Library Journal articles from February 2007

Library Journal archives from February 2007

The image thing: neither a librarian nor a hooker be.(editorial)(Editorial)
February 15, 2007... "WHAT'S THE IMAGE OF LIBRARIANS OUT THERE?" Carla Hayden, director of Baltimore's Enoch Pratt Free Library, asked during a dinner conversation at the American Library Association's Midwinter Meeting in January. Ironically, we were at LJ's...

Messages and media: echoes of McLuhan while listening to a book.(blatant berry)(The Mission Song)
February 15, 2007... JUST BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS, MY FRIEND NORA Rawlinson, now head of library marketing at the Hachette Book Group in New York, gave me a copy of both the print and audio versions of John le Carre's latest book, The Mission Song (Little, Brown). I...

We're so embarrassed!(feedback)(Correction notice)
February 15, 2007... We deeply apologize to Arlene Weismantel, head of main library reference at Michigan State University Libraries in East Lansing. Proofreading gremlins allowed her name to be misspelled several times in the excellent article she coauthored...

Heard.(front desk)
February 15, 2007... "The hardest tiling about pushing the work of Creative Commons is the thought that in 15 years, it will be impossible to explain just why this work was important either because the worst would have happened, and the technologies that have...

Library mystery series debuts.(front desk)(The Case of the Missing Books)(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2007... "There's been a wee change of plan," British librarian Israel Armstrong learns after he arrives in Northern Ireland to run a small library, in Ian Sansom's The Case of the Missing Books. The library building turns out to be closed, and the...

So that's why usage is down?(front desk)
February 15, 2007... "I actually have several late fees. It is kind of deterring me away from the library." --Ashley Brown, Nevada State College, Chronicle of Higher Education Information Technology supplement, January 5, 2007

Stat watch.(front desk)(Brief article)
February 15, 2007... 70% Percentage of top ten download-only audiobooks on Audible.com that are classified as erotica. Source: Audible.com

Catalog Search Cloud.(front desk)(Ann Arbor District Library)(Brief article)
February 15, 2007... This cloud represents the popularity of searches against the AADL catalog. A Spot of Bother After this Algebra Amelie Anne of Green Gables Art Barbie Barney Battlestar Galactica Beck Bible Biology Black eyed peas Brokeback Mountain CPA...

Gates offers new grant program: will help pay for hardware, bandwidth, training in U.S. public libraries.(lj news)(Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation)
February 15, 2007... Prior to the American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting last month in Seattle, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a new five-year commitment to enhance computer and Internet services and training for U.S. public libraries...

ULC study: PLs boost economy.(lj news)(Urban Libraries Council, public libraries)(Brief article)
February 15, 2007... Drawing on research and anecdotal evidence from cities around the country, a new study from the Urban Institute and the Urban Libraries Council (ULC) suggests that public libraries contribute to local economic development by offering literacy...

NJ PL reverses after-school plan.(lj news)(New Jersey Public Library)(Brief article)
February 15, 2007... Closing to avoid unruly youths prompts criticism; city responds Reversing a decision made December 20 "with great reluctance," the Maplewood Memorial Library Board of Trustees, NJ, agreed in a special meeting January 13 not to close the...

Weeding puts Fairfax under fire.(lj news)(Fairfax County Library)
February 15, 2007... Front-page article inaccurately suggests library cutting the classics In December, a Washington Post reporter contacted the Fairfax County Library, VA, looking for story ideas. The library pitched its "Hot Picks" best sellers program....

LC's Qur'an featured at swearing--in.(lj news)(Library of Congress)(Brief article)
February 15, 2007... On January 4, newly elected Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) made national news when he, the first Muslim member of Congress, took his oath of office using a Qur'an once owned by Thomas Jefferson. While Ellison's religion has sparked some criticism...

"Net neutrality" bill resurfaces.(NEWS)(Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2007)(Brief article)
February 15, 2007... A Democrat-controlled Congress may be more sympathetic Little more than six months after legislators in Washington failed in an attempt to preserve "net neutrality," the newly Democrat-controlled Congress will consider a new bill, the...

Albany PL plan questioned.(NEWS)(Public Library)(Brief article)
February 15, 2007... Focus on branches provokes criticism, support The Albany Public Library, NY, has backed, off on a $65 million plan that emphasized main library improvements. Yet even the $29 million branch-centric revision has caused some controversy,...

Cincinnati new main moves ahead.(NEWS)
February 15, 2007... Library unifies reference desks, cuts some librarian slots The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County (PLCHC) is moving forward with a new management and staffing plan for the main library, aimed at improving customer service...

