Library Journal articles from May 2008

Library Journal archives from May 2008

The word on street lit: a new online column.(ON THE WEB: www.libraryjournal.com)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 15, 2008... "Verdict: For authentic depictions of robbery setups and the reality of doing time in prison, it is tough to match Carter's (Hoodwinked; In Cahootz, Contagious) latest novel. He offers a stripped-down version of street lit, giving readers a...

Blatant Berry: our hit blogger is back.(ON THE WEB: www.libraryjournal.com)(Brief article)
May 15, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "Every librarian must read Rebecca Lossin's 'Iraq's Ruined Library Soldiers On,' in the Nation online. As Lossin, a graduate student in the School of Information and Library Science at Pratt Institute in New York...

Facebook: profile and reviewer group.(ON THE WEB: www.libraryjournal.com)(Brief article)
May 15, 2008... L.J's gone 2.0 with a new Facebook profile and book reviewer group, so log in to get a behind-the-scenes peak of the LJ offices and connect with our reviewers online.

Libraries are not a frill: budget cuts or not, we must continue to make the case for library support.(Editorial)
May 15, 2008... IT'S IRONIC THAT JUST AS THE AMERICAN LIBRARY Association issued its annual State of America's Libraries report--during National Library Week; April 13-19--proclaiming continued high use of public libraries and the benefits accruing to...

The experience trap: an idea doesn't succeed or fail, its execution does.(blatant berry)
May 15, 2008... "I DO HAVE LIMITED EXPERIENCE.... I ALSO HAVE a glut of ideas, theories, and methodologies I'm anxious, yearning (zealous!) to put into practice. While experience is important, is it something that is gained through observation,...

Transforming NYPL.(feedback)(New York Public Library )
May 15, 2008... As LJ reported, the New York Public Library (NYPL) recently announced a major transformation plan ("NYPL Announces $1 Billion Makeover," LJ 4/1/08, p. 14ff.) that will dramatically reshape this urban public library system for an exciting...

Correction.(feedback)(Correction notice)
May 15, 2008... The item on the New Orleans Public Library's (NOPL) new master plan (News, LJ 4/1/08, p. 15) inaccurately stated that a contribution from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation would help fully fund a new "jazz branch." While the foundation is...

Behind Ragtime, a library visit.(front desk)(E.L. Doctorow )(Brief article)
May 15, 2008... In the 40th Anniversary issue of New York magazine, dated April 7, author E.L. Doctorow told a couple of library-related anecdotes behind his 1975 classic, Ragtime. "When you're working well, you don't do research. Whatever you need comes to...

Watching patrons get shut out.(front desk)(Brief article)
May 15, 2008... "Customer service can feel like icing on the cake. Access, and all the buzz that comes with it, is the entire cake." --Rebecca Miller, LJ Insider; see MillerInsider.notlong.com, April 16, 2008

heard.(front desk)(Brief article)
May 15, 2008... "I'm actually increasingly bored by this question of whether Wikipedia is good or bad and even more so by the easy vilification of it, a reaction often rooted in professional self-interest. After all, the Oxford English Dictionary, arguably...

Great librarian bands.(front desk)(Brief article)
May 15, 2008... "If you were in a band with a bunch of other librarians, what would you call it?" asked Tyler Rousseau, a YA librarian at the Lakewood Branch of the Ocean County Library System, N J, in an April 11 post on the Library Garden biog. While...

Georgia State sued over e-reserves: university presses seek injunction; new models on the way?(lj news)
May 15, 2008... In a landmark development, a group of publishers has filed suit in federal court in Atlanta against Georgia State University (GSU) over its use of electronic course content, including its e-reserves system. The suit filed by Oxford University...

Cleveland PL's venable to retire.(lj news)(Andrew Venable of Cleveland Public Library )(Brief article)
May 15, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Cleveland Public Library (CPL) director Andrew Venable will retire July 1 after nine years in the position and a rich career in the library field, one he "backed into" from a business background. The 63-year-old is...

Bridgeport PL faces major cuts: mayor calls libraries "not essential"; supporters seek solutions.(lj news)(Bridgeport Public Library)(Brief article)
May 15, 2008... The Bridgeport Public Library (BPL), CT, faces a budget cut of some $1.1 million, more than one-quarter of the current year's operating budget, which would result in the loss of 25 of 68 fulltime staff members and close the system's three...

