Title: The Silent Land Author: Graham Joyce Genre: It seems to be categorised Literary Fantasy, whatever that means. Publisher: Gollancz Publication date: 18 November 2010 Hardcover: 256 pages Stand alone or series: Stand alone A young couple are caught…
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Title: Monsters Directed and Written by Gareth Edwards; Starring Whitey Able and Scoot McNairy Release Date: October 29, 2010 (US) Official Website: www.monstersthemovie.com Available for Rental on iTunes USA Synopsis: Alien life forms have spread throughout Central America leading…
Halloween Week – Book Review: Dark Matter by Michelle Paver
Title: Dark Matter Author: Michelle Paver Genre: Horror Publisher: Orion Publication date: October 21, 2010 Hardcover: 256 pages Stand alone or series: Stand alone ‘What is it? What does it want? Why is it angry with me?’ January 1937.…
Halloween Week – Book Review: Dark Harvest by Norman Partridge
Title: Dark Harvest Author: Norman Partridge Genre: Horror, Speculative Fiction Publisher: Cemetery Dance Publications (original) / Tor (reprint) Publication Date: October 2006 (original) / September 2010 (reprint) Paperback: 208 pages Halloween, 1963. They call him the October Boy, or…
Title: Glitter Rose Author: Marianne de Pierres Genre: Horror/Fantasy Publisher: Twelfth Planet Press Publication Date: September 2010 Hardcover: 69 pages Stand alone or series: Contains 5 stories, 4 of them related and part of a self-contained cycle. The Glitter…
Halloween Week – Book Review: The Curse of the Wendigo by Rick Yancey
Title: The Curse of the Wendigo Author: Rick Yancey Genre: Horror, Young Adult, Speculative Fiction Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s (US & UK) Publication Date: October 2010 Hardcover: 448 Pages While attempting to disprove that Homo vampiris, the vampire,…
Halloween Week – Book Review: Four and Twenty Blackbirds by Cherie Priest
Title: Four and Twenty Blackbirds Author: Cherie Priest Genre: Southern Gothic Publisher: Tor Publication date: 17 Oct 2005 Paperback: 285 pages Stand alone or series: First in a trilogy Although she was orphaned at birth, Eden Moore is never…
Title: The Scorch Trials Author: James Dashner Genre: Dystopian/Post-Apocalyptic, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Delacorte Press Publication Date: October 2010 Hardcover: 384 pages The Maze was only the beginning… Solving the Maze was supposed to be the end. No…
Title: StarCrossed Author: Elizabeth C. Bunce Genre: Fantasy, YA Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books Publication Date: October 2010 Hardcover: 400 pages Digger thrives as a spy and sneak-thief among the feuding religious factions of Gerse, dodging the Greenmen who…
Title: Bloodthirsty Author: Flynn Meaney Genre: Contemporary YA Publisher: Poppy Publication date: October 5 2010 Paperback: 240 pages Stand alone or series: it can be read as a standalone but I think there will be a sequel. Some vampires…