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Daryl M.

Librarian


Posts by Daryl M.

  • Author Regina Kanyu Wang and her latest work collection, The Way Spring Arrives

    Entrevista con una autora: Regina Kanyu Wang

    Regina Kanyu Wang, editora, es una escritora bilingüe de Shanghái que escribe tanto en chino como en inglés. Ha ganado el concurso internacional de cuentos SF Comet y varios premios Xingyun de ciencia…

  • Author Wil Wheaton and his annotated memoir, Just A Geek

    Entrevista con un autor: Wil Wheaton

    Wil Wheaton es un aclamado productor, narrador y actor que ha aparecido en docenas de películas y series de televisión. Recientemente, interpretó una versión ficticia de sí mismo en The Big Bang…

  • Author Nghi Vo and her book Siren Queen

    Entrevista con un autor: Nghi Vo

    Nghi Vo es autor de La Elegida y la Bella, así como de las aclamadas novelas cortas Cuando el Tigre Bajó de la Montaña y La Emperatriz de Sal y Fortuna, finalista de los Premios Locus e Ignyte y…

  • Eric J. Guignard and his latest book. Photo credit: Jeannette Guignard

    Entrevista con un autor: Eric J. Guignard

    Eric J. Guignard es escritor y editor de ficción oscura y especulativa, y trabaja desde las sombrías afueras de Los Ángeles, donde también dirige la pequeña editorial Dark Moon Books. Ha ganado dos…

  • Author Anthony Horowitz and his latest novel, With a Mind to Kill

    Entrevista con un autor: Anthony Horowitz

    Anthony Horowitz, uno de los escritores más prolíficos y exitosos del mundo, probablemente haya cometido más asesinatos (ficticios) que cualquier otro autor vivo. Varias de sus novelas anteriores…

  • Author Veronica G. Henry and her latest novel, The Quarter Storm

    Entrevista con una autora: Verónica G. Henry

    Veronica G. Henry nació en Brooklyn, Nueva York, y desde entonces ha sido una figura destacada. Se graduó del Taller Viable Paradise, es miembro de SFWA y entrevistadora de Autor Destacado para la…

  • Author Alma Katsu and her latest novels, The Fervor

    Entrevista con una autora: Alma Katsu

    Alma Katsu es la galardonada autora de seis novelas, las más recientes: Viuda Roja, Lo Profundo y El Hambre. Se graduó del programa de maestría en escritura de la Universidad Johns Hopkins y obtuvo su…

  • Author Gary Philips and his latest novel, One-Shot Harry

    Entrevista con un autor: Gary Phillips

    Hijo de un mecánico y una bibliotecaria, Gary Philips ha publicado diversas novelas, cómics, novelas cortas y relatos cortos, ha trabajado en televisión y ha editado o coeditado varias antologías…


Reviews by Daryl M.

  • Cover image for Ormeshadow

    Ormeshadow

    • By: Sharma, Priya
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    It is often stated that “The meek will inherit the earth.” While that is a nice sentiment, it is not affirmed by history. More often than not, those who hold their tongues and think before speaking, as well as those who avoid confrontation and violence to resolve conflict are the...
  • Cover image for Riot Baby

    Riot Baby

    • By: Onyebuchi, Tochi
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Ella has what she refers to as her Thing. It allows her to see things that have not yet happened. As a young girl growing up in Compton, California, this is more of a curse than a blessing. Ella is rarely happy by the future she sees. And, as she...
  • Cover image for Made things

    Made things

    • By: Tchaikovsky, Adrian, 1972-
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Coppelia is not quite a thief and not quite a con-artist. What she is, or could be if she were living a different life, is an artist. A builder who could create function and beauty from raw materials, but only in a different life. A life where her parents hadn’t...
  • Cover image for Steel Crow Saga

    Steel Crow Saga

    • By: Krueger, Paul
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    A prince, a soldier, a detective, and a thief. Four very different people, with very different histories and experiences. There are two things that they all share: they have survived the war that just ended, and during that war they have all suffered significant losses. Over the course of a...
  • Cover image for The Secret Life of Sam Holloway

    The Secret Life of Sam Holloway

    • By: Thomas, Rhys
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Sam Holloway is a good guy, who is kind and thoughtful, with a stable, but not terribly exciting, job with an electronic parts distributor. He meets up with a couple of friends several nights a week at a local pub, where they talk about comics, movies, videogames and what it...
  • Cover image for The Monster of Elendhaven

    The Monster of Elendhaven

    • By: Giesbrecht, Jennifer
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    A young man washes up in a harbor with no knowledge of who he is or where he came from. He doesn’t even have a name. He is tall, with dark hair and pale skin. He also possesses a strong sense of survival, driving him to do whatever is necessary...
  • Cover image for The Ruby Slippers of Oz: Thirty Years Later

    The Ruby Slippers of Oz: Thirty Years Later

    • By: Thomas, Rhys
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    “Keep tight inside of them. Their magic must be very powerful, or she wouldn't want them so badly," said Glinda, the Good Witch of the North, talking about the ruby slippers.In L. Frank Baum’s children’s novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the magic shoes worn by the Wicked Witch of the East...
  • Cover image for The Survival of Margaret Thomas

    The Survival of Margaret Thomas

    • By: Howison, Del
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    The Western has been an established genre of fiction for well over a hundred years. In the early to mid20th century, Western fiction grew in popularity, largely driven by similarly themed motion pictures and television programs. In the 1970s, however, the genre began to fall out of favor with the...
  • Cover image for Red, White & Royal Blue

    Red, White & Royal Blue

    • By: McQuiston, Casey
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Alex Claremont-Diaz is the 21-year-old First Son Of The United States (FSOTUS). He has lived in the White House with his older sister, June (FDOTUS) for the last three years, during his mother’s first term in office. He is a media darling, being continually followed, photographed and dissected by the...
  • Cover image for The Reign of the Kingfisher: A Novel

    The Reign of the Kingfisher: A Novel

    • By: Martinson, T. J.
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    The first appearance of Batman was in Detective Comics in the Spring of 1939, making 2019 the character’s 80th anniversary. Batman is a sharp contrast to most “superheroes” in that he possesses no “super” powers. His prowess, whether physical or intellectual, comes from rigorous training and study. He patrols the...