Calendar.(NEWS)(Calendar)
February 15, 2007... 2-4--Oklahoma Library Assn., Oklahoma City www.oklibs.org 9-13--Florida Library Assn., Orlando www.flalib.org 11-13--Kansas Library Assn., Topeka skyways.lib.ks.us/kla 11-14--Texas Library Assn., San Antonio www.txla.org ...

Moorpark, CA, signs with LSSI.(NEWS)(Library Systems & Services, LLC)
February 15, 2007... City leaves county system to establish independent library The city of Moorpark, CA, has left the Ventura County Library District and, with no experience running its own library, has contracted with Library Systems & Services, LLC (LSSI)...

SMU's Bush plans protested.(NEWS)(Southern Methodist University)(Brief article)
February 15, 2007... Faculty members question university's oversight role Some 150 faculty members from Southern Methodist University (SMU), Dallas, met in early January to discuss their concerns with the school's pursuit of the George W. Bush presidential...

Seymour Public Library.(people)(Brief article)
February 15, 2007... Sheila Anderson has been appointed Director of the Seymour Public Library District, Auburn, NY, succeeding Stephen Erskine, who is retiring after 36 years. Anderson was most recently Director of the Dover Public Library, DE.

Digital Library Federation.(people)(Brief article)
February 15, 2007... Peter Brantley has been appointed Executive Director of the Digital Library Federation, Washington, DC. Brantley previously was Director of Strategic Technology for Academic Information Systems at the University of California's Office of the...

Harvard College.(people)(Brief article)
February 15, 2007... Rebecca Graham will become Associate Librarian for Administrative Services at Harvard College, Cambridge, MA, effective July 1. Until then, Graham will be Associate Designate, a first for Harvard. Graham has been Special Assistant for...

Thayer Public Library.(people)(Brief article)
February 15, 2007... Elizabeth Marcus Wolfe is the new Director of the Thayer Public Library, Braintree, MA. She succeeds David Hinkley, who left last September to become Director of the Montclair Public Library, NJ. Wolfe previously was Di rector of the...

Obituary.(people)(Obituary)
February 15, 2007... Mary Daume, Director of the Monroe County Library System, MI, from 1947 to 1976, died on October 28 at the age of 93. Daume was 1972-73 President of the Michigan Library Association and a founding member of the Michigan Association of Media...

Moving forward at ALA Midwinter: upbeat outlook and new releases keep the show floor buzzing.(infotech)(American Library Association )(Brief article)
February 15, 2007... The show floor of the American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting in sumptuous Seattle (January 26-29) was the standard wonderland of screen-laden booths ranging from monstrous to mousy. Librarians seemingly have grown accustomed to...

Library lit retrospectiv.(infotech)(Brief article)
February 15, 2007... H.W. Wilson brandished both new products and updates. The most exciting is a tool for librarians themselves, LibraryLiterature & Information Science Retrospective: 1905-1983. The database includes the full text (plus PDFs) of hundreds of...

ProQuest Civil War Era.(infotech)(Brief article)
February 15, 2007... With the CIG sale, ProQuest has landed squarely on its feet and continues to crank out products at a rapid pace. Additional releases include the spring debut of ProQuest Civil War Era, a primary source database of newspapers and activist...

LexisNexis adds AGent Search.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(LexisNexis Group and Auto-Graphics's AGent Search)(Brief article)
February 15, 2007... Auto-Graphics has formed a new partnership with LexisNexis for "the integration and deployment of" Auto-Graphics's AGent Search federated search solution into LexisNexis Academic. According to Auto-Graphics, the deal will let "students and...

ICCOC taps WebFeat.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(Iowa Community College Online Consortium)(Brief article)
February 15, 2007... The seven-member Iowa Community College Online Consortium (ICCOC) is opting for a WebFeat Enterprise Edition for its federated search solution. Combined, consortium members employ four disparate ILS products at their 14 library locations...

ebrary debuts eBOP platform.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(electronic library, electronic Bills of Processes)(Brief article)
February 15, 2007... ebrary has launched a new ordering platform, dubbed eBOP, which "makes it easy for librarians to preview thousands of ebooks and other authoritative content, purchase and subscribe to individual titles, or create a custom collection...

Ingram names Joe Reynolds VP.(infotech)(Ingram Library Services' vice president)(Brief article)
February 15, 2007... Ingram Library Services has tapped former ProQuest CEO Joe Reynolds as its new VP general manager. Reynolds's resume includes 30 years' experience within the library industry. He most recently ran his own consulting firm, J.P. Reynolds &...

