Title: Stories Authors: Edited by Neil Gaiman and Al Sarrantonio with stories by several authors. Genre: This is a collection of short stories in a variety of genres. Publisher: Harper Collins US/ Headline UK Publishing Date: 1st edition 15…
Hello everybody, hope you are all having a good weekend so far? Anyways, on to business. Giveaway winners: The three winners of a copy each of Dark Mirror by M. J. Putney are: Lexi (comment#55) Sandy Jay (comment#22) Kerry…
“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a new feature for books that have caught our eye: books we heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. Thus, the Smugglers’ Radar was…
Title: Broken Author: Susan Jane Bigelow Genre: Dystopian / Fantasy / Superheroes Publisher: Candlemark & Gleam Publication date: January 2011 Ebook: 340 pages In a post-war future world where First Contact has been made, humans are colonizing the stars,…
Title: The Desert of Souls Author: Howard Andrew Jones Genre: Fantasy, Historical Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books Publication Date: February 2011 Hardcover: 320 Pages Stand alone or series: Can be read as a stand alone novel (but could be part…
Title: Thirteenth Child Author: Patricia C. Wrede Genre: Fantasy, Adventure, Western(ish?) Publisher: Scholastic Publication Date: April 2009 Hardcover: 320 Pages Eff was born a thirteenth child. Her twin brother, Lan, is the seventh son of a seventh son. This…
Title: Nemesis Author: Mark Millar (writer) / Steve McNiven (artist) Genre: Grim and Gritty/ Urban Fantasy/ Graphic Novel Publisher: Marvel (US) / Titan (UK) Publication date: February 2011 Hardcover: 112 pages CIVIL WAR? Nothing. KICK-ASS? A warmup. What if…
With this issue of Smugglers’ Ponderings, we would like to take a moment to examine hype. There are a number of titles that have been touted as OMG THE FANTASY DEBUT OF 2011
Hello everyone! Happy SELECTION SUNDAY! If you can all tear yourself away from your brackets for just one second, we have a few announcements. Giveaway Winners: The two winners of Numbers: The Chaos are: Bethie (comment #36) Audra Holtwick…
Welcome everyone, to The Book Smugglers’ Nebula Readathon 2011! In honor of the annual Nebula Awards, we will be hosting an interwebs readathon, in which we will attempt to read all of the titles on the Best Novel and…
