There are all sorts of Fantasies about someone who suddenly discovers that elves and ogres and things that go bump in the night have been living among us all along. Some of the most interesting ones involve an organization designed to hide this situation. Slipping over into Action Adventure-Conspiracy Theory, one sub-genre includes a government…
Month: July 2018
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“The Colonel and the Bee” by Patrick Canning
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What is this book like? Well, sort of like Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes teamed up with Alan Bradley’s Flavia de Luce in a 4-storey high hybrid hot air/helium-filled balloon chasing a pair of feuding underworld families across 19th Century Europe and beyond in search of a fabulous jewel. Lara Croft, steam-punk style. This is the…
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“The Shaman’s Apprentice” by B. Muse
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This is a story about the constant battle for those who are different to cope with the prejudices of their society. It takes place against the background of a deep and carefully created mythology and metaphysical world. I take that back: metaphysical worlds. The main character moves from one tribe to another, and we learn…
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“A Premature Apocalypse” by Dan Sofer
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This is Book III of the “Dry Bones Society” trilogy, in which Dan Sofer continues the stumbling and incongruous progress of Moshie Karlin, resurrected (first book) and newly-elected (second book) Prime Minister of Israel, as he tries to shepherd his country towards the End of Days (hence the title). In which we therefore must get…
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“Heartsong” by Annie Douglass Lima
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Heartsong is a Sci-Fi novel of the subgenre that might be called “Initial contact with alien race.” If you’re willing to buy the rather questionable premise that sets off the problem – the decision by earth authorities not to contact the alien race they are intruding upon – the rest of the plotline is very…