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Review: ‘Steam City Pirates’ by Jim Musgrave
Steam City Pirates
Pat O’Malley Steampunk Mysteries
Jim Musgrave
English Majors Editors and Publishers, LLC
Pub Date: Dec 1 2013
Like Alice’s rabbit, a strange “mechanical-like man” leads 1869 New York Detective Pat O’Malley down into the world of steam power. A group from the future calling itself the World Scientific Advancement Society for Progress is living secretly beneath Central Park. These pirates are inventors whose only goal is to keep the Earth in the Steam Age in order to save it from a future nuclear holocaust. Five alien assassins from other universes are ordered to kill O’Malley and his group, and each alien has a unique ability to do the job. As the Steam City Pirates build a steam-powered amusement park on Coney Island, O’Malley and his group are hunted down in the streets of New York City. The future of the world is at stake in this mystery and adventure featuring a twisting plot, steampunk time travel, steam men duels, crafty inventions, and monsters from other planets.
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Review: ‘The Season of the Witch’ by Natasha Mostert
Portable Magic Ltd.
Jan 31 2014 (Originally published 2007)
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Review: ‘The True Lives of The Fabulous Killjoys’
Written by Gerard Way and Shaun Simon
Artwork by Becky Cloonan
20th May 2014
Dark Horse Comics
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Review: ‘Sherlock Holmes and The Mystery of Einstein’s Daughter’ by Tim Symonds
Comparing the film with the book: The Help
A few weeks ago I read and reviewed the book ‘The Help’, by Kathryn Stockett, and this afternoon I’ve had the chance to watch the film.
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Review: ‘The Last Werewolf’ by Glen Duncan
6th February 2014
Canongate Books
ISBN: 9781782112662
£7.99
Paperback
Jacob Marlow has lived for 200 years, a werewolf bitten in Snowdonia while on a walking holiday. Now he’s the last of the species. He’s hunted by an organisation, WOCOP, known as the Hunt, dedicated to the eradication of all supernatural entities, including werewolves, vampires and demons. He’s also being hunted by the vampires, who are looking for a way to walk in daylight.
Jacob doesn’t care. He’s tired of living. When his only friend is murdered by the Hunt he can’t find the energy to fight.
Until something he thought was dead, had died in him long before, returns. Love. With new incentive Jacob decides he has to live.
At this point it all goes to hell.
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Review: ‘The Help’ by Kathryn Stockett
Penguin Books
2009
I borrowed this book from the library on Monday on a whim; I’ve heard about it, of course, and some of the claims, but never picked it up. I felt like a change from fantasy. Continue reading “Review: ‘The Help’ by Kathryn Stockett”
Review: ‘The Gondola Maker’ by Laura Morelli
31st March 2013
IBPA
Set I Venice in the late 16th century, this historical novel tells the story of Luca Vianello, accidental and reluctant heir to the best gondola maker in the city. His life is mapped out in detail; who he’ll marry, where he’ll live, what he’ll spend his days doing are all decided for him by his distant, aggressive father.
When Luca’s mother dies from the complications of childbirth everything changes. Luca is finally free to make his own destiny.
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I’ve found this marvelous website
That emails science fiction and fantasy stories daily. My last post shared an example of the fiction they publish. I’m quite looking forward to my daily email.
Everything Is Better With Dragons 