Books

April showers bring May… fantasies, or something like that. Fantasy fans can look forward to 14 new titles in May, including the fourth book of the Malazan Empire series from Ian C. Esslemont, the second The Dagger and the Coin title from Daniel Abra...

“Cast your nets, wanderers! Try me with your questions, and let the contest begin.”—Blaine the Mono, to Roland and the Ka-Tet, at the end of The Waste LandsWelcome to A Read of the Dark Tower series. Join me each week as I, Constant Reader, ...

“Cast your nets, wanderers! Try me with your questions, and let the contest begin.”— Blaine the Mono, to Roland and the Ka-Tet, at the end of The Waste LandsWelcome to A Read of the Dark Tower series. Join me each week as I, Constant Reader,...

Should science fiction and fantasy explore real events? Should speculative fiction address tragedies recent enough to still be part of the world’s collective consciousness? Should certain subjects be sacrosanct or relegated only to “serious” (i.e...

A heap of broken images, where the sun beats,And the dead tree gives no shelter, the cricket no relief,And the dry stone no sound of water.—From T.S. Eliot’s “The Wastelands” Welcome to A Read of the Dark Tower series. Join me each week as...

With twenty-eight new urban fantasy titles hitting the shelves in April, it would be shameless for me to pimp my own release, wouldn’t it? Of course it would *coughs, Royal Street, coughs*. Especially with some popular series getting new titles this ...

Springtime turns to love... and vampires. Lynsay Sands’ Argeneau Vampire series retains its fanghold on the genre, with its sixteenth book coming out this month. There are additions to other popular series as well, from Jessica Andersen (Nightkeepers...

How adventurous are you feeling this month? There’s a little of everything in this catch-all category. Want to see how things play out for the Three Musketeers as vampires? How about teaming up with Henri Toulouse-Lautrec to solve a mystery involving...

After a slow winter, science fiction rallies a bit in April with eleven releases, including Triggers, a new sci-fi thriller from Robert Sawyer; a seriously handicapped hero in Brian Evenson’s Immobility, and new series additions from David Drake (Lt....

Fantasy fans can look forward to 16 new titles in April, including new series titles by Anne Elisabeth Stengl (Tales of Goldstone Wood), Dave Freer (Dragon’s Ring), Matthew Stover (Overworld), Jaclyn Dolomore (Magic Under), Joseph Delaney (Last Appre...

A heap of broken images, where the sun beats,And the dead tree gives no shelter, the cricket no relief,And the dry stone no sound of water.—From T.S. Eliot’s “The Wastelands”Welcome to A Read of the Dark Tower series. Join me each week as I, Co...