The Gods in Winter (Patricia Miles) ---»
...A 1978 YA fiction book. Greek gods interacting with a suburban family in England. Captures the time of winter well. What do gods do in winter? What do we do in winter? Makes one think of suburban gods? An engaging YA book in classic 1970’s tradition. Republished with afterword by Tamora Pierce.
Finch (Jeff VanderMeer) ---»
...The new book out by Jeff Vandermeer, Finch, has garnered some pretty good reviews from around the webosphere [latimes], and we have to say theyre pretty close to right. Hes pretty much known for the Ambergris city setting and Finch continues the series. Finch centers around the kind of metaphysical detective endemic to the [...]
Red Book by Jung On Horizon (News) ---»
...It looks like the CG Jung Red Book (review), also known as Liber Novus, will be getting published soon. Gauging from the review above and this article on the NyTimes, sounds like it will be a bumpy publication. And if theres one thing thats good for sales, its turbulence. Either that, or burnings. (note: we [...]
The Wooden Sea: A Novel (Jonathan Carroll) ---»
...Small towns. Police chiefs. Resurrected dogs. Like TC Boyle, Jonathan Carroll is part history, part personal bard, but with an additional mixture of scifi and magical realism. The Wooden Sea is an excellent purview of what life in a small upstate new york town might be like if Neil Turoks physics were in charge of [...]
Welcome to a Week of John Christopher Novels (John Christopher) ---»
...Today we start our Bookian Homage to the great author John Christopher. This exceptionally prolific British author, whose books are unfortunately difficult to come across, and many of which are now out of print, has entranced youngsters since the late 1960s with tales of post apocalyptic worlds and those who live within them. His most [...]
Beyond the Burning Lands, The Swords of the Spirits Trilogy (John Christopher) ---»
...In the second of the Swords of the Spirits trilogy, John Christopher continues the story of an unruly, angry youth who attempts to do right. The burning lands are a vast stretch laid to waste in the future by violent uphevals of the earth. This series is set in a luddite ruled world, where the [...]
Bad Dream (John Christopher) ---»
...An awesome book, one of John Christophers latest from 2003, in which Britain and the European Union are dealing with the strange threats that new technology brings to age old notions of freedom, humanity, et al. Once again Samuel Youd displays his craft at psychology: the characters are incredibly well written. He has a penchant [...]
Bella on the Roof (John Christopher) ---»
...This book is almost impossible to find, but well worth it. I will not give anything away, in the hopes of creating enough demand to bring about a reprint. – reviewed by reprint bella
Wild Jack (John Christopher) ---»
...Along the lines of John Christophers fascination with the everpresent struggle between the status quo and the individual, fertile and important ground for aspiring adults to live through, Wild Jack is one of those unfortunately out of print books which must be brought back into print. Written after the 1960s and in the closing mists [...]
The White Voyage (John Christopher) ---»
...An excellent adventure set in earlier times. Along the lines of Jack London, The White Voyage is about a ships crew, with all the psychological suspicion and tension of a submarine crew locked underwater, turns into a shipwreck, and a struggle northward. – reviewed by kreya
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