Arrests in case at Sacramento PL: overcharging means grand theft?; library sues ex-contractor for $1.3m.(lj news)(Brief article)
May 15, 2008... Three people accused of overcharging the Sacramento Public Library (SPL) for maintenance work (see News, LJ 11/1/07, p. 14), including two former SPL staffers, are now facing grand theft and bribery charges; arrest warrants were issued March...

LC's interactive "Experience" debuts.(lj news)(Library of Congress )(Brief article)
May 15, 2008... With interactive technology, digitized documents, and much AV material, the Library of Congress (LC) has launched the "Library of Congress Experience," along with a companion web site (www.loc. gov/experience). The Experience includes new...

Outsell: library market grows.(OUTSELL)(Brief article)
May 15, 2008... What's billed as the first report to analyze the global library market for all types of libraries and information centers suggests that the $22.5 billion market will continue to increase, but the 3.1 percent compound annual growth rate for...

University-based publishing? UC task force says new program could better serve scholars.(lj news)(University of California )
May 15, 2008... A University of California (UC) task force has recommended UC establish a university-based publishing program to blunt the effect of commercialization and better serve scholars, especially in emerging disciplines. The report, Publishing Needs...

SUNY Press frontlist online: 20 titles available for $20 download; chapter sales are on the way.(NEWS)(State University of New York)(Brief article)
May 15, 2008... With the launch of its new DirectText (DT) initiative, the State University of New York (SUNY) Press has become the first university press in the United States to offer electronic editions of its frontlist titles. With monographs becoming...

Closing NCLIS looks back and forward.(lj news)(U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science )(Report)(Brief article)
May 15, 2008... Before its incorporation into the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS) released its final report. Meeting the Information Needs of the American People: Past...

Calendar.(NEWS)(Brief article)(Calendar)
May 15, 2008... JUNE 5-6--Rhode Island Library Assn., Newport www.ritibra ryassoc.org AUGUST 6-g--Pacific Northwest Library Assn., Post Falls, ID www.pnla.org 14-16--Nevada Library Assn., Santa Fe www.nevadalibraries.org SEPTEMBER ...

New master's, Ph.D. from San Jose State.(lj news)(Master of Archives and Records Administration)(Brief article)
May 15, 2008... The School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) at San Jose State University, CA, is now offering a Master of Archives and Records Administration (MARA) degree. The fully online format and cohort model will prepare students for careers...

Bay area PL's launch "Free2 do or be".(lj news)(Brief article)
May 15, 2008... "What are you free2 do--or be--thanks to your library?" That's the marketing theme of a new campaign launched by Bay Area libraries in Northern California during National Library Week (April 13-19). The 18-month Free2 effort (www.WeAreFree2....

Macon-Bibb County Public Libraries.(people)(Brief article)
May 15, 2008... Joan Anderson, Director of the Macon-Bibb County Public Libraries, GA, has announced her plans to retire after 30 years of service. Deputy Director Thomas Jones will replace her.

South Portland Public Library.(people)(Brief article)
May 15, 2008... Kevin Davis has been appointed Director, South Portland Public Library, ME. Davis had served as Manager of the library's Memorial Branch since 2003.

Salt Lake City Public Library.(people)(Brief article)
May 15, 2008... Beth Elder is the new Director of the Salt Lake City Public Library. She formerly was Director of Planning at the Denver Public Library.

Shasta Public Libraries.(people)(Janice Erickson)(Brief article)
May 15, 2008... Janice Erickson, Director of Lake Oswego Public Library, OR, has been chosen as Director, Shasta Public Libraries, Redding, CA, which is managed by Library Systems & Services, Inc. (LSSI). She replaces Interim Director Linda Mielke, an...

Jackson County Library Services.(people)(Brief article)
May 15, 2008... Denise Galarraga is the new Director, Jackson County Library Services, Medford, OR, an LSSI-managed system. She was Director of the Finney County Public Library, Garden City, KS, also managed by LSSI.

Tiffin-Seneca Public Library.(people)(Brief article)
May 15, 2008... Patricia Hillmer has retired after 28 years as Director of the Tiffin-Seneca Public Library, OH. Jeff Winkle is the new Director; he previously was Director of the Kaubisch Memorial Public Library, Fostoria, OH.

Cornell University.(people)(Brief article)
May 15, 2008... Anne Kenney has been named the 11th Carl A. Kroch University Librarian at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. For the past year, she had been interim university librarian.

University of Maine.(people)(Brief article)
May 15, 2008... Angelynn King has been named Director of the Merrill Library at the University of Maine, Machias, effective in July. She is a Reference/Technical Services Librarian at the University of Redlands, CA.

