Bewildering Stories
Book and Film Reviews

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The editors of Bewildering Stories express their gratitude
to Martin Kerharo and Ian Donnell Arbuckle
for compiling the initial bibliography
of reviews in issues 1 to 127.

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Reviews are by Bewildering Stories publisher Jerry Wright unless otherwise noted.

A

Jack Alcott Karen Armstrong, The Battle for God : by Don Webb
Catherine Asaro Neal Asher Pauline Ashwell, Project Farcry
Isaac Asimov, The End of Eternity : by Don Webb
Anselm Audley

B

Kage Baker B. C. Bamber, Super Red : excerpt
Iain M. Banks, Consider Phlebas : by Danielle L. Parker
Tala Bar, Gaia : by Don Webb
John Barnes, The Sky So Big and Black
Jonathan Barnes, The Somnambulist : by Danielle L. Parker
Steven Barnes, Charisma
Dave Barry & Ridley Pearson, Peter and the Starcatchers
Stephen Baxter Barrington J. Bayley, The Soul of the Robot : by Thomas R.
Elizabeth Bear, New Amsterdam : by Danielle L. Parker
Robert P. Bennett, Blind Traveler Down a Dark River
J.D. Beresford, The Hampdenshire Wonder : by Thomas R.
Cyrano de Bergerac, The Other World, translation : by Michael E. Lloyd
Alfred Bester, The Stars, My Destination : by Thomas R.
John Gregory Betancourt, To Rule in Amber
Anne Bishop, The Invisible Ring : by Danielle L. Parker
Edward Bloor, London Calling
Deep Bora, Venus Interaction : excerpt
Anthony Boucher & Denis Green, The Casebook of Gregory Hood : by Bertil Falk
Thoraiya Bousaleh, Red Soul, Green Soul
Leigh Brackett, Lorelei of the Red Mist: Planetary Romances : by Bertil Falk
Jason Brannon, Eric S. Brown, and John Grover, Spacestations and Graveyards
Marie Brennan David Brin, Foundation’s Triumph : by Don Webb
Kristen Britain, First Rider’s Call
Terry Brooks, Armageddon’s Children : by Danielle L. Parker
John Brosnan, Mothership
Mike Brotherton, Star Dragon
Eric S. Brown & Susan Brydenbaugh, Cobble
Matt Browne, The Future Happens Twice : by Danielle L. Parker
Steven Brust, Dzur : by Danielle L. Parker
Algis Budrys, Benchmarks Continued : by David Redd
Lois McMaster Bujold Jim Butcher Salvatore Buttaci, Flashing My Shorts : excerpt

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C

Garrett Calcaterra, Umbral Visions : excerpt
Orson Scott Card Jonathan Carroll, Bones of the Moon
C. J. Carter-Stephenson, The Crystal Ship : by Steve Douglas
Ray Cattie, Ard Righ
Michael Chabon, Summerland
Suzy McKee Charnas, Stagestruck Vampires
C. J. Cherryh Arthur C. Clarke & Steven Baxter, Time’s Eye
Susannah Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell : by Danielle L. Parker
Cat Connor, Killerbyte : excerpt
Guy Consolmagno, Brother Astronomer : by Thomas R.
Janine Cross, Touched by Venom : by Danielle L. Parker
James Curtis, Cataclysm
Crystalwizard, Villenspell: City of Wizards : excerpt
Julie Czerneda

D - E

Tony Daniel, Metaplanetary
Cecilia Dart-Thornton, The Ill-Made Mute (The Bitterbynde Book 1)
Colin P. Davies C. G. Davis & Eric S. Brown, Blood Rain : by Susie Hawes
Gail Davis, Eric S. Brown and John Grover, Poisoned Graves
Oscar Deadwood, The Perfect Revolution (and excerpt)
Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe: After the Blast : by Mark Koerner
Paul di Filippo, Harp, Pipe & Symphony : by Danielle L. Parker
Chris Dolley, Resonance
Steven R. Donaldson, The Runes of the Earth
Gardner Dozois, ed. Galileo’s Children : by Lewayne L. White
Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan, eds, The New Space Opera : by Danielle L. Parker
Dave Duncan Robert Dutcher & Mike Allen, eds. Robert Edric, The Mermaids : by Steve Mazey
J. Saunders Elmore, The Amateur American : by Danielle L. Parker
Steven Erikson, Gardens of the Moon
Andreas Eschbach, The Carpet Makers : by Jörn Grote
Jane Espenson & Glenn Yeffeth, eds. Finding Serenity : by Lewayne L. White
Loren D. Estleman Lawrence Watt Evans The Spriggan Mirror

