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'Contagious' is Not a Typical Sci-Fi Novelnew

Scott Sigler has created a fan base with his serial podcasts of sci-fi/horror novels. Now Contagious promises to spread his scary stuff among traditional readers.

Sacramento News & Review | Kel Munger | 01-15-2009 | Fiction

Tags: horror, science fiction, Contagious, Scott Sigler

'Lady Lazarus' is a Fictional Critique of American Culture Both Great and Smallnew

Lady Lazarus is about more than the cult of (dead) celebrity worship. It's also about the commodification of art, whether that occurs in the high prices charged for a "definitive boxed set," the creation of artists in graduate programs or the anointing of "stars" in the popular press.

Sacramento News & Review | Kel Munger | 05-30-2008 | Fiction

Tags: Fiction Reviews, Andrew Foster Altschul, Lady Lazarus

Go, Dog, Gonew

Beowulf meets Bram Stoker. Or perhaps Homer writes an epic about a lycanthropically-challenged Corleone family. Either way, Toby Barlow's novel-in-verse about urban werewolves is busting genre every which way, and in the very best way.

Sacramento News & Review | Kel Munger | 02-14-2008 | Fiction

Tags: Sharp Teeth, Toby Barlow, Fiction Reviews

Fall Fournew

Four fall fiction choices outside the usual: Baltimore, or the Steadfast Tin Soldier; Lois Lenz, Lesbian Secretary; The Faith Healer of Olive Avenue; and 2236. These novels are genre-benders that provide new ways of looking at the world -- as well as good reads.

Sacramento News & Review | Kel Munger | 10-12-2007 | Fiction

Tags: Fiction Reviews

Tales of Disintegrationnew

David Peace, selected in 1993 as one of Britain's best young novelists by Granta magazine, sets his new novel in the rubble of post-WWII Tokyo. A detective story with a difference, it shows a city that doesn't need crime to destroy it. War is enough.

Sacramento News & Review | Kel Munger | 09-24-2007 | Fiction

Tags: David Peace, Tokyo Year Zero, Fiction Reviews