http://www.bookgasm.com/features/bookgasms-best-and-worst-of-2006/ reading material to get excited about Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:08:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.bookgasm.com/features/bookgasms-best-and-worst-of-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-8594 OLOGY magazine » Blog Archive » Contest Winner! Tue, 01 May 2007 18:46:00 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=115#comment-8594 [...] So… read any sold out, limited edition, 2006- Book-of the-Year for Best Independent Endeavor, Undead Anthologies lately? Brainchild? Not [...] [...] So… read any sold out, limited edition, 2006- Book-of the-Year for Best Independent Endeavor, Undead Anthologies lately? Brainchild? Not [...]

]]> http://www.bookgasm.com/features/bookgasms-best-and-worst-of-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-8543 OLOGY magazine » Blog Archive » 17 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 05:23:58 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=115#comment-8543 [...] So… read any sold out, limited edition, 2006- Book-of the-Year for Best Independent Endeavor, Undead Anthologies lately? Brainchild? Not [...] [...] So… read any sold out, limited edition, 2006- Book-of the-Year for Best Independent Endeavor, Undead Anthologies lately? Brainchild? Not [...]

]]> http://www.bookgasm.com/features/bookgasms-best-and-worst-of-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-6958 QUICKGASM >> 3.5.07 » Bookgasm Mon, 05 Mar 2007 14:59:45 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=115#comment-6958 [...] Right from the start, William Dietrich’s new thriller NAPOLEON’S PYRAMIDS reminded me of James Morrow’s THE LAST WITCHFINDER – one of my 2006 favorites – with its intoxicating mixture of the historical, the fantastic and the literary. Set in revolutionary France in the late 18th century, it follows the trouble that befalls American adventurer Ethan Gage when he acquires a cursed medallion. In other words, his life immediately is placed in danger. More high-minded than most, Dietrich’s novel has a real wit about it as it jumps from location to location, but does get bogged down in archaic language – shades of Neal Stephenson – that detracts from the action and ultimately underwhelms. Soon I’m going to give it another try, however, because I’m that intrigued. Given I rarely ever reread books, that’s saying something. [...] [...] Right from the start, William Dietrich’s new thriller NAPOLEON’S PYRAMIDS reminded me of James Morrow’s THE LAST WITCHFINDER – one of my 2006 favorites – with its intoxicating mixture of the historical, the fantastic and the literary. Set in revolutionary France in the late 18th century, it follows the trouble that befalls American adventurer Ethan Gage when he acquires a cursed medallion. In other words, his life immediately is placed in danger. More high-minded than most, Dietrich’s novel has a real wit about it as it jumps from location to location, but does get bogged down in archaic language – shades of Neal Stephenson – that detracts from the action and ultimately underwhelms. Soon I’m going to give it another try, however, because I’m that intrigued. Given I rarely ever reread books, that’s saying something. [...]

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