by Marshall Karp, Minotaur Books, April 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Increment by David Ignatius, WW Norton, May 2009

 
September 2009 The Mystery of Magic Part II: Hard & Soft Fantasy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deader Still by Anton Strout, Ace Fantasy pb, March 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deathwish by Rob Thurman, RoC Fantasy pb, March 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mean Streets, collection from RoC TP, January 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reaper TV Series www.cwtv.com/shows/reaper 

Supernatural TV Series www.cwtv.com/shows/supernatural

Blood Memories by Barb Hendee, RoC TP Oct. 2008

 
October 2009 The Mystery of Magic: The Magician’s Apprentice

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  The Mystery of Magic: The Magician’s Apprentice

 

Turn Coat by Jim Butcher, RoC HC April 2009

 

 

 

 

 

Strange Angels by Lili St. Crow, razOrbill, June 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

You Are So Undead To Me by Stacey Jay, razOrbill Jan 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Magician’s Apprentice by Trudi Canavan, Orbit, Feb 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forbidden: The Temptation by Samantha Sommersby, Linden Bay e-book.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Alchemist’s Pursuit by Dave Duncan, Ace pb, March 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Borne in Blood by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Tor HC, Dec 2007

November 2009

The Mystery of Magic Part IV: Journeyman

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prophets: Apotheosis Book One by S. Andrew Swann, DAW pb March 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hope’s Folly, by Linnea Sinclair, Bantam pb March 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Devil’s Eye, An Alex Benedict Novel by Jack McDevitt, Ace HC Nov. 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WWW.WAKE by Robert J. Sawyer, ACE HC, April 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Turning Tide by Diana Pharaoh Francis, RoC pb May 2009

 
December 2009

The Mystery of Magic: Part V Master Magician

 

As usual in December I’m not going to review any new titles to refrain from fueling the commercialization of the season. So let’s contemplate what we’ve learned.  

This column talks about what Master Magicians do in their spare time and how that brings us closer to World Peace. 

 

 



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