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| Posted By : UnclePete - 2/6/2008 4:00 PM | figured it was time for a new thread. 
New reviews posted today --
Triplanetary, by E. E. Smith - reviewed by Paul Weiss
So Say We All, edited by Richard Hatch - reviewed by Heather Hunt
Night Watchman, by James V. Viscosi -- reviewed by Mike Swope
New Frontier: Gods Above, by Peter David -- reviewed by C Dennis Moore
The Seems: The Glitch in Sleep, by John Hulme and Michael Wexler -- reviewed by Megan Bulloch
Five Strokes to Midnight, edited by Gary Braunbeck and Hank Schwaeble -- reviewed by yours truly.
Enjoy, and remember if you want to discuss any of the books in this batch in the forum, please start a new thread for the book.
cheers!
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"The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers." --Thomas Jefferson
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| Posted By : UnclePete - 2/19/2008 2:30 AM | New reviews for 2/18
New Frontiers: Stone and Anvil by Peter David, reviewed by C Dennis Moore
Indigara by Tanith Lee, reviewed by Jennifer Hairfield
Alpha Rising by G. L. Douglas, reviewed by Paul Weiss
Lamplighter, by D. M. Cornish, reviewed by Megan J Bulloch
Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay, reviewed by Mike Swope
Shadowbridge by Gregory Frost, reviewed by yours truly.
Enjoy, and remember if you want to discuss any of the books in this batch in the forum, please start a new thread for the book.
cheers!
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"The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers." --Thomas Jefferson
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| Posted By : UnclePete - 3/5/2008 1:07 AM | New reviews for March 4
Villenspell: City of Wizards by Crystalwizard, reviewed by Paul Weiss
Kitty and the Silver Bullet by Carrie Vaughn, reviewed by Jennifer Hairfield
Clan Daughter by Morgan Howell, reviewed by David Roy
Gaea: Beyond the Son by P. D. Gilson, reviewed by Stuart Clark
Duma Key by Stephen King, reviewed by C Dennis Moore
Elric: Stealer of Souls by Michael Moorcock, reviewed by Adam P Knave
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| Posted By : Hazimel - 3/5/2008 4:25 PM | UnclePete,
CW has pointed me toward you for review guidelines, as I am working on a couple for her and want to make them work for a variety of sites, including SF Reader. Can you give me some more information about what you are looking for in a review?
Thanks,
Bryan
I Dream of Dragons, a writing blog |
| Posted By : MichaelEhart - 3/5/2008 11:08 PM | An interesting note: I will be on a panel with John Picacio at NorWesCon in a few weeks. Joe is the artist who did the phenomenal illos and cover for Elric: Stealer of Souls by Michael Moorcock, reviewed by Adam P Knave.
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"Without Napier" Every Day Fiction, TBA
"Night of Shadows, Night of Knives" Magic and Mechanica, Ricasso Press, Spring 2008
"To Destroy All Flesh" Return of the Sword, Flashing Swords Press, Spring 2008
"Only His Name" Every Day Fiction, TBA
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| Posted By : UnclePete - 3/6/2008 12:50 AM | Hazimel said...
UnclePete,
CW has pointed me toward you for review guidelines, as I am working on a couple for her and want to make them work for a variety of sites, including SF Reader. Can you give me some more information about what you are looking for in a review?
Thanks,
Bryan
Hey Bryan, lovely! Have a look at the review guidelines in the main site www.sfreader.com/review_guide.asp, but in brief:
- I'm looking for some substance, so at least ~300 words or so -- this doesn't mean you can't write more (many of our reviews go up to 1200-1500 words, and that's fine) and it doesn't necessarily mean 300 is always enough -- it's just sort of a ballpark minimum that you can say anything meaningful about the book in.
- take a stance -- tell me what you think of the book.
- not too much in the way of a plot summary - a bit of description is good of course, as a teaser and may be necessary to establish what you want to talk about, but avoid spoilers at all costs
- even if you don't like the book - some people might. Make a mention of who you think the book is aimed at, and/or who you think would enjoy the book.
- the best thing of course -- go read a bunch of the reviews. we now have close to a thousand. See what you like about some, what you don't like.
then just send me a couple samples. pete at s f reader dot com and cheers!
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"The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers." --Thomas Jefferson
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| Posted By : Lyn - 3/17/2008 4:52 PM | Noticed the last sentence in your review guidelines said: "These wonderful treasures can be yours, all for the cimple price of a well-doine, insightful review." Does this imply that we don't have to spell check our reviews? lol. *ducks whatever you're throwing* 
Lyn from Residential Aliens
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| Posted By : UnclePete - 3/18/2008 8:08 PM | All right, that's about enough frivolity in here.
New reviews for March 18:
*The Walking Drum by Louis L'amour, reviewed by m'self.
*Labyrinth of Evil by James Luceno, reviewed by David Roy
*Spherical Tomi by Jack Mangan, reviewed by C Dennis Moore
*A Whisper of Southern Lights by Tim Lebbon, reviewed by C Dennis Moore
*Excelsior: Forged in Fire by Michael A. Martin and Andy Mangels, reviewed by David Roy
*Possession, Obsession and a Diesel Compression Engine by Gerard Brennan, reviewed by yours truly.
enjoy! but not frivolously.
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"The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers." --Thomas Jefferson
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| Posted By : Nicholas - 3/21/2008 4:26 PM | | Looks like a good line-up, Pete.
