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Daryl M.

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Posts by Daryl M.

  • Author Alan Moore and his latest book, Illuminations: Stories

    Entrevista con un autor: Alan Moore

    Alan Moore es un escritor inglés, ampliamente considerado como el mejor y más influyente escritor de la historia del cómic. Entre sus obras fundamentales se incluyen "Desde el Infierno" y "La Liga de…

  • Author Margarita Montimore and her latest book, Acts of Violet

    Entrevista con una autora: Margarita Montimore

    Margarita Montimore es la autora de Asleep From Day y Oona Out of Order, un bestseller de USA Today y una selección del Club de Lectura Good Morning America. Tras obtener una licenciatura en Bellas…

  • Author James T. Bartlett and his book, the Alaskan Blonde

    Entrevista con un autor: James T. Bartlett

    Originario de Londres, James T. Bartlett ha escrito para Los Angeles Times, BBC, ALTA California, Hemispheres, Westways, Atlas Obscura, Crime Reads, Real Crimes y otros medios, y es autor de las guías…

  • Author Sunyi Dean and her debut novel, The Book Eaters

    Entrevista con un autor: Sunyi Dean

    Sunyi Dean es una escritora de ciencia ficción y fantasía autista, madre de dos hijos. Nacida en Estados Unidos y criada en Hong Kong, ahora vive en Yorkshire. Cuando no lee, corre, se cae al suelo…

  • Astrophysicist and author Neil deGrasse Tyson and latest book, Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization

    Entrevista con un autor: Neil deGrasse Tyson

    Neil deGrasse Tyson es astrofísico y autor del bestseller número 1, Astrofísica para gente con prisa, entre otros libros. Es director del Planetario Hayden del Museo Americano de Historia Natural…

  • Author Conner Habib and his debut novel, Hawk Mountain

    Entrevista con un autor: Conner Habib

    Conner Habib presenta el podcast Against Everyone With Conner Habib, que aborda temas como el punk rock, la filosofía, la pornografía y el ocultismo. Sus escritos han aparecido en CR Fashion Book…

  • Novels Boyfriend Material and Husband Material by Alexis Hall

    Entrevista con un autor: Alexis Hall

    Alexis Hall escribe libros en el sureste de Inglaterra, donde vive a base de té y pasteles Jaffa. Su último libro, "Husband Material", es la secuela de "Boyfriend Material" (2020), y recientemente…

  • Author Gigi Pandian and her latest book, Under Lock & Skeleton Key

    Entrevista con un autor: Gigi Pandian

    Gigi Pandian es la autora más vendida del USA Today y ganadora de múltiples premios por las novelas de misterio de Jaya Jones: la búsqueda del tesoro, las novelas de misterio de Accidental Alchemist y…

  • Author J.M. Miro and and his debut novel, Ordinary Monsters

    Entrevista con un autor: JM Miro

    JM Miro vive y escribe en el noroeste del Pacífico. Su primera novela es Monstruos Ordinarios y recientemente habló sobre ella con Daryl Maxwell para el blog de LAPL. ¿Cuál fue tu inspiración para…

  • Author Luivette Resto and her latest poetry book, Living on Islands Not Found on Maps

    Entrevista con una autora: Luivette Resto

    Luivette Resto estudió en la Universidad de Cornell, donde obtuvo su licenciatura en Literatura Inglesa y una especialización en Historia Latina de Estados Unidos. Posteriormente, estudió con Martín…


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...
  • Cover image for The Dictionary of Lost Words

    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...