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Weekly Book Buzz: Kage Baker Loses Her fight With Cancer
by Tim Janson, Columnist
(February 07, 2010)
…We reported a few weeks back that Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Award nominee Kage Baker was gravely ill with cancer. Sadly, Baker lost her fight January 31, at age 57. Baker’s most noted works were The Empress of Mars (2008), The Anvil of the Wor
Lair of the Beasts: The Island of Blood
by Nick Redfern, Contributing Author
(February 06, 2010)
Back in the latter part of 2005, I traveled to the island of Puerto Rico for a week with good friend and Canadian film-maker, Paul Kimball, of Halifax, Nova Scotia’s Red Star Films. Along with Paul’s crew – which was comprised of his brother Jim, Joh
Weekly Book Buzz: The Latest Anita Blake Novel
by Tim Janson, Columnist
(January 31, 2010)
Leading new releases this week is “Flirt” the latest Anita Blake novel from Laurell K. Hamilton. While I’ve not been a big fan of the series in general, Hamilton has to be given credit for being the modern Godmother of urban fantasy, particularly as
Lair of the Beasts: Walking with Monsters
by Nick Redfern, Contributing Author
(January 30, 2010)
Neil Arnold is one of Britain’s leading and well-respected full-time seekers of mysterious animals and monstrous beasts – a cryptozoologist, in other words.
Weekly Book Buzz: The Latest Iron Man Novel
by Tim Janson, Columnist
(January 24, 2010)
Lots of strong releases out this week in both books and graphic novels. These include the new Connor Grey novel from Mark Del Franco, a new Iron Man adventure, and two new Star Wars Graphic novels from Dark Horse.
Lair of the Beasts: Beware of the Devil Dogs
by Nick Redfern, Contributing Author
(January 23, 2010)
In his absolutely definitive book Explore Phantom Black Dogs, the author and researcher Bob Trubshaw wrote the following: “The folklore of phantom black dogs is known throughout the British Isles. From the Black Shuck of East Anglia to the Mauthe Dhoog o
Weekly Book Buzz: The Art of Charles Vess Review
by Tim Janson, Columnist
(January 17, 2010)
Not a lot on the docket this week unless you are a comic book fan in which case there are several very interesting genre releases including Image Comics’ Soul Kiss, DC Comics’ Dead Romeo, and Desperado’s Deadworld: Slaughterhouse. I’ve mentioned b
Lair of the Beasts: Killer-Werewolves
by Nick Redfern, Contributing Author
(January 16, 2010)
Living approximately halfway between the cities of Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas, I very often find myself on the receiving end of stories, tales and accounts relating to sightings of weird and unidentified creatures deep within the heart of the Lone State.
Weekly Book Buzz: Kolchak: Tales of the Nightstalker
by Tim Janson, Columnist
(January 10, 2010)
We also have a new urban fantasy Spellbent for review which was surprisingly good. I say surprising because we’re seeing so many of these urban fantasies/paranormal romances out lately and most are indistinguishable from the rest. Spellbent only tight
Lair of the Beasts: Monsters in 2010
by Nick Redfern, Contributing Author
(January 09, 2010)
Well, as yet another year passes by and a new one duly begins, what, you may ask, does 2010 hold for us in terms of cryptozoology and the search for unknown animals, such as Bigfoot, the Abominable Snowman, the Loch Ness Monster, the Chupacabras, Ogopogo a
Weekly Book Buzz: New Novels of Recluse, Darkover, and Vlad Taltos
by Tim Janson, Columnist
(January 03, 2010)
2010 is getting off to an explosive start of top flight new releases. On the fantasy side we have a new Recluse novel, a new Darkover novel, a new Vlad Taltos Novel from Steven Brust, and new releases from Wizards of the Coast. Over in Sci-Fi, we’ve go
Lair of the Beasts: A Monstrous Book
by Nick Redfern, Contributing Author
(January 02, 2010)
A couple of years ago, Britain’s Center for Fortean Zoology – currently the world’s only full-time organization that investigates and searches for such mysterious animals as the Abominable Snowman, the Loch Ness Monster, Ogopogo and the Chupacabras
The Weekly Book Buzz: The Robert E. Howard Chronicles Now Available
by Tim Janson
(December 29, 2009)
I hope everyone had a great Christmas and my best wishes for a Happy New Year. It’s a bid release week in terms of numbers although not a lot of top end releases.
