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Review: The Gunslinger, Stephen King

Title: The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower #1) (Goodreads) Author:  Stephen King Rating: ~ Blurb from Goodreads ~ In The Gunslinger King introduces his most enigmatic hero, Roland Deschain of Gilead, the Last Gunslinger. He is a haunting, solitary figure at first, on a mysterious quest through a desolate world that eerily mirrors our own. Pursuing the man in black, […]
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Posted on September 20, 2012
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Review: Glitch, Heather Anastasiu

Title: Glitch (Goodreads) Author:  Heather Anastasiu (@h_anastasiu) Rating: In the Community, there is no more pain or war. Implanted computer chips have wiped humanity clean of destructive emotions, and thoughts are replaced by a feed from the Link network. When Zoe starts to malfunction (or “glitch”), she suddenly begins having her own thoughts, feelings, and identity. Any […]
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Posted on August 13, 2012
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Review: Return of the Ancients, Greig Beck

This post is part of the Discover Australian Fantasy feature, running all July on The Oaken Bookcase. Please visit the Aussie Fantasy page to see the other reviews and articles and also to enter the giveaway – you could win a copy of Return of the Ancients! Title: Return of the Ancients (Goodreads) Author:  Greig Beck (@GreigBeck) Rating: Return of the Ancients […]
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Posted on July 21, 2012
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Cover Reveal: A Corner of White, Jaclyn Moriarty

Here’s something I wasn’t expecting to include in the Discover Australian Fantasy month – an awesome cover reveal! I’m excited to show you the cover for Jaclyn Moriarty’s upcoming release, A Corner of White. Such a peaceful scene, but that crack running across the sky is quite ominous, don’t you think? Details Title: A Corner […]
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Posted on July 4, 2012
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Review: The Long Earth, Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter

Title: The Long Earth (Goodreads) Authors: Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter Rating: 2015: Madison, Wisconsin. Cop Monica Jansson has returned to the burned-out home of one Willis Linsay, a reclusive and some said mad, others dangerous, scientist. It was arson but, as is often the way, the firemen seem to have caused more damage than […]
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Posted on June 27, 2012
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Review: Kingdom, Anderson O’Donnell

Welcome to The Oaken Bookcase’s stop on the Kingdom Blog Tour! You can see all the other stops at Once Upon A Time. Don’t forget, you can still enter the giveaway for a Kindle Fire until July 3rd! Title: Kingdom (Goodreads) Author:  Anderson O’Donnell (@TiberCityNoir) Rating: In a secret laboratory hidden under the desert, a covert bioengineering project—codename “Exodus”—has […]
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Posted on June 22, 2012
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Review: Amped, Daniel H. Wilson

Title: Amped (Goodreads) Author:  Daniel H. Wilson (@danielwilsonpdx) Rating: Technology makes them superhuman. But mere mortals want them kept in their place. Enter a stunning world where technology and humanity clash in terrifying and surprising ways. Some people are implanted with upgrades that make them capable of superhuman feats. The powerful technology has profound consequences for society, […]
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Posted on June 6, 2012
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Tour Launch and Giveaway: Kingdom, Anderson O’Donnell

Welcome to day one of Anderson O’Donnell’s “Kingdom” blog tour! Today we have a special guest post for you from Anderson O’Donnell to introduce the tour itself. My review will be coming later in the month! The full tour schedule can be found on Once Upon a Time. First off, I want to thank each […]
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Posted on June 4, 2012
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Review: Across the Universe, Beth Revis

Title: Across the Universe (Goodreads) Author:  Beth Revis (@bethrevis) Rating: A love out of time. A spaceship built of secrets and murder. Seventeen-year-old Amy joins her parents as frozen cargo aboard the vast spaceship Godspeed and expects to awaken on a new planet, three hundred years in the future. Never could she have known that her frozen […]
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Posted on May 29, 2012
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Review: Birdie Down, Jim Graham

Title: Birdie Down (Goodreads) Author:  Jim Graham (@jimsgraham) Rating: The Outer-Rim rebellion stumbles into its second day …and in the wrong direction. The third generation residents of the resource-rich New Worlds are seeking to throw off the yolk of corporate rule. Ex-Resource War veteran, Sebastian Scatkiewicz and his colleague, Andrew ‘Birdie’ Goosen, have dared to take on the biggest […]
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Posted on May 23, 2012
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