Library Journal articles from June 2007

Library Journal archives from June 2007

Web exclusives.(ON THE WEB)
June 15, 2007... www.libraryjournal.com Go to www.libraryjournal.com to sign up for LJ's free e-newsletters. LJExpress and LJ Academic Newswire. You'll also find web-only features, including book lists (Wyatt's World), the LJ Book Blog (In the Bookroom),...

Blockbuster strikes again: popular or not, whatever users want.(editorial)(video store catering to what's trendy)
June 15, 2007... THE BLOCKBUSTER ARGUMENT IS BACK. ACTUALLY, it never went away. We've heard it all before: librarians pander to popular tastes. They buy books and DVDs that compete with Blockbuster, Barnes & Noble, and Borders. They throw out the classics,...

A pulpit for the rank and file: ALA's leaders should lead by listening.(blatant berry)(American Library Association)
June 15, 2007... I OFTEN ENJOY THE RANTINGS OF SOME MEMBERS of the Council of the American Library Association (ALA). I read them on ALACOUN, their discussion list. It is available "read only" to all ALA members for the asking. Sure, it wears a bit thin...

Q&A with Red Wassenich.(front desk)(Interview)
June 15, 2007... Austin, TX, native Red Wassenich has been a librarian for 24 years and now works as a reference librarian at Austin Community College. But he's probably best known for inventing the oft-borrowed phrase "keep Austin weird." Now he's authored...

Heard.(front desk)
June 15, 2007... "Having, as a historian, studied the world of books in the distant past, I now have an opportunity to do something for the cause of books and book learning in the present." --PRINCETON UNIVERSITY HISTORIAN ROBERT DARNTON, UPON BEING NAMED...

Honors from an author.(front desk)(Brief article)
June 15, 2007... "Teachers are to inspire, libraries are to fulfill, therefore this book is dedicated to all the incredible librarians of the world."--Ray Bradbury, in the dedication to Match to Flame: The Fictional Paths to Fahrenheit 451 (Gauntlet Pr.)

The Library Student Organization at SIRLS, the School of Information Resources and Library Science at the University of Arizona, Tucson, has a hit with fundraising T-shirts boasting the slogan, "SIRLS gone WILD: take off your glasses and show me your books.".(front desk)(Brief article)
June 15, 2007... Caption: The Library Student Organization at SIRLS, the School of Information Resources and Library Science at the University of Arizona, Tucson, has a hit with fundraising T-shirts boasting the slogan, "SIRLS gone WILD: take off your glasses...

Stat watch.(front desk)(Table)
June 15, 2007... STAT WATCH Net Book Sales, 2005-2006 Adult and children's +2.9% trade books Adult paperbacks +8.5% Adult hardcover +4.1% Mass market +4.6% paperbacks +4.6% Religious books ...

Monroe Cty. adopts tough net policy: after budget threat, filter unblocking only after staff review.(lj news)
June 15, 2007... In response to a threat from Monroe County executive Maggie Brooks, the Monroe County Library System board, NY, last month agreed to make its Internet filter policy more restrictive, setting up a potential legal challenge. Brooks had...

A public library tries LibraryThing.(lj news)
June 15, 2007... LibraryThing developer Tim Spalding may have warned that public libraries are more scared of user-generated tags than are academic ones (see "Chief Thingamabrarian," LJ 1/07, p. 40-42), but he's found a taker in the Danbury Public Library...

MA PL closes, maybe for a while: Saugus in trouble; after tax override, Franklin library survives.(lj news)(Massachusetts Public Library)
June 15, 2007... After closing in late May and expected to stay closed through the end of the fiscal year on June 30, the Saugus Public Library, MA, will remain shuttered indefinitely unless officials this month pass a trash fee that would nonetheless halve...

San Jose SLIS embraces Second Life.(lj news)(School of Library and Information Service, virtual reality software)
June 15, 2007... The School of Library & Information Science (SLIS) at San Jose State University, CA, is embracing web-based virtual reality environments, such as Second Life. A summer class in Immersive Environments will be the first to devote itself...

LJ honoree likely Philadelphia mayor.(NEWS)(Library Journal, Michael Nutter)(Brief article)
June 15, 2007... Former Philadelphia city councilman Michael Nutter, an LJ co-Politician of the Year in 2005 (see "The Rescuers," LJ 9/15/05, p. cover, p. 30-31), won a hard-fought Democratic mayoral primary May 15, which is tantamount to election in the...