Cleveland Public Library.(people)(Brief article)
May 15, 2008... Cindy Lombardo has been named Main Library Administrator of the Cleveland Public Library. She most recently was Director of the Tuscarawas County Public Library, New Philadelphia, OH.

Janet Martin Welch.(people)(Brief article)
May 15, 2008... Janet Martin Welch, New York State Librarian and Assistant Commissioner of Education, has announced that she will retire in June 2008. She has held this position since May 1997.

Obituary.(people)(Obituary)(Brief article)
May 15, 2008... Maria Chavez-Hernandez, Associate Professor at the College of Information (COI), Florida State University (FSU), Tallahassee, has died. She also coordinated COPs internship program.

OCLC offers long-term digital archive storage: digital preservation service monitors data integrity; new catalog for Pacific Northwest Consortium.(infotech)
May 15, 2008... Digital archives may solve the problem of scarcity and delicacy inherent with many physical archives, but that doesn't mean that lasting preservation isn't a major concern. OCLC last week announced a new version of its Digital Archive service...

ProQuest debuts Safari Select.(infotech)(Brief article)
May 15, 2008... ProQuest is now marketing Safari Select, an exclusive online collection of more than 400 technical ebooks from many prestigious publishers. "It can be challenging for public libraries to maintain of the latest technical books in a wide enough...

MI Consortium goes Evergreen.(OPEN SOURCE)(Michigan Library Consortium )(Brief article)
May 15, 2008... The Michigan Library Consortium is going open source. The group announced April 14 that it has selected an Evergreen system as its next automation solution, as well as signing with Equinox Software Inc., which will "provide comprehensive...

LibLime tapped by Northeast KS.(OPEN SOURCE)(Brief article)
May 15, 2008... LibLime is the choice of the Northeast Kansas Library System (NEKLS), which is installing a Koha ZOOM hosted system and union catalog. NEKLS is a multitype regional library system serving 116 libraries in a 14-county region. It will be using...

Library 2.0 Gang on Google API.(OPEN SOURCE)(Brief article)
May 15, 2008... Library 2.0 Gang host Richard Wallis stayed up until 4 a.m. local time in Melbourne, Australia, to record the latest podcast installment (librarygang.talis.com) while on the road in his official capacity as technology evangelist for UK-based...

Southampton UK adds Ex Libris.(INSTALLATIONS)(Brief article)
May 15, 2008... Southampton Solent University (SSU) has contracted with Ex Libris (UK) for the Aleph[R] integrated library system, which will be replacing the university's existing solution, and the Primo discovery and delivery solution to serve as the...

NDSU Lib selects Millennium.(INSTALLATIONS)(North Dakota State University )(Brief article)
May 15, 2008... North Dakota State University (NDSU) Library, Fargo, has selected Innovative Interface's Millennium ILS. The library also selected the integrated My RSS Feeds and Feed Builder products to publish timely information to its users. "Our...

Embracing service to teens.(THE TRANSPARENT LIBRARY)
May 15, 2008... WHEN DID IT BECOME AN ACCEPTABLE customer service response to try and push out an entire age group of users? Never, but that's happening at too many libraries. Can we remain transparent, open, and focused on the core value of access and still...

The VERSO solution: a grassroots response to a surge in e-resources yields a new virtual reference shelf.(INFOTECH FEATURE)(Virtual Electronic Reference Source )
May 15, 2008... The trend is clear: every year, more and more reference sources go from print to online, from the stacks to the library's homepage. At Quinnipiac University's Arnold Bernhard Library in Hamden, CT, we realized that these subscriptions are...

Audio fixation: whatever your device, there will be lots of audio content to download now that libraries are in tune.(AUDIO 2008)(Cover story)
May 15, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] If you aren't too busy scanning your own tunes, take a look around the bus or subway and see just how many others are bumping along to an iPod or an MP3 player. What they're listening to is their secret, but the...

Alternative rock: forced exposure is good for you: overlooked and misunderstood, postpunk gets its due.(AUDIO 2008)(Sound recording review)(Book review)
May 15, 2008... Alternative rock didn't deserve what it became in the post--Nirvana 1990s. Reduced to a marketing catchphrase effectively rendering it meaningless--major label cooptation helped blur the line between artistic expression and cloned sounds....

