The Big Fat "I'm back!" Post...

I'm back home and trembling at the prospect of having to go back tomorrow :o( Madeira was lovely, apart from the fact that the island experienced it's worst weather for twenty years while we were there! This was balanced out though by the fact that we got to go swimming with wild dolphins on our last day, easily one of the best experiences ever :o)
I'm back now (already planning our next holiday)and ready to kick start things here after the break. Other people have been coming up with some pretty cool stuff while I was away and here's some of it...

Aidan reviews The Ancient by R.A. Salvatore.

Robert looks at Kate Elliot's Shadow Gate, one of those books that I really need to get round to picking up...

I loved Liz Williams' 'Snake Agent' and Chris recently reviewed the sequel The Demon and the City.

Because I'm lazy at providing loads of links, I shall direct you all to this post, from Larry, where there are even more links to be found ;o)

Rob has a pretty cool post about Cylons and one of my favourite short story collections...

Last, but not least, Adam reviews one of this year's most anticipated releases, I started it last night and have been more than impressed so far!

While I'm on the subject of links, Harper Collins are looking at setting up an online Tolkien store and are after feedback so that they can give people what they want. If this is the sort of thing that you're interested in then there's a survey that you can fill in right Here.

I'm guessing that you must be wondering what kind of stuff will be appearing on the blog in the next few days now the holiday is over. Well, I've just finished reading Ian Cameron Esslemont's 'Night of Knives' so expect to see a review tomorrow. After that you'll have to wait and see but you can pretty much count on a review of Greg Keyes' 'The Born Queen' and a certain book by Richard Morgan... There should hopefully be a couple of interviews as well.
Before I go (shopping needs to be done...) there's just enough time for a shameless plug of a book that I really enjoyed last year and is now out in mass market paperback...



For those of you that haven't read it, 'The Electric Church' is a great read in the mould of 'Altered Carbon' and one that I reckon you'll enjoy if you like your sci-fi brutal and over the top. I reviewed it Here and am looking forward to seeing 'The Digital Plague' when that comes out (in June I think)...

Anyway, that's enough from me for now. Enjoy the rest of the weekend!