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Daryl M.

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Posts by Daryl M.

  • Author V.E. Schwab and her latest book, Vengeful

    Entrevista con un autor: VE Schwab

    Victoria "VE" Schwab ha sido llamada "la heredera de Diana Wynne Jones". Es autora de la serie "Shades of Magic", éxito de ventas del New York Times, así como de varias novelas para jóvenes y adultos…

  • Author Rebecca Serle and her book, The Dinner List

    Entrevista con una autora: Rebecca Serle

    Rebecca Serle escribe a tiempo completo, lo que significa que va en pijama al trabajo. Estudió en la Universidad del Sur de California y luego obtuvo su maestría en Bellas Artes en The New School de…

  • Author P. Djeli Clark and his book "The Black God's Drum"

    Entrevista con un autor: P. Djèlí Clark

    Nacido en Nueva York y criado principalmente en Houston, P. Djèlí Clark pasó sus primeros años de vida en Trinidad y Tobago, la tierra natal de sus padres. Sus escritos han aparecido en Daily Science…

  • Author Christopher Huang and his book, A Gentleman's Murder

    Entrevista con un autor: Christopher Huang

    Christopher Huang creció en Singapur, donde cumplió dos años del Servicio Militar Nacional como señalero del Ejército. Después se mudó a Canadá, donde estudió Arquitectura en la Universidad McGill de…

  • Photo of Juliet McDaniel and her debut novel, Mr. & Mrs. American Pie

    Entrevista con una autora: Juliet McDaniel

    Juliet McDaniel tiene una maestría en Escritura de la Universidad DePaul. Aunque se crio en Arizona, pasó los últimos 25 años viviendo en Chicago, donde actualmente reside con su pareja y sus gatos…

  • Author Anne Youngson and her debut novel, Meet Me at the Museum

    Entrevista con una autora: Anne Youngson

    Anne Youngson tuvo una larga y exitosa carrera en la industria automotriz antes de jubilarse anticipadamente para dedicarse a la escritura. Actualmente cursa un doctorado en Oxford Brookes. Anne y su…

  • Author Ruthann Emrys with her book covers

    Entrevista con una autora: Ruthanna Emrys

    Ruthanna Emrys vive en una misteriosa mansión a las afueras de Washington D. C. con su esposa y su numerosa y peculiar familia. Prepara vainilla casera, se obsesiona con el diseño de videojuegos, da…

  • Author Ian McDonald and his book Time Was

    Entrevista con un autor: Ian McDonald

    Ian McDonald nació en 1960 en Mánchester, Inglaterra, de madre irlandesa y padre escocés. Se mudó con su familia a Irlanda del Norte en 1965. Ha ganado el Premio Locus, el Premio de la Asociación…

  • Author C.L. Polk and her book Witchmark.

    Entrevista con un autor: CL Polk

    CL Polk escribió su primer cuento en primaria y aún no ha aprendido nada mejor. Tras pasar años en ocupaciones extrañas y vagando por el oeste de Canadá, se estableció en el sur de Alberta con su…


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...
  • Cover image for Hella

    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...