Mpls.-Hennepin plan proceeds: compromise on wage issue means union signs off on consolidation.(NEWS)(Minneapolis Public Library , Hennepin County Library)(Brief article)
June 15, 2007... The potentially stalled consolidation of the cash-strapped Minneapolis Public Library (MPL) into the better-supported suburban Hennepin County Library (HCL), Minnetonka, MN, has finally gotten over the hump, as the MPL union reached agreement...

Community "Read" on immigration: outside Chicago, libraries and partners push all-ages effort.(NEWS)(Brief article)
June 15, 2007... Suburban Mosaic is a community reading program with a message--confronting and understanding issues of social and racial justice. Communities in the northwest suburbs of Chicago have become more diverse, and a group of libraries, schools, and...

Library valuation studies get look: analysis points to increasing quality, need for further research.(NEWS)(Brief article)
June 15, 2007... So, does a dollar invested in libraries really generate three, or more, times its value? A new report from the Americans for Libraries Council (ALC), Worth Their Weight: An Assessment of the Evolving Field of Library Valuation, takes a close...

Calendar.(NEWS)(Calendar)
June 15, 2007... AUGUST 8-11--Pacific Northwest Library Assn., Edmonton, AB www.pnla.org SEPTEMBER 12-15--Wyoming Library Assn., Cheyenne www.wyla.org 19-22--Kentucky Library Assn., Louisville www.kylibasn.org 26-28--North Dakota Library...

Amazon.com buys brilliance: purchase seen as spurring publishers to embrace audio.(NEWS)(Brief article)
June 15, 2007... Amazon.com last month announced its acquisition of audiobook publisher BrillianceAudio for an undisclosed sum. Purchase of the Grand Haven, MI, company is apparently part of Amazon's plan to bolster its audiobook sales and to up the number of...

Google Book Search grows: universities in the Netherlands, Switzerland make the tally now 15.(NEWS)(Brief article)
June 15, 2007... Google has announced two new European library partners in Google Book Search, including the University Library of Lausanne, Switzerland, the first library in a French-speaking culture. Google and Lausanne will digitize the university's public...

Darnton succeeds Verba at Harvard.(NEWS)(Robert Darnton)(Brief article)
June 15, 2007... Harvard University announced that Robert Darnton, professor of European history at Princeton University and a "scholar of the book," will succeed Sidney Verba as Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor and director of Harvard University...

California State University.(people)(Brief article)
June 15, 2007... Stephanie Sterling Brasley has been appointed Manager, Information Literacy Initiatives for the 23-campus California State University system. Formerly, she coordinated the information literacy efforts at the undergraduate College Library,...

University of North Carolina.(people)(Brief article)
June 15, 2007... Karen Orr Fritts has joined the staff of the Sampson-Livermore Library, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, as Government Documents/Development Librarian. Previously, she was Government Documents Librarian, Fayetteville State...

Brownell Library.(people)(Brief article)
June 15, 2007... Bernadette Howard recently retired as Assistant Director, Brownell Library, Essex Junction, VT. She joined the staff in 1990 as a Youth Librarian.

Mary Couts Burnett Library, Texas Christian University.(people)(Brief article)
June 15, 2007... Tracy Hull has been appointed Associate Dean of the Mary Couts Burnett Library, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth. She most recently was Department Head of Information Services at Drexel University Library, Philadelphia.

Porterville Public Library.(people)(Brief article)
June 15, 2007... Carolyn Johnson, Head of the Porterville Public Library, CA, has retired after 35 years of service.

Ryerson University.(people)(Brief article)
June 15, 2007... Madeleine Lefebvre will become Chief Librarian, Ryerson University, Toronto, in the fall. Currently, she is University Librarian, St. Mary's University, Halifax, NS, where she has worked since 1999. She was President of the Canadian Library...

Sterling Heights Public Library.(people)(Brief article)
June 15, 2007... Carol Lingman, Director of the Sterling Heights Public Library (SHPL), MI, since 1991, has retired after a 22-year career at SHPL. She is replaced by Tammy Turgeon, who was Director of the Suburban Library Cooperative, Clinton Township, MI.

Camden Public Library.(people)(Brief article)
June 15, 2007... Dottie Morales, 17-year veteran of the Camden Public Library, ME, has retired. She began her career there as a Circulation Librarian and most recently was Assistant Director.

University of Michigan.(people)(Brief article)
June 15, 2007... Martha Pollack, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Michigan (UM), Ann Arbor, has been named dean of the UM School of Information, effective August 1, pending approval by the Board of Regents. She...

