Fantasy/SF/Horror Book Reviews

Welcome to our Fantasy/SF/Horror book reviews section. Here you find highlights of our reviews in this genre. More reviews can be found on page 2 of the archives.

• A Forest of Stars
  by Kevin J. Anderson (Warner Books)
• Abhorsen
  by Garth Nix (Eos)
• Above the Veil (The Seventh Tower, #4)
  by Garth Nix (Scholastic)
• Age of Bronze: Sacrifice
  by Eric Shanower (Hungry Tiger Press)
• The Alchemist
  by Donna Boyd (Ballantine)
• American Gods
  by Neil Gaiman (HarperCollins)
• Ancestors of Avalon
  by Diana L. Paxon (Viking)
• The Approaching Storm
  by Alan Dean Foster (Del Ray)
• Archangel Protocol
  by Lyda Morehouse (Roc)
• The Assassins of Tamurin
  by S. D. Tower (Eos)
• The Awakened City
  by Victoria Strauss (Eos)
• The Battle of Evernight
  by Cecilia Dart-Thornton (Warner Aspect)
• The Best Military Science Fiction of the 20th Century
  by Harry Turtledove with Martin H. Greenberg (editors) (Del Ray)
• The Beyond
  by Jeffrey Ford (Eos)
• Beyond the Deep Woods (The Edge Chronicles: Book 1)
  by Paul Stewart, Illustrations by Chris Riddell (David Fickling Books)
• Blood and Gold (Vampire Chronicles)
  by Anne Rice (Knopf)
• Bones of the Earth
  by Michael Swanwick (Eos)
• The Burning Land
  by Victoria Strauss (Eos)
• Captain Nemo
  by Kevin J. Anderson (Pocket Books)
• Captain's Blood
  by William Shatner (Pocket Books)
• A Caress of Twilight
  by Laurell K. Hamilton (Ballantine)
• Cloak of Deception (Star Wars)
  by James Luceno (Del Ray)
• The Complete Chronicles of Narnia
  by C.S. Lewis, Illustrations by Pauline Baynes (HarperCollins)
• Coraline
  by Neil Gaiman (HarperCollins)
• Counterfeit Kings
  by Adam Connell (Phobos)
• The Curse of Chalion
  by Louise McMaster Bujold (Eos)
• Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader (Star Wars)
  by James Luceno (Del Rey)
• Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter
  by Michael Reaves (Del Ray)
• Demon Witch
  by Geoffrey Huntington (ReganBooks)
• Destiny
  by Elizabeth Haydon (Tor)
• The Devil's Armor
  by John Marco (DAW)
• Diuturnity's Dawn
  by Alan Dean Foster (Del Ray)
• Domain
  by Steve Alten (Tor)
• The Dragon Charmer
  by Jan Siegel (Del Ray)
• The Dragon Queen
  by Alice Borchardt (Del Ray)
• Dragonspell
  by Donita K. Paul (Water Brook)
• Drowning World: A Novel of the Commonwealth
  by Alan Dean Foster (Del Ray)
• Enchanter
  by Sara Douglass (Tor)
• Endless Nights (The Sandman, Book 11)
  by Neil Gaiman, Illustrations by Glenn Fabry, Milo Manara (Vertigo/DC Comics)
• Eragon
  by Christoper Paolini (Knopf)
• The Eugenics Wars: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh (Star Trek)
  by Greg Cox (Pocket Books)
• Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales
  by Stephen King (Scribner)
• The Eyes of God
  by John Marco (Daw)
• The Faeries' Oracle
  by Brian Froud, Text by Jessica MacBeth (Fireside Books)
• The Fairies of Spring Cottage
  by Wendy Froud and Terri Windling (Simon and Schuster)
• The Fifth Ring
  by Mitchell Graham (Eos)
• Fire and Hemlock
  by Diana Wynne Jones (Greenwillow Books)
• First Rider's Call
  by Kristen Britain (Daw)
• Flinx's Folly
  by Alan Dean Foster (Del Ray)
• Forbidden Magic
  by Cheyenne McCray (St. Martin's Press)
• Gardens of the Moon
  by Steven Erikson (Tor)
• Grail Prince
  by Nancy McKenzie (Del Ray)
• Grim Tuesday
  by Garth Nix (Scholastic)
• Hades' Daughter
  by Sara Douglass (Tor)
• Hidden Empire
  by Kevin J. Anderson (Warner Aspect)
• The Highwayman: A Novel of Corona
  by R. A. Salvatore (CDS Books)
• The Homeward Bounders
  by Diana Wynne Jones (Greenwillow Books)
• Horizon Storms: Saga of the Seven Suns, Book 3
  by Kevin J. Anderson (Warner Books)
• Hyperion
  by Dan Simmons (Bantam Spectra)
• Ice Hunt
  by James Rollins (William Morrow)
• Impossible Odds
  by Dave Duncan (Eos)
• Impossible Places
  by Alan Dean Foster (Del Ray)
• Incubus Dreams
  by Laurell K. Hamilton (Berkley)
• Industrial Magic
  by Kelley Armstrong (Bantam Spectra)
• Inkheart
  by Cornelia Funke (The Chicken House)
• The Jester
  by James Patterson & Andrew Gross (Little, Brown)
• Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
  by Susanna Clarke (Bloomsbury)
• A Kiss of Shadows
