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Daryl M.

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Posts by Daryl M.

  • Editor John Joseph Adams and his latest anthology, Out There Screaming

    Entrevista con un editor: John Joseph Adams

    John Joseph Adams es editor de la serie Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy y editor de más de cuarenta antologías, como Wastelands, The Living Dead y A People's Future of the United States…

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    Mis libros favoritos de 2023

    ¡Lecturas de temporada para todos! Como suele ser habitual, en 2023 se han publicado libros maravillosos, y me emociona compartir mis favoritos. Como he hecho en los últimos años, he ordenado estos…

  • Author Delilah S. Dawson and her latest novel, Midnight at the Houdini

    Entrevista con una autora: Delilah S. Dawson

    Delilah S. Dawson es la escritora bestseller del New York Times de Star Wars: Phasma, Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire, Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade, The Disney Mirrorverse: Pure of Heart, Bloom, The…

  • Author Daniel Sweren-Becker and his latest novel, Kill Show: A True Crime Novel

    Entrevista con un autor: Daniel Sweren-Becker

    Daniel Sweren-Becker es autor, guionista de televisión y dramaturgo residente en Los Ángeles. Su obra "Stress Positions" se estrenó en el SoHo Playhouse de Nueva York. Creció en Manhattan. Es autor de…

  • Author Connie Willis and her latest novel, The Road to Roswell

    Entrevista con una autora: Connie Willis

    Connie Willis es miembro del Salón de la Fama de la Ciencia Ficción y Gran Maestra de la Asociación de Escritores de Ciencia Ficción y Fantasía de Estados Unidos. Ha recibido siete premios Nebula y…

  • Author Lina Rather and her newest book, A Season of Monstrous Conceptions

    Entrevista con una autora: Lina Rather

    Lina Rather es una autora de ficción especulativa y estudiante de posgrado que reside en el centro de Nueva York. Sus relatos cortos se han publicado en medios como Lightspeed, Podcastle y Shimmer. Su…

  • Author Hajar Yazdiha and her book, The Struggle for the People’s King

    Entrevista con una autora: Hajar Yazdiha

    Hajar Yazdiha es Profesora Adjunta de Sociología, miembro del cuerpo docente del Instituto de Investigación de Equidad y Becaria Global Azrieli de CIFAR (2023-2025). La Dra. Yazdiha obtuvo su…

  • Author Dr. Kathryn Harkup and her latest book, The Secret Lives of Molecules

    Entrevista con una autora: Dra. Kathryn Harkup

    La Dra. Kathryn Harkup es una exquímica y escritora. Completó un doctorado sobre sus sustancias químicas favoritas, las fosfinas, y continuó su investigación postdoctoral antes de darse cuenta de que…

  • Author S.L. Coney and her debut novel Wild Spaces

    Entrevista con un autor: SL Coney

    SL Coney obtuvo una maestría en psicología clínica antes de abandonar la academia para dedicarse a la escritura. La autora tiene vínculos con Carolina del Sur y raíces en San Luis. Su obra ha…

  • Author Fulton Ross and his debut novel, The Unforgiven Dead

    Entrevista con un autor: Fulton Ross

    Fulton Ross es un escritor y periodista de las Tierras Altas de Escocia. Licenciado en Literatura e Historia Escocesas por la Universidad de Glasgow, ha trabajado en periódicos nacionales durante más…


Reviews by Daryl M.

  • Cover image for A Master of Djinn

    A Master of Djinn

    • By: Clark, P. Djèli
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    In Cairo in the 1870’s, an inventor and investigator of mysticism named al-Jahiz made a literal breakthrough unlike any other. He pierced the boundaries between our world and other worlds, allowing magic to bleed into ours. In the process, al-Jahiz was lost to another dimension before the rupture between worlds...
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    The Dictionary of Lost Words

    • By: Williams, Pip
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    According to their website, the Oxford English Dictionary “is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words— past and present—from across the English-speaking world.” Serially published in portions, or fascicles, the first fascicle, covering “A to...
  • Cover image for Marion Lane and the Midnight Murder

    Marion Lane and the Midnight Murder

    • By: Willberg, T. A.
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Imagine the following:  A chilling murder, a secret detective agency with offices located in a myriad of tunnels located beneath London, and a young apprentice determined to find the killer in order to clear one of her closest friends of the murder. In her debut novel, which is the beginning...
  • Cover image for The Narrowboat Summer

    The Narrowboat Summer

    • By: Youngson, Anne
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Eve has spent the last 30 years working for an engineering/manufacturing company managing various projects and climbing the corporate ladder. Suddenly, she has been “released” from her position. She is a corporate scapegoat for systemic problems within her company and, as the only woman at her management level, the seemingly...
  • Cover image for Good Neighbors: A Novel

    Good Neighbors: A Novel

    • By: Langan, Sarah
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    The first season of The Twilight Zone in 1960 included an episode written by show creator Rod Serling entitled “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street.” Serling presented a block of homes, filled with “typical” American families, on a summer evening. There is a bright flash of light, whose origin...
  • Cover image for N*gga Theory: Race, Language, Unequal Justice, and the Law

    N*gga Theory: Race, Language, Unequal Justice, and the Law

    • By: Armour, Jody David
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Jody Armour is the Roy P. Crocker Professor of Law at the University of Southern California. He studies issues of race and legal decision-making as well as torts and tort reform movements. He also studies and teaches on the intersections of language, the law and ethics. His latest book directly...
  • Cover image for The Cabinets of Barnaby Mayne

    The Cabinets of Barnaby Mayne

    The year is 1704 and Lady Cecily Kay has returned to London from her husband’s posting as a consul in Smyrna. Upon learning of her imminent return to the British Isles, Cecily sent a letter to Sir Barnaby Mayne, a renowned collector in London with one of the most expansive...
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    Hella

    • By: Gerrold, David, 1944-
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    David Gerrold is speculative fiction royalty. His career spans six decades, over which he has won the Hugo and the Nebula awards. He has written more than 50 novels, worked on numerous television series and created cultural touchstones like tribbles (from Star Trek) and the Sleestak (from The Land of...
  • Cover image for The Lost Book of Adana Moreau

    The Lost Book of Adana Moreau

    • By: Zapata, Michael
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    A pirate, a refugee, two pre-teen boys in love with speculative fiction stories, and two adult men who are friends and are each searching for what seems to be missing in their lives. Over the course of nearly a century, these disparate individuals will orbit the missing manuscript of a...