Michael Burgin
Content by Michael Burgin
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Imagine a world filled with people with superpowers.
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In Dreams and Shadows, a boy and his djinn try to save a doomed child from the faerie court that stole and raised him.
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Until recently, L.E. Modesitt Jr.’s 16-book (and counting) Saga of Recluce was one of the few substantial epic fantasy series of which I had not read at least a book or two.
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It’s pretty much impossible to be an avid fantasy reader and not know of Terry Pratchett (or, as of 1998, Sir Terry Pratchett).
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Peter Clines’ 2010 debut novel, Ex-Heroes, had a simple, pitch-friendly premise: superheroes meet zombies!
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Upon reading Patricia A. McKillip's latest, The Bards of Bone Plain, one is struck by its symmetry. The tale is a neatly crafted puzzle—two narratives: one past, one present.
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British writer Nick Harkaway’s second novel is a steampunk thriller where the “mad science” has been mostly submerged beneath a more conventional present.
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It’s easy to underestimate the challenges of crafting contemporary fantasy, especially when one compares the task with that of writing its older cousin, the traditional swords-and-sorcery fan
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Novelist N.K. Jemisin believes in setting the hook when it comes to world building. Take The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, the first book in Jemisin’s Inheritance Trilogy.
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The Demi-Monde: Winter is the type of book that both inspires and discourages.
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It’s been four years since Patrick Rothfuss splashed onto the fantasy scene with his first novel, The Name of the Wind.
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Karen Lord’s new book, The Best of All Possible Worlds, is a strange creature. On one hand, it’s unmistakably a piece of science fiction.
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Home Fires, the new book by Gene Wolfe, starts with a simple premise. A man awaits the imminent return of his true love from a stint in the military. Will she still love him?
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In the decades since he was first introduced, Drizzt Do’Urden has become a fantasy archetype on par with any of Tolkien’s Middle Earth crew.
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Much has been made of cyberpunk godfather William Gibson’s transition from the dystopic future of Mona Lisa Overdrive and Virtual Light to the contemporary setting of his recent
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When last we checked in with Harry Dresden, the protagonist of Jim Butcher’s immensely popular Dresden Files series, Chicago’s only wizard private eye had overcome daunting odds to save
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“The parrot lay on the floor of his cage, one claw thrust stiffly toward the tiny wooden swing suspended above him.
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Author Caleb Carr ventures into the realm of fantasy and fable for the first time with The Legend of Broken.
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It’s fair to say that A Dance With Dragons, the fifth book in George R.R.
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Originally a self-published series of e-novellas, Hugh Howey’s Wool has generated almost as much press for what it is seen to represent as it has for its enthusiastic fan response.
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Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files series is the literary equivalent of a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup.
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Early 2011 has seen a slew of releases from the elder guard of grandmasters of fantasy and science fiction.
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The release of Steven Erickson’s The Crippled God, the 10th and final book in Malazan Book of the Fallen series, marks the culmination of the single most ambitious, audacious and jaw-d
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Dan Simmons' Flashback starts out as a somewhat traditional detective story. In a dystopic near-future, former police detective Nick Bottom has lived down to his name. Finishing out a downward spiral that begin with the death of his wife five years earlier, Bottom is now unemployed, estranged from his teenage son, Val, and hooked on flashback, a drug that allows a user to relive memories over and over again.
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Howard Andrew Jones’ debut novel was an impressive achievement.
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The past two decades have been a prolific period for fantasy and science fiction author David Weber.
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Over the past few decades, Neal Stephenson has secured his place as a deep thinker among the speculative elite.
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Neal Baer and Jonathan Greene have worked on popular shows like “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” and “ER,” but Kill Switch marks
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When I saw the title of John Scalzi’s new book, Fuzzy Nation, it triggered warm memories of reading H. Beam Piper’s original book, Little Fuzzy.
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The Rook, Daniel O’Malley’s debut novel, opens with a classic thriller/mystery setup: Our protagonist awakens in a rain-soaked park with no memory of her identity.
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