Val's Random Comments

Last year I reviewed Rachal Carson's book Silent Spring . This work is very influential in environmental circles and although it clear...

Berit Ellingsen is a name that has been cropping up in various magazines and anthologies over the past few years. She is a Korean Norwegia...

Some time ago I read Neil Gaiman's American Gods (2001) and it is, in my opinion a masterwork. Anansi Boys is set in the same world ...

The Spider's War is the fifth and final installment of Daniel Abraham's Dagger and Coin series. It is Abraham's take on tradi...

Earlier this year I read Steph Swainston's short story The Wheel of Fortune , which has recently appeared in Dutch translation. It was...

Between 2011 and 2014 a series of short stories by Lavie Tidar appeared in such magazines as Interzone, Clarkesworld and Analog, as well a...

In 2014 Ian C. Esslemont delivered Assail , the sixth and final novel of the Malazan Empire, a series that intertwines with Steven Erikson...

Always is the third and final novel featuring the American-Norwegian ex-police officer Aud Torvingen. These novels are usually considered...

Aliette de Bodard's Xuya alternative history is a fascinating project. One that I have returned to regularly on the blog. It's been ...

Fevre Dream (1982) is Martin's third novel. It follows his début Dying of the Light (1977) and his fixup collaboration with Lisa Tut...