For nearly two decades, Jim Killen has served as the science fiction and fantasy book buyer for Barnes & Noble. At the end of each month, he’ll be sharing the lists of B&N’s bestsellers in the genre, from new hardbacks, to trade paperbacks, to mass markets and media tie-ins, to graphic novels and manga. These are the […]
Anne Bishop returns to the fascinating world of the Others in Wild Country, a largely standalone outing set within the confines of her popular urban fantasy series, which rests upon a profound alternate history. Unfortunately, through the five-novel plot arc that began with Written in Red and culminated in Etched in Bone, humanity did exactly […]
First, a confession: I haven’t read the previous books in Anne Bishop’s Others series. Because of that, I went into Etched in Bone with certain assumptions*. One, that it would be one of those tense urban fantasies featuring all sorts of angry confrontations between the characters. Two, that it would be, well, urban. And three, there would […]
Sure things don’t exist in this universe—or do they? When it comes to speculative fiction, every year does feature at least a few examples of them—we’re talking, of course, about sequels. Whether it’s the second or 20th book in a series, chances are, if you loved the previous volume, you’ll read the next one—but then again, […]