NLM adds Vivisimo.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(National Library of Medicine uses Vivisimo's search solutions)
February 15, 2007... The National Library of Medicine (NLM) January 17 revealed that it is incorporating Vivisimo's enterprise search software to improve searching on its web page (www.nlm.nih.gov). Vivisimo will make for easier access to information on linked...

SirsiDynix acquisition: what it means.(infotech)(Vista Equity Partners purchased SirsiDynix)(Brief article)
February 15, 2007... Vista Equity Partners' acquisition of SirsiDynix is a done deal. The vendor announced January 17 that it is now the legal property of the $1 billion private-equity firm. SirsiDynix's Angus Carroll told LJ that "librarians should be...

Make it your business.(E-VIEWS AND REVIEWS)
February 15, 2007... FILE UPDATES Columbia University Press is relaunching two of its well-known databases this spring: Columbia Granger's World of Poetry Online and Columbia Gazetteer of the World Online. Both products have received a new look and feel and...

Dawn of a new era.(DIGITAL LIBRARIES)(integrated library system )
February 15, 2007... ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2006, OVER 250 libraries in the Georgia consortium, PINES, began using a next-generation integrated library system (ILS) they wrote from scratch. Within two months they racked up two million checkouts and half-a-million...

(Meta)search like Google: the time has come for libraries, too, to negotiate for rights to index full text.(INFOTECH FEATURE)
February 15, 2007... The ability to search and receive results in more than one database through a single interface--or metasearch--is something many of our users want. Google Scholar--the search engine of specifically scholarly content--and library metasearch...

Exploring nonfiction: working with nonfiction enriches readers' advisory and offers your readers more.(LJ SERIES: REDEFINING RA)
February 15, 2007... Looking for new ways to think about books? Eager to merchandize your entire collection? Then try nonfiction readers' advisory (RA), the hot new area of RA work. It won't feel totally unfamiliar--fiction RA provides a strong base to build...

CIRC'S up budgets leap: LJ's annual survey shows a rosy picture, even if the Internet is behind the lens.(BOOK BUYING SURVEY 2007)(circulation, Library Journal)
February 15, 2007... From the ascendance of the reference database and web sites offering endless opportunities for cyber-promotion to the crowds swarming through the doors to avail themselves of new computers, the Internet has transformed the way public...

Best audio books of 2006.(Bibliography)
February 15, 2007... Have you ever found yourself wondering who's listening to audiobooks? Look no further than the Audio Publishers Association (APA). According to APA statistics, it's nearly 25 percent of the U.S. population: those with higher incomes and more...

My myspace comment.(NEXTGEN)(Viewpoint essay)
February 15, 2007... I HAVE MYSPACE-HYPE FATIGUE. Although 2006 brought many thoughtful discussions about things like Web 2.0 changes and social networking, far too much of it focused on whether libraries should "get in on it." Of course, we should be in on it!...

Certifiable success.(BACKTALK)(education for librarian)
February 15, 2007... CERTIFICATION IS A WORD THAT makes many of us cringe. It's been tossed around for years and usually quickly dismissed. So why bring up this controversial topic again? Because rapidly expanding, varied resources and services in the digital age...

Prepub alert.(Bibliography)
February 15, 2007... FICTION Amirrezvani, Anita. The Blood of Flowers. Little, Brown. Jun. 2007. 352p. ISBN 0-316-06576-5 [ISBN 978-0-316-06576-4]. $23.99. CD: Hachette Audio. When her father dies, a teenaged girl in 1600s Persia ends up working for her...

Romance.(Bibliography)
February 15, 2007... WINTER PICK-ME-UPS Often the snowiest, sleetiest, or rainiest month of the year (depending on where you live), February gives readers a perfect way to keep the cold out by curling up with a good romance. Of course, good is a subjective term,...

Anscombe, Roderick. Virgin Lies.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2007... Anscombe, Roderick. Virgin Lies. St. Martin's. Mar. 2007. c.304p. ISBN 0-312-36567-5. $24.95. F A child abduction case in the sweltering Boston summer heat has police scrambling to find vanished eight-year-old Danielle. Forensic...

Assefi, Nassim. Aria.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2007... Assefi, Nassim. Aria. Harcourt. May 2007. c.272p. ISBN 0-15-101293-8 [ISBN 978-0-15-101293-0]. $23. F For many reasons, second-generation Iranian American Assefi's novel should make for an impressive debut. About the death of a young...

