Wild Cards: House Rules Edited by Georgie RR Martin and Melissa M. Snodgrass If you don't know who the sucker is at the table, it's you. ...

Conan the Champion by John Maddox Roberts Three non-Howard Conan franchise paperbacks from my recently purchased box of books, three...

Green vs. Carpenter Conan and the Death Lord of Thanza by Roland J. Green is a big step up from Conan of the Red Brotherhood by Leonard...

CONAN THE MAGNIFICENT by Robert Jordan An online discussion about Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series and the then-ongoing adaptation...

Written by Leonard Carpenter, Conan of the Red Brotherhood is a passable entry in the Conan franchise, replete with all the elements...

VIGIL by Robert Masello In spite of the clever title for this review, Masello's Vigil is not about anything vigilante-related. With that...

THE CORNELIUS CHRONICLES by Michael Moorcock Four complete novels in one volume: The Final Programme, A Cure for Cancer, The English...

BARBARIAN OF WORLD'S END by Lin Carter Yet another adventure novel by science-fantasy's most (or least, depending on how you look at it)...

THE RESORT by Bentley Little This was the fourth or fifth book I read by Bentley Little, a man once hailed as the new master of horror...

ONE AGAINST A WILDERNESS by William L. Chester What a great little book! One of several DAW paperbacks I found at a used book store in...

THE MOUNTAINS OF BREGA WIZARD OF RENTORO WARRIORS OF LATAN by Jeffrey Lord At first glance, these titles scream fantasy series....

THE DAWNING by Hugh B. Cave To judge by the author's bio in the back of the book, Mr. Cave is a man of impressive accomplishments (over...

THE ETERNAL SAVAGE by Edgar Rice Burroughs An interesting, but short novel even by Burroughs' standards. The Eternal Lover chronicles the...

THE WIZARD OF OZ by L. Frank Baum I haven't read this one since I was a kid. Happily, years later, I still find it very enjoyable. All...

Death Draws Five (aka Wild Cards XVII) by John J. Miller I remember that when I had finished reading this book, which was the then-latest...

Stinger by Robert R. McCammon Recently I was on a stakeout that went wrong in a bad way. Not the kind conducted by police officers or...

The Mark of the Demons by John Jakes In honor of the recent passing of John Jakes, I offer this review of a less well-known work. Well,...

Knaves Over Queens by the Wild Card Collective edited by George R.R. Martin and Melinda Snodgrass Thank God for this book. After the...

Storm Front by Jim Butcher For years, I passed on the Dresden Files. I never precisely turned my nose up at the popular and long-running...

TL:DR I promised myself I would keep this one mercifully short. Here it is, as short as I can make it: If you like George R.R. Martin’s...