Fort Hays State University.(people)(Brief article)
June 15, 2007... Mac Reed, Government Documents Librarian at the Forsyth Library, Fort Hays State University (FHSU), Hays, KS, retired June 1. His career at FHSU spanned 41 years, having begun as a student worker. His position is being revamped to include...

Indiana University (IU) School of Informatics.(people)(Brief article)
June 15, 2007... Robert Schnabel will become the next Dean, Indiana University (IU) School of Informatics, pending approval by IU trustees. Schnabel currently is Vice Provost/Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic and Campus Technology and Professor of...

San Diego County Library.(people)(Brief article)
June 15, 2007... Betty Waznis has been appointed Assistant Director of the San Diego County Library (SDCL). Waznis has been with SDPL since 1988, most recently as Acting Assistant Director.

Nolan Yelich.(people)(Brief article)
June 15, 2007... Nolan Yelich, Librarian of Virginia, will retire on June 30. Yelich joined the state library staff in 1973 and was appointed State Librarian in 1995.

Obituary.(people)(Obituary)
June 15, 2007... Barbara Campbell, former County Librarian (1973-85) at the Santa Clara County Library, Los Gatos, CA, died recently at the age of 78. She was a past president of the California Association of Library Trustees and Commissioners and a lifetime...

Gale is listening! Company is poised to release new platform and products based on user feedback.(infotech)(Thompson Gale)
June 15, 2007... Like many of the large companies operating in the library market, Thomson Gale is emerging from its recent purchase, by private equity investors Apax Partners and OMERS Capital Partners, with its immediate plans intact. Shortly after the...

Polaris debuts SimplyReports.(infotech)(library systems technology)
June 15, 2007... Polaris Library Systems has cut the ribbon on SimplyReports, a web-based ad hoc reporting tool, which CEO Bill Schickling discussed with LJ at last summer's American Library Association conference in New Orleans. The vendor said that by using...

HeritageQuest gets boost.(infotech)(Brief article)
June 15, 2007... ProQuest CSA has cut a deal with LexisNexis to boost its HeritageQuest Online product. Under the agreement, LexisNexis is supplying materials from its Serial Set (specifically Private Relief Actions and Memorials and Petitions) that will be...

Ex Libris revamps Reporting Center.(INFOTECH)(Brief article)
June 15, 2007... Ex Libris is now marketing ALEPH 500 Reporting Center (ARC), based on Cognos 8 software. According to the vendor, ARC creates "real-time reports and statistics on library activity by extracting data from the ALEPH integrated library system,...

LAPL completely wireless.(INFOTECH)(Brief article)
June 15, 2007... The Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL) announced this week that its Central Library and all 71 branches now offer wireless access to the Internet and all of its web-based resources. The new capability was born out of demand for the library's...

San Antonio PL selects 3M RFID.(INFOTECH)(Brief article)
June 15, 2007... The San Antonio Public Library (SAPL) has contracted with 3M for the installation of an RFID system in its Central Library and 23 branches. According to 3M, "the installation will include Serf-Check systems [to let] customers perform most...

Three hard things.(DIGITAL LIBRARIES)(guide to one's professional development)(Column)
June 15, 2007... A FEW YEARS AGO, I WROTE A column called "Five Easy Pieces" (LJ 11/15/04, p. 25) to help answer the question, "Are you focused on the right tasks, solving the right problems?" I suggested the following strategies: 1) be a first-time user; 2)...

Podcast 123: you don't have to be a media mogul to create audio and video for iPods.(INFOTECH FEATURE)
June 15, 2007... At the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC), we offer student workshops that range from Cool New Web Stuff (what's out on the web that can help make research or just plain life easier) and How To Use Google Scholar. These workshops...

Worthington libraries, OH.(GALE/LJ LIBRARY OF THE YEAR 2007)
June 15, 2007... Worthington, OH, has deep library roots. A library has been part of its history since the planning by settlers before the city's birth in 1803. Among the treasures brought by James Kilbourne and the Scioto Company from Connecticut to the new,...

The adjunct life: the best of both worlds--working and teaching future librarians.(Column)
June 15, 2007... I consider myself a library evangelist. I came to librarianship as a second career, but once I discovered it, I knew it was a perfect fit. My idea of heaven is knowing the answers to all the questions I've ever had, and my librarian's tool...

Where are all the jobs?(NEXTGEN)(work opportunities for librarians)(Personal account)
June 15, 2007... WHEN I FIRST BEGAN APPLYING to library schools, I heard rumors about all these great jobs that would be open to new students after graduation. For some time now there has been talk of a surge of retirements in the profession and how more...

