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Daryl M.

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Posts by Daryl M.

  • Author Ian McDonald and his book Time Was

    Entrevista con un autor: Ian McDonald

    Ian McDonald nació en 1960 en Mánchester, Inglaterra, de madre irlandesa y padre escocés. Se mudó con su familia a Irlanda del Norte en 1965. Ha ganado el Premio Locus, el Premio de la Asociación…

  • Photo of author C.L. Polk  and her book Witchmark

    Entrevista con un autor: CL Polk

    CL Polk escribió su primer cuento en primaria y aún no ha aprendido nada mejor. Tras pasar años en ocupaciones extrañas y vagando por el oeste de Canadá, se estableció en el sur de Alberta con su…

  • John Kessel and his book Pride and Prometheus

    Entrevista con un autor: John Kessel

    John Kessel es licenciado en Física e Inglés y doctor en Literatura Estadounidense. Ayudó a fundar y fue el primer director del programa de Maestría en Bellas Artes en Escritura Creativa de la…

  • Linda Addison and her award winning book

    Entrevista con una autora: Linda Addison

    Linda Addison es una poeta y autora galardonada que escribe en los géneros de fantasía, terror y ciencia ficción. En 2001, se convirtió en la primera escritora afroamericana en ganar un Premio Bram…

  • Sarah Kendzior: the view from flyover country

    Entrevista con una autora: Sarah Kendzior

    Sarah Kendzior es escritora, periodista e investigadora y ha estudiado los estados autoritarios en Asia Central. Fue columnista de Al Jazeera English y se le atribuye ser una de las primeras en…

  • photo of author Carter Wilson and his book

    Entrevista con un autor: Carter Wilson

    Carter Wilson es un autor galardonado y superventas especializado en thrillers domésticos llenos de tensión, paranoia y terror psicológico. Recientemente aceptó ser entrevistado por Daryl Maxwell para…

  • left side of graphic is the book cover of Barbary Station. right side of graphic is a photograph of the author

    Entrevista con un autor: RE Stearns

    RE Stearns escribió su primer cuento en una computadora Apple IIe y todavía extraña un poco el texto verde en una pantalla negra. Continuó molestando a todos sus profesores leyendo libros mientras…

  • graphic on leftside is the book cover of Mr. Dickens and His Carol and right side is a photograph of Samantha Silva

    Entrevista con una autora: Samantha Silva

    Samantha Silva es autora y guionista, radicada en Idaho. Se graduó de la Escuela de Estudios Internacionales Avanzados de la Universidad Johns Hopkins, donde estudió en Bolonia, Italia, y Washington…

  • an image of the Kill Creek book cover and the left side, and the right side a black and white photograph of the author Scott Thomas.

    Entrevista con un autor: Scott Thomas

    Originario de Coffeyville, Kansas, Scott Thomas estudió en la Universidad de Kansas, donde se licenció en Inglés y Cine. Es cocreador y productor ejecutivo de "Best Friends Whenever" de Disney Channel…


Reviews by Daryl M.

  • Cover image for The Fragile Threads of Power

    The Fragile Threads of Power

    • By: Schwab, Victoria
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    It’s been seven years since the events at the end of V.E. Schwab’s A Conjuring of Light. In Red London, Lila and Kell have been sailing the seas as privateers on her ship, the Grey Barron (They also secretly perform tasks for Red London’s crown.). Rhy Maresh, Kell’s brother, has...
  • Cover image for Being Henry : the Fonz . . . and beyond

    Being Henry : the Fonz . . . and beyond

    • By: Winkler, Henry, 1945-
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Henry Winkler has worked as an actor, director, producer, and is the author of several series of children’s books. Now, with Being Henry, Winkler tells the story of his own life and it is a fascinating read.Winkler writes his memoir with charm and grace. He describes the difficulties that faced...
  • Cover image for Unnatural Ends

    Unnatural Ends

    • By: Huang, Christopher
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Sir Lawrence Linwood, the Lord of Linwood Hollow and a tyrant of a father, is always pushing his adopted children to meet unreasonable demands. Three adult children, Alan, Roger, and Caroline, have escaped their father and their home, but not unscathed. When Sir Lawrence dies, his children return home, as...
  • Cover image for The Shadow Glass

    The Shadow Glass

    • By: Winning, Joshua
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    The line between artistic genius and madness is razor fine and artists often madly dance along, and across, that line while they are working to manifest their vision. Jack’s father, Bob Corman, was no exception. Bob put everything he had into The Shadow Glass, an epic fantasy film done entirely...
  • Cover image for Midnight at the Houdini

    Midnight at the Houdini

    • By: Dawson, Delilah S.
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    According to Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary, magic is: 1) the use of means (such as charms or spells) believed to have supernatural power over natural forces, and 2) the art of producing illusions by sleight of hand. In her new novel, Midnight at the Houdini, Delilah S. Dawson tells a tale filled...
  • Cover image for Kill Show

    Kill Show

    • By: Sweren-Becker, Daniel
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    What is it about true crime that fascinates us? Why, over a century later, are we still fascinated with the brutal murders of five women in the Whitechapel district of London? What draws people to the life and death of notorious bank robbers Bonnie & Clyde almost a century later...
  • Cover image for The Road to Roswell

    The Road to Roswell

    • By: Willis, Connie
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    UFO, the mere mention of this acronym (unidentified flying object) conjures images of flying saucers and beings, ranging from short to tall, who are slender, with large dark eyes and green or gray colored skin. Sometimes they wear shiny silver jumpsuits!Since 1947, when debris from the crash of an unidentified...
  • Cover image for A Season of Monstrous Conceptions

    A Season of Monstrous Conceptions

    • By: Rather, Lina
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Sarah has always known she is different. Her parents never missed an opportunity to remind her. They never faltered in telling her how she was one of the children being born in England who were monstrous, with claws, too many eyes, or mouths, or with fur, tales, or scales, or...
  • Cover image for Mister Magic : a novel

    Mister Magic : a novel

    • By: White, Kiersten
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Val has lived on the ranch for as long as she can remember. In fact, she has no memories of when she wasn’t living here, in rural Idaho, with her father. She teaches riding to the locals, but rarely leaves beyond supply runs to a local town. Her entire life...
  • Cover image for The circumference of the world

    The circumference of the world

    • By: Tidhar, Lavie
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    A mathematician, a rare book dealer, and a gangster search for a rare science fiction paperback named Lode Stars. They each have their reasons (some bordering on obsession) and their searches will cause their paths to cross, alter their destinies, and, quite possibly, transform our understanding of reality.  In his latest...