Gimbling in the Wabe – In Praise of Difficult Genre Fiction
Recently, I was fortunate to read, in close succession, three masterful works in the science fiction/fantasy genre that I would...
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LitStack Review – Luna: New Moon by Ian McDonald
Luna: New Moon Ian McDonald Tor Books Release Date: September 22, 2015 ISBN 978-0-7653-7551-3 More than a month before Ian...
Flash Review: Fortune Smiles by Adam Johnson
Fortune Smiles Adam Johnson Random House Release Date: August 18, 2015 ISBN 978-0-8129-9747-7 While this flash review was being written,...
Gimbling in the Wabe – May I Quote You on That?
Once again, I beg your indulgence in enjoying (hopefully) this encore viewing of a Gimbling that appeared back in 2013...
Gimbling in the Wabe – A Remarkable Possibility
Due to my participation in NaNoWriMo, I again beg your indulgence in allowing me to revisit a Gimbling that first...
Gimbling in the Wabe – You Just Never Know
Because I've been busy participating in NaNoWriMo, and because there are only so many hours in the day, I've fallen...
LitStack Review: Twelve Kings in Sharakhai by Bradley P. Beaulieu
Twelve Kings in Sharakhai Song of Shattered Sands, Book 1 Bradley P. Beaulieu DAW Books, Inc. Release Date: September 1,...
LitStack Encore Review: Doctor Sleep by Stephen King
Doctor Sleep Stephen King Scribner Release Date: September 24, 2013 ISBN 978-1-4767-2765-3 Another encore review of one of our favorite...
Gimbling in the Wabe – Wherein I Talk to Lev Grossman About Something that You Might Not Expect
You know the saying, "don't judge a book by its cover"? Well, you shouldn't judge an author by his publicity...
LitStack Encore Review: The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black
Holly Black The Coldest Girl in Coldtown Holly Black Little, Brown Books Release Date: September 3, 2013 ISBN: 978-0-31621-310-3 In...
LitStack Review: Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie
Ancillary Mercy Ann Leckie Orbit Release Date: October 6, 2015 ISBN 978-0-316-24668-2 For those who may not know, Ancillary Mercy...
Gimbling in the Wabe – That Which Passeth All Understanding
Someone was shot in the alley on my block last Sunday. He died of those gunshot wounds on Monday morning. ...
Celebrating Ursula K. Le Guin
Today is Ursula K. Le Guin's 86th birthday, and what better day to celebrate this icon of American fiction? Most...
Gimbling in the Wabe – Having Fun With Stories
I had the good fortune last week of attending the first ever NerdCon: Stories, a two day convention dreamed up...
LitStack Review: The Hummingbird by Stephen P. Kiernan
The Hummingbird Stephen P. Kiernan William Morrow Release Date: September 8, 2015 ISBN 978-0-06-236954-3 Deborah Birch, the heroine of Stephen...
LitStack Review: Court of Fives by Kate Elliott
Court of Fives Kate Elliott Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Release Date: August 18, 2015 ISBN 978-0-316-36419-5 It’s wonderful...
Gimbling in the Wabe – In Which I Have an Adventure
Okay, as I write this, I have to admit that I haven’t had the adventure yet. But if you are...
LitStack Review: The Gates of Evangeline by Hester Young
The Gates of Evangeline Hester Young G. P. Putnam’s Sons Release Date: September 1, 2015 ISBN 978-0-399174-001 It’s a compelling...
LitStack Review: Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson
Aurora Kim Stanley Robinson Orbit Release Date: July 7, 2015 ISBN 978-0-316-09810-6 It’s hard to know how to review Kim...
LitStack Review – The Dinosaur Lords by Victor Milán
The Dinosaur Lords Victor Milán Tor Release Date: July 28, 2015 ISBN 978-0-7653-3296-7 In the Author’s Note that begins The...
Patrick Rothfuss’s “In the Name of the Wind” to be Developed for Everything!
What could be better than to hear that fantasy author Patrick Rothfuss’s bestselling, award winning book The Name of the...
Gimbling in the Wabe – On Children and Censorship
Okay, so…. I know my memory isn’t what it should be. But I can’t remember ever – not once –...
The American Library Association’s Top Ten Frequently Challenged Books of 2014
Each year, the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom compiles a list of the top ten most frequently challenged...
LitStack Review – Zer0es by Chuck Wendig
Zer0es Chuck Wendig HARPER Voyager Release Date: August 8, 2015 ISBN 978-0-06-235155-5 Having heard of author Chuck Wendig for quite...
Gimbling in the Wabe – Of Hobbits and Elves and Tales of Nostalgia
This being “Hobbit Week” (or rather, an extension of “Hobbit Day”, which is generally celebrated on September 22, believed to...