Prepub alert.(Bibliography)
June 15, 2007... FICTION Campbell, Gordon. Missing Witness. Morrow. Oct. 2007. 400p. ISBN 978-0-06-133751-2. $24.95. A woman who has accosted her husband with a gun seems the obvious suspect in his subsequent shooting death. But big surprise: her...

Romance.(Bibliography)
June 15, 2007... SUMMER SATISFACTION While I would never slander any of these titles by labeling them mere "beach books," most of these romances are great choices for vacation reading, whatever the location. Sweet or sexy, funny or touching, suspenseful or...

Allison, Will. What You Have Left.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2007... Allison, Will. What You Have Left. Free Pr: S. & S. Jun. 2007. c.224p. ISBN 978-1-41654139-4. $23. F Written in the form of a memoir, short story writer Allison's debut novel starts out strong: "I was sentenced to life on my...

Antoon, Sinan. I'jaam: An Iraqi Rhapsody.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2007... Antoon, Sinan. I'jaam: An Iraqi Rhapsody. City Lights, dist. by Consortium. Jun. 2007. c.112p. tr. from Arabic by Rebecca Johnson & Sinan Antoon. ISBN 978-0-87286-457-3. pap. $11.95. F This book arrives at a crucial moment in our history...

Coleridge, Nicholas. A Much Married Man.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2007... Coleridge, Nicholas. A Much Married Man. Thomas Dunne Bks: St. Martin's. Jun. 2007. c.464p. ISBN 978-0-312-36383-3. $24.95. F Coleridge's background as former editor of Harpers & Queen (now Harper's Bazaar), founding chair of Fashion...

Dufosse, Christophe. School's Out.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2007... Dufosse, Christophe. School's Out. Penguin. Jun. 2007. c.326p, tr. from French by NA. ISBN 978-0-14-303811-5. pap. $14. F This debut novel, translated from the French, involves an unusual class of ninth graders at the Academy at...

Ganek, Danielle. Lulu Meets God and Doubts Him.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2007... Ganek, Danielle. Lulu Meets God and Doubts Him. Viking. Jun. 2007. c.288p. ISBN 978-0670-03866-4. $23.95. F Ganek's debut novel centers on Mia McMurray, a receptionist in a New York art gallery. Mia's cranky Brit boss, Simon, has...

Gross, Gwendolen. The Other Mother.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2007... Gross, Gwendolen. The Other Mother. Shaye Areheart: Harmony. Aug. 2007. c.288p. ISBN 978-0-307-35292-7. $23. F While her two previous novels (e.g., Field Guide) featured adventuring women, Gross's new work stays closer to home. The story...

Hadley, Tessa. The Master Bedroom.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2007... Hadley, Tessa. The Master Bedroom. Holt. Aug. 2007. 338p. ISBN 978-0-8050-8076-6. $25. F Midlife is tough enough without moving back to your hometown to care for your mother, who is succumbing to dementia. Having taken a leave from her...

Hislop, Victoria. The Island.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2007... Hislop, Victoria. The Island. Harper: HarperCollins. Jul. 2007. c.384p. ISBN 9780-06-134032-1. pap. $14.95. F It would be hard to imagine a more cheerless setting for a novel than a leper colony on a remote Greek island, but the community...

Hosp, David. Innocence.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2007... Hosp, David. Innocence. Warner. Jul. 2007. 430p. ISBN 978-0-446-58014-4. $24.99. e In Hosp's third legal thriller (after Dark Harbor and The Betrayed), attorney Scott Finn has been contacted by a junior lawyer at his old law firm to take...

Kopperud, Gunnar. The Backpacker's Father.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2007... Kopperud, Gunnar. The Backpacker's Father. Bloomsbury UK, dist. by Trafalgar Square. Aug. 2007. 256p. tr. from Norwegian by Christopher Jamieson. ISBN 978-0-74757770-6. pap. $19.95. F Kopperud (The Time of Light), a seasoned Norwegian...

Landvik, Lorna. The View from Mount Joy.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2007... Landvik, Lorna. The View from Mount Joy. Ballantine. Sept. 2007. c.368p. ISBN 978-0345-46837-6. $24.95. F In 1971, high school senior Joe Anderson moves to Minnesota with his widowed mother. Joe is a wonderful young man who plays hockey...

