Finding Lights in the Deep was one of those happy accidents that leads to lost sleep and happy day dreams. Nominee for the Hugo, Nebula, and Campbell awards and winner of the 2010 Writers of the Future award, Brad R. Torgersen is one of the newest authors to join the ranks of published science fiction, […]
New “acquaintances” at Attack of the Books!
2013-09-15 · by ·
On any given day, there are a dozen books on my bed stand. In compete disclosure, some of them have been there for a long time. Perhaps I ought to just move them to a bookshelf somewhere else in the house, but…I really do want to read them. Take, for example, that J.R.R. Tolkein biography that […]
Review | Variant by Robison Wells
2013-09-12 · by ·
Reading Variant was reminiscent of a winter toboggan ride on a steep, snow covered hill. Fast, furious and short, it is only when I screech to a stop at the bottom of the hill am I able to look back and see everything that I had flown by on my haphazard downward journey. In other words, Variant […]
Review | Hard Magic by Larry Correia
2013-09-11 · by ·
If you’ve enjoyed Larry Correia’s Monster Hunter International series, then you’ll love Hard Magic, the first of his series set in an alternative 1930s America, where for just over seventy years (since the 1860s) magic has begun to manifest in random people around the world. Some become stronger, others can walk through walls, and still […]
Author Writing Advice at Salt Lake Comic Con
2013-09-07 · by ·
One of the best parts of Salt Lake Comic Con is the opportunity to meet and learn from some of the best working writers alive. Salt Lake Comic Con closed tonight, and to all appearances it was a rousing success. Venders and participants were telling me that 50,000 tickets had been sold, and at one […]
At SL Comic Con: Balancing a writing career while keeping your day job
2013-09-06 · by ·
In addition to a fantastic venue for people watching and celebrity sighting, Salt Lake Comic Con hosts some excellent panels on writing, providing ample opportunity for the novice writer to meet, and learn from, local authors. A panel I attended this afternoon, on the second day of the Salt Lake Comic Con, was titled “Managing […]
Utah authors at Salt Lake Comic Con Day One
2013-09-05 · by ·
Did you know that there are 82 authors in Utah. And that’s an above normal concentration of literary talent, apparently. Utah’s an anomaly, said Jessica Day George. I think that’s lucky for us. With a large, and growing, community of authors, it helps create a great culture for books, literature, and learning. With so many […]
Review | Okay For Now by Gary Schmidt
2013-09-02 · by ·
The year’s not over yet, but Okay for Now will probably go down as the best book I will read this year, if not in the several years. I’m not lying. It’s terrific, and I hope you will read it. By the time I finished Okay for Now, I had read almost forty books this year. A […]
Utah Author Spotlight | Dave Wolverton
2013-08-27 · by ·
As part of Utah Book Month, we’re spotlighting Utah author Dave Wolverton. You can find other posts–including spotlights of other Utah authors, book reviews, book giveaways, contests, and more–related to Utah Book Month at Utah Books. I initially bought Dave Wolverton’s novel as a part of a charity book bomb, but before long it was […]
Review | Nightingale by David Farland
2013-08-26 · by ·
If you like sparkly vampires, this might be a good segue to more serious fantasy, without giving up all the juice of a good teen romance. If sparkly vampires make you blanch, then you have nothing to worry about. Nightingale, though occasionally dark, is an enjoyable and satisfying story. The worst thing about Nightingale, to […]