LitStack Review: The Trials by Linda Nagata
The Trials Linda Nagata Saga Press Release Date: August 18, 2015 ISBN 978-1-4814-4095-0 NOTE: This review, by necessity, contains spoilers...
LitStack Review: Nightwise by R. S. Belcher
Nightwise R. S. Belcher Tor Books Release Date: August 18, 2015 ISBN 978-0-7653-7460-8 Wow. What a difference a bit of...
Gimbling in the Wabe – Of Dogs and Rainy Days and Eponymous Adjectives
It was a rainy day at the dog park today, and not many people (or canines) were romping around the...
Flash Review: Church of Marvels by Leslie Parry
Church of Marvels Leslie Parry Ecco Release Date: May 5, 2015 ISBN 978-0-06-236755-6 In 1895, in New York City, Sylvan,...
LitStack Review: Stone in the Sky by Cecil Castellucci
Stone in the Sky Cecil Castellucci Roaring Brook Press Release Date: February 24, 2015 ISBN 978-1-59643-776-0 Stone in the Sky...
Gimbling in the Wabe – Blinders
(In which there is profanity as a point of discussion and talk of partial nudity in the same vein; even...
LitStack Review: The Martian by Andy Weir
The Martian Andy Weir Crown Publishers Release Date: February 11, 2014 (self published in 2011) ISBN 978-0-8041-3902-1 Now, wait just...
LitStack Review: The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August Claire North Redhook Books Release Date: October 21, 2014 ISBN 978-0-31-163996-16 Harry August...
Gimbling in the Wabe – Filters
In Linda Nagata’s excellent real world sci-fi thriller, The Red: First Light, the main characters struggle to grasp the concept...
LitStack Review – The Affinities by Robert Charles Wilson
The Affinities Robert Charles Wilson Tor Books Release Date: April 21, 2015 ISBN 978-0-7653-3262-2 Facebook. Twitter. Tumblr. Instagram. Snapchat. LinkedIn. ...
Gimbling in the Wabe – Acknowledging Who We Are
On Wednesday, August 26, a television reporter and her photographer partner were gunned down while conducting a live interview during...
LitStack Review – The Red: First Light by Linda Nagata
The Red: First Light Linda Nagata Saga Press Release Date: June 30, 2015 ISBN 978-1-4814-4657-0 I keep saying that military...
Gimbling in the Wabe – Miserable Fiction
This Gimbling first appeared in November 2013. I was reading a book the other day. It was a very good...
LitStack Review: You’re Never Weird on the Internet (almost) by Felicia Day
You’re Never Weird on the Internet (almost) Felicia Day Touchstone Books Release Date: August 11, 2015 ISBN 978-1-4767-8565-3 In 2007,...
LitStack Review: Dark Orbit by Carolyn Ives Gilman
Dark Orbit Carolyn Ives Gilman Tor Release Date: July 14, 2015 ISBN 978 0-7653-3629-3 So much of the science fiction...
Gimbling in the Wabe – The View from My Soapbox
Every time I see one particular television commercial for the Hyundai Tucson CUV (which I learned is an acronym for...
Gimbling in the Wabe – Beautiful, Beautiful Words
There are quite a few memorable first sentences in literature: "Call me Ishmael." "It was the best of times, it...
LitStack Review: Finders Keepers by Stephen King
Finders Keepers Stephen King Scribner Release Date: June 2, 2015 ISBN 978-1-5011-0007-9 Finders Keepers is Stephen King’s love letter to...
LitStack Review: The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins
The Library at Mount Char Scott Hawkins Crown Publishers Release Date: June 16, 2015 ISBN 978-0-553-41860-6 When doing research for...
Gimbling in the Wabe – Beer and a Brat
This week, a friend gifted me with tickets to the Twins game that happened to fall on the day I...
LitStack Review: The Lemoncholy Life of Annie Aster by Scott Wilbanks
The Lemoncholy Life of Annie Aster Scott Wilbanks Sourcebooks Landmark Release Date: August 4, 2015 The Lemoncholy Life of Annie...
Gimbling in the Wabe – Daydream Believer
We humans are so divergent in who we are, how we react and respond, in how our minds work and...
LitStack Review: Voyage of the Basilisk by Marie Brennan
Voyage of the Basilisk - A Memoir by Lady Trent Marie Brennan Tor Books Release Date: March 31, 2015 ISBN...
Gimbling in the Wabe – Extra Innnings (or, How Do You Play the Game?)
In honor of the Major League Baseball Game, played earlier this week in Cincinnati, I am resurrecting a 2013 Gimbling...
Flash Review: The Bookseller by Cynthia Swanson
The Bookseller Cynthia Swanson HarperCollins Publishers Release Date: March 3, 2015 ISBN 978-0-06-233300-1 Thirty-eight year old Kitty Miller is pretty...
