SUMMARY: This brilliant epic novel set in New York and Prague introduces us to two misfit young men who make it big by creating comic-book superheroes. Joe Kavalier, a young artist...
Amazon.com ReviewThe Zenith Angle, futurist Bruce Sterling's first novel since Zeitgeist (2000), tells the story of Derek "Van" Vandeveer. As The Zenith Angle op...
From BooklistAnthologist and editor Guran has collected 39 thrilling and frightening horror stories published in 2009. While some of the authors will be familiar to readers outside...
EDITORIAL REVIEW: **The long-awaited new novel from Margaret Atwood. *The Year of the Flood* is a dystopic masterpiece and a testament to her visionary power. **The times and speci...
EDITORIAL REVIEW: *Time* #1 Nonfiction Book of 2007 *Entertainment Weekly* #1 Nonfiction Book of 2007 Finalist for the 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award *Salon* Book Awards 2...
SUMMARY: There is a box. Inside that box is a door. Beyond that door is a house.In some rooms forests grow. In some, prisoners wait.At the top of the house, a prisoner sits behind ...
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Essayist and public radio regular Vowell (_Assassination Vacation_) revisits America's Puritan roots in this witty exploration of the ways in ...
From "America's most imaginative contemporary novelist" (Newsweek), a novel of Frank Lloyd Wright and the women in his life. Having brought to life eccentric cereal king John Harve...