Lourie, Richard. A Hatred for Tulips.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2007... * Lourie, Richard. A Hatred for Tulips. Thomas Dunne Bks: St. Martin's. Aug. 2007. c.192p. ISBN 978-0-312-34933-2. $22.95. F Some stories are so compelling that they're retold numerous times and refashioned in numerous different ways in...

O'Donnell, Sunshine. Open Me.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2007... O'Donnell, Sunshine. Open Me. MacAdam/ Cage. Jun. 2007. c.225p. ISBN 978-1-59692204-4. $23. F Poet, essayist, and educator O'Donnell's first novel dives into the fantastically interesting world of professional mourners. The book centers...

Perdue, Tito. Fields of Asphodel.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2007... Perdue, Tito. Fields of Asphodel. Overlook, dist. by Penguin Group (USA). Jul. 2007. c.256p. ISBN 978-1-58567-871-6. $24. F Curmudgeonly classical Greek scholar Leland Pelfey, who despises all things contemporary and regrets the passage...

Quick, Barbara. Vivaldi's Virgins.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2007... Quick, Barbara. Vivaldi's Virgins. HarperCollins. Jul. 2007. c.304p. ISBN 9780-06-089052-0. $24.95. F In Venice's crumbling waterways, the Ospedale della Pieta is a foundling orphanage that takes in all children, be they from noble...

Schulman, Sarah. The Child.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2007... Schulman, Sarah. The Child. Carroll & Graf. Jun. 2007. c.288p. ISBN 978-0-7867-1866-5. $24.95. F Schulman tackles difficult subjects in her novels (e.g., Shimmer), and her latest is certainly no exception. Stew, a gay 15-year-old boy,...

Reviews xpressly for you.(ON THE WEB)(Xpress Reviews)(Brief article)
June 15, 2007... www.libraryjournal.com There's no place like LJ's redesigned home on the web for reviews of the latest pop fiction. Under Xpress Reviews, you'll find our to-the-point takes of Jackie Collins's Drop Dead Beautiful, Kristin Gore's Sammy's...

Seiffert, Rachel. Afterwards.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2007... Seiffert, Rachel. Afterwards. Pantheon. Jul. 2007. c.336p. ISBN 978-0-375-42260-7. $24.95. F Seiffert's enigmatic new work opens with two terse memories, swiftly recounted and just as swiftly left behind until the reader finally...

Sweeney, Aoibheann. Among Other Things, I've Taken Up Smoking.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2007... Sweeney, Aoibheann. Among Other Things, I've Taken Up Smoking. Penguin Pr: Penguin Group (USA). Jul. 2007. c.272p. ISBN 978-1-59420-130-1. $23.95. F Miranda Donnal, wise beyond her years, lives on remote Crab Island with her brilliant...

Taniguchi, Yuko. The Ocean in the Closet.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2007... Taniguchi, Yuko. The Ocean in the Closet. Coffee House, dist. by Consortium. 2007. c.268p. ISBN 978-1-56689-194-3. pap. $14.95. F Set just after the end of the Vietnam War, this engrossing coming-of-age story features the young daughter...

Trueblood, Kathryn. The Baby Lottery.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2007... Trueblood, Kathryn. The Baby Lottery. Permanent Pr. Jun. 2007. 249p. ISBN 978-1-57962-151-3. $28. F Now in their late thirties, five college friends discover that past history can't maintain their bonhomie, especially when their views...

Tsukiyama, Gail. The Street of a Thousand Blossoms.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2007... Tsukiyama, Gail. The Street of a Thousand Blossoms. St. Martin's. Sept. 2007. c.432p. ISBN 978-0-312-27482-5. $24.95. F After a foray into more contemporary fiction, Tsukiyama (Dreaming Water) returns to the historical fiction genre and...

Watson, Larry. Sundown, Yellow Moon.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2007... Watson, Larry. Sundown, Yellow Moon. Random. Sept. 2007. c.320p. ISBN 978-0-375-50722-9. $25.95. F This novel is a literary murder mystery/ coming of age tale/writer's memoir/love story that, perhaps understandably, struggles under the...

Asaro, Catherine. The Fire Opal.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2007... Asaro, Catherine. The Fire Opal. Luna: Harlequin. Jul. 2007. c.313p. ISBN 978-0-373-80277-7. pap. $14.95. FANTASY When a dead man is brought to Ginger-Sun, priestess of the Sun Dragon, she prepares to give him the rites of the dead until...

