A few linkages of doom

Ok, not “of doom”, exactly, but I’m hoping to get a job writing headlines for the UK tabloid press.

First up, another great review of The Bookman – this time, from The Mad Hatter’s Bookshelf and Book Review:

One of the fascinating aspects of Steampunk is how authors alter the timeline and introduce historical characters, which The Bookman has in spades. The story starts off a bit sedately, but quickly moves into something all action oriented with nary a slow spot. The world building is immense as Tidhar has warped history into something altogether wonderful and exciting, which also shows the authors great love for the written word and the power it can convey.

While over at Dark Wolf’s Fantasy Reviews, author Lavie Tidhar is grilled (in the questioning sense, not culinary):

M(DW): I read that you define your writings as weird fiction. Why an attraction towards the weird? Why do you define your works as weird fiction?

LT: I can’t really answer the why of it. I just tend to have this skewered way of viewing the world, I guess. The thing is, I like writing different things, mixing different genres, trying different approaches, and the only common denominator for them is the “weird”, is that they’re all kind of skewered. But I’d hate to be stuck in one single genre or sub-genre or whatever. I still want to write a cookbook! And I have this dream of one day writing a Mills & Boon romance…

And the first review of Matt Forbeck‘s hi-octane scifi adventure, Amortals is already in, courtesy of the Writing and Reading blog:

It’s gripping, exciting, imaginative… It would could make a great film, but it’s a great book anyway so read it, whether you like scifi or not!

Amortals is out next month in the UK and Australia, and June in the US and Canada.

Have a great Friday.