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Tim Powers' Last Call on Sale on Amazon

Tim Powers’ Last Call is on sale on Amazon right now. You can get the ebook version for $1.99 USD. Last Call is an ambitious work. It weaves together secret history, grail legends, and Greek myth into a story so real you would swear it actually happened. If you

Three Hearts and Three Lions on Sale on Amazon

Three Hearts and Three Lions by Poul Anderson [Amazon link] is a leading favorite book of mine. It is on sale on Amazon today for $1.99 USD, Poul Anderson’s contribution of the story of Ogier the Dane is a worthy read for anyone interested in the Matter of

Persian Locks: 1500 Years of Iranian Padlocks by Parviz Tanavoli Book Review

Persian Locks: 1500 Years of Iranian Padlocks by Parviz Tanavoli [Amazon link] is an absolutely beautiful volume detailing the lock-making traditions of Iran. I wouldn’t hesitate to put this on my coffee table. The illustrations of lock mechanisms within this book are solidly in the tradition of Roger Jean

Science Fiction and Science Fantasy

In my editorial line at With Both Hands, I’ve started to shy away from bookstore genre labels, as I have come to think that these marketing tools cramp the mind of both the reader and the writer. However, lots of people still use these terms, and in general they

The Cockroach: Disgusting Critters by Elise Gravel Book Review

The Cockroach: Disgusting Critters by Elise Gravel [Amazon link] is a cutesy science fact book done in a picture book style. It is brief, thankfully. I prefer the kind of science books I give my kids to have a little more substance to them. This book is directed at early

Duel Visions by Misha Burnett and Louise Sorensen Book Review

Misha Burnett and Louise Sorensen team up to create a collection of strange and horrifying short stories, Duel Visions. [Amazon link] The two authors alternate contributions to this slim volume of the weird and macabre. As a short story collection, I’ll do each story individually, then give my impressions

King of the World's Edge by H. Warner Munn Book Review

King of the World’s Edge by H. Warner Munn [Amazon link] is truly a pulp era story, first serialized in Weird Tales in September of 1939. A bold tale with massive scope, this is an alternative history of both the Americas and the last remnants of Romano-Britain that works