Chevalier, Tracy. Burning Bright.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2007... Chevalier, Tracy. Burning Bright. Dutton. Mar. 2007. c.320p. ISBN 0-525-94978-X [ISBN 978-0-525-94978-7]. $24.95. F Late 17th-century London comes alive in this latest offering from Chevalier (Girl with a Pearl Earring). After a tragic...

Dallas, Sandra. Tallgrass.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2007... * Dallas, Sandra. Tallgrass. St. Martin's. Apr. 2007. c.320p. ISBN 0-312-36019-3 [ISBN 978-0-312-36019-1]. $23.95. F Rennie Stroud looks back to 1942, when she was 13, to tell a powerful coming-of-age story. That year, the U.S. government...

Dawes, Kwame. She's Gone.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2007... Dawes, Kwame. She's Gone. Akashic. Feb. 2007. c.333p. ISBN 1-933354-18-6. [ISBN 978-1-933354-18-7]. pap. $15.95. F A checkered romance between a Southern social science researcher and a Jamaican reggae musician is the subject of this...

Heriz, Enrique de. Lies.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2007... de Heriz, Enrique. Lies. Nan A. Talese: Doubleday. Apr. 2007. c.544p. tr. from Spanish by John Cullen. ISBN 0-385-51784-7 [ISBN 978-0-385-51784-2]. $26. F When anthropologist Isabel Azuera learns while conducting extended fieldwork in...

Dugoni, Robert. Damage Control.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2007... Dugoni, Robert. Damage Control. Warner. Feb. 2007. c.384p. ISBN 0-446-57870-3 [ISBN 978-0-446-57870-7]. $24.99. F In New York Times best-selling author Dugoni's (The Jury Master) latest, successful attorney Dana Hill's life begins to fall...

Knots.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2007... * Farah, Nuruddin. Knots. Riverhead.. Putnam. Feb. 2007. c.432p. ISBN 1-59448-924-6 [ISBN 978-1-59448-924-2]. $25.95. F Farah revisits Mogadiscio, the capital of Somalia and the setting of many of his previous works (e.g., Links), to...

The Unknown Terrorist.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2007... Flanagan, Richard. The Unknown Terrorist. Grove. May 2007. c.336p. ISBN 0-8021-1851-8 [ISBN 978-0-8021-1851-6]. $24. F Sydney, Australia, post-9/11, may lack Mad Max's cutthroat gasoline pirates but is no less paranoid and dark. Gina...

A Handbook to Luck.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2007... Garcia, Cristina. A Handbook to Luck. Knopf. Apr. 2007. c.288p. ISBN 0-307-26436-X [ISBN 978-0-307-26436-7]. $24. F Garcia's latest traces the parallel lives of three people from disparate backgrounds as they seek to create some sort of...

God's Spy.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2007... Gomez-Jurado, Juan. God's Spy. Dutton. Apr. 2007. c.352p. tr. from Spanish by James Graham. ISBN 0-525-94994-1 [ISBN 978-0-525-94994-7]. $24.95. F Madrid journalist Gomez-Jurado hopes to replicate the instant success he enjoyed in Spain...

Helpless.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2007... * Gowdy, Barbara. Helpless. Metropolitan: Holt. Apr. 2007. c.320p. ISBN 0-8050-8288-3 [ISBN 978-0-8050-8288-3]. $24. F Gowdy's (The White Bone) tale of the stalking and kidnapping of a beautiful young mixed-race Canadian girl is all the...

James, Reina. This Time of Dying.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2007... James, Reina. This Time of Dying. St. Martin's. Apr. 2007. c.304p. ISBN 0-312-36444-X [ISBN 978-0-312-36444-1]. $24.95. F First-time novelist James depicts 1918 England amid a Spanish flu epidemic that will claim millions worldwide....

Josipovici, Gabriel. Goldberg: Variations.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2007... Josipovici, Gabriel. Goldberg: Variations. Ecco: HarperCollins. Mar. 2007. c.208p. ISBN 0-06-089723-6 [ISBN 978-0-06-089723-9]. pap. $13.95. F Like Johann Sebastian Bach's renowned Goldberg Variations, Josipovici's (humanities, Univ. of...

Pfarrer, Chuck. Killing Che.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2007... Pfarrer, Chuck. Killing Che. Random. Apr. 2007. c.512p. ISBN 1-4000-6393-0 [ISBN 978-1-4000-6393-2].$26.95. F It's Bolivia in 1967, and everyone wants. Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara dead, including the CIA, the KGB, and even Fidel...