Information with a twist: vendors keep the party going with Web 2.0.(DATABASE MARKETPLACE 2008)(Website list)(Website overview)
May 15, 2008... Social networking and other Web 2.0 technologies led the social whirl of the information industry. Publishers and librarians tried to keep their products and services relevant by mixing authoritative content with user involvement, but that...

Beyond the bounds.(SLA PREVIEW 2008)(Special Libraries Association)(Calendar)
May 15, 2008... Reflecting SLA's 2008 conference theme, "Breaking Rules, Building Bridges," the association has continued to evolve, reflecting changes in the profession as well as in society. For one, the Leadership & Management Division launched a new...

Blogs, battles & bees.(NOTABLE GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS 2007)(E-book review)(Book review)
May 15, 2008... The world of government information mirrors the headlines. The resources in this list of Notable Government Documents from the American Library Association's Government Documents Round Table reflect the diversity of the profession, with...

Finding your inner moxie.(NEXTGEN)(librarians and technological advances)
May 15, 2008... WHETHER WE THINK OF OURSELVES as innovators or purveyors of knowledge, or both, librarians are, as a profession, a group of know-it-alls. Lovers of fact and trivia, we are the first at a party to look up a word in question, or find the exact...

Prepub alert.
May 15, 2008... FICTION Asensi, Matilde. Everything Under the Sky. Harper: HarperCollins. Sept. 2008. 448p. ISBN 978-0-06-1458415. $25.95; Spanish-language ed: Rayo. ISBN 978-0-06135330-7. $15.95. Arriving in 1920s Shanghai to reclaim the body of...

Graphic novels.
May 15, 2008... CHALLENGE & CHANGE What is it about comics and the people who challenge them in libraries? Comics have been theoretically protected by the First Amendment since Winters v. New York in 1948. But psychiatrist Fredric Wertham soon convinced...

al-Azzawi, Fadhil. The Last of the Angels.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 15, 2008... al-Azzawi, Fadhil. The Last of the Angels. Free Pr: S. & S. Jul. 2008. c.288p, tr. from Arabic by William M. Hutchins. ISBN 978-14165-6745-5. pap. $14. F Because this book was originally published in 1992 (and promptly banned by the...

Bahr, Howard. Pelican Road.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 15, 2008... Bahr, Howard. Pelican Road. MacAdam/Cage. May 2008, c.305p. ISBN 978-1-59692-289-1. $25. F It is Christmas Eve 1940. The United States is on the brink of war, the automobile is king of the road, and racial prejudice is the norm in the...

Barbeau, Adrienne & Michael Scott. Vampyres of Hollywood.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 15, 2008... Barbeau, Adrienne & Michael Scott. Vampyres of Hollywood. Thomas Dunne Bks: St. Martin's. Aug. 2008. c.336p. ISBN 978-0312-36722-0. $23.95. F This novel by actress Barbeau (The Fog; Maude) and author Scott (The Alchemyst) begins with the...

Benni, Stefano. Timeskipper.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 15, 2008... Benni, Stefano. Timeskipper. Europa Editions, dist. by Consortium. May 2008. c.272p, tr. from Italian by Antony Shugaar. ISBN 978-1933372-44-0. pap. $15.95. F Benni again unveils his Italian brand of magical realism for readers of...

Bracy, Ihsan. Paths of Sanctuary.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 15, 2008... Bracy, Ihsan. Paths of Sanctuary. Cool Grove. 2008. c.331p. ISBN 978-1-887276-49-8. pap. $14.95. F What happens when people of the clay (humans) and people of the sky (angels) mate? Set initially in Africa but primarily in an African...

Caparros, Martin. Valfierno: The Man Who Stole the Mona Lisa.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 15, 2008... Caparros, Martin. Valfierno: The Man Who Stole the Mona Lisa. Atria: S. & S. Jul. 2008. 352p. tr. from Spanish by Jasper Reid. ISBN 978-0-7432-9793-6. $24. F Caparros (El Interior) won Argentina's Premio Planeta Award in 2004 for this...

Carter, Stephen L. Palace Council.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 15, 2008... Carter, Stephen L. Palace Council. Knopf. Jul. 2008. ISBN 978-0-307-26658-3. $26.95. F A Wall Street lawyer is recruited into a mysterious conspiracy. Two and a half years later, a young writer stumbles over the lawyer's corpse in...

