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Lair of the Beasts: A Monster Road-Trip
by Nick Redfern, Contributor
(September 05, 2009)
A couple of weeks ago I reviewed right here the new paperback edition of Steve Alten's excellent novel on Scotland's most famous unidentified beast: the Loch Ness Monster. Titled The Loch, Steve's book is a fine tale of monsters, mysteries, conspiracies an
Weekly Book Buzz: : New Vampire Files Novel from P.N. Elrod
by Tim Janson, Columnist
(August 30, 2009)
We’ve got some great releases this week in fantasy and horror. Mickey Zucker Reichert is back with a new novel of the Renshai; P.N. Elrod serves up a new Vampire Files novel, and we have new Dungeons & Dragons fiction from Wizards of the Coast. To go w
23.5 Degrees: Racing Toward Armageddon by Michael Baigent
by Stella Maris, Contributor
(August 29, 2009)
This is possibly one of the most difficult book reviews I've ever had to write, due to the overwhelming complexity and sensitivity of the subject matter. But whether you agree or not with the views expounded in Racing Towards Armageddon
Lair of the Beasts: From Hunter to Hunted
by Nick Redfern, Contributor
(August 29, 2009)
What happens when those of us that pursue strange and unearthly beasts go from being the hunter to the witness, and possibly even to the hunted? Perhaps the one person who knows the answer to that question better than any other is Jon Downes, Britain’s l
Weekly Book Buzz: The Slayers Team Up in Unbound
by Tim Janson, Columnist
(August 23, 2009)
On the racks this week, surely to garner a lot of attention is Unbound. Unbound collects the talents of Kim Harrison, Jeaniene Frost, Vicki Pettersson, Jocelynn Drake, and Melissa Marr as these creators of vampire and monster slayers team-up for this high
23.5 Degrees: The Secrets of Masonic Washington by James Wasserman
by Stella Maris, Columnist
(August 22, 2009)
The literary theme for 23.5 Degrees this summer has been based around books that tie in with the subject of Dan Brown's new book, The Lost Symbol, due to be released on September 15th by Random House. Consequently, I've been happily immersing myself in boo
Lair of the Beasts: Monsters of the Deep
by Nick Redfern, Columnist
(August 22, 2009)
Constructed in 1911 as Dallas, Texas's first reservoir, White Rock Lake, has nine and a half miles of shoreline, thick trees, a path for walkers and cyclists, and is home to an estimated thirty-three types of mammal, including squirrels, rabbits, skunks, r
Weekly Book Buzz: New Landover Novel From Terry Brooks
by Tim Janson, Columnist
(August 18, 2009)
Let’s quickly start with the announcement from this years Hugo Awards presentation…As I predicted a couple of months back, Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book won for best novel.
Weekly Book Buzz: Stunning New Personal Effects
by Tim Janson, Columnist
(August 09, 2009)
The major publishers have mostly taken the week off in terms of significant new releases. In fact some of the most promising genre releases this week are in the form of graphic novels such as Devil’s Due’s Voltron book and the latest Walking Dead coll
Lair of the Beasts: Monsters in Fiction
by Nick Redfern, Author
(August 08, 2009)
As someone who writes regularly on the subject of monsters and mysterious animals in the real-world (such as the Bigfoot of the Pacific Northwest; the Chupacabra of Puerto Rico; and the Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas), I’m occasionally asked what I
23.5 Degrees: And Now For Something Completely Different
by Stella Maris
(August 08, 2009)
Okay, I know this is going to come as a shock to some of you, but I had so much fun doing last week's book review, that I've decided to spend the rest of my summer vacation actually reviewing books for Mania's Books section!
