It’s easy to see why Nancy Kress’s After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall has done well with science fiction’s premier awards. Winning the Nebula and the Locus for best novella and garnering a nomination for the Hugo, the story is equally intriguing and gripping. It’s too bad her story flops for failure to […]
Review | Cry Havoc by Keith G. Seegmiller
2013-08-21 · by ·
Every now and then I get lucky. Someone–a publisher, an author–sends me an ARC, a beta edition of their book, or a new release, and I get to be one of the first people to experience a book, to read a new story. Cry Havoc: Book One of the Havoc Journals is just such a […]
Author Spotlight | Carol Nicolas
2013-08-17 · by ·
It’s Utah Book Month, and today were spotlighting local Utah author and blogger, Carol Nicolas. As we learned about Carol, we found we had a lot in common. Not only is Carol a BYU grad, as both Brittany and I are, but like us she’s a fan of science fiction and fantasy and enjoys quilting […]
Advance Copy Review | Seven Forges by James A. Moore
2013-08-09 · by ·
Seven Forges is a roaring adventure, full of larger than life characters and cultures, in a world full of exotic peoples, magicks, and gods. And it’s a violent world, too, full of political intrigues, deadly diplomacy, and treacherous allies. Moore’s the story adeptly raises the stakes and dangers from every direction. If you’re looking for […]
Review | The Maze Runner by James Dashner
2013-08-08 · by ·
Thomas is a blank slate. He remembers nothing but his name. Awakening in a pitch black room to the background noise of machinery and the smell of oil, he soon finds himself the newest in a “Lord of the Flies” like community of boys who live in what they call the “Glade” at the center […]
Review | Into the Void by Tim Lebbon
2013-08-07 · by ·
Thousands of year before the Jedi were the guardians of peace throughout the galaxy, they were the Je’daii, a caste of warrior monks based on the planet Tython and confined to just one solar system. Not unlike Obi-wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker, they roamed the system, keeping order among the disparate peoples that call the […]
Recent acquisitions at Attack of the Books!
2013-08-03 · by ·
Over the last few weeks, Attack of the Books! has been lucky to receive a few new reads, not all of which I am sure will get a review in the near future. I mean, we love to read, but there are only so many hours in the day, right? Also, don’t forget to go […]
Win Nightingale by David Farland [Giveaway]
2013-08-02 · by ·
[Don’t miss the giveaway at the bottom of the post! You can enter every day until next Thursday! We’ll select a winner on Friday] August is Utah Book Month, and here at Attack of the Books, we’re excited. Some of our favorite authors live and write right here in Utah, including including Shannon Hale, Brandon […]
Review | The Sum of All Men by David Farland
2013-08-01 · by ·
As I said in my review of On My Way to Paradise, I don’t know how I missed Dave Wolverton back in the late 1990s, but I’m sure it had something to do with starting college, doing more homework and reading fewer novels, and, probably, girls. Whatever it was that distracted me at the time, […]
What’s in a name? Talent or dumb luck?
2013-07-15 · by ·
What do you do if you’re a world famous author whose writing is inseparably connected with a certain brand? A horror writer who wants to know if his success is due to talent or luck? A writer of teen fantasy involving a school for child wizards who wants to explore her abilities without the help […]
