Book Reviews And Comments By Rick O

Since I didn't read any of Bernard Cornwell's previous Saxon Tales, I was intrigued to find out if I could read this fifth book as...

A better title for this 1989 Brian Aldiss book would be "Forgotten Novel". Why is this novel written by the great science fictio...

Like Henry David Thoreau and Civil Disobedience in 1849, authors around the world have penned books about social and political change. Di...

Here is the latest cliffhanger du jour from George R.R. Martin, the fifth book of the Song Of Ice and Fire  series. Hopefully, I won't...

Are spoilers needed when the first line in the novel says, "I held Vincent's skull in my hands yesterday"? I don't think...

This historical fiction novel tells the story of a Danish shipping town between the years 1848 and 1945. Carsten Jensen's 678 page nov...

If I'm going to read a vampire novel, I prefer it to involve Vlad the Impaler, rather than your modern day Count Dracula type vampire....

What if in 1942 Eleanor Roosevelt could flap her arms and fly like a bird? Could she lead American bomber raids into Germany? Welcome to t...

Susanna Clarke's first novel is an instant classic in the prodigious historical fantasy genre. While reading this novel, I thought I h...

This is a guest review from my eldest son, Deron: In this techno-thriller by Daniel Suarez, game programmer par exellance Matthew Sobol ...