Library Journal articles from September 2008

Library Journal archives from September 2008

The word on street lit: a new online column.(Who's Loving You)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... "Verdict: This follow-up to Sweeter Than Honey tells the story of one woman's relentless journey to reclaim her lost lover and her lost self-love. As [Mary B.] Morrison reveals in her evocative, wise book, even those who find themselves...

Student affairs: library student blog.(ON THE WEB)
September 15, 2008... "The ASU Polytechnic campus is expecting nearly 10,000 students this semester, and we're losing one of our librarians (hopefully temporarily). Unfortunately, this leaves one librarian to service all students, faculty, and staff on this...

Roy Tennant's: digital libraries.(ON THE WEB)(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] After ten years in the pages of LJ, Digital Libraries columnist Roy Tennant is now exclusively on the web. He's still bringing you the digital potential and pitfalls that prompted his first column in the November...

Escape from reading: I didn't love Tom Jones until Albert Finney brought him to life.(blatant berry)(Editorial)
September 15, 2008... AS I AGE, MY EYES FOUNDER, LIKE THE REST OF MY body. New limitations set in until I can no longer deny them. The act of reading was always hard work for me, but now that it is more difficult, I look at it with a different attitude. Much like...

It's DeSapio in Troy.(feedback)
September 15, 2008... Here at the Troy Public Library, we were excited to read "Embracing Service to Teens" (Michael Casey and Michael Stephens, The Transparent Library, LJ 5/15/08, p. 28). Over the past year, in addition to the Nintendo Wii and Playstation gaming...

Santa Monica PL brings library mural to the Web.(front desk)(public libraries)(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... Since January 2006, visitors to the Main Library of the Santa Monica Public Library (SMPL), CA, have been able to view the 2000 square foot Library Mural by Stanton Macdonald-Wright, created for SMPL in 1934-35 as a New Deal arts project and...

Her favorite building in New York City.(front desk)(Linda Fairstein on the New York Public Library)(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... I was given wonderfully rich access to [the New York Public Library].... Who knew it could be so deadly?--Legal thriller writer Linda Fairstein, writing about her upcoming novel, on BookReporter.com

On YouTube, Cornell's Research Minutes.(front desk)(www.youtube.com/user/olinlibrary)(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... Cornell University librarian and filmmaker Kaila Bussert and fellow librarians are earning raves for creating a series of library instruction videos and posting them on YouTube (see www.youtube.com/user/olinlibrary). "We still get a lot of...

First came Twitter; now there's 12seconds.tv, aka "Twitter for video," according to librarian and early adopter Jason Griffey.(front desk)(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] First came Twitter; now there's 12seconds.tv, aka "Twitter for video," according to librarian and early adopter Jason Griffey. LJ Digital Libraries blogger Roy Tennant writes, "[W]e are quickly entering a...

Heard.(front desk)(Andrea Berstler)(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... "Having an AV collection has increased our print circulation. We draw in many new patrons who come because we offer free audiobooks and movies. While they are here, however, they also become interested in our print resources." --ANDREA...

ALA. computer demand increases: libraries offer more Internet services; support for e-government spurs use.(lj news)
September 15, 2008... While the number of public access Internet computers grew for the first time in six years--12 per branch, up from 10.7 in a year--nearly 20% of public libraries say demand for computers exceeds supply all the time, while 63% say that occurs...

Best Small Library Award expanded.(lj news)(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Library Journal's annual award for the Best Small Library in America, cosponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and now in its fifth year, honors the public library that demonstrates outstanding service to...

PL head on sick leave "articled".(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... CEO of Windsor PL, Ont., leaves after "moonlighting" controversy The CEO of the Windsor Public Library, Ont., Brian Bell, who while on sick leave had been interning at a local law firm, left his library job in August without a full public...

New outreach to the 24-40 set?
September 15, 2008... AZ study suggests that nonusers like library--if they know about it Why don't 24- to 40-year-olds in Maricopa County, Phoenix, use libraries? According to a new study, this cohort is used to quick Internet searches, is too busy, don't know...

At political conventions, library role.(Democratic National Convention, Denver Public Library )(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... As the Democratic National Convention began last month in Denver, the Denver Public Library (DPL) offered an intriguing exhibit: "1908, When the Democrats First Came to Denver. The exhibit, curated with the Colorado Historical Society,...

