Tag Archives: fantasy

Book Review:  Babel; or, The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution by R. F. Kuang

Posted on September 2, 2023 by John Walters

I had never heard of this book until it won this year’s Nebula Award for best novel from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association. Since then it has won several other awards, and since awards season is not over, … Continue reading →

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Book Review:  Elevation by Stephen King

Posted on August 20, 2023 by John Walters

The cover of this recent book by Stephen King says: Elevation: A Novel. In fact, though, it’s not a novel; it’s a novella, and a short one at that. We are all accustomed to King’s books being thousand-plus page brick-heavy … Continue reading →

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A Spray of Short Stories for Summer Stimulation

Posted on July 26, 2023 by John Walters

This article was originally written and posted in January of 2019. I have updated it to include my latest short story collections. Relax and enjoy the excitement of some great short stories while you bask in the summer sun. I … Continue reading →

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Silent Interviews Is Now Available!

Posted on April 1, 2023 by John Walters

My 33rd book, Silent Interviews and Other Tales of the Telepathic Guild is now available in paperback and as an ebook at various online outlets. Links to these are below. Long have the clandestine members of the Telepathic Guild assisted … Continue reading →

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A Christmas Gift for My Blog Followers

Posted on December 28, 2022 by John Walters

As a Christmas gift to readers, I have enrolled electronic editions of some of my books and stories in the Smashwords End of Year Sale, which runs through January 1st. Complete books are half price, marked down from $3.99 to … Continue reading →

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Books Make Great Gifts!

Posted on December 7, 2022 by John Walters

After Thanksgiving has come and gone, people commence a search for holiday gifts for family members, relatives, friends, acquaintances, in-laws, outlaws, colleagues, and sometimes total strangers. If you’re looking for fun, sophisticated, lively, intense, flamboyant, and otherwise variegated literary fare, … Continue reading →

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Another Look: Painsharing and Other Stories

Posted on October 19, 2022 by John Walters

After nuclear war, a survivor of the monster-populated ruins of Oakland California joins the crew of a clipper ship sailing the waters of the Pacific.  A typhoon shipwrecks him on a tropical island whose inhabitants share a bizarre secret. Visitors … Continue reading →

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Another Look: The Dragon Ticket and Other Stories

Posted on July 27, 2022 by John Walters

High in the Himalayas a young woman receives an extraordinary gift.  Beneath the streets of Calcutta a man discovers a terrifying presence.  In a palace full of sybaritic pleasures a demigod incurs terrible retribution.  On a far desert planet teeming … Continue reading →

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A Spray of Short Stories for Summer Stimulation

Posted on June 11, 2022 by John Walters

This article was originally written and posted in January of 2019. I have updated it to include my latest short story collections. Relax and enjoy the excitement of some great short stories while you bask in the summer sun. I … Continue reading →

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Book Review:  The Sentence by Louise Erdrich

Posted on April 16, 2022 by John Walters

This book is a fantasy that includes a ghost haunting a bookstore and a book that seems to bring death to those who read it. However, these elements are peripheral for much of the story, although they prove to be … Continue reading →

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