Richmond, Michelle. The Year of Fog.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2007... * Richmond, Michelle. The Year of Fog. Delacorte. Mar. 2007. c.369p. ISBN 0-385-34011-7 [ISBN 978-0-385-34011-3]. $20. F A leisurely walk on a foggy San Francisco beach culminates in every parent's worst nightmare--a missing child. Abby...

Robb, J.D. Innocent in Death.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2007... Robb, J.D. Innocent in Death. Putnam. Feb. 2007. c.400p. ISBN 0-399-15401-9 [ISBN 978-0-399-15401-0]. $25.95. F Writing as J.D. Robb, the pseudonym she uses for her near-future world series set in New York in the mid-2000s, the extremely...

Scottoline, Lisa. Daddy's Girl.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2007... Scottoline, Lisa. Daddy's Girl. HarperCollins. Mar. 2007. c.352p. ISBN 0-06-083314-9 [ISBN 978-0-06-083314-5]. $25.95. F Scottoline introduces readers to another strong heroine as likable as Mary DiNunzio, Bennie Rosato, and Cate Fante....

Fiction as hope: Nuruddin Farah's knots puts Somalia in a new light.
February 15, 2007... Shattered by civil war and effectively without government since 1991, though transitional powers have asserted some control in recent months, Somalia would seem a grim setting for a novel--especially one by a Somali-born author who lived in...

Shriver, Lionel. The Post-Birthday World.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2007... * Shriver, Lionel. The Post-Birthday World. HarperCollins. Mar. 2007. c.416p. ISBN 006-118784-4 [ISBN 978-0-08-118784-1]. $25.95. F Expatriates in London, children's book illustrator Irena McGovern and longtime partner Lawrence, a...

Ten Days in the Hills.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2007... * Smiley, Jane. Ten Days in the Hills. Knopf. Feb. 2007. c.448p. ISBN 1-4000-4061-2 [ISBN 978-1-4000-4061-2]. $26. F A diverse group of attractive folks take refuge from tragedy in a hillside villa, where much merriment, bawdiness, and...

The Mercy Seller.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2007... Vantrease, Brenda Rickman. The Mercy Seller. St. Martin's. Mar. 2007. c.384p. ISBN 0-312-33193-2 [ISBN 978-0-312-33193-1]. $24.95. F The many readers who liked Vantrease's debut, The Illuminator, set in 14th-century England, will be...

Just a Couple of Days.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2007... Vigorito, Tony. Just a Couple of Days. Harvest: Harcourt. Apr. 2007. c.400p. ISBN 0-15-603122-1 [ISBN 978-0-15-603122-6]. pap. $14. F Free-spirited sociology professor Blip Korterly writes "Uh-oh" across a bridge, and our narrator and his...

Gods and Pawns: Stories of The Company.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2007... Baker, Kage. Gods and Pawns: Stories of The Company. Tor. 2007. c.310p. ISBN 0765-31552-1 [ISBN 978-0-765-31552-6]. $24.95. SF From an unexpected encounter with a small, heretofore undiscovered South American tribe of self-proclaimed...

Belladonna.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2007... Bishop, Anne. Belladonna. ROC: NAL. (The Ephemera Series, Bk. 2). Mar. 2007. c.448p. ISBN 0-451-46126-6 [ISBN 978-0-45146126-1]. $23.95. FANTASY In the world of Ephemera, the Eater of the World is slowly destroying its many landscapes....

The Serpent and the Rose.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2007... Bryan, Kathleen. The Serpent and the Rose. Tot. Mar. 2007. c.320p. ISBN 0-765-31328-6 [ISBN 978-0-765-31328-7]. $24.95. FANTASY AS the independent Duchy of Quitaine prepares to defend itself from an attack by the King of Lys, a secret...

Lord of the Silent Kingdom.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2007... Cook, Glen. Lord of the Silent Kingdom. Tor. (The Instrumentalities of the Night, Bk. 2). Feb. 2007. c.496p. ISBN 0-765-30685-0 [ISBN 978-0-765-30685-2]. $27.95. FANTASY AS the world grows colder, the evil forces known as the...

The Spaces between the Lines.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2007... Crowther, Peter. The Spaces Between the Lines. Subterranean. Mar. 2007. c.320p. ISBN 1-59606-079-4 [ISBN 978-1-59606079-1]. $40. HORROR From a quietly horrific story of a man who cannot accept his wife's untimely death ("Stand By") to a...

