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Older Book Reviews

These are the reviews of older fantasy and science fiction books, including some popular works and some by authors who are not so well known. They are written to be spoiler-free reviews so you can still enjoy reading the book.

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Eve (2004) by Aurelio O'Brien
4 star rating
Aurelio O'Brien mixes up the primordial soup in this silly yet incisive satire.
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Thief of Lives (2004) by Barb and J. C. Hendee
4 star rating
In this sequel to Dhampir, it turns out the Noble Dead are not always so noble.
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Dreamers (2004) by Christian R. Bonawandt
3 star rating
You wake up, but are you still in a dream world?
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The Autumn Castle (2004) by Kim Wilkins
3 star rating
The first book in the Europa Suite is a dark and unusual fairytale.
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Blood And Memory (2004) by Fiona McIntosh
3 star rating
The second volume in the high fantasy series The Quickening.
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Echoes of a Distant Storm (2004) by Wendy Simpson
2 star rating
Two young people face the ultimate evil in Wendy Simpson's debut fantasy.
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Jumping Jack Flash (2004) by M. A. Keesee
2 star rating
Androids and murder in the time of Sherlock Holmes.
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Bridge of Souls (2004) by Fiona McIntosh
2 star rating
The final instalment of The Quickening.
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Merlin the Sorcerer (2004) by William P. Burch
1 star rating
An archeologist literally journeys to the Arthurian past in this time travel adventure.
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2003) by J. K. Rowling
5 star rating
Is this a book, or a phenomenon?
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Hidden Warrior (2003) by Lynn Flewelling
5 star rating
The second book in the Tamir Triad.
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Ill Wind (2003) by Rachel Caine
5 star rating
The first book in the Weather Wardens series.
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Monstrous Regiment (2003) by Terry Pratchett
4 star rating
Terry Pratchett goes all military in this satire on women in the army.
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Crossing the Meadow (2003) by Kfir Luzzatto
4 star rating
Kfir Luzzatto takes an intimate look at the world of ghosts.
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Dhampir (2003) by Barb and J. C. Hendee
4 star rating
The first book to introduce Magiere, the vampire hunter with a secret.
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Sunspot (2003) by Garth Jones
4 star rating
Sinister happenings on a giant space station for the rich.
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The High Lord (2003) by Trudi Canavan
4 star rating
The final volume of the Black Magician trilogy.
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Broken Angels (2003) by Richard Morgan
4 star rating
The second Takeshi Kovacs book finds out hero hoping that a discovery of alien technology will be his ticket out of a war.
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The Face (2003) by Dean Koontz
4 star rating
A movie star is threatened by a baffling killer in this contemporary horror novel.
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The Wee Free Men (2003) by Terry Pratchett
3 star rating
Rowdy pictsies and young Tiffany Aching confront the Queen of the Fairies.
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Natural History (2003) by Justina Robson
3 star rating
Robson's novel sees mankind engineering its own evolution to space and beyond. But at what cost?
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The House of Gaian (2003) by Anne Bishop
3 star rating
The conclusion to the Tir Alainn trilogy.
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Trading in Danger (2003) by Elizabeth Moon
3 star rating
The first in the Vatta's War series.
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Myrren's Gift (2003) by Fiona McIntosh
3 star rating
The first novel in the Quickening series finds a young general given a strange gift by a woman condemned for witchcraft.
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The One and the Golden Circle (2003) by Don Allen Beene
0 star rating
Science fiction meets the new age in a book that melds religion, genetics and the alien within.
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Shadows and Light (2002) by Anne Bishop
5 star rating
In the second book in the Tir Alainn trilogy, who will save the witches?
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The Novice (2002) by Trudi Canavan
5 star rating
The second book in the Black Magician Trilogy.
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Speed of Dark (2002) by Elizabeth Moon
4 star rating
In the near future, someone has invented a cure for autism. But is this really a good thing for the last autistics?
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The Science of Harry Potter : How Magic Really Works (2002) by Roger Highfield
4 star rating
The facts behind the fantasy world of the boy wizard.
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Kil'n People (2002) by David Brin
4 star rating
Disposable bodies: what every smart, fashionable professional should have.
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A Sorcerer's Treason (Isavalta Trilogy) (2002) by Sarah Zettel
3 star rating
Sarah Zettel's first fantasy novel sees an outcast lighthouse keeper take on a new role in a different world.
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Vitals (2002) by Greg Bear
3 star rating
Who wouldn't want to live forever?
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Eragon (2002) by Christopher Paolini
3 star rating
In the first episode of the Inheritance series a farm boy discovers an egg that will change his future.
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Light (2002) by M. John Harrison
3 star rating
Taking place in the future and at the turn of the millennium, this novel features aliens, spacecraft and cats of many colours.
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The Holy Blood (2002) by Charles Covington
2 star rating

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The Visitor (2002) by Sheri S Tepper
2 star rating
Armageddon has come and gone, but has it left Earth with magic and demons?
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The Meq (2002) by Steve Cash
2 star rating
In this historical fantasy a boy tries to discover more about his mysterious race of childlike people, the Meq.
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The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents (2001) by Terry Pratchett
5 star rating
Terry Pratchett puts a very different spin on the Pied Piper tale in this Discworld novel.
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The Bone Doll's Twin (2001) by Lynn Flewelling
5 star rating
In the first book of the Tamir Triad a young prince is haunted by an unquiet spirit.
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The Pillars of the World (2001) by Anne Bishop
4 star rating
The first book set in the world of the Fae and Tir Alainn.
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