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F

Nancy Farmer, The House of the Scorpion
Kane X. Faucher, The Infinite Library : excerpt
Adam Fawer, Improbable
John Russell Fearn, Land's End - Labrador : by David Redd
Jasper Fforde, The Well of Lost Plots
Marina Fitch, The Border
Eric Flint, ed., Ring of Fire
Eric Flint and K. D. Wentworth, The Course of Empire
Jeffrey Ford, The Fantasy Writer's Assistant
Pat Frank, Alas, Babylon : by Steven Francis Murphy
Leo Frankowski, Conrad’s Quest for Rubber : by Don Webb
C.S. Friedman, The Wilding
Bret Funk, ed. Beacons of Tomorrow
Cornelia Funke, Inkheart

G

Leighton Gage, Blood of the Wicked : by Danielle L. Parker
Neil Gaiman Walter Giersbach, The Green Of Second Avenue : excerpt
Cleveland W. Gibson, Moondust, The Indian Rope Trick : excerpt
Greg Gifune, Heretics : by Eric S. Brown
Bruce Golden Steven Gould, Reflex
Mitchell Graham, The Fifth Ring
Greg Grandin, Fordlandia : by Danielle L. Parker
David Grann, The Lost City of Z : by Danielle L. Parker
Simon R. Green Channie Greenberg John Michael Greer, The New Encyclopedia of the Occult : by Danielle L. Parker
Nicola Griffith, Ammonite : by Danielle L. Parker
Jim Grimsley, The Ordinary
John Courtney Grimwood, Pashazade
Talia Gryphon, Key to Redemption : by Danielle L. Parker
Jerry Guarino, 40 Slices of Pizza : excerpts
Kevin Guilfoile, Cast of Shadows

H - I

Joe Haldeman Tarquin Hall, The Case of the Missing Servant: by Danielle L. Parker
Barbara Hambly, Dead Water : by Danielle L. Parker
Peter F. Hamilton, Pandora’s Star
John Gregory Hancock, A Plague of Dreams : excerpts
Karen Hancock, Arena : by Danielle L. Parker
Philip Harbottle, Vultures of the Void: The Legacy : by David Redd
Michael Harvey, The Fifth Floor : by Danielle L. Parker
Simon Haynes, Hal Spacejock : by Clyde Andrews
William P. Haynes, The Shaman and the Rose : by Susie Hawes
Lian Hearn, Across The Nightingale Floor : by Danielle L. Parker
Robert A. Heinlein Amanda Hemingway John G. Hemry, Burden of Proof
Paul Heyer, The Medium and the Magician: Orson Welles, the Radio Years 1934-1952 : by Bertil Falk
Jim C. Hines, Goblin Quest : by Clyde Andrews
S.E. Hinton, Hawkes Harbor
Russel Hoban, Riddley Walker : by Thomas R.
William Hope Hodgson, The House on the Borderland : by Danielle L. Parker
J. B. Hogan, The Apostate : excerpt
James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner : by Louise Norlie
Kenneth Mark Hoover, Fevreblau : excerpt
Sean Horlor, Made Beautiful by Use : by Joanna M. Weston
Matt Hughes, Matt Hughes’ Black Brillion
Faith Hunter, Raven Cursed : by Danielle L. Parker
Eric Idle, The Road to Mars : by Michael J A Tyzuk
Gary Inbinder Arnaldur Indridason, Silence of the Grave : by Danielle L. Parker
Abha Iyengar

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J - K

Jane Jacobs, Dark Age Ahead : by Don Webb
Robert Jordan, Wheel of Time series: by Eric S. Brown
Michael Kandel, Strange Invasion : by Don Webb
Marvin Kaye, ed. Martin Kerharo Philip B. Kerr Steven King Artie Knapp, Stuttering Stan : excerpt
Nancy Kress, Nothing Human
Dave Kuzminski

L

Mercedes Lackey Mercedes Lackey & James Mallory R. A. Lafferty, 900 Grandmothers : by Thomas R.
Harry Lang, My Name Is Angela : excerpt
R D Larson Robert Laughlin, Vow of Silence
Sarah-Jane Lehoux, Thief : excerpt
Edward Lerner, Moonstruck
Jonathan Lethem, The Wall of the Sky, the Wall of the Eye : by Jörn Grote
Paul Levinson C. S. Lewis, The Complete Chronicles of Narnia : by Melissa Green
Michael E. Lloyd Aidan Lucid Russell Lutz, Iota Cycle

