Genre: Hard SF, Space Opera, Adventure Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Tor Books Publication Date: October 3, 2006 ISBN-10: 0765315432 ISBN-13: 978-0765315434 Author Website: Karl Schroeder Karl Schroeder’s Sun of Suns is an interesting mashup of fiction. It borrows bits and pieces from the great stories by C. S. Forester and Patrick O’Brian, the hard science of Vernor Vinge, and the a...

In this extract from Tim Pears's latest novel, Landed, Owen finds himself on a poaching expedition with his grandfather, but without a gun

Baldacci Hopes Enhanced E-Book Will Put Focus on Content, Not Price – 2010-03-16 18:53:08 | Publishers Weekly Bestselling author David Baldacci said he was eager to work on the new enhanced e-book that will be released with his new hardcover Deliver Us from Evil because he didn't like the way the landscape was playing out in

When you walk into your favourite bookstore in the UK, THIS should be on the shelves; Jasper Kent’s latest novel! That’s right, the sequel to the excellent Twelve, the second book in the Danilov Quintet, is officially available today! Here’s some info about the book: “As the name suggests, the story picks up in 1825, with Aleksei now

I find Zora Neale Hurston so fascinating and I loved this novel. It's difficult to know which one to talk about first..According to the introduction to the novel by Henry Louis Gates, Zora Neale Hurston was a well-known and respected novelist and essayist for a couple of decades, but the top male writers of that time like Richard Wright and Ralph Ellison were critical of her work. It didn...

Mr. Midshipman Hornblower by C. S. Forester Copyright 1948 Reissued by Back Bay Books, 1998 310 pages A little background as to why I read this book. My husband and I got a boxed set of "adventure movies" by the A & E network for Christmas and the first 4 of the Hornblower movies (there are 8) were included in that set. We watched them on laundry-folding nights. Seriously, that's what...

That’s right. If you only do one thing tomorrow, make sure that thing is NOT the purchase of my latest novel Thirteen Years Later, released in the UK on Thursday March 18th 2010. Instead, visit the Fourth Annual BSC Review Book Tournament and vote for my first novel,Twelve. The tournament works as a knock-out, with the sixty-four initial contenders being whittled down round by round to a sin...

Why? Well, for a very good reason. You see, BSC is running the Fourth Annual BSC Review Book Tournament, and Jasper’s excellent debut, Twelve (reviewed here) is up against Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins for votes; the books are matched up against each other, and are voted upon, with the winner making it to

Today the Orange Prize Long List was announced and the nominees are: The Very Thought of You, by Rosie Alison The Rehearsal, by Eleanor Catton Savage Lands, by Clare Clark Hearts and Minds by Amanda Craig The Way Things Look to Me, by Roopa Farooki The Twisted Heart, by Rebecca Gowers This is How, by M.J. Hyland Small

Rosie Alison. The Very Thought of You Eleanor Catton. The Rehearsal Clare Clark. Savage Lands Amanda Craig. Hearts and Minds Roopa Farooki. The Way Things Look to Me Rebecca Gowers. The Twisted Heart M.J. Hyland. This is How Sadie Jones. Small Wars Barbara Kingsolver. The Lacuna Laila Lalami. Secret Son Andrea Levy. The Long Song Attica Locke. Black Water Rising Maria McCann. The Wilding Hilary Ma...