Library Journal articles from March 2006

Library Journal archives from March 2006

Retail reference: are we downgrading reference just as questions get harder?(Editorial)
March 15, 2006... DEBATE RAGES ACROSS LIBRARIES ABOUT whether we're dumbing down reference, delivering what several librarians have referred to as a retail store model: not just quick in, quick out, which is fine, but service delivered by the retail store...

On eBay, hoping for a donor.(Womelsdorf Community Library in need of funds)(Brief article)
March 15, 2006... The Womelsdorf Community Library, PA, serves as the center of this small town 20 miles west of Reading. But the 2000 square foot structure is too small, and library officials would like to both renovate the facility and build an addition....

When a marketing expert misreads libraries.(Brief article)
March 15, 2006... "Why are librarians, whose professional training concentrates on mastering the use of the Dewey Decimal System, making any decisions that affect law enforcement?" --Richard L. Cravatts, a lecturer at Boston University, on the Newton Free...

The book bar.(front desk)(Brief article)
March 15, 2006... Members of the Vestal Design group in California have a housemate who worked at Stanford University and had to discard weeded bound journal volumes from the medical library. The designers "decided to rescue these books from that awful fate,"...

"Lib-dating" in Belgium.(Brief article)
March 15, 2006... "Basically its speed-dating but in a new setting--with books," is how Belgian librarian Eric Van der Straeten describes the "lib-dating" service he created with fellow librarian Danny Theuwis that pairs readers in a comfortable setting--a...

In February, three staffers at the Queens Borough Public Library, NY, were featured in a new advertising campaign launched on bus and transit shelter posters.(Brief article)
March 15, 2006... In February, three staffers at the Queens Borough Public Library, NY, were featured in a new advertising campaign launched on bus and transit shelter posters. The space was provided by CBS Outdoor. It's all part of a strategy that aims to...

Patriot Act compromise criticized: ALA, ACLU say Senators gave in too easily to White House.(American Civil Liberties Union)(Brief article)
March 15, 2006... Four Republican Senators negotiated an agreement with the White House to reauthorize the USA PATRIOT Act before its March 10 expiration, and several Democrats agreed with it, but the American Library Association (ALA) and the American Civil...

Gary Price moves to Ask Jeeves.(lj news)(Brief article)
March 15, 2006... Will lead outreach efforts and advise on new products Ask Jeeves has appointed librarian Gary Price, former Search Engine Watch news editor and editor of ResourceShelf, as director of online information resources. Price will lead Ask...

EPA libraries threatened.(Environmental Protection Agency)(Brief article)
March 15, 2006... The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to reduce drastically the FY07 budget for its network of libraries--from $2.5 million to $500,000. That could lead to the closure of the headquarters library and deep cuts and possible...

Full filtering at WA library.(lj news)
March 15, 2006... In MD, "Homeland Security" officers try to police porn The board of the Fort Vancouver Regional Library District (FVRLD), WA, has voted 4-3 to filter all library computer access for pornography. FVRLD joins the Phoenix PL (see News, LJ...

ALC listening tour at Louisville.(Americans for Libraries Council)(Louisville Free Public Library )(Brief article)
March 15, 2006... Event heralds three new branches for city library system Americans for Libraries Council (ALC) board members visited the Louisville Free Public Library (LFPL), KY, February 2 to conduct the second in a series of nationwide listening...

Library of the Year nominations sought.(lj news)
March 15, 2006... The Library Journal/Thomson Gale Library of the Year Award honors the library that most profoundly demonstrates outstanding community service. Members of the editorial board of Library Journal, representatives from Gale's Executive Committee,...

Tacoma moves reference to main.(Tacoma Public Library )(Brief article)
March 15, 2006... Paraprofessionals will relocate to get more training The Tacoma Public Library (TPL) is moving reference service from its nine branches to its main library, which will serve the branches remotely via phone, computer, and...

Polls from AL generate debate.(American Libraries)(Brief article)
March 15, 2006... Cuba issue is flashpoint; Gorman criticizes poll but defends magazine In the wake of author Andrei Codrescu's criticism of the American Library Association's (ALA) policy on Cuba (see News, LJ 3/1/06, p. 16ff.), American Libraries, ALA's...