Weekly Book Buzz: New Dragonlance Novel Arrives
by Tim Janson, Columnist
(August 02, 2009)
Quite a few major releases hitting stands this week. First we have the latest Dragonlance novel from Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, the architects of the Dragonlance setting entitled, “Dragons of the Hourglass Mage”, the third in the Lost Chronicles
23.5 Degrees: The Kabbalah Code by James Twyman
by Stella Maris, Contributor
(August 01, 2009)
Unfortunately for James Twyman, I am well-versed in Kabbalistic symbolism and I know Paris like the back of my hand. Maybe he thought that touring Parisian churches intoning obscure Hebrew "passwords" in order to navigate the multi-dimensional space-time c
Lair of the Beasts: The Weird Weekend
by Nick Redfern, Columnist
(August 01, 2009)
A couple of weeks ago I was speaking at a conference that encompassed a whole range of unexplained phenomena, including: Bigfoot, lake-monsters such as Nessie and Ogopogo, werewolves, UFO sightings, the infamous Roswell UFO crash, ghosts, poltergeist pheno
Weekly Book Buzz: George R.R. Martin Takes on The Dying Earth
by Tim Janson, Columnist
(July 27, 2009)
First some award news to get to this week. Jeffrey Ford won the Shirley Jackson award of best novel for his book The Shadow Year a nostalgic 1960s era piece about a dysfunctional Long Island family and a mysterious prowler haunting their neighborhood.
The Weekly Book Buzz: Brian Lumley's New Necroscope Book
by Tim Janson, Columnist
(July 19, 2009)
Horror great Brian Lumley returns to his best known creation, Harry Keough, the Necroscope featuring three new novellas, published for the very first time in the U.S.
Lair of the Beasts: Wolves vs. Werewolves
by Nick Redfern, Author
(July 18, 2009)
In the early part of 2006, my wife, Dana, and I returned to England for six months; and it was while we were back in my home-country that I investigated a number of sightings of strange animals that had a distinct werewolf-flavor to them.
23.5 Degrees: The Earth is Blue Like an Orange
by Stella Maris, Columnist
(July 18, 2009)
My unique dining experience with the Starchild Skull inspired me to consider all of the usual theoretical implications that genuine alien contact would have on our planetary worldview. Therefore, I had to appreciate the synchronicity of subsequently receiv
Jane Austen and SEA MONSTERS
by Jarrod Sarafin, Editor
(July 16, 2009)
From Quirk Books—publisher of the New York Times Best Seller Pride and Prejudice and Zombies—comes a new tale of romance, heartbreak, and tentacled mayhem! Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters expands the original text of Jane Austen’s beloved nove
The Strain Book Review
by Tim Janson, Columnist
(July 15, 2009)
Vampires have taken quite a beating in recent years. Writers like Ann Rice and Charlaine Harris and films like “Twilight” have taken this blood-sucking predator and turned him into a creature of seduction and sensuality.
Dan Brown's LOST SYMBOL Revealed
by Jarrod Sarafin, Editor
(July 14, 2009)
Doubleday has revealed some new details and coverart for Dan Brown's next Robert Langdon adventure, The Lost Symbol.
Weekly Book Buzz: New Zombie fiction from Permuted Press
by Tim Janson, Columnist
(July 12, 2009)
Apparently the Gods of new releases have taken the week off. Absolutely nothing of note this week in Fantasy and Sci-Fi releases and we haven’t yet had to sink down to the depths of mentioning vanity releases.
Lair of the Beasts: The Great Worm of Avebury
by Nick Redfern, Author
(July 11, 2009)
Somebody asked me a few weeks ago what I considered to be the strangest unidentified animal encounter I have ever investigated.
Weekly Book Buzz: The Latest Fantasy Releases from Wizards of the Coast
by Tim Janson, Columnist
(July 06, 2009)
Wizards of the Coast has several new releases out this week for its various Dungeons & Dragons and Magic the Gathering franchises including R.A. Salvatore’s The Pirate King: Transitions, Book II in mass-market paperback.
23.5 Degrees: Bloodline: The Priory of Sion Dossiers
by Stella Maris, Columnist
(July 04, 2009)
It appears that the recent auction of a mysterious medieval illuminated manuscript, as reported here in 23.5 Degrees last month, has kicked off a new Secret Society Silly Season of "leaked" documents and dossiers, which we will be examining as more informa
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