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New Sci Fi & Fantasy (page 2)


Cover art for THE IRON WYRM AFFAIR
FICTION
Released: Aug. 7, 2012

"Intriguing but messy; two of the chief ingredients would have sufficed, four is extreme overkill."
Sorcery, steampunk, Sherlock Holmes and an alternate world: first of a series from the author of Angel Town (2011, etc.). Read full book review >
Cover art for ORION AND KING ARTHUR
FICTION
Released: July 3, 2012

"A pleasant, if unremarkable, time-travel diversion."
Prolific sci-fi author Bova (Leviathans of Jupiter, 2011, etc.) returns with the sixth installment of his Orion series, his first since 1995's Orion Among the Stars.This latest story of time-jumping warrior Orion opens with him helping Beowulf defeat the monster Grendel (and Grendel's mother) in ancient England. Read full book review >
Cover art for REDSHIRTS
FICTION
Released: June 5, 2012

"Check the date. If it isn't April 1st, you've been had."
Scalzi (Fuzzy Nation, 2011, etc.) takes a stab at metafiction--and misses. Read full book review >