PA budget restores funds for libraries.(Brief article)
March 15, 2006... In FY02/03, Pennsylvania, formerly a laggard in library funding, offered $75.3 million for libraries but cut aid by more than a third the next year. Since then, funding has slowly been restored--to $61.3 million in the current fiscal year...

Gorman to retire from Fresno State.(Michael Gorman)(California State University and College System)(Brief article)
March 15, 2006... After a career spanning 50 years, dating back to his work as a page, Michael Gorman, dean of library services at California State University, Fresno, and current American Library Association (ALA) president, will retire early next year....

Calendar.(LJ NEWS)
March 15, 2006... MAY 2-7--Montana Library Assn., Missoula www.mtlib.org 3-5--Maryland Library Assn., Ocean City www.mdlib.org 8-10--Connecticut Library Assn., Wallingford cla.uconn.edu 16-17--Vermont Library Assn., Burlington...

Former Okla. City director Brawner dies.(Lee Brawner)(Obituary)(Brief article)
March 15, 2006... Lee Brawner, the former executive director of Oklahoma City's Metropolitan Library System, died February 8. He was 70. During Brawner's 28-year tenure as director, the library system grew from 11 facilities to 17. A champion of intellectual...

Cash-poor WI library may sell print.(Brown County Library, Green Bay, Wisconsin)(Brief article)
March 15, 2006... The Brown County Library, Green Bay, WI, is in a quandary: its coffers are low, but it owns a rare print of Abraham Lincoln (sporting a caption perhaps written by the President himself) that's estimated to be worth at least $300,000. While...

"One Book, One Chicago" to Moscow.(Chicago Public Library, All-Russia State Library for Foreign Literature, Moscow)(Brief article)
March 15, 2006... Chicago, a pioneer in the "One Book, One City" movement, has added a new twist to the programming around its tenth selection. It will join with Moscow, Russia, to create an Internet book club, moderated by Chicago Public Library (CPL)...

Union at Cincinnati/Hamilton Cty. PL.(Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County)(Brief article)
March 15, 2006... The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County January 30 garnered a majority vote (74-65) to unionize, despite resistance from the library administration. The Enquirer of Cincinnati reported that the unionization was spurred by a...

Sign up for LJXpress, LJ Academic Newswire.(Library Journal)(Brief article)
March 15, 2006... LJXpress is a weekly snapshot of the latest news, reviews, and Library Journal.com web exclusives such as interviews with trendmakers, LJ's Advice to the Library-lorn, collection development lists, and more for public and academic librarians....

Nancy Bolt.(Colorado Association of Libraries' 2005 Career Achievement Award winner)(Brief article)
March 15, 2006... Nancy Bolt is the winner of the 2005 Career Achievement Award from the Colorado Association of Libraries. A member of the Council of the American Library Association, Bolt retired from her post as Colorado State Librarian last year. She was...

City of Newport News.(Izabela Ciesynski)(Brief article)
March 15, 2006... Izabela Ciesynski, Director of Libraries and Information Services for the City of Newport News, VA, has been named Acting Assistant City Manager to oversee libraries, social services, youth development, and juvenile services. Since 1983, she...

SLA.(Janice Lachance joins Special Libraries Association)(Brief article)
March 15, 2006... Janice Lachance, former Executive Director of SLA (Special Libraries Association), is now the organization's Chief Executive Officer (CEO). "Having a CEO as the top staffexecutive for SLA means that doors may often open more easily for us,"...

High Point University.(Jody Lohman appointed)(Brief article)
March 15, 2006... Jody Lohman, formerly General Research Supervisor at the High Point Public Library, NC, has joined High Point University as Media Services Librarian.

Pierce County Library System.(Georgia Lomax appointed)(Brief article)
March 15, 2006... Georgia Lomax, a Manager in the King County Library System, Issaquah, WA, for the last 12 years, is the new Deputy Director of Pierce County Library System in Tacoma. She replaces Diane Thompson, who retired in 2005 after 37 years of service.

Clinton-Macomb Public Library.(Larry Neal promoted)(Brief article)
March 15, 2006... Larry Neal has been promoted to Director of the Clinton-Macomb Public Library (CMPL), Clinton Township, MI, replacing Christine Lind Hage, who became Director of the Rochester Hills Public Library, MI. Neal, at CMPL for 23 years, was...