Access to UI Obama trove?(University of Illinois, Barack Obama)(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... Conservatives upset, but library says delay was normal A week after conservative writer Stanley Kurtz claimed that University of Illinois (UI) officials blocked access to a library collection that might detail the relationship between...

Library worker's book causes stir.(NEWS)
September 15, 2008... Was dismissal a violation of free speech or of locals' privacy? Was a "librarian" fired for writing a fictionalized account of her work experiences? With conservative web site worldnetdaily.com and others charging Mason County District...

IFLA meets in Quebec City.(International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions )
September 15, 2008... The 74th International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Wodd Library and Information Congress (WLIC) General Conference and Council was held in Quebec City, August 10-14, with nearly 4000 delegates from over 120...

LC to help preserve Bush-era Web sites.(Library of Congress)(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... When Presidents leave office, the contents of their administrative agency web sites often are lost. With that in mind, the Library of Congress (LC), the California Digital Library (CDL), the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries, the...

McGill to digitize collections.(McGill University)(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... McGill University, Montreal, has acquired a Kirtas APT BookScan 2400 and will process "between 100-200 books per week and more if additional resources become available," according to Janine Schmidt, director of libraries. The library, which...

Copyright evidence registry debuts.(NEWS)(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... OCLC is offering libraries a new service, based on the WorldCat model, that encourages libraries and other organizations to "discover, create and share copyright evidence" through a collaboratively created and maintained database. The...

Architecture on parade.(NEWS)
September 15, 2008... If you have a building project (academic or public) completed between July 1, 2007 and June 30, 2008, make sure it is included in Library Journal's annual December Architectural Issue. Projects can be submitted online or on paper. Public...

Calendar.(NEWS)(Calendar)
September 15, 2008... OCTOBER 1-3--Missouri Library Assn., St. Louis molib.org 1-3--Wyoming Library Assn., Casper www.wyla.org 1-4--Idaho Library Assn., Idaho Falls www.idaholibraries.org 1-4--Kentucky Library Assn./ Kentucky School Media Assn./...

Tampa Bay Library Consortium.(Traci Avet )(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... Traci Avet is the new Virtual Reference Coordinator for the Ask-a-Librarian program at the Tampa Bay Library Consortium, FL. She was a Reference Librarian at the Palm Beach County Library System, West Palm Beach, FL.

Ohio University.(Kelly Broughton as Assistant Dean )(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... Kelly Broughton has been appointed Assistant Dean of Libraries for Research and Education at Ohio University, Athens. She was Associate Dean for Assessment and Technology at Bowling Green State University, OH.

Lincoln City Libraries.(Carol Connor's retirement)(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... Carol Connor, Director, Lincoln City Libraries, NE, has retired after 36 years. Director since 1978, she began her career in the technical services division.

West Milford Township Library.(Patricia Ann Hannon's retirement)(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... Patricia Ann Hannon has retired as Director of the West Milford Township Library, NJ. She is a Past President of the New Jersey Library Association.

North Carolina State University Libraries.(Terry Hill as assistant )(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... Terry Hill has joined the North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, as Assistant to the Vice Provost and Director of Libraries. Most recently, he taught at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina Central...

Boulder City Library District.(Duncan McCoy's retirement)(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... Duncan McCoy, Director of the Boulder City Library District, NV, has retired after 19 years of service. Lynn Schofield-Dahl, formerly of the Matheson Memorial Library, Elkhorn, WI, is the new Director.

Jerome Robbins Dance Division of the New York Public Library.(Jan Schmidt as curator)(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... Jan Schmidt has been appointed Curator of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. She most recently was Acting Curator.

Chesapeake Public Library.(people)(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... Peggy Stillman has retired after 34 years with Chesapeake Public Library, VA. Stillman served as Director of Libraries and Research Services since 1985.

New Jersey Library for the Blind and Handicapped, Ewing.(Adam Szczepaniak )(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... Adam Szczepaniak has been appointed Director of the New Jersey Library for the Blind and Handicapped, Ewing. Szczepaniak was the library's Assistant Director.

Georgia Public Library Service.(Julie White Walker as Deputy State Librarian )(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... Julie White Walker has been named Deputy State Librarian for the Georgia Public Library Service. She was Assistant State Librarian for Support Services and Strategic Initiatives.

University of Michigan.(Jidong Yang as head of the Asia Library )(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... Jidong Yang was appointed Head of the Asia Library at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He comes from the University of Pennsylvania Library, Philadelphia, where he was the school's first Chinese Studies Librarian and directed the...