Castellanos Moya, Horatio. Senselessness.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 15, 2008... Castellanos Moya, Horatio. Senselessness. New Directions, dist. by Norton. May 2008. c.180p, tr. from Spanish by Katherine Silver. ISBN 978-0-8112-1707-1. pap. $15.95. F This quirky seventh novel by Castellanos Moya, a member of Central...

Connolly, John. The Reapers.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 15, 2008... Connolly, John. The Reapers. Atria: S. & S. May 2008. c.368p. ISBN 978-1-4165-6952-7. $26. F Connolly's latest novel (after The Unquiet) features the enigmatic characters Angel and Louis, introduced in previous books as sometime...

de Gramont, Nina. Gossip of the Starlings.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 15, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] de Gramont, Nina. Gossip of the Starlings. Algonquin. Jun. 2008. c.277p. ISBN 978-1-56512-565-0. $22.95. F In fall 1984, best friends Catherine and Skye have quite a few things in common--wealthy New England...

Deaver, Jeffery. The Broken Window: A Lincoln Rhyme Novel.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 15, 2008... Deaver, Jeffery. The Broken Window: A Lincoln Rhyme Novel. S. & S. Jun. 2008. c.432p. ISBN 978-1-4165-4997-0. $26.95. F Deaver's (The Sleeping Doll) latest novel, which pairs disabled criminologist Lincoln Rhyme and Detective Amelia Sachs...

Dufresne, John. Requiem, Mass.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 15, 2008... Dufresne, John. Requiem, Mass. Norton. Jul. 2008. c.352p. ISBN 978-0-393-05790-4. $24.95. F Dufresne (Deep in the Shade of Paradise) here offers the childhood reminiscences of Johnny, who is trying to make sense of his traumatic...

Haas, Derek. The Silver Bear.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 15, 2008... Haas, Derek. The Silver Bear. Pegasus. Jul. 2008. c.224p. ISBN 978-1-933648-44-6. $24. F Haas (cowriter of the screenplay 3:10 to Yuma) introduces readers to a new killer-for-hire in his character Columbus, an orphan who never knew his...

Hamilton, Denise. The Last Embrace.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 15, 2008... Hamilton, Denise. The Last Embrace. Scribner. Jul. 2008. c.400p. ISBN 978-1-4165-8493-3. $25. F Departing from her award-winning Eve Diamond crime series (Prisoner of Memory; Last Lullaby), Hamilton sets this stand-alone novel in 1949...

Harbison, Beth. Secrets of a Shoe Addict.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 15, 2008... Harbison, Beth. Secrets of a Shoe Addict. St. Martin's. Jun. 2008. c.352p. ISBN 978-0-312-34826-7. $22.95. F Sandra, the phone-sex operator from Harbison's first novel (Shoe Addicts Anonymous), introduces three PTA morns with various...

Hollowell, Janis. She Was.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 15, 2008... Hollowell, Janis. She Was. Morrow. May 2008. 336p. ISBN 978-0-06-124325-7. $24.95. F Hollowell's second novel (after The Annunciation of Francesca Dunn) centers on married, middle-aged dentist Doreen Woods, who is about to be held...

Kleeberg, Michael. The King of Corsica.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 15, 2008... Kleeberg, Michael. The King of Corsica. Other. May 2008. c.392p, tr. from German by David Dollenmayer. ISBN 978-1-59051-256-2. $24.95. F A good historical novel should demonstrate the author's thorough knowledge of the period setting...

Ma Jian. Beijing Coma.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 15, 2008... Ma Jian. Beijing Coma. Farrar. Jun. 2008. c.592p. ISBN 978-0-374-11017-8. $27. F Already released in Great Britain, where former Chinese dissident Ma now resides, this is a lengthy telling of protagonist Dai Wei's decade-long ordeal as a...

Maguire, Elizabeth. The Open Door.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 15, 2008... Maguire, Elizabeth. The Open Door. Other. Jun. 2008. c.248p. ISBN 978-1-59051-283-8. $23.95. F This first novel, published posthumously following Maguire's death from ovarian cancer in 2006, explores the friendship between the writers...

Mankell, Henning. The Eye of the Leopard.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 15, 2008... Mankell, Henning. The Eye of the Leopard. New Pr., dist. by Norton. May 2008. c.320p. tr. from Swedish by Steven T. Murray. ISBN 978-1-59558-077-1. $26.95. F As in his recent Kennedy's Brain, the author of the best-selling Kurt Wallander...