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M

Ken MacLeod, The Star Fraction : by David Norris
D. A. Madigan, Time Watch : excerpt
Tom Mahony Stephen Marlowe, The Lighthouse at the End of the World : by Danielle L. Parker
A. Lee Martinez, The Automatic Detective : by Danielle L. Parker
Mad Marv, Man-Made Monsters : by Ian Donnell Arbuckle
Wil McCarthy, The Collapsium
Kelly McCullough Jack McDevitt Nancy McKenzie, Guinevere’s Gamble
Patricia McKillip, Od Magic : by Danielle L. Parker
Robin McKinley, Chalice
Ian McLeod, The Light Ages
Ken McLeod Sean McMullen, Glass Dragons
A. A. Merritt, The Ship of Ishtar : by Danielle L. Parker
Yves Meynard China Miéville, King Rat : by Danielle L. Parker
Sharon Lee & Steve Miller Darby Mitchell Arse Poetica : excerpt
Naomi Mitchison, Memoirs of a Spacewoman : by Thomas R.
L. E. Modesitt, Jr. Elizabeth Moon, The Deed of Paksenarrion
Ward Moore, Bring the Jubilee : by Don Webb
William Morris, The Wood Beyond the World : by Danielle L. Parker
Walter Mosley Eric G. Müller, Rites of Rock : excerpt
Seth Mullins, Song of an Untamed Land : excerpt
Audie A. Murphy, Star City

N - O

Marina J. Neary Audrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveler’s Wife
Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle Rachel V. Olivier Jerry Oltion, The Getaway Special
Kathleen M. O’Neal, The Powers of Light trilogy : by Michael J A Tyzuk
Kenneth Oppel, Airborn

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P - Q

Julie Eberhart Painter, Mortal Coil : excerpt
Susan Palwick, Shelter
Edgar Pangborn Christopher Paolini, Eldest
Danielle L. Parker, The Infinite Instant
Richard Parks, Hereafter, and After : by Holly Schmidt
Sue Parman, The Thin Monster House : excerpt
Melvyn Pettle, The Flowers of the Future : by Andrew May
Michael Phillips, Reign of the Nightmare Prince : excerpt
Meredith Ann Pierce, Treasure at the Heart of the Tanglewood
Tamora Pierce, Trickster’s Choice
Jangeo Pinkerton, Templar Knight: A Witch Spell : excerpt
Bryce R. Piper, Orlando’s Vigil : excerpt
Frederick Pohl, The Boy Who Would Live Forever
Terry Pratchett Robert M. Price, ed., The Necronomicon, Cthulhu Cycle Book 12 : by Danielle L. Parker
Cherie Priest, Dreadnought : by Danielle L. Parker
Casey Quinn, Snapshots of Life : excerpt

R

Robert Randall, A Little Intelligence : by Bertil Falk
Lev Raphael, My Germany : by Danielle L. Parker
Philip Reeve, Mortal Engines
Mike Resnick, The Return of Santiago
Alastair Reynolds Walter Rhein, The Bone Sword : by Danielle L. Parker
Kim Stanley Robinson Spider Robinson, Callahan’s Con : by Michael J A Tyzuk
Rudy Rucker, Frek and the Elixir : by Danielle L. Parker
Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Consequences

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S

Fred Saberhagen, Rogue Berserker : by Danielle L. Parker
Michelle Sagara, Cast in Shadow : by Danielle L. Parker
Angie Sage, Magyk
Chris Saknussemm, Zanesville : excerpt
R. A. Salvatore Robert J. Sawyer John Scalzi Stanley Schmidt, Argonaut
David K. Scholes Karl Schroeder Francine Schwartz, Dancing Shadows : excerpt
Susan Schwartz, Second Chances
Marcus Sedgewick Julie Ann Shapiro, Jen-Zen and the One Shoe Diaries : excerpt
Tamara Sheehan, Stormy Bamboo : excerpt
Tom Sheehan, Brief Cases, Short Spans: Charles Sheffield Charles Sheffield & Jerry Pournelle, Higher Education : by Don Webb
Mike Shepherd, Kris Longknife: Mutineer
Robert Silverberg, Dying Inside : by Thomas R.
Helen Simonson, Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand : by Danielle L. Parker
L. Neil Smith, The American Zone
Lemony Snicket, A Series of Unfortunate Events
Spinetingler magazine : by Henry F. Tonn
Laura Stamps, The Witches of Dixie: Book One of the Witchery Series : excerpt
Olaf Stapledon, The Star Maker
Allen Steele, Coyote
John W. Steele Neil Stephenson, Quicksilver
Bruce Sterling, Visionary in Residence
Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell, The Edge Chronicles
Chris Stires, To the Mountain of the Beast : excerpt
S. M. Stirling Charles Stross A. & B. Strugatski, Roadside Picnic and Tale of the Troika : by Thomas R.

