“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a new feature for books that have caught our eye: books we heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. This is how the Smugglers’…
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In light of the pretty dramatic, divided discussion we’ve recently had concerning fantasy covers and (so-called) cliches, we got to thinking and are frankly curious about online readers. We want to know what YOU think about genre fiction covers…
Cover Matters is a new monthly feature in which we examine the medium that is first contact between a reader and a book: the cover. This feature will dedicate more separate space to a topic that has always intrigued,…
“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a new feature for books that have caught our eye: books we heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. This is how the Smugglers’…
“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a new feature for books that have caught our eye: books we heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. This is how the Smugglers’…
7 Rated Books Book Reviews Joint Review Steampunk Week
Steampunk Week – Joint Review: Boneshaker by Cherie Priest
Title: Boneshaker Author: Cherie Priest Genre: Steampunk/SF/Horror Publisher: Tor Books Publication Date: September 2009 Paperback: 416 pages Stand alone or series: Book 1 in the Clockwork Century series In the early days of the Civil War, rumors of gold…
Today, we give the floor to our friend Kenda, from the awesome blog Lurv a La Mode. Kenda is not only a kick-ass reviewer of all things romance and SF but also an amazingly talented Graphic Designer (*points to…
7 Rated Books Book Reviews Steampunk Week
Steampunk Week – Book Review: Arcadia Snips and the Steamwork Consortium by Robert C. Rodgers
Title: Arcadia Snips and the Steamwork Consortium Author: Robert C. Rodgers, illustrated by Todd Wills Genre: Steampunk, Fantasy, Adventure, Comedy, Young Adult Publisher: Steam-Powered Press Publication Date: October 2009 Paperback: 288 pages In an era of bygone anachronisms and…
6 Rated Books 8 Rated Books Book Reviews Steampunk Week
Steampunk Week – Book Review: The Difference Engine by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling
Title: The Difference Engine Author: William Gibson and Bruce Sterling Genre: Science Fiction / Steampunk Publisher: Spectra (US) / Gollancz (UK) Publication Date: 1992 / 1996 (First published: 1990) Paperback: 448 pages / 384 pages The computer age has…
8 Rated Books Book Reviews Book to Movie Steampunk Week
Steampunk Week – From the Page to the Screen: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Title: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Graphic Novel (Vol. 1) by Alan Moore (writer) and Kevin O’Neill (illustrator) . Published in 1999. TV Movie directed by Stephen Norrington; Starring Sean Connery, Naseeruddin Shah, Peta Wilson, Tony Curran, Stuart Townsend,…
Title: Airborn Author: Kenneth Oppel Genre: Young Adult, Steampunk, Fantasy Publisher: Harper Collins Publication Date: May 2005 Paperback: 544 pages Sailing toward dawn, and I was perched atop the crow’s nest, being the ship’s eyes. We were two nights…
7 Rated Books Book Reviews Steampunk Week
Steampunk Week – Book Review: The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
Title: The Windup Girl Author: Paolo Bacigalupi Genre: Science Fiction, Dystopia Publisher: Night Shade Books Publication Date: September 2009 Hardcover: 300 pages What Happens when bio-terrorism becomes a tool for corporate profits? And what happens when said bio-terrorism forces…
So, here we are, two days into our Steampunk Appreciation Week. And there is one question that we feel needs to be addressed, before we go any further: What in the world, is Steampunk after all? For the past…
7 Rated Books Book Reviews Steampunk Week
Steampunk Week – Book Review: The WarLord of the Air by Michael Moorcock
Title: The Warlord of the Air Author: Michael Moorcok Genre: Sci-fi (Proto-Steampunk) Publisher: DAW / Hunt Barnard Printing (UK) Publication Date: 1971 / 1974 Paperback: 156 pages Suppose that a few of our present inventions had been made earlier,…
Steampunk started out as a sub-genre of Science Fiction in the 80s, and has since expanded to include other genre elements, such as Fantasy and Romance, for example. According to the Steampunk Wikipedia entry: The term denotes works set…
It’s here! It is finally here! We have talked about holding a Steampunk week ever since we started the blog, more than two years ago. For one reason or another, we always ended up postponing it until we set…
It has recently been brought to our attention that another big Young Adult release may be pulling for a three-peat of Bloomsbury’s Liar and Magic Under Glass fiascos. This time, the potentially whitewashed cover in question is the ARC…
Another Sunday, another stash! After taking a week off of reviewing to read (OMG!), recuperate our sanity, and fortify ourselves for the weeks ahead, we are back, with a vengeance! First, a few tidbits of news. Giveaway Winners: We…
A few weeks back, we had an official Reader Survey, in which we asked for your input for content here on The Book Smugglers. One comment we received got the wheels a-grinding, and since we love these specials like…
Cover Matters is a new monthly feature in which we examine the medium that is first contact between a reader and a book: the cover. This feature will dedicate more separate space to a topic that has always intrigued,…
“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a new feature for books that have caught our eye: books we heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. This is how the Smugglers’…
“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a new feature for books that have caught our eye: books we heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. This is how the Smugglers’…
“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a new feature for books that have caught our eye: books we heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. This is how the Smugglers’…
Lost will be back this Tuesday with a two-hour premiere starting its sixth and final season. There will be another 16 episodes and then ALL WILL BE OVER. Excuse us while we have a moment. …………………. Ok, we are…
Following Bloomsbury’s Whitewashing Cover Fiasco ’09-’10 (Justine Larbalestier’s Liar and Jaclyn Dolamore’s Magic Under Glass), readers were able to make some small positive change resulting in the publisher’s book jacket retraction and subsequent re-issuance of new, race-conscious covers. This…