Miles, Jonathan. Dear American Airlines.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 15, 2008... Miles, Jonathan. Dear American Airlines. Houghton. Jun. 2008. c.192p. ISBN 978-0-547-05401-8. $22. F Benjamin Ford is stuck at O'Hare airport. All flights are cancelled for the night. He begins to write a letter to (appropriately enough)...

Ohlsson, Bengt. Gregorius.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 15, 2008... Ohlsson, Bengt. Gregorius. Norton. tr. from Swedish by Silvester Mazzarella. May 2008. c.432p. ISBN 978-0-393-06652-4. $26.95. F It is quite daunting to take a character from a classic novel and, more than a century later, try to write a...

Mystery at home and abroad: with these five top titles, there's something for everyone.(Book review)
May 15, 2008... Fossum, Karin. Black Seconds: An Inspector Sejer Mystery. Harcourt. Jul. 2008. c.272p, tr. from Norwegian by Charlotte Barslund. ISBN 978-0-15-101527-6. $24. M A parent's worst fears are realized in this absorbing psychological study,...

O'Neill, Joseph. Netherland.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 15, 2008... O'Neill, Joseph. Netherland. Pantheon. May 2008. c.272p. ISBN 978-0-307-37704-3. $23.95. F Hans van den Broek, the main character in this ruminative third novel (and fourth book) by Irish/Turkish/English author O'Neill (Blood-Dark...

Picardie, Justine. Daphne.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 15, 2008... Picardie, Justine. Daphne. Bloomsbury, dist. by Macmillan. Aug. 2008. c.416p. ISBN 978-1-59691-341-7. $24.95. F Picardie's well-researched novel about Daphne du Maurier is sure to send readers scurrying back to all those books they should...

Rabe, David. Dinosaurs on the Roof.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 15, 2008... Rabe, David. Dinosaurs on the Roof. S. & S. Jun. 2008. c.496p. ISBN 978-1-4165-6405-8. $26. F Playwright Rabe is known for tightly constructed, male-centered dramas like Streamers (1977) and Hurlyburly (1985); his new work is a novel...

Rodriguez, Abraham. South by South Bronx.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 15, 2008... Rodriguez, Abraham. South by South Bronx. Akashic. May 2008. c.350p. ISBN 978-1-933354-56-9. pap. $15.95. F In the months before 9/11, a plot involving Arab nationals funneling $10 million to a South Bronx, NY, drug dealer to launder...

Rollins, James. The Last Oracle.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 15, 2008... * Rollins, James. The Last Oracle. Morrow. Jul. 2008. c.448p. ISBN 978-0-06-123094-3. $28.95. F The murder of what appears to be a homeless man propels the Sigma Force (The Judas Strain) into their most compelling and perilous adventure...

Anderson, Taylor. Into the Storm.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 15, 2008... Anderson, Taylor. Into the Storm. ROC: NAL. (Destroyermen, Bk. 1). Jun. 2008. c.400p. ISBN 978-0-451-46207-7. $23.95. SF The four-stacker destroyer, USS Walker, played a part in World War II. Here, as Lt. Commander Matthew Patrick Reddy's...

Bujold, Lois McMaster. The Sharing Knife.(The Sharing Knife, vol. 3: Passage)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 15, 2008... Bujold, Lois McMaster. The Sharing Knife. Vol. 3. Passage. Eos: HarperCollins. May 2008. c.448p. ISBN 978-0-06-137533-0. $25.95. FANTASY Fawn Bluefield and her Lakewalker husband, Dag Redwing Hickory, travel to see Fawn's family and...

Carey, Jacqueline. Kushiel's Mercy.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 15, 2008... * Carey, Jacqueline. Kushiel's Mercy. Grand Central. Jun. 2008. c.653p. ISBN 9780-446-50004-3. $26.99. FANTASY NOW that he has fulfilled his vow to avenge the death of his wife and unborn son, Imriel no Montrev de la Courcel returns to...

Fallon, Jennifer. The Immortal Prince.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 15, 2008... Fallon, Jennifer. The Immortal Prince. Tor. (Tide Lords, Bk. 1). May 2008. c.496p. ISBN 979-0-7653-1692-0. $27.95. FANTASY When a hanging goes awry, leaving the condemned man very much alive, the prisoner claims he is Cayal, the immortal...

Gischler, Victor. Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 15, 2008... Gischler, Victor. Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse. Touchstone: S & S. Jul. 2008. c.336p. ISBN 978-1-4165-5225-3. pap. $14. SF Ten years after the world ends, insurance salesman Mortimer Tats emerges from his well-stocked mountain hideout to...