Classic Review: Sailor on the Seas of Fate by Michael Moorcock

Classic Review is a feature where I pull a book that is over 20 years old from my collection and re-read it, then review it… Format: paperback, first DAW printing, 1976 Pages:  160 Reading Time: about 2.5 hours   Michael Moorcock's White Wolf's Son is sitting in my queue, and it will be the last Elric …

Classic Review: Shapechangers by Jennifer Roberson

Classic Review is a feature where I pull a book that is over 20 years old from my collection and re-read it, then review it... Format:  paperback, First Edition, 1984 Pages:  221 Reading Time:  about 3 hours   It's hard to recall when I first got my hands on Shapechangers. This book was released when …

Classic Review: Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings

Classic Review is a feature where I pull a book that is over 20 years old from my collection and re-read it, then review it... Format:  paperback, First Edition, 1982 Pages:  262 Reading Time:  6 hours Pawn of Prophecy is the first book in the Belgariad, a series of five books that tells the story …

Classic Review – Thieves’ World edited by Robert Lynn Asprin and Lynn Abbey

Classic Review is a feature where I pull a book that is over 20 years old from my collection and re-read it, then review it... Format:  paperback, Ace Edition, 1982 Pages:  308 (including the editor's addendum) Reading Time:  about 6 hours There seems to be an abundance of thieves and assassins in modern fantasy, but …

Classic Review – Dragons of Autumn Twilight by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman

Classic Review is a feature where I pull a book that is over 20 years old from my collection and re-read it, then review it... Format:  paperback, first printing, 1984 Pages:  441 Reading time: about 10 hours This is a review that may cause some groans among the audience. Dragonlance has its share of proponents …

Classic Review – Lord Foul’s Bane by Stephen R. Donaldson

Classic Review is a feature where I pull a book that is over 20 years old from my collection and re-read it, then review it... Format:  paperback, 11th printing, 1977 Pages:  474 Reading time:  about 13 hours Lord Foul's Bane is the first book in the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever series. The first …

Classic Review: Elric of Melnibone by Michael Moorcock

Classic Review is a feature where I pull a book that is over 20 years old from my collection and re-read it, then review it... Format:  paperback, first Daw printing, 1976 Pages:  160 Reading Time: about 2 hours As I stated in my review of Nine Princes in Amber, the other major influence on my …

Classic Review: Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb

Classic Review is a feature where I pull a book that is over 20 years old from my collection and re-read it, then review it... Format:  paperback, 1995 Pages:  435 Reading time:  about 9 hours Another review, another first-person narrative. What can I say, I'm addicted to them. In this case we have the widely-heralded …

Classic Review – The Black Company by Glen Cook

Classic Review is a feature where I pull a book that is over 20 years old from my collection and re-read it, then review it... Format: paperback, 1984 Pages: 319 Reading time: about 3-4 hours Just as Zelazny's Amber series was important to me in my younger days, Glen Cook's Black Company series opened my …

Classic Review – Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny

Classic Review is a feature where I pull a book that is over 20 years old from my collection and re-read it, then review it... Format: paperback,  1972 Pages:   175 Reading Time: about 2-3 hours No author or series that I discovered in my teens was more important in forming my love of reading …

Revitilizing the Blog: A New Feature, “Classic” Reviews

I've been struggling keeping the blog going because there just isn't enough time in my day to read right now. I'm not into talking about book covers, I'm unable to interview authors, and I'm trying to stay away from reviewing movies and video games. So what to do? I've decided to entertain a new feature …