Cornell University Library.(Katherine Reagan appointed)(Brief article)
March 15, 2006... Katherine Reagan is the Ernest L. Stern '56 Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, Cornell University Library, Ithaca, NY, for the next five years. She was named Curator of Rare Books in Cornell's Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections...

Sandy Sweitzer.(gets County Anchor Award )(Brief article)
March 15, 2006... Sandy Sweitzer, Development Officer for the Durham County Library, NC, has received the County Anchor Award for superior service. She launched the library's Foundation Annual Fund, established the Humanities Advisory Council, helped create...

Willoughby-Eastlake Public Library.(Elaine Terman is public relations manager )(Brief article)
March 15, 2006... Elaine Terman, former Communications Manager of the Cleveland Area Metropolitan Library System, Shaker Heights, OH, is now Public Relations Manager for the Willoughby-Eastlake Public Library, Willowick, OH.

EBSCO partners with Groxis for visual database searching: graphical results map offers citations and full-text results.(infotech)
March 15, 2006... One of the coolest new products on view at the American Library Association's recent Midwinter Meeting in San Antonio was a visual spin on searching EBSCO databases. EBSCO has joined with Groxis, a top provider of visual search applications,...

NAPC offers content solutions.(National Archive Publishing Company)(Brief article)
March 15, 2006... Though they weren't ready to exhibit at Midwinter, executives like Dan Arbour and Jeff Moyers from the newly formed National Archive Publishing Company (NAPC) were on hand. The company is now offering a Content Solutions service for libraries...

ProQuest redoing financial stats.(INFOTECH)(Brief article)
March 15, 2006... ProQuest Company revealed internal accounting errors that will result in a restating of "certain of its previously issued financial statements." To defuse any fears of a scandal like that involving subscription agent divine, Inc., ProQuest...

SirsiDynix launches awards.(Building Better Communities Awards )(Brief article)
March 15, 2006... SirsiDynix has established a new awards program "to recognize libraries for innovative uses of new technology to improve their user communities." The Building Better Communities Awards will select five North American libraries in the vendor's...

Ex Libris's James Steenbergen dies.(Obituary)(Brief article)
March 15, 2006... Ex Libris veteran James Steenbergen died from a massive heart attack February 6 at age 57. He was one of the first staffers to join the company's new Ex Libris USA office in Illinois in 1998 as director of ALEPH Support Services. In that...

Archive of black experience.(E-VIEWS AND REVIEWS)
March 15, 2006... GOOD SAMARITANS at Alexander Street Press are doing their part at helping a Louisiana library get back on its feet post-Katrina. When they learned that a university library had been under nine feet of water, they responded by giving it a free...

Hustle and flow.(DIGITAL LIBRARIES)
March 15, 2006... IT HIT ME WHILE LOOKING AT THE activity report for the photographs I had uploaded to Flickr.com. Flickr lets you see how many people have been looking at your photos, in various time increments, and for several months no one had looked at...

Spending spree: inside the race to launch an opening-day collection.
March 15, 2006... Baseball. Horse racing. Movie premieres and art openings. "Opening Day" conjures up such images. But to library staffs, opening day says "show time," and the opening-day collection (ODC) is its chorus line. A library's opening day means so...