  by Laurell K. Hamilton (Ballantine)
• Kitty and the Midnight Hour
  by Carrie Vaughn (Warner Books)
• Krondor: Tear of the Gods
  by Raymond Feist (Eos)
• Kushiel's Chosen
  by Jacqueline Carey (Tor)
• The Lake House
  by James Patterson (Little, Brown)
• Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Tech Manual
  by Michael Jan Friedman (Pocket Books)
• Lirael
  by Garth Nix (HarperCollins)
• The Lord of the Rings: One Volume Edition
  by J.R.R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin)
• Lost in a Good Book
  by Jasper Fforde (Viking)
• Lovecraft
  by Hans Rodionoff, Enrique Breccia and Keith Giffen (Vertigo/DC Comics)
• The Machine Crusade (Dune series)
  by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson (Tor)
• Magic Time
  by Marc Scott Zicree, Barbara Hambly (Eos)
• Meg: Primal Waters
  by Steve Alten (Forge)
• The Merlin Conspiracy
  by Diana Wynne Jones (Greenwillow Books)
• The Mistress of the Pearl
  by Eric Van Lustbader (Tor)
• The Mocking Program
  by Alan Dean Foster (Warner Aspect)
• Monstrous Regiment
  by Terry Pratchett (HarperCollins)
• Moon Called
  by Patricia Briggs (Ace)
• Mystic Warrior
  by Tracy and Laura Hickman (Warner Books)
• Narcissus in Chains
  by Laurell K. Hamilton (Berkley)
• The One Kingdom
  by Sean Russell (Eos)
• The Orion Protocol
  by Gary Tigerman (William Morrow)
• Oryx and Crake
  by Margaret Atwood (Doubleday)
• Pendragon: Black Water (Book 5)
  by D.J. MacHale (Aladdin)
• Peril's Gate (Wars of Light and Shadow, Book 6)
  by Janny Wurts (Eos)
• The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque
  by Jeffrey Ford (William Morrow)
• Priestess of Avalon
  by Marion Zimmer Bradley and Diana L. Paxson (Viking)
• Prophecy: Child of Earth
  by Elizabeth Haydon (Tor)
• The Q Continuum (Star Trek)
  by Greg Cox (Pocket Books)
• Reunion
  by Alan Dean Foster (Del Ray)
• The Ring of Five Dragons
  by Eric Van Lustbader (Tor)
• The Ropemaker
  by Peter Dickinson (Delacorte Press)
• Running From the Deity
  by Alan Dean Foster (Del Rey)
• The Saints of the Sword
  by John Marco (Bantam)
• Seduced by Moonlight
  by Laurell K. Hamilton (Ballantine)
• The Seventh Tower #2: Castle
  by Garth Nix, Illustrations by Steve Rawlings (Scholastic)
• The Seventh Tower #3: Aenir
  by Garth Nix, Illustrations by Steve Rawlings (Scholastic (Lucas Books))
• The Seventh Tower: Into Battle
  by Garth Nix (Scholastic)
• Sign of the Qin (Outlaws of Moonshadow Marsh #1)
  by L.G. Bass (Hyperion)
• The Silent Gondoliers
  by William Goldman (Del Ray)
• Singularity
  by Bill DeSmedt (Per Aspera)
• Sir Apropros of Nothing
  by Peter David (Pocket Books)
• Sisters of the Raven
  by Barbara Hambly (Warner Aspect)
• Sliding Scales
  by Alan Dean Foster (Del Rey)
• Sorcerers of the Nightwing
  by Geoffrey Huntington (ReganBooks)
• Star Trek Voyager: The Hologram's Handbook
  by Robert Picardo, Illustrations by Jeff Yagher (Pocket Books)
• Star Wars: Galactic Phrase Book & Travel Guide
  by Ben Burtt, Illustrations by Sergio Aragones (Del Ray)
• Starman
  by Sara Douglass (Tor)
• Stormchaser (The Edge Chronicles: Book 2)
  by Paul Stewart, Illustrations by Chris Riddell (David Fickling Books)
• Temple
  by Matt Reilly (St. Martin's Press)
• The Scrolls of the Ancients: Volume III of the Chronicles of Blood and Stone
  by Robert Newcomb (Del Rey)
• The Well of Lost Plots
  by Jasper Fforde (Viking)
• The Thief Lord
  by Cornelia Funke (The Chicken House)
• Thief of Time
  by Terry Pratchett (HarperCollins)
• Utopia
  by Lincoln Child (Doubleday)
• Veiled Alliances (Saga of the Seven Suns)
  by Kevin J. Anderson (Windstorm/DC Comics)
• The Watch
  by Dennis Danvers (Eos)
• The Wave
  by Walter (Warner Books)
• The Wee, Free Men
  by Terry Pratchett (HarperCollins)
• The Will Eisner Companion
  by N.C. Christopher Couch and Stephen Weiner (D.C. Comics)
• Windfall
  by Rachel Caine (Roc)
• The Winter Child
  by Wendy Froud & Terri Windling (Simon and Schuster)
• The Witch Queen
  by Jan Siegel (Del Ray)
• The World of Shannara
  by Terry Brooks and Teresa Patterson, Illustrations by David Cherry (Del Ray)
• The World Tree (The Daughters of Bast)
  by Sarah Isidore (Eos)
• Wormwood
  by G.P. Taylor (Putnam)