Jody Lynn Nye, Author . Tor $27.95 (430p) ISBN 978-0-7653-1434-5
In this middling sequel to 2007’s An Unexpected Apprentice
, “smallfolk” (read: hobbit) heroine Tildi Summerbee now has charge of the Great Book, whose Runes manipulate the Runes borne by every being or object in the world. When a...
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Jody Lynn Nye. Baen, $15 trade paper (432p) ISBN 978-1-4767-8091-7
Nye’s third Lord Thomas Kinago novel (after Fortunes of the Imperium) delivers neither the humor nor the excitement promised by the premise. The Zang are the elder race of the galaxy. They are able, through their will alone, to destroy celestial...
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Jody Lynn Nye. Ace, $16 trade paper (320p) ISBN 978-0-425-25702-9
It helps to have read previous books in the series (13 by Robert Asprin, seven by Asprin and Nye, and two by Nye alone) or to have a cheat-sheet for the characters' home dimensions, races, and abilities (Wikipedia's article is a good guide), but...
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Robert Asprin, Author, Jody Lynn Nye, Author Meisha Merlin Publishing $14 (374p) ISBN 978-1-59222-009-0
The Pervects, 10 female ones to be exact, are up to new tricks in Robert Asprin and Jody Lynn Nye's Myth Alliances, the first novel in a new Myth Adventures series. The authors' story collection Myth-Told Tales (2003) provides the background, but
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Robert Asprin, Author, Jody Lynn Nye, Author Meisha Merlin Publishing $25 (374p) ISBN 978-1-59222-008-3
The Pervects, 10 female ones to be exact, are up to new tricks in Robert Asprin and Jody Lynn Nye's Myth Alliances, the first novel in a new Myth Adventures series. The authors' story collection Myth-Told Tales (2003) provides the background, but
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Edited by Michael A. Ventrella and Jonathan Maberry. Diversion, $16.99 trade paper (304p) ISBN 978-1-62681-840-8
When an author writes a story featuring Sherlock Holmes as a “bio-synthed, augmented, 7 percent human, upgraded, unmortal, consulting extrapoloid,” as David Gerrold does in “The Fabulous Marble,” he sets the bar pretty high. Unfortunately, Gerrold...
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Edited by Michael A. Ventrella and Jonathan Maberry. Diversion, $15.99 trade paper (270p) ISBN 978-1-63576-377-5
Ventrella and Maberry’s second anthology to feature Sherlockian protagonists who are “not white British males in frock coats” is only slightly more successful than 2017’s middling Baker Street Irregulars: Thirteen Authors with New Takes on Sherlock...
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Travis S. Taylor and Jody Lynn Nye. Baen, $18.99 (320p) ISBN 978-1-4814-8252-3
In this SF adventure, teenage geniuses involved in ambitious projects on the Moon struggle to stay alive during a potentially devastating series of coronal mass ejections. Sixteen-year-old Barbara Winton is the newest member of the Bright Sparks, a...
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Edited by David Farland. Galaxy Press, $15.95 trade paper (400p) ISBN 978-1-61986-575-4
The 34th collection of finalists for
the Writers of the Future competition features expertly crafted and edited
stories and art, running the gamut from humorous to bone-chilling. Speculative fiction is interspersed with essays on the crafts of...
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Edited by David Farland. Galaxy, $15.95 trade paper (450p) ISBN 978-1-61986-659-1
This hefty, competent anthology showcases 12 consistently solid short stories, each accompanied by a full-color illustration. Though Farland cites originality, plot, emotional effect, and memorability as criteria for his selections, most of these...
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