Going over the books.(BEST BUSINESS BOOKS 2005)(Mr. China: A Memoir, An Adventurous Young Man Collides with a Vast Nation on the Brink of Capitalism)(Every Man a Speculator: A History of Wall Street in American Life)(Ben Franklin: America's Original Entrepreneur, Franklin's Autobiography Adapted for Modern Times)(Megatrends 2010: The Rise of Conscious Capitalism)(The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century)(One Billion Customers: Lessons from the Front Lines of Doing Business in China)(The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, Power, and Politics of World Trade)(The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time)(Globaloney: Unraveling the Myths of Globalization)(Jim Cramer's Real Money: Sane Investing in an Insane World)(The Bull Hunter: Tracking Today's Hottest Investments)(Reallionaire: Nine Steps to Becoming Rich from the Inside Out)(The Future for Investors: Why the Tried and the True Triumph over the Bold and the New)(Unconventional Success: A Fundamental Approach to Personal Investment)(The 7 Hidden Reasons Employees Leave: How to Recognize the Subtle Signs and Act before It's Too Late)(The Enthusiastic Employee: How Companies Profit by Giving Workers What They Want)(The How of WOW: A Guide to Giving a Speech That Will Positively Blow 'Era Away)(Blink: The Power of Thinking without Thinking)(Making Strategy Work: Leading Effective Execution and Change)(Tough Management: The 7 Winning Ways to Make Tough Decisions Easier, Deliver the Numbers, and Grow the Business in Good Times and Bad)(Why Some Companies Emerge Stronger and Better from a Crisis: 7 Essential Lessons for Surviving Disaster)(The Resilient Enterprise: Overcoming Vulnerability for Competitive Advantage)(Wooden on Leadership)(Competition Demystified: A Radically Simplified Approach to Business Strategy)(Bag the Elephant: How to Win and Keep Big Customers)(Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant)(Brand Hijack: Marketing without Marketing)(The 7 Irrefutable Rules of Small Business Growth)(How to Write a Business Plan, 7th ed.)(I've Seen a Lot of Famous People Naked, and They've Got Nothing on You!)(The Search: How Google and Its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture)(How We Got Here: A Slightly Irreverent H istory of Technology and Markets)(The Battle for Social Security: From FDR's Vision to Bush's Gamble)(Greenspan's Fraud)(Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything)(Book review)
March 15, 2006... We're entering 2006 with a full head of steam, economically speaking. The U.S. economy grew more than three percent in 2005, just as it did in 2004. However, an analytical look back at 2005 is prudent. Increased productivity is...

By the people: dramatic ups and downs at the polls mean harder work to garner support.(LIBRARY REFERENDA 2005)
March 15, 2006... Tiered proposals worked but took a bite from the bottom line, Salinas found eventual success, and leveraging the grass-roots power of volunteers proved essential in a year where library ballots faced off with national and international impact...

All new, all distinct.(FIRST NOVELISTS 2006)(Little Beauties)(Garner)(Hunger's Brides)(The Grace That Keeps This World)(The Great Stink: A Novel of Corruption and Murder beneath the Streets of Victorian London)(The Mercy of Thin Air)(26a)(A Sudden Country)(Immoral)(Dinner with a Perfect Stranger)(The Widow of the South)(Beasts of No Nation)(John Crow's Devil)(Indecision)(Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits)(The Highest Tide)(Cold Skin)(Blackbelly)(Maybe a Miracle)(The Jungle Law)(Book review)
March 15, 2006... Last fall's leading first novels may be uniformly successful, but they aren't uniform. Benjamin Kunkel's Indecision is honey-tongued comedy, while Uzodinma Iweala's Beasts of No Nation probes the tragedy of contemporary Africa. Settings jump...

The inevitable Gen X coup.(libraries by, for generation x)
March 15, 2006... WHEN I LOOK AROUND AT CONFERENCES, skim blogs, or visit neighboring libraries, I notice there are many other Generation Xers out there. Our numbers are growing, and the responsibility of librarianship will soon be ours. Are we ready for our...

Ruminations after retirement.(BACKTALK)(Column)
March 15, 2006... FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO'VE EVER read anything I wrote or heard me speak--and I've done a lot of both--you know that I have always been a great follower of the recently deceased management guru Peter Drucker. Drucker predicted fearlessly that the...

Prepub alert.
March 15, 2006... FICTION Baker, Calvin. Dominion. Grove. Jul. 2006. 448p. ISBN 0-80211829-1 [ISBN 978-0-80211829-5]. $24. Before the Revolutionary War, freed slave Jasper Merian builds an estate in the Carolina wilderness. With a 16city tour. ...

Graphic novels.
March 15, 2006... For the past two years, I've been sharing GN circulation statistics from my own library, the Greene County Public Library, OH. We're a mid-sized system of seven locations that's been buying GNs seriously since 1996; the books have a...

Abrahams, Peter. End of Story.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2006... Abrahams, Peter. End of Story. Morrow. Apr. 2006. c.336p. ISBN 0-06-072665-2 [ISBN 978-0-06-072665-2]. $24.95. F Ivy Seidel earned an MFA from Brown, but her writing style lacks a certain hardness, which results in two abandoned novels...

