http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/sci-fi/tor-announces-next-six-sci-fi-essential-titles/ reading material to get excited about Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:56:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/sci-fi/tor-announces-next-six-sci-fi-essential-titles/comment-page-1/#comment-4962 Children of Chaos » Bookgasm Fri, 11 Aug 2006 13:01:35 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=236#comment-4962 [...] Overall, this is an excellent fantasy tale with a new world to explore, tons of complicated political intrigues to unravel, and a promising storyline that should see the children fulfill their destiny. As a caution, though it has a harmless title, I would be careful giving the book to adolescents, as there are some moments of strong sexuality. Another item to note is that this is part of the Sci-Fi Essential branded book series, which means each month, the Sci-Fi Channel chooses one Tor book to receive its logo stamp on the cover and spine, as an award of sorts. If all the books in the series are as good as Duncan’s, you might want to keep an eye out for the others. –Mark Rose [...] [...] Overall, this is an excellent fantasy tale with a new world to explore, tons of complicated political intrigues to unravel, and a promising storyline that should see the children fulfill their destiny. As a caution, though it has a harmless title, I would be careful giving the book to adolescents, as there are some moments of strong sexuality. Another item to note is that this is part of the Sci-Fi Essential branded book series, which means each month, the Sci-Fi Channel chooses one Tor book to receive its logo stamp on the cover and spine, as an award of sorts. If all the books in the series are as good as Duncan’s, you might want to keep an eye out for the others. –Mark Rose [...]

]]> http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/sci-fi/tor-announces-next-six-sci-fi-essential-titles/comment-page-1/#comment-323 Bookgasm » Old Man’s War Mon, 09 Jan 2006 12:50:35 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=236#comment-323 [...] Deemed one of the Sci Fi Channel’s Essential books, John Scalzi’s debut novel OLD MAN’S WAR is a slice of military fiction so fresh and easy to swallow that I’d recommend it even to people who normally shy away from the genre … like me. [...] [...] Deemed one of the Sci Fi Channel’s Essential books, John Scalzi’s debut novel OLD MAN’S WAR is a slice of military fiction so fresh and easy to swallow that I’d recommend it even to people who normally shy away from the genre … like me. [...]

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