What's a novelist supposed to do with contemporary culture? And what's contemporary culture supposed to do with novelists? In The Ecstasy of Influence, Jonathan Lethem, tangling w...
Wartime Liverpool is a place of ration books and jobs in munitions factories. Rita, living with her two aunts Nellie and Margo, is emotionally naïve and withdrawn. When she meets I...
EDITORIAL REVIEW: **A debut so magical so extraordinary it has to be read to be believed .** Imprisoned for life aboard a zeppelin that floats high above a fantastic metropolis, ...
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Archaeologist Annja Creed and her sword have never been outmatched— until now. When a surprise party for her mentor Roux includes some uninvited guests, Annja fin...
From Publishers WeeklyForgotten Realms creator Greenwood's fourth Band of Four book (after 2002's A Dragon's Ascension), with its gory and repetitive battle scenes, will please the...
SUMMARY: Joe Ledger and the DMS (Department of Military Sciences) go up against two competing groups of geneticists. One side is creating exotic transgenic monsters and geneticall...
From Publishers WeeklyThe cantina scene in Star Wars, as Niven (_Ringworld_) points out in his introduction, partakes of "a hoary old tradition," as do the 27 Draco Tavern st...
SUMMARY: Priase for The Number One Ladies' Detective Agency series: "Wise and lovely." --"USA Today" "Mma Ramotswe's observations not only inevitably expose her suspects, but also ...
From Publishers WeeklyActors David Niven and Peter Ustinov, along with James Bond creator Ian Fleming, all of whom actually served Britain in WWII, help the heroes of Griffin's Men...
EDITORIAL REVIEW: General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1920 Original Publisher: Putnam Subjects: Werewolves Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint ...