Posts tagged as George R. R. Martin

Inside Straight by George R. R. Martin & Various

‘It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s — A Swarm of Wasps?’
I’m wary about reading superhero comics, but for some reason that phobia doesn’t apply to prose novels about the same subject. This may very well have something to do with Austin Grossman’s fantastically entertaining superhero spoof, “Soon I Will Be Invincible”, which nearly [...]

Permalink · Published March 9. 2008 · Filed in Speculative Fiction Reviews

Dreamsongs by George R. R. Martin, Part 1/4

This book was re-released by Gollancz last year in both hardcover and tradeback editions, and I thought I should pick it up, despite the fact that it’s a monster of a short-story collection. All in all it weighs in at 1185 pages, which would explain why Martin’s American published decided to chop it up into [...]

Permalink · Published February 5. 2008 · Filed in Books Aplenty