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| Posted By : UnclePete - 4/1/2008 1:36 AM | Hell no, it's not an April Fool -- it's new reviews! We have new reviewers -- make 'em feel welcome, and a special added bonus of a sort of shared feature with thefootnote.net -- they're running Adam's interview with Cory Doctorow, and we're running the review, and you can click back and forth for hours...
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow, reviewed by Adam P Knave
Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein, reviewed by Stuart Clark
Fleet of Worlds by Larry Niven and Edward M. Lerner, reviewed by Steve Davidson
New Frontier: After the Fall by Peter David, reviewed by C Dennis Moore
Deadhouse Gates by Steven Erikson, reviewed by Howard von Darkmoor
Changeling by Delia Sherman, reviewed by Jennifer Hairfield
ok go see!
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"The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers." --Thomas Jefferson
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| Posted By : UnclePete - 4/15/2008 1:13 PM | This update's reviews include books destined to be classics, if our reviewers are to be believed. A lot of comparisons with the good old days, funnily enough. Also, the space opera Space Vulture is reviewed and one of the authors, Gary K Wolf is interviewed on SFReader as well. Gary discusses his collaboration with childhood friend John Myers on the new book -- two best friends from Iowa, one who grew up to create Roger Rabbit, one who became Archbishop of Newark.
New reviews:
*Space Vulture by Gary K. Wolf and (Archbishop) John J. Myers, reviewed by Steve Davidson
*Moon Age Daydream by Shaun Von Dragen, reviewed by Adam P Knave
*Dying to Live by Kim Paffenroth, reviewed by Ray Wallace
*The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons, reviewed by S.J. Higbee
*Memories of Ice by Steven Erikson, by Howard von Darkmoor
*The Greenstone Grail by Amanda Hemingway, reviewed by C. Dennis Moore
Review link, one more time:
www.sfreader.com/interview025.asp
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"The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers." --Thomas Jefferson
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| Posted By : Lyn - 4/17/2008 6:13 PM | Wow! That's cool that you have Space Vulture reviewed AND the author interviewed. Congrats!
UPDATE 4.19 - Saw at SCI FI . COM a Paul Witcover reviewed Space Vulture as well -
www.scifi.com/sfw/books/sfw18684.html
Hey, Pete, just sent you a review to review. I'm crossing my fingers and hoping it's what you're looking for.
UPDATE: Ooh, I just got an email from Pete that said he liked both my reviews. I'll put up a brag when I see them actually go up. But for now...whee!
Lyn from ResAliens
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| Posted By : UnclePete - 4/24/2008 1:26 PM | Thank you Lyn, for all of the above. :) I was kind of hoping my interview would get at some of the other stuff about Gary that people don't know -- he's an amazing guy.
So...new reviews for April 24!
- The Electric Church by Jeff Somers, reviewed by Jennifer Hairfield
- Dark Furies edited by Vincent Sneed, reviewed by Jeff Edwards
- House of Chains by Steven Erikson, reviewed by Howard von Darkmoor, and continuing to deconstruct the Malazan epic (which is as good as he says, folks)
- The Condemned by David Jack Bell, reviewed by Ray Wallace
- Star Gate by Andre Norton, reviewed by Edward McKeown
- The Children of Hurin by J. R.R. Tolkien, reviewed by Lyn Perry
please join me in welcoming Lyn and Ed to our stable of reviewers (nah, I can't manage a horse joke this early in the day) and let them know in the comments or on the forum if you enjoyed their reviews (and the other reviewers could probably use a smile and a kind word as well...)
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| Posted By : Lyn - 4/25/2008 12:41 AM | Yippee! Glad you liked the review. Looking forward to submitting some more. Congrats to Ed McKeown as well.
Children of Hurin review here (mine):
http://sfreader.com/read_review.asp?book=1176
Star Gate review here (Ed's):
http://sfreader.com/read_review.asp?book=1175
Lyn from ResAliens
Own a copy of Strange Worlds of Lunacy - Galaxy's Silliest Antho today! |
| Posted By : von Darkmoor - 4/25/2008 12:45 AM | Thanks for the shout-out, Unca Pete! Not only are my Malazan Book of the Fallen reviews promoting a dandy of a series, they are vividly demonstrating the improving skills of a young reviewer! Thanks for running these, and all the others. Reviews have been coming in nicely, and there's been several new additions to the reviewing family - so welcome to all!
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Jason M. Waltz
Managing Editor, Flashing Swords Press (site soon to come)
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| Posted By : Lyn - 5/3/2008 11:35 AM | Another yippee! Uncle Pete accepted a third review of mine - this time R. L. Copple's Infinite Realities. Look for it soon (well, I don't know how soon, lol) on the front page of SFReader.
Lyn from ResAliens
Own a copy of Strange Worlds of Lunacy - Galaxy's Silliest Antho today! |
| Posted By : UnclePete - 5/15/2008 6:19 PM | New reviews for May 15 -- sorry for taking so long on this update, but I was sort of coordinating with the site overhaul...
New reviews:
*Faith Awakened by Gene Bridges, reviewed by Lyndon Perry
*Blood Knight by Greg Keyes, reviewed by SJ Higbee
*Defining Moments by David Niall Wilson, reviewed by Ray Wallace
*Dragon Harper by Anne McCaffrey and Todd J. McCaffrey, reviewed by Edward McKeown
*The Poisoned Crown by Amanda Hemingway, reviewed by C. Dennis Moore
*Gypsies Stole My Tequila by Adrienne Jones, reviewed by Mark Deniz
PLUS - a shameless, plug-filled "interview" with Adrienne Jones, by myself.
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