“Alan Austen, as nervous as a kitten, went up certain dark and creaky stairs in the neighborhood of Pell Street, and peered about for a long time on the dim landing before he found the name he wanted written obscurely on one of the doors.” John Collier’s very short two-page…
Book Review: Icebreaker (1983) by John Gardner
“Don’t trust anyone –except me.” John Gardner’s third James Bond continuation novel Icebreaker sees Bond dispatched to a remote place along the frigid Russo-Finnish border where a neo-Nazi terrorist group has stolen a huge stockpile of Soviet munitions in order to launch attacks on various countries around the would, all…
Book Review: For Special Services (1982) by John Gardner
“This time SPECTRE will wipe Mr. James Bond from the face of this planet.” John Gardner’s second foray into the post-Fleming James Bond continuation litverse, For Special Services is another explosive, at times ridiculous, installment that I quite enjoyed reading. As with Licence Renewed, it takes place in the 1980s…
Star Wars Book Review: Red Harvest (2010) by Joe Schreiber
“Hestizo Trace would die screaming. And he would live forever.” Taking place in 3645 BBY (Before the Battle of Yavin), Red Harvest is a unique zombie horror novel in the Star Wars Expanded Universe. This book explains the origins of a mysterious contagion that later appears in Joe Schreiber’s future…