The Alchemist's Apprentice.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2007... Duncan, Dave. The Alchemist's Apprentice. Ace. Berkley, dist. by Penguin Group (USA). Mar. 2007. c.320p. ISBN 0-441-01479-8 [ISBN 978-0-441-01479-8]. pap. $14. FANTASY Young swordsman Alfeo Zeno spends his time serving as both protector...

Into a Dark Realm.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2007... Feist, Raymond E. Into a Dark Realm. Eos: HarperCollins. (Darkwar Saga, Bk. 2). Apr. 2007. c.336p. ISBN 0-06-079280-6 [ISBN 978-0-06-079280-0]. $25.95. FANTASY The magician Pug and his Conclave of Shadows has beaten back the threat of...

Witch Faith.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2007... Harris, Narrelle M. Witch Faith. Five Star: Gale. Feb. 2007. c.295p. ISBN 1-59414468-0. $25.95 [ISBN 978-1-59414-468-4]. $25.95. FANTASY Having graduated from Solfleet's top medical school, Magda finds herself on a world devoid of...

Ysabel.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2007... * Kay, Guy Gavriel. Ysabel. ROC: NAL. Feb. 2007. c.432p. ISBN 0-451-46129-0 [ISBN 978-0-451-46129-2]. $24.95. FANTASY Ned Marriner joins his father, the famous photographer Edward Marriner, for an extended stay in Provence, an area of...

Odalisque.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2007... McIntosh, Fiona. Odalisque. Eos: HarperCollins. (Percheron Saga, Bk. 1). Mar. 2007. c.480p. ISBN 0-06-089905-0 [ISBN 978-0-06-089905-9]. pap. $14.95. FANTASY Captured and taken as a slave to the desert city of Percheron, Lazar fought his...

The Summoner.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2007... Martin, Gall. The Summoner. Solaris: BL Pub. (Chronicles of the Necromancer, Bk. 1). Feb. 2007. c.544p. ISBN 1-84416-468-3 [ISBN 978-1-84416-468-4]. pap. $7.99. FANTASY When Prince Martris Drayke's older brother, Jared, decides to...

Edgewise.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2007... Masterton, Graham. Edgewise. Severn House. Feb. 2007. c.252p. ISBN 0-7278-6449-1 [ISBN 978-0-7278-6449-9]. $28.95. HORROR When the FBI fails to locate her two missing children after kidnappers attempted to burn her alive, real estate...

Fenzig's Fortune.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2007... Rabe, Jean. Fenzig's Fortune. Five Star: Gale. Mar. 2007. c.279p. ISBN 1-59414-567-9 [ISBN 978-1-59414-567-4]. $25.95. FANTASY For most of his young life, Fenzig the gnome has made his way by stealing. When a risky foray into the king's...

Sword of the Deceiver: A Novel of Isavalta.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2007... Zettel, Sarah. Sword of the Deceiver: A Novel of Isavalta. Tor. Mar. 2007. c.384p. ISBN 0-765-30422-8 [ISBN 978-0-76530422-3]. $27.95. FANTASY Princess Natharie of Sindhu, given as tribute to the emperor of Hastinapura, finds herself at...

Overclocked: Stories of the Future Present.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2007... Doctorow, Cory. Overclocked: Stories of the Future Present. Thunder's Mouth: Avalon, dist. by Publishers Group West. Feb. 2007. c.304p. ISBN 1-56025-981-7. pap. $15.95, SF Doctorow (Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom; cofounder,...

Ink: The Book of All Hours.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2007... Duncan, Hal. Ink: The Book of All Hours. Del Rey: Ballantine. Feb. 2007. c.544p. ISBN 0345-48733-8 [ISBN 978-0-345-48733-9]. pap. $15.95. FANTASY This sequel to Vellum, Scottish author Duncan's debut fantasy novel, is so multi-layered...

Sheer Abandon.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2007... Vincenzi, Penny. Sheer Abandon. Doubleday. May 2007. c.624p. ISBN 0-385-51988-5 [ISBN 978-0-385-51988-5]. $24.95. F Three young British women meet on a plane to Thailand in 1985. A year later, on her way home after living the high life in...

The King of Colored Town.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2007... Wimberley, Darryl. The King of Colored Town. Toby. Apr. 2007. c.380p. ISBN 159264-181-4 [ISBN 978-1-59264-181-9]. $24.95. F Wimberley's (Dead Man's Bay) surprisingly affecting novel explores school integration in Florida in the 1960s...