Book Reviews
Novel and Nonfiction reviews, as posted on Amazon or Goodreads.
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Nine Princes in Amber: A Review
Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny My rating: 3 of 5 stars Nine Princes of Amber, a new wave fantasy written by Roger Zelazny, one of the fathers of modern science fiction and six-time Hugo Award winner, is the first of a ten-novel series known as The Great Book of Amber. It was written…
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Jhereg: A Review
Jhereg by Steven Brust My rating: 4 of 5 stars Steven Brust‘s Jhereg is the first in a long series of books, focusing on the adventures of Vlad Taltos, a witty, amiable, and ruthless assassin belonging to the House of Jhereg. He is accompanied by his familiar, Loiosh, and his shamed-Dragon assistant, Kragar, among a…
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Tackling Poe: The Complete Works, Part 10
The tenth installment of Tackling Poe: The Complete Works continues a four-part review series of Edgar Allan Poe’s poems. The collection I am reading from conveniently divides the poems into four categories (Poems of Later Life, Poems of Manhood, Poems of Youth, and Doubtful Poems) so I will be keeping the same separation. This time,…
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Tackling Poe: The Complete Works, Part 9
The ninth installment of Tackling Poe: The Complete Works begins a four-part review series of Edgar Allan’s poems. *It may take a moment to load* The collection I am reading from conveniently divides the poems into four categories (Poems of Later Life, Poems of Manhood, Poems of Youth, and Doubtful Poems) so I will be…
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Tackling Poe: The Complete Works, Part 8
This post marks the 8th installment of Tackling Poe: The Complete Works. This post will be different from the others in that I will only be looking at one work: Poe’s only complete novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. It is a fairly short tale at roughly 71,000 words, and chronicles the disastrous…
Ariel Hudnall 