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T - V

Sheri S. Tepper, The Fresco : by Danielle L. Parker
Herbert Thomas, The Superlative Man : by Danielle L. Parker
Gabriel Timar James Tiptree, Jr., Meet Me at Infinity: the Uncollected Tiptree
Lynn Truss, Eats, Shoots and Leaves : by Danielle L. Parker
Harry Turtledove, Gunpowder Empire
V. Ulea, About Angels : excerpt
Steven Utley, Ghost Seas : excerpt
Eric Van Lustbader, Mistress of the Pearl
James Van Pelt, Summer of the Apocalypse
Rajnar Vajra, Opening Wonders
Jack Vance, Lurulu
John Varley, Red Thunder
Vernor Vinge, Rainbows End : with Danielle L. Parker

W

Tim Waggoner, Necropolis : by Danielle L. Parker
Lawrence Watt-Evan, Obsidian Chronicles
Peter Watts, Blindsight : by Danielle L. Parker
Kenneth Weene Sharon Weinberger, Imaginary Weapons : by Danielle L. Parker
Alan Weisman, The World Without Us : by Danielle L. Parker
Martha Wells, The Gate of the Gods
Joanna M. Weston, Those Blue Shoes : excerpt
Hal White, The Mysteries of Reverend Dean : by Bertil Falk
Tom Willard, The Sable Doughboys : by Steven Francis Murphy
Eric C. Williams, For Mona : by David Redd
Jack Williamson, The Legion of Time : by Thomas R.
Michael Z. Williamson, The Weapon : by Danielle L. Parker
Daniel H. Wilson, How to Survive a Robot Uprising
F. Paul Wilson, Gateways
N. D. Wilson, Dandelion Fire: Book 2 of the 100 Cupboards
Robert Charles Wilson Gene Wolfe Julie Wornan, The Mutual Reverse See : excerpt
John C. Wright Philip Wylie, The Gladiator : by Danielle L. Parker

X - Z

Charles Yu, How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe : by Danielle L. Parker
Timothy Zahn LaVerne Zocco, Moon Flowers : excerpt
Tom Zoellner, Uranium : by Danielle L. Parker

Film and DVD Reviews

20 Million Miles to Earth, dir. Nathan Juran : by Steven Utley
Brotherhood of the Wolf, dir. Christophe Gans : by Eric S. Brown
La Chute (Untergang / Downfall ), dir. Oliver Hirschbiegel : by Paule Libby
Daredevil, dir. Mark Steven Johnson : by Eric S. Brown
Dark City, dir. Alex Proyas : by Michael J A Tyzuk
Flightplan, dir. Robert Schwentke : by Chris Stires
FTPD: Fairy Tale Police Department, producer Yoram Gross : by Lewayne L. White
The Hills Have Eyes, dir. Alexandre Aja : by Chris Stires
A History Of Violence, dir. David Cronenberg : by Chris Stires
Hostel, dir. Eli Roth : by Chris Stires
House of Wax, dir. Collet-Sera : by Chris Stires
Iron Man, dir. Jon Favreau : by O. J. Anderson
The Last Exorcism, dir. Daniel Stamm : by Lewayne L. White
The Mist, dir. Frank Darabont : by Lewayne L. White
Mystic River, dir. Clint Eastwood : by Mel Cartagena
Once Upon a Time in Mexico, dir. Robert Rodriguez : by Mel Cartagena
Penny Serenade, dir. George Stevens : by S. Michael Leier
The Pink Panther, dir. Shawn Levy : by Michael J A Tyzuk
Red Eye, dir. Wes Craven : by Chris Stires
Resident Evil, dir. Paul W. S. Anderson : by Eric S. Brown
Rowing with the Wind (Remando al viento), dir. Gonzalo Suárez : by Gary Inbinder
Sin City, dir. Robert Rodriguez : by Chris Stires
Skyline, dirs. Colin & Greg Strause : by Lewayne L. White
Strange Days, dir. Kathryn Bigelow : by Michael J A Tyzuk
Thriller, starring Michael Jackson : by Nathan Rosen
The Village, dir. M. Night Shyamalan : by Mark Koerner
Wolf Creek, dir. Greg McLean : by Chris Stires

Collections

Four from TokyoPop
The Top Ten Movies in Outer Space : by Chris Stires