Book reviews and excerpts from exceptional speculative, sci-fi, fantasy & alternate history novels.
Speculative, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Alt. History
Recommended books found: 280
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Lost In A Good Book: A Thursday Next Novel
by Jasper Fforde
Hardcover: Apr 2003
Paperback: Feb 2004
The inventive, exuberant, and totally original literary fun that began with The Eyre Affair continues with the second installment in what is sure to become a classic series of literary fantasy.
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Prey
by Michael Crichton
Hardcover: Nov 2002
Paperback: Nov 2003
Drawing on up-to-the-minute scientific fact, Crichton's new novel is a breathtaking tale of suspense about a mechanical plague and the desperate efforts of a handful of scientists to stop it.
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Night Watch
by Terry Pratchett
Hardcover: Nov 2002
Paperback: Oct 2003
Flung back in time by a mysterious accident, Sam Vimes has to start all over again. He must whip the cowardly, despised Night Watch into a crack fighting force -- fast. Because he knows what's going to happen. It's part of history. And you ...
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The Visitor
by Sheri S. Tepper
Hardcover: Mar 2002
Paperback: May 2003
A thousand years after our 21st century civilization was obliterated by an asteroid, little remains other than myth and superstition; but a wasted world is coming back alive and the hope of recovery rests on Dismé who will uncover the truth and ...
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Lion's Blood: A Novel of Slavery and Freedom in an Alterative America
by Steven Barnes
Hardcover: Feb 2002
Paperback: Feb 2003
A passionate and richly imagined epic of courage, survival, and revelation on a slave plantation in the old South...the African-ruled South. "History turned upside down—a bold, daring speculation."
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The Eyre Affair
by Jasper Fforde
Hardcover: Jan 2002
Paperback: Feb 2003
Suspenseful and outlandish, absorbing and fun - a novel unlike any other and an introduction to the imagination of a most distinctive writer and his singular fictional universe.
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The Carnivorous Carnival: Book the Ninth (A Series of Unfortunate Events)
by Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist
Hardcover: Oct 2002
Paperback: Jan 2003
In the continuing, appalling tales of the Baudelaire siblings, the children
are on the run having been falsely accused of murder, so they hide in the
carnival, as part of Madame Lulu's House of Freaks. Ages 9+
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The Sterkarm Handshake
by Susan Price
Hardcover: Sep 2000
Paperback: Jan 2003
The Sterkarm Handshake is a stirring tale of a clash of two cultures, beautifully told by master storyteller Susan Price.
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The House of The Scorpion
by Nancy Farmer
Hardcover: Oct 2002
Paperback: Nov 2002
With undertones of vampires, Frankenstein, dragons' hoards, and killing fields, Matt's story turns out to be an inspiring tale of friendship, survival, hope, and transcendence. A must-read for teenage fantasy fans.
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Fool's Errand: The Tawny Man, Book 1
by Robin Hobb
Hardcover: Jan 2002
Paperback: Nov 2002
'In this hard-to-put-down follow-up to the Farseer Trilogy, Hobb maintains the high standards of her earlier fantasy series......What starts as a very good read shifts into a stay-up-until-2:00 a.m.-to-finish type of book.'
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Look To Windward
by Iain M. Banks
Hardcover: Aug 2001
Paperback: Nov 2002
An awe-inspiring immersion into the wildly original, vividly realized civilization that Banks calls the Culture.
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Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire: Book 4
by J.K. (Joanne) Rowling
Hardcover: Jul 2000
Paperback: Jul 2002
The pivotal fourth novel in the seven part tale of Harry Potter's training as a wizard and his coming of age.
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A Storm of Swords: A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 3
by George R R. Martin
Hardcover: Oct 2000
Paperback: May 2002
The brutal struggle for power nears its tumultuous climax, the battered and divided kingdom faces its most terrifying invasion--one that is being spearheaded from beyond the grave
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Thief of Time: A Discworld Novel
by Terry Pratchett
Hardcover: Apr 2001
Paperback: Apr 2002
A superb send-up of science and philosophy, religion and death and a host of other timely topics, Thief of Time provides the perfect opportunity to kick back and unwind.
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Killing Time
by Caleb Carr
Hardcover: Nov 2000
Paperback: Jan 2002
The year is 2023 and Wolfe's life and everything he knows are turned upside down when the widow of a murdered special-effects wizard enters his office. Killing Time combines future history with mystery and thriller elements to create a ...
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Shadow of The Hegemon
by Orson Scott Card
Hardcover: Jan 2001
Paperback: Dec 2001
Ender's Shadow told the tale of Bean, who became Ender's strategist and friend. Now Bean becomes the tactical genius who wins the earth for Ender's brother, Peter, the Hegemon.
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The Amber Spyglass: His Dark Materials - Book III
by Philip Pullman
Hardcover: Oct 2000
Paperback: Oct 2001
Brings the intrigue of The Golden Compass and The Subtle Knife to a heart-stopping end, marking the final volume of His Dark Materials as the most powerful of the trilogy.
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The Truth
by Terry Pratchett
Hardcover: Nov 2000
Paperback: Sep 2001
Pratchett turns his pen on the press, and its power to disseminate and create the truth. The lesser son of one of Ankh most privileged families hits on the brilliant idea of producing his upper-crust newsletter with a newfangled printing press.
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Harry Potter & The Prisoner of Azkaban: Book 3
by J.K. (Joanne) Rowling
Hardcover: Sep 1999
Paperback: Sep 2001
The dread fortress of Azkaban held an infamous prisoner - said to be the heir apparent to the Dark Lord, Voldemort. Now he has escaped and Harry isn't safe, not even within the walls of his magical school.
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Ilse Witch: Voyage of the Jerle Shannara, Bk. 1
by Terry Brooks
Hardcover: Sep 2000
Paperback: Aug 2001
As old secrets come to light, sowing seeds of mistrust and suspicion among the crew, the Jerle Shannara flies into the face of unknown terrors, while the Ilse Witch and her dark allies follow, waiting to strike . . .
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