Archive for the 'My Writing: My Books: Sly Mongoose' Category
Fantasy Hot List is hosting a Sly Mongoose giveaway
July 23rd 2008 at 12:50 pm
Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist is giving away a copy of Sly Mongoose. Details for the contest are through the jump.
And while you’re there, poke around for a lot of cool reviews and commentary
Some Sly Mongoose reviews
July 21st 2008 at 11:09 pm
I’ve recently gotten a batch of Sly Mongoose reviews showing up (hey, the book’s coming out in like 3-4 weeks):
Joe Sherry says:
…after Ragamuffin’s expansion into interstellar conflict, Sly Mongoose feels like a quiet step back. It is clear there are big and bad things occurring beyond the world of Chilo. Buckell has already expanded his […]
Movie talkers: I hates them
July 21st 2008 at 10:53 pm
Whenever there’s a big event that brings a great deal of traffic to this site, I always afterward feel a bit like someone standing at a microphone in front of a large crowd with someone yelling ‘do something interesting’ out of nowhere. It has this freezing affect.
Furthermore, I really am under that really big deadline […]
Romantic Times on Sly Mongoose
July 2nd 2008 at 3:33 pm
Zombies. Interplanetary battles. Alien races. A hero that can destroy a city in a single bounce. What’s not to love? This is an edgy, engaging science fiction novel with a unique take on exactly which civilizations will represent humanity in our travels to distant planets. Light enough for a beach read, smart enough for bedside, […]
Sly Mongoose review
July 2nd 2008 at 5:22 am
Jordan Dennis weighs in on Sly Mongoose on his blog:
It’s very easy to read Sly Mongoose on just a pure adventure-novel level and then put down to find yourself thinking about really serious and pertinent topics, which is what great fiction should do.
A bunch ‘o reviews
June 24th 2008 at 7:09 am
A number of reviews of my books have popped up:
Mentat Jack reviews Crystal Rain:
Buckell has a unique voice and his Caribbean heritage shines through, in the language and the nautical realism. This was a refreshing and thought provoking read and I’d highly recommend it. I ordered a copy of Ragamuffin hours after finishing Crystal Rain. […]
Publishers Weekly review of Sly Mongoose
June 23rd 2008 at 11:23 am
Publishers Weekly weighed in on Sly Mongoose with the following:
Buckell returns to the universe of Crystal Rain (2006) and Ragamuffin (2007) for another action-packed story of human colonists fighting to survive on an alien world with all the odds against them. The story bounces between two protagonists: teenage Timas, one of the few inhabitants of […]
Scott Marlow reviews Sly Mongoose
June 19th 2008 at 8:35 am
Scott Marlow, blogger, reviews Sly Mongoose over at his blog.
If you’re looking for a fun, fast-paced science fiction book, Sly Mongoose is it. I give it a thumbs-up.
Van VerMeer
June 13th 2008 at 2:05 pm
Jeff VanderMeer finds out about a hidden little secret buried deep in Sly Mongoose and is amused.
Klausnered
June 9th 2008 at 3:43 pm
Harriet Klausner tackles reviewing Sly Mongoose. She gets slightly confused about some details, but then, if I tried to review every book published under the sun, ever, I guess I’d find it hard to keep things straight as well.
