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Daryl M.

Librarian


Posts by Daryl M.

  • John Kessel and his book Pride and Prometheus

    Entrevista con un autor: John Kessel

    John Kessel es licenciado en Física e Inglés y doctor en Literatura Estadounidense. Ayudó a fundar y fue el primer director del programa de Maestría en Bellas Artes en Escritura Creativa de la…

  • Linda Addison and her award winning book

    Entrevista con una autora: Linda Addison

    Linda Addison es una poeta y autora galardonada que escribe en los géneros de fantasía, terror y ciencia ficción. En 2001, se convirtió en la primera escritora afroamericana en ganar un Premio Bram…

  • Sarah Kendzior: the view from flyover country

    Entrevista con una autora: Sarah Kendzior

    Sarah Kendzior es escritora, periodista e investigadora y ha estudiado los estados autoritarios en Asia Central. Fue columnista de Al Jazeera English y se le atribuye ser una de las primeras en…

  • Author Carter Wilson and his book "Mister Tender's Girl"

    Entrevista con un autor: Carter Wilson

    Carter Wilson es un autor galardonado y superventas especializado en thrillers domésticos llenos de tensión, paranoia y terror psicológico. Recientemente aceptó ser entrevistado por Daryl Maxwell para…

  • left side of graphic is the book cover of Barbary Station. right side of graphic is a photograph of the author

    Entrevista con un autor: RE Stearns

    RE Stearns escribió su primer cuento en una computadora Apple IIe y todavía extraña un poco el texto verde en una pantalla negra. Continuó molestando a todos sus profesores leyendo libros mientras…

  • graphic on leftside is the book cover of Mr. Dickens and His Carol and right side is a photograph of Samantha Silva

    Entrevista con una autora: Samantha Silva

    Samantha Silva es autora y guionista, radicada en Idaho. Se graduó de la Escuela de Estudios Internacionales Avanzados de la Universidad Johns Hopkins, donde estudió en Bolonia, Italia, y Washington…

  • Kill Creek book cover next to author Scott Thomas.

    Entrevista con un autor: Scott Thomas

    Originario de Coffeyville, Kansas, Scott Thomas estudió en la Universidad de Kansas, donde se licenció en Inglés y Cine. Es cocreador y productor ejecutivo de "Best Friends Whenever" de Disney Channel…

  • Author Andrew Mayne on the right side, and book cover for The Naturalist on the left side.

    Entrevista con un autor: Andrew Mayne

    Andrew Mayne es la estrella de "No confíes en Andrew Mayne" de A&E. También es mago, novelista y presentador del podcast "Cosas raras". Empezó su primera gira mundial como ilusionista en su…

  • book cover of the clockwork dynasty and photo of the author Daniel H. Wilson

    Entrevista con un autor: Daniel H. Wilson

    Daniel H. Wilson es autor de diez novelas superventas del New York Times, entre ellas Robopocalypse. Tiene un doctorado en robótica por la Universidad Carnegie Mellon y reside en Portland, Oregón, con…


Reviews by Daryl M.

  • Cover image for The Devil and the Dark Water

    The Devil and the Dark Water

    • By: Turton, Stuart
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    In a "locked-room" or "impossible crime" mystery, a crime, or series of crimes, is committed under circumstances that appear, at least initially, impossible for said crime to have been enacted. Those same conditions will also seem to preclude the criminal entering or exiting the crime scene.The first “locked-room” mystery was...
  • Cover image for The Eighth Detective

    The Eighth Detective

    • By: Pavesi, Alex
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    In the early 1940s, a Scottish professor of mathematics devises a mathematical definition of the murder mystery story and writes seven provocative stories as proof of his theory. He publishes a journal article regarding his ideas and then self-publishes his seven stories in a small volume, entitled The White Murders.Decades...
  • Cover image for Crossings : consisting of three manuscripts

    Crossings : consisting of three manuscripts

    • By: Landragin, Alex
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Crossings, Alex Landragin’s debut novel is as difficult to define as it is to describe. At its most elemental, Crossings is a collection of three novellas that collectively tell a story. There are elements of several different genres present: historical fiction, mystery, fantasy, and romance. And, perhaps most surprising, the...
  • Cover image for Before She Was Helen

    Before She Was Helen

    • By: Cooney, Caroline B.
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Helen Stephens lives a quiet life in Sun City, a retirement community in South Carolina. She regularly plays cards in the clubhouse with other residents of the complex, including her neighbors Joyce and Johnny. While she is mostly retired, she continues teaching some Latin classes at a local high school...
  • Cover image for It Came From the Sky

    It Came From the Sky

    • By: Sedoti, Chelsea
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Sixteen-year-old Gideon Hofstadt prefers an orderly life and an orderly future. In his schoolwork, he excels in the sciences, but struggles with the vagaries of the humanities. It is the same way he struggles with his relationships with his family, friends, and his maybe boyfriend, Owen. Gideon cares about Owen...
  • Cover image for The Operator

    The Operator

    • By: Berg, Gretchen
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    In a world where most people walk around with a telephone on their person that can allow them to contact someone anywhere in the country, or the world, easily and directly, it may be a bit of a shock to realize that as little as 50 years ago many people...
  • Cover image for The Darwin Affair

    The Darwin Affair

    • By: Mason, Timothy
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    It probably goes without saying that when Charles Darwin published his revolutionary theories regarding evolution, and their supporting evidence, in The Origin of Species in 1859, there was controversy. Even today, 160 years later, Darwin’s theory of species evolving over time still engenders strong feelings of resistance to his ideas...
  • Cover image for The Ghosts of Sherwood

    The Ghosts of Sherwood

    • By: Vaughn, Carrie
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    The earliest references to Robin Hood date back to the 14th century, and the earliest surviving copies of the story are from the 15th century. The details may change, but the core of the legend concerns a nobleman turned outlaw with a band of followers known as the Merry Men...