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Daryl M.

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Posts by Daryl M.

  • Author Serena Burdick and her latest book, Find Me in Havana

    Entrevista con una autora: Serena Burdick

    Serena Burdick se graduó de la Academia Americana de Artes Dramáticas en California antes de mudarse a Nueva York para estudiar Literatura Inglesa en el Brooklyn College. Autora de los best sellers…

  • Author C.S. Malerich and her latest novella, The Factory Witches of Lowell

    Entrevista con un autor: CS Malerich

    CS Malerich es la autora de la novela Fire & Locket. Además de escribir, ha impartido clases de mitología a estudiantes de la Universidad de Maryland y se ha interesado por el folclore, los estudios…

  • Author T.A. Willberg and her debut novel, Marion Lane and the Midnight Murder

    Entrevista con un autor: TA Willberg

    TA Willberg nació en Johannesburgo, Sudáfrica, y tiene una maestría en quiropráctica de la Universidad Tecnológica de Durban. Actualmente vive en Malta con su pareja. Marion Lane and the Midnight…

  • Author Paul Cornell and his book series, Witches of Lychford

    Entrevista con un autor: Paul Cornell

    Paul Cornell es escritor de ciencia ficción y fantasía en prosa, cómic y televisión. Es una de las dos únicas personas nominadas al Premio Hugo en las tres disciplinas. Escribió Doctor Who para la BBC…

  • Author Michel Faber and his latest book, (A Tale of Two Worlds)

    Entrevista con un autor: Michel Faber

    Michel Faber ha escrito otros siete libros, entre ellos los aclamados El pétalo carmesí y el blanco, Los gemelos Fahrenheit y la novela Bajo la piel, preseleccionada para el premio Whitbread. La…

  • Author Charlie N. Holmberg and her latest book, Spellbreaker

    Entrevista con un autor: Charlie N. Holmberg

    Charlie N. Holmberg es una autora de fantasía y novela romántica galardonada, superventas y publicada internacionalmente. Creció como trekkie junto a tres hermanas, que también tienen nombres de niño…

  • Author P. Djèlí Clark and his latest book, Ring Shout

    Entrevista con un autor: P. Djèlí Clark

    Phenderson Djéli Clark es el autor ganador de premios y nominado a los premios Hugo, Nebula, Sturgeon y World Fantasy de las novelas cortas The Black God's Drums y The Haunting of Tram Car 015. Nacido…

  • Author David Gerrold and his latest book, Hella

    Entrevista con un autor: David Gerrold

    David Gerrold lleva medio siglo escribiendo profesionalmente. Creó a los tribbles para Star Trek y a los Sleestaks para La Tierra de los Perdidos. Su novela más famosa, de las más de 50 que ha escrito…

  • Author and screenwriter, Simon Stephenson and his latest book, Set My Heart to Five

    Entrevista con un autor: Simon Stephenson

    Simon Stephenson es autor y guionista (y una vez, en una galaxia muy, muy lejana, fue médico). Es originario de Edimburgo, Escocia, pero actualmente reside en Los Ángeles, California. Disfruta de todo…

  • Freelance journalist, Stuart Turton and his latest book, The Devil and the Dark Water

    Entrevista con un autor: Stuart Turton

    Stuart Turton es un periodista independiente que vive en el oeste de Londres con su esposa. No se puede confiar en Stuart, en el mejor sentido de la palabra. Las 7½ muertes de Evelyn Hardcastle (2018)…


Reviews by Daryl M.

  • 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...
  • Cover image for Magic for Liars: A Novel

    Magic for Liars: A Novel

    • By: Gailey, Sarah
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    When Sylvia Capley, the Health instructor at Osthorne Academy for Young Mages, is found in the school library bisected from head to toe, cleanly down the middle, the National Mage Investigative Service (NMIS) concludes that her death was an accident, a spell gone wrong. The Headmaster of the school doesn’t...
  • Cover image for The Lost History of Dreams: A Novel

    The Lost History of Dreams: A Novel

    • By: Waldherr, Kris
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    When famous, and some would claim infamous, poet Hugh de Bonne dies unexpectedly, his last remaining family relations are called upon to enact his final request. De Bonne wishes to be buried on the moors near Shropshire, in a chapel of stained glass he had built 16 years earlier as...
  • Cover image for Your Favorite Band Cannot Save You

    Your Favorite Band Cannot Save You

    • By: Moore, Scotto
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    It’s happened to all of us. You hear a song and it instantly raises your spirits. Or, you hear a different song and it instantly makes you feel melancholy. Some music makes you want to move, while other music makes you want to relax and be still. Something reminds you...