Reviews and Comments
Enthusiastic about some things, but not others.
- Hard/cerebral science fiction
- Cosmic/supernatural horror
- Gritty/offbeat fantasy
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Fiend by Peter Stenson
When Chase sees the little girl in umbrella socks savaging the Rottweiler, he's not too concerned. As someone who's been …
haliphax rated The Pallbearers Club: 3 stars
The Pallbearers Club by Paul Tremblay
A cleverly voiced psychological thriller about an unforgettable—and unsettling—friendship, with blood-chilling twists, crackling wit, and a thrumming pulse in its …
haliphax rated Between Two Fires: 3 stars
Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman
His extraordinary debut, Those Across the River, was hailed as “genre-bending Southern horror” (California Literary Review), “graceful [and] horrific” (Patricia …
haliphax rated In the Valley of the Sun: 4 stars
haliphax rated Rainbows End: 4 stars
Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge
From the back cover:
World famous poet Robert Gu missed twenty years of progress while he nearly died from Alzheimer's. …
haliphax rated Fine Structure: 4 stars
haliphax rated The Faded Sun Trilogy: 4 stars
haliphax rated Let the Right One in: 5 stars
Let the Right One in by John Ajvide Lindqvist
Twelve-year-old Oskar is obsessed by the murder that's taken place in his neighborhood. Then he meets the new girl from …
haliphax rated Different Kinds of Darkness: 3 stars
haliphax rated Within Without: 4 stars
haliphax rated Creeping Jenny: 4 stars
haliphax rated Body Library: 3 stars
haliphax rated Valuable Humans in Transit: 4 stars
Valuable Humans in Transit by qntm
qntm has been writing science fiction for most of this millennium. His works start from elegant, deep hypotheticals and wind …