Baricco, Alessandro. An Iliad.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2006... Baricco, Alessandro. An Iliad. Knopf. Aug. 2006. c.157p, tr. from Italian by Ann Goldstein. ISBN 0-307-26355-X. $21. F Inspired to stage a public reading of The Iliad, Baricco (Silk) soon felt compelled to "intervene" in the original text...

Bilston, Sarah. Bed Rest.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2006... Bilston, Sarah. Bed Rest. HarperCollins. May 2006. c.224p. ISBN 0-06-088993-4 [ISBN 978-0-06-088993-7]. $23.95. F Twentysomething Quinn (nicknamed "Q") has a plan for her life, including having a baby before 30 and continuing her job as a...

Claudel, Philippe. By a Slow River.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2006... Claudel, Philippe. By a Slow River. Knopf. Jun. 2006. c.208p, tr. from French by Hoyt Rogers. ISBN 1-4000-4280-1. $23. F On a bleak winter morning in 1917, a ten-year-old girl is found strangled near a riverbank in rural France. Mere...

Constant, Paule. White Spirit.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2006... Constant, Paule. White Spirit. Univ. of Nebraska. (European Women Writers). Apr. 2006. c.191p, tr. from French by Betsy Wing. ISBN 0-8032-1535-5. $50; pap. ISBN O-8032-6441-0. $19.95. F In this new work from French novelist Constant,...

Feinberg, Leslie. Drag King Dreams.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2006... Feinberg, Leslie. Drag King Dreams. Carroll & Graf. Apr. 2006. c.320p. ISBN 0-7867-1763-7. pap. $14.95. F Max Rabinowitz defies labels, but the world labels Max anyway: lesbian, transgendered, Jew. Disenfranchised by looks and politics,...

Ferguson, Craig. Between the Bridge and the River.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2006... Ferguson, Craig. Between the Bridge and the River. Chronicle. Apr. 2006. c.352p. ISBN 0-8118-5375-6 [ISBN 978-0-8118-5375-0]. $24.95. F In the American South, twins Saul and Leon are born, Leon blessed with a voice that entices alligators...

Finder, Joseph. Killer Instinct.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2006... Finder, Joseph. Killer Instinct. St. Martin's. May 2006. c.416p. ISBN 0-312-34"/47-2. $24.95. F Finder (Company Man, Paranoia) remains the CEO of the corporate thriller in his latest page-turner. Jason Steadman is a cog in a huge company...

Glass, Julia. The Whole World Over.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2006... * Glass, Julia. The Whole World Over. Pantheon. Jun. 2006. c.512p. ISBN 0-375-42274-9. $25.95. F How does one follow up a National Book Award? Glass (Three Junes) creates an array of full-bodied yet vulnerable characters whose...

Greenberg, Joanne. Appearances.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2006... Greenberg, Joanne. Appearances. Montemayor. 2006. c.274p. ISBN 1-932727-03-5. pap. $15.95. F Greenberg's (I Never Promised You a Rose Garden) latest novel starts out promisingly enough. We are introduced to Steven, a successful lawyer in...

Gruen, Sara. Water for Elephants.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2006... Gruen, Sara. Water for Elephants. Algonquin. May 2006. c.352p. ISBN 1-56512-499-5. $23.95. F When his parents are killed in a traffic accident, Jacob Jankowski hops a train after walking out on his final exams at Cornell, where he had...

Gutierrez, Pedro Juan. The Insatiable Spider Man.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2006... Gutierrez, Pedro Juan. The Insatiable Spider Man. Carroll & Graf. 2006. c.176p. tr. from Spanish by John King. ISBN 0-7867-1665-7 [ISBN 978-0-7867-1665-4]. pap. $13.95. F Dirty Havana Trilogy's Juan Pablo is back, now married, balding,...

Handler, Daniel. Adverbs.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2006... Handler, Daniel. Adverbs. Ecco: HarperCollins. May 2006. c.288p. ISBN 0-06-072441-2. $23.95. F Handler, who as Lemony Snickett writes the "Series of Unfortunate Events" novels for children, returns to adult fiction with this collection...

Heti, Sheila. Ticknor.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2006... Heti, Sheila. Ticknor. Farrar. Apr. 2006. c.128p. ISBN 0-374-27754-0 [ISBN 978-0374-27754-3]. $18. F In 19th-century Boston, George Ticknor trudges through the pouring rain, pie in hand, to attend a dinner party at the home of his...