SOPAC 2.0 debuts in Darien: new "social OPAC" is an ILS-independent catalog interface, linking libraries together to share user-added content.
September 15, 2008... On September 1, the Darien Library, CT, debuted SOPAC 2.0, a new open source social catalog interface, as part of a revamped web presence. The sleek interface is the brainchild of Darien head of technology and digital initiatives (and 2006 LJ...

WorldCat API in general release.(infotech)(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... The WorldCat Search API (application programming interface), in testing by library developers since March, saw its general release to OCLC member libraries on August 10 "at no additional charge for most cataloging members." The API allows...

Bibliotheca hybrid options.(infotech)(BiblioGate and Biblio SelfCheck)(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... New security gates and self-check machines from RFID vendor Bibliotheca are the latest products to deliver a hybrid detection method that reads both electromagnetic (EM) and radio frequency identification (RFID) tag information. These hybrid...

EBSCOhost2.0 adds Newsbank.(EBSCO Publishing and Newsbank Inc.)(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... Adding access to more content options through its redesigned 2.0 interface, EBSCOhost announced an "integrated search partnership" with Newsbank on August 14. The agreement between the two companies allows for the return of Newsbank full-text...

Amazon acquires Shelfari.(Amazon.com Inc.)(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... Last month, Amazon announced that it would purchase AbeBooks, the used and rare book seller, and in doing so would acquire that company's 40 percent minority stake in social cataloging site LibraryThing (see InfoTech, LJ 9/1/08, p. 21). Then,...

The transparent library: when worlds collide.(infotech)
September 15, 2008... AS THE BUZZ AROUND SOCIAL networking continues, consider that author Kevin Kelly has called the emerging web "One Machine" and predicts that "total personalization in this new world will require total transparency." So, where do we fit...

Tapping into media: take your online presence to the next level with audio and video.(INFOTECH FEATURE)
September 15, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Some people learn better through viewing and listening, and some people simply don't like to read. In our society, there seems to be a general move away from text, or, at least, text as we have defined it in the...

Lifting Louisiana: Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu makes libraries a priority, increasing state aid, drawing outside support, and boosting the state library.(POLITICIAN OF THE YEAR 2008)
September 15, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "What we found out from hurricanes Katrina and Rita, what we relearned--something we had forgotten by accident--is how important libraries are," says Mitchell J. (Mitch) Landrieu. Now in his second term as...

Peer to peer: UConn's experiment with student "ambassadors" for vendor-funded training on specialized searching.
September 15, 2008... Free library training! All expenses paid! This sounded pretty good to us in the University of Connecticut (UConn) Libraries, and it sounded great to our students. The Scopus Student Ambassador (SAm) program, funded by Elsevier, permitted the...

Green weeding: promoting ecofriendly options for library discards.
September 15, 2008... Gone are the days Of tiptoeing to the dumpsters with boxes of weeded books in tow. Lots of libraries are now taking advantage of the many low-cost services and solutions that promise to help extend the lives of collection discards. Some of...

Mission aborted?(BACKTALK)(American Library Association)
September 15, 2008... IN THE MID-1950S, WITH AMERICANS spending less on books and more on radios and televisions, the American Library Association (ALA) assisted in the launch of National Library Week, an effort to help bolster reading. How ironic is it that in...

Five tips to stand out.(NEXTGEN)
September 15, 2008... BEFORE YOU EVEN GET TO THE interview phase in your job search, there are many opportunities to impress a potential employer--but there are also many opportunities to fall flat on your face. I've now served on four librarian search...

Prepub alert.(List)
September 15, 2008... FICTION Albanese, Laurie & Laura Morowitz. The Miracles of Prato. Morrow. Feb. 2009. 368p. ISBN 978-0-06-155834-4. $24.95. The love affair between Fra Filippo Lippi and novitiate Lucrezia Buti; around publication, look for the...

Graphic novels.(Book review)
September 15, 2008... They're called "funnies" and "comics" for good reason. As early as the seventh century in Japan, temple workmen etched irreverent caricatures in hidden corners. Later, humorous 11th-century scrolls parodied religious ceremonials, showing...

The Maddening Crowds: SDCC.(GRAPHIC NOVELS)(San Diego Comic-Con)
September 15, 2008... With over 100,000 attendees, San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC) ranks as the largest comic book convention in the country--although, it may be more accurate to say that it's actually the largest pop culture convention in the country. Because of...