PORTABLE GRINDHOUSE Review
by Chad Derdowski, Contributing Writer
(December 23, 2009)
"It took me back to the glory days of childhood, when the VCR was the pinnacle of technological achievement" - Grade: A+
Keep Watching the Skies Book Review
by Tim Janson, Critic
(December 20, 2009)
The 1950s was the golden age for Sci-Fi films. It’s the era that gave us a multitude of giant monsters, alien invasions, and treks into outer space. From the cerebral The Day the Earth Stood Still, to the sublime The Thing from Another World, to the do
Weekly Book Buzz: George R.R. Martin Unveils New Wildcards Novel
by Tim Janson, Columnist
(December 20, 2009)
First let me take a second to wish all the Mania visitors a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. Because it is Christmas week, the release schedule is extremely light. We do have one huge release this week and that is the third of the new Wildcards triad
4 Top Monster Stories of 2009
by Nick Redfern, Writer
(December 19, 2009)
Full-time author and investigator of all-things paranormal, supernatural and mysterious, Nick Redfern, takes a look back at his top stories of a truly monstrous nature from 2009. Spanning the entire world, they encompass dark and terrifying encounters with
THE GREAT ANTI-WAR CARTOONS Review
by Chad Derdowski, Contributing Writer
(December 16, 2009)
"A cry for peace expressed through art" - Grade: A
Weekly Book Buzz: Frank Frazetta Robbed By His Son
by Tim Janson, Columnist
(December 13, 2009)
Alfonso Frazetta, son of legendary fantasy artist Frank Frazetta, was arrested December 9 for trying to break into his own father’s Museum in Pennsylvania. With two accomplices, Frazetta was attempting to make off with 90 paintings with an estimated cal
Lair of the Beasts: Monsters and the Government
by Nick Redfern, Contributing Author
(December 12, 2009)
Now and again, I get asked if government agencies take an interest in reports of strange creatures roaming the countryside – in much the same way that, for many years, official departents have investigated other forms of anomalous phenomena, such as UFOs
Weekly Book Buzz: New Star Wars Novel Hits
by Tim Janson, Columnist
(December 06, 2009)
Two major releases highlight this week’s new books. First we have the latest Star Wars novel Darth Bane: Dynasty of Evil, and Chelsea Quinn Yarbro’s new Saint-Germain tale. The one book I’m especially excited to read is Apocalypse Door about a mode
Weekly Book Buzz: Robert Holdstock Passes Away
by Tim Janson, Columnist
(November 29, 2009)
We begin with some sad news for fantasy fans. Robert Holdstock passed away Sunday at the age of 61. Holdstock had been hospitalized since November 18th due to an E coli infection. Holdstock is best remembered for his Ryhope Wood series.
4 WTF Cormac McCarthy Moments
by Dirk Sonniksen, Writer
(November 25, 2009)
Cormac McCarthy is considered by many to be one of the finest writers of our time, and rightly so, well-deserving of a spot beside the literary genius of John Steinbeck and William Faulkner. (He's probably really tired of the comparisons.) His novels repre
Weekly Book Buzz: Your Black Friday New Releases
by Tim Janson, Columnist
(November 23, 2009)
This Friday is the dreaded Black Friday, the traditional start to the Christmas shopping season and a day when all sane people stay indoors! Still, if you elect to venture out, you’re going to find a horde of new releases including a number of major new
Lair of the Beasts: Hoaxing of the Bigfoot Kind
by Nick Redfern, Contributing Author
(November 21, 2009)
Although I’m personally convinced that the overwhelming majority of all the people I have spoken with about their alleged experiences with, and sightings of, strange creatures were utterly genuine and honest, it’s pretty much inevitable that just occas
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