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What authors like versus what readers like

This week, under quarantine and working at home, I was pondering how any given author’s most popular work is popular for reasons other than what the author was interested in writing it for. The thread provided lots of excellent examples, like Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle [Amazon link], which

Expedition to Eden by J. Manfred Weichsel Book Review

Expedition to Eden [Amazon link] is book of fantastic adventure that also shines a light on a fascinating little bit of American history: the escape of John Surratt. While of course also talking about fallen angels, Nephilim, and the Papal Zouaves. John Surratt was the son of Mary Surratt, the

Five Million Watts by Fenton Wood Book Review

I’m neither a radio nerd, nor musically inclined, but Five Million Watts [Amazon link] by Fenton Wood makes me wish that I were. Follow me as we follow Philo Hergenschmidt on his magical journey to the city of Ibukaron, and on his quest to save 2XG, the greatest radio

Takeover: Galaxy's Edge Book Review by Jason Anspach and Nick Cole

Takeover brings us back to where it all began, the dusty world of Kublar. Except now, after Chhun’s victory over Goth Sullus on Utopion, everything is different. In the years since the Battle of Kublar, the Kublarens have been integrated into the galactic economy, built up glittering cities, and

The Savage Wars: Galaxy's Edge by Jason Anspach and Nick Cole Book Review

Begun, the Savage Wars have. Jason Anspach and Nick Cole take us back to the beginning of the Legion. To those desperate battles that rent the galaxy in twain, yet at the same time also called forth humanity’s greatest heroes. And it is very much humanity versus… something else.

White Winter by D. J. Bodden Book Review

The Balance is everything. It is what enables vampires and werewolves and far stranger things to co-exist with ordinary people, after a fashion. But after Jonas thwarts an attempt by the Order to take control of the Agency, the supernatural law enforcement that maintains the Balance, it becomes clear that

Viridian Gate Online: Nomad Soul by D. J. Bodden and James Hunter Book Review

What happens when the AIs you create to run the world’s first VR MMORPG are method actors who take their roles entirely too seriously? Alan Campbell, and perhaps the rest of the world, is about to find out. LitRPG is a hot genre at present. Ernest Cline’s Ready