Homes, A.M. This Book Will Save Your Life.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2006... Homes, A.M. This Book Will Save Your Life. Viking. Apr. 2006. c.372p. ISBN 0-670-03493-2. $24.95. F Richard Novak's day-trading fortune has given him the good life in the hills above 21st-century Los Angeles, but a heart-attack scare...

Lavagnino, Alessandra. The Librarians of Alexandria: A Tale of Two Sisters.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2006... Lavagnino, Alessandra. The Librarians of Alexandria: A Tale of Two Sisters. Steerforth Italia: Steerforth, dist. by Random. Mar. 2006. c.307p. ISBN 1-58642-099-2. pap. $15.95. F Winner of the Zerilli-Marimo Prize, this novel presents the...

Moore, Christopher. A Dirty Job.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2006... * Moore, Christopher. A Dirty Job. Morrow. Apr. 2006. c.400p. ISBN 0-06-059027-0 [ISBN 978-0-06-059027-7]. $24.95. F Have you ever wondered about the beta male's place in history--as opposed to alpha males of course? I haven't. But here...

Cohen, Paula Marantz. Jane Austen in Scarsdale: Or Love, Death, and the SATs.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2006... Cohen, Paula Marantz. Jane Austen in Scarsdale; or, Love, Death, and the SATS. St. Martin's. Apr. 2006. c.304p. ISBN 0-312-325029 [ISBN 978-0-312-325022]. $23.95. F This modern take on Persuasion is Cohen's second novel modeled after...

Horowitz, Laurie. The Family Fortune.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2006... * Horowitz, Laurie. The Family Fortune. Morrow. May 2006. c.304p. ISBN 0-06087526-7 [ISBN 978-0-06087526-8]. $24.95. F Jane Fortune, single and almost 40, has made her family's foundation and literary magazine her life's work. Charged...

Payne, David. Back to Wando Passo.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2006... Payne, David. Back to Wando Passo. Morrow. Jun. 2006. c.448p. ISBN 0-06-085189-9 [ISBN 978-0-06-085189-7]. $24.95. F Washed-up rock musician Ransom Hill heads home to South Carolina, intent on mending his relationship with wife Claire,...

Rutherfurd, Edward. The Rebels of Ireland: The Dublin Saga.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2006... Rutherfurd, Edward. The Rebels of Ireland: The Dublin Saga. Doubleday. Mar. 2006. c.865p. ISBN 0-385-51289-9. $28.95. F Well known for his sweeping historical novels (London), Rutherfurd has been called "Michener with a British accent." His...

Schiefelbein, Michael. Vampire Transgression.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2006... Schiefelbein, Michael. Vampire Transgression. St. Martin's. May 2006. c.272p. ISBN 0-312-33021-9 [ISBN 978-0312-33021-7]. $23.95. F Victor Decimus has been a vampire for 2000 years. He entered the world of the undead after the person he...

See, Carolyn. There Will Never Be Another You.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2006... See, Carolyn. There Will Never Be Another You. Random. May 2006. c.256p. ISBN 0679-46317-8. $24.95. F In her first novel since The Handyman (1999), acclaimed writer See returns to a theme first explored in Golden Days (1986): how we live,...

Sykes, Plum. The Debutante Divorcee.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2006... Sykes, Plum. The Debutante Divorcee. Miramax: Hyperion. May 2006. c.288p. ISBN 1-4013-5244-8 [ISBN 978-1-4013-5244-8]. $23.95. F The characters in Sykes's second novel are as rich and fashionable but, thankfully, not as irritating as...

Tucker, Lisa. Once upon a Day.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2006... Tucker, Lisa. Once Upon a Day. Atria: S. & S. Apr. 2006. c.352p. ISBN 0-7434-9277-3 [ISBN 978-0-7434-9277-5]. $24. F A sheltered, innocent young woman, a kind cab driver, and a former film star are the narrators of Tucker's (The Song...

Zimpel, Lloyd. A Season of Fire and Ice.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2006... Zimpel, Lloyd. A Season of Fire & Ice. Unbridled. May 2006. c.256p. ISBN 1-932961-19-4. $23.95. F With his second novel, essayist and short story writer Zimpel (Meeting the Bear; Journal of the Black Wars) has written a memorable work of...