Bear, Elizabeth. Whiskey and Water: A Novel of the Promethean Age.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2007... Bear, Elizabeth. Whiskey and Water: A Novel of the Promethean Age. ROC: NAL. Jul. 2007. c.448p. ISBN 978-0-451-46149-0. pap. $14. FANTASY Matthew Szczegielniak, also known as Matthew Magus, lost his brother and the use of his right hand...

Bilsborough, David. The Wanderer's Tale.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2007... Bilsborough, David. The Wanderer's Tale. Tor. (Annals of Lindormyn, Bk. 1). Jul. 2007. c.448p. ISBN 978-0-7653-1867-1. $24.95. FANTASY Hundreds of years ago, the militant Peladanes broke the stranglehold of the monstrous Drauglir who,...

Bonham, M.H. Runestone of Teiwas.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2007... Bonham, M.H. Runestone of Teiwas. Yard Dog Pr. (Swords of Destiny, Bk. 2). 2007. c.386p. ISBN 978-1-893687-83-7. pap. $18. FANTASY Long ago, the warrior Lachlan fought to create a unified land using the powers of the three Swords of...

Bradley, Marion Zimmer & Deborah J. Ross. The Alton Gift.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2007... Bradley, Marion Zimmer & Deborah J. Ross. The Alton Gift. DAW, dist. by Penguin. (Darkover). Jun. 2007. c.480p. ISBN 978-0-7564-0019-4. $25.95. SF After the death of Regis Hastur, who labored to save his planet from exploitation by the...

Buckell, Tobias S. Ragamuffin.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2007... Buckell, Tobias S. Ragamuffin. Tor. Jun. 2007. c.320p. ISBN 978-0-7653-1507-6. $24.95. SF In a far future, the Benevolent Satrapy, a coalition of alien races, rules over 48 worlds, restricting the freedom and movement of humans under...

Corrie, Chad. Gambit's End.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2007... Corrie, Chad. Gambit's End. Aspirations Media, (Divine Gambit Trilogy, Bk, 3). Jun. 2007. c.494p. ISBN 978-0-9776043-5-7. pap. $15.99. FANTASY Despite the attempts of a group of mercenaries-turned-heroes, the creature known simply as the...

Gilman, Laura Anne. Burning Bridges: A Retrievers Novel.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2007... Gilman, Laura Anne. Burning Bridges: A Retrievers Novel. Luna: Harlequin. Jun. 2007. c.400p. ISBN 978-0-373-80274-6. pap. $14.95. FANTASY In the best of times, the Mage Council provides balance and protection for the various magic users...

Green, Simon. The Man with the Golden Torc.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2007... Green, Simon. The Man with the Golden Torc. ROC: HAL. Jun. 2007. c.400p. ISBN 978-0-451-46145-2. $23.95. FANTASY For centuries, the Droods have protected the world from supernatural enemies, keeping reality safe for humans. When Eddie...

Huff, Tanya. The Heart of Valor.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2007... Huff, Tanya. The Heart of Valor. DAW, dist. by Penguin. Jun. 2007. c.360p. ISBN 978-0-7564-0435-2. $24.95. SF Newly returned to active duty with a promotion, Gunnery Sergeant Torin Kerr has the job of accompanying a batch of marine...

Marks, Laurie J. Water Logic.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2007... Marks, Laurie J. Water Logic. Small Beer. Jun. 2007. c.378p. ISBN 978-1-931520-23-2. pap. $16. FANTASY The war between the Sainnites and the Shaftali has ended with a Sainnite victory and a gesture of peace and reconstruction. As Sainnite...

Palwick, Susan. Shelter.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2007... * Palwick, Susan. Shelter. Tor. Jun. 2007. c.576p. ISBN 978-0-312-86602-0. pap. $15.95. SF Meredith Walford has spent most of her life avoiding her omnipresent father, multibillionaire Preston Walford, the first human to have his...

Places To Be, People To Kill.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2007... Places To Be, People To Kill. DAW, dist. by Penguin. Jun. 2007. c.320p. ed. by Martin H. Greenberg & Brittiany A. Koren. ISBN 978-0-7564-0417-8. pap. $7.99. FANTASY In this engaging collection, Tanya Huff's "Exactly" demonstrates why the...

Weis, Margaret & Tracy Hickman. Dragons of the Highlord Skies.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2007... Weis, Margaret & Tracy Hickman. Dragons of the Highlord Skies. Wizards of the Coast. (Lost Chronicles, Vol. 2). Jul. 2007. c.464p. ISBN 978-0-7869-4333-3. $25.95. FANTASY AS Lord Ariakis and his dragon armies extend their rule over the...