Eliot Fintushel is known for his short stories in magazines such as Asimov’s, Analog, Strange Horizons and Amazing Stories. Fintushel has been nominated for the Nebula and Theodore Sturgeon Awards. I enjoyed Fintushel’s teen novel, Breakfast with the Ones You Love. It features many of my favorite story elements: a charismatic heroine hiding behind a […]
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There’s been a pattern to my recent reviews. The books are tending to be YA more than adult. That’s because I’m starting to think about fall. I’ve just been notified that I’ll have an Intermediate class next year. In the special program where I teach, many of my students will be reading at the high
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After seeing the musical Wicked, I welcomed the opportunity to read Gregory Maguire’s Son of a Witch. It’s the story of Liir, a young man who confronts the possibility that he is the abandoned son of the Wicked Witch of the West. Found on the point of dying, he is magically restored through sex and
The Big Over Easy is a fun book, set in the same universe as Jasper Fforde’s Thursday Next novels. To be fair, I’m not an expert mystery reader. I don’t care enough about the puzzle and seldom solve it ahead of the sleuth. I read for the setting and the characters. This book delivers both
I finished reading Jasper Fforde’s The Eyre Affair. It’s a Brontë lover’s romp, written for our times. A demonic villain, Acheron Hades, is invading fictional classics via the original manuscripts and changing the stories. Reader’s who own a copy of these books watch, dismayed, as he kidnaps characters or otherwise rewrites the stories. Comic Fantasy
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I first discovered Gaiman’s work through the excellent British TV series Neverwhere. It’s a compelling fantasy about an ordinary fellow, drawn into a magical world under London’s streets. This nightmarish world is populated by, among others, a minotaur, an angel, energy-draining Goths, street people and a damsel in distress. Half of the intrigue for viewers
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