Cooper, J. California. Wild Stars Seeking Midnight Suns.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2006... Cooper, J. California. Wild Stars Seeking Midnight Suns. Doubleday. Apr. 2006. c.272p. ISBN 0-385-51133-7. $24.95. F Cooper, winner of the 1989 American Book Award for Homemade Love, has put together a collection of short stories around...

Singleton, George. Drowning in Gruel.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2006... Singleton, George. Drowning in Gruel. Harvest: Harcourt. Jun. 2006. c.320p. ISBN 0-15-603061-6. pap. $14. F Nineteen short stories by the author of The Half-Mammals of Dixie are collected here to make up an outrageous imaginary town....

Barnes, John. The Armies of Memory.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2006... * Barnes, John. The Armies of Memory. Tor. Apr. 2006. c.432p. ISBN 0-7653-0330-2 [ISBN 978-0-7653-0330-1]. $25.95. SF Special agent Giraut Leones of the Thousand Cultures' Office of Special Plans shares his political focus with a musical...

Baxley, Jon F. The Blackgloom Bounty.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2006... Baxley, Jon F. The Blackgloom Bounty. Five Star: Gale. Apr. 2006. c.445p. ISBN 1-59414451-6. $25.95. FANTASY Cursed by a fellow apprentice now known as the Seed of Cerberus, magician Kruzurk Makshare conceives of a scheme to destroy his...

Bedford, K.A. Eclipse.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2006... Bedford, K.A. Eclipse. EDGE. Mar. 2006. c.311p. ISBN 1-894063-30-9 [ISBN 978-1-894063-30-2]. pap. $14.95. SF Assigned to the crew of HMS Eclipse after his graduation from the Royal Interstellar Service Academy on Ganymede, officer James...

Broderick, Damien. K-Machines.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2006... Broderick, Damien. K-Machines. Thunder's Mouth: Avalon, dist. by Publishers Group West. (Players in the Contest of Worlds, Bk. 2). Apr. 2006. c.336p. ISBN 1-56025-805-5. pap. $14.95. FANTASY Catapulted from his comfortable world into a...

Drake, David. The Fortress of Glass.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2006... Drake, David. The Fortress of Glass. Tor. (Crown of the Isles, Vol. 1). Apr. 2006. c.384p. ISBN 0-7653-1259-X [ISBN 978-07653-1259-4]. $25.95. FANTASY Prince Garric, along with his wife and his sister, travels to the Isles to confirm his...

Effinger, George Alec. A Fire in the Sun.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2006... Effinger, George Alec. A Fire in the Sun. Orb: Tor. Mar. 2006. c.304p. ISBN 0-7653-1359-6 [ISBN 978-0-7653-1359-1]. pap. $14.95. SF Once a hustler in the Budayeen, a crowded 2Arabian region in a Balkanized Earth, Marid Audran now works...

Guler, Kathleen Cunningham. The Anvil Stone.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2006... Guler, Kathleen Cunningham. The Anvil Stone. Bardsong. (Macsen's Treasure, Bk. 3), Mar. 2006. c.410p. ISBN 0-9660371-5-4 [ISBN 978-0-9660371-5-9]. $25.95. FANTASY Fifth-century Britain is plagued with war as the Saxons threaten the...

Hairston, Andrea. Mindscape.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2006... Hairston, Andrea. Mindscape. Aqueduct, Mar. 2006.452p. ISBN 1-933500-03-4. pap. $19.50. SF For over 100 years, the extraterrestrial phenomenon known as The Barrier has divided Earth into warring political zones, limiting contact and...

Herbert, Brian. Timeweb.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2006... Herbert, Brian. Timeweb. Five Star: Gale. (Timeweb Chronicles, Bk. 1). May 2006. c.541p. ISBN 1-59414-216-5. $26.95. SF Estranged from both his father, one of the merchant princes who consider the galaxy their province for commercial...

McIntosh, Fiona. Bridge of Souls.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2006... McIntosh, Fiona. Bridge of Souls. Eos: HarperCollins. (Quickening, Bk. 3). Mar. 2006. c.528p. ISBN 0-06-074760-9 [ISBN 978-0-06-074760-2]. pap. $14.95. FANTASY As Wyl Thirsk, former general of Morgravia, races against time to prevent a...