Election news flash.(graphic novels)(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... Publishing has announced the October 8th release of 28-page inexpensive, comics-format biographies of the Democratic and Republican candidates for president of the United States, Barack Obama and John McCain. See...

Adler, H.G. The Journey.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Adler, H.G. The Journey. Random. Nov. 2008. c.320p, tr. from German by Peter Filkins. ISBN 978-1-4000-6673-5. $26. F This unusual and noteworthy novel is a fictional account by a German-speaking Jew who survived the Holocaust. Adler...

Beahrs, Andrew. The Sin Eaters.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Beahrs, Andrew. The Sin Eaters. Toby. Nov. 2008. c.239p. ISBN 978-1-59264-236-6. $24.95. F Set in early 1600s England, this novel portrays two "sin eaters": Sarah, a widow carrying the guilt of allowing her...

Belzer, Richard with Michael Black. I Am Not a Cop!(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Belzer, Richard with Michael Black. I Am Not a Cop! S. & S. Oct. 2008. c.256p. ISBN 9781-4165-7066-0. $24. F What's in a name? For many browsers, the probable answer is "a lot." Belzer is the equine-faced actor who has fashioned a career...

Berry, Steve. The Charlemagne Pursuit.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... * Berry, Steve. The Charlemagne Pursuit. Ballantine. Dec. 2008. c.528p. ISBN 978-0345-48579-3. $26. F Berry outdoes himself in his latest Cotton Malone adventure (after The Venetian Betrayal). Using his connections in the federal...

Budman, Mark. My Life at First Try.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Budman, Mark. My Life at First Try. Counterpoint. Dec. 2008. c.240p. ISBN 9781-58243-400-1. $24. F This debut novel presented in brief stories of fewer than 1000 words is a semiauto-biographical account of a Russian Jewish immigrant,...

Cheuse, Alan. To Catch the Lightning.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Cheuse, Alan. To Catch the Lightning. Sourcebooks Landmark: Sourcebooks. Oct. 2008. c.512p. ISBN 978-1-4022-1404-2. $25.95. F Edward S. Curtis is widely known through his photographic encyclopedia of North America's tribal peoples, but...

Cumming, Charles. The Spanish Game.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Cumming, Charles. The Spanish Game. St. Martin's. Dec. 2008. c.352p. ISBN 978-0312-36639-1. $24.95. F The Basque nationalists at the heart of this thriller have passionate justifications for their cause, but the new labels of...

DeMille, Nelson. The Gate House.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... DeMille, Nelson. The Gate House. Grand Central. Oct. 2008. c.669p. ISBN 978-0446-53342-3. $27.99. F In this long-awaited but ponderous sequel to The Gold Coast (1990), it is ten years later, and John Sutter has returned for the funeral of...

Gabriele, Lisa. The Almost Archer Sisters.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... * Gabriele, Lisa. The Almost Archer Sisters. S. & S. Oct. 2008. c.248p. ISBN 978-0-7432-5586-8. pap. $14. F Georgia "Peachy" Archer feels like she has always lived in the shadow of her older sister; Beth's glamorous life in New York City...

Harkaway, Nick. The Gone-Away World.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Harkaway, Nick. The Gone-Away World. Knopf. Sept. 2008. c.497p. ISBN 978-0307-26886-0. $24.95. F Harkaway has created a monster. Although his debut has been compared to the work of Joseph Heller and Kurt Vonnegut, this epic novel shares...

Jacobson, Alan. The 7th Victim.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Jacobsen, Alan. The 7th Victim. Vanguard: Perseus. Nov. 2008. c.356p. ISBN 978-159315-494-3. $25.95. F Jacobson's third novel (after False Accusations and The Hunted) has all the ingredients for a best-selling psychological thriller:...

Jacoby, M. Ann. Life After Genius.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Jacoby, M. Ann. Life After Genius. Grand Central. Oct. 2008. c.386p. ISBN 978-0446-19971-1. $24.99. F This ought to be Mead Fegley's best time. He is just days away from college graduation at the tender age of 18 and honored with the...

Lopez, Lorraine M. The Gifted Gabaldon Sisters.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Lopez, Lorraine M. The Gifted Gabaldon Sisters. Grand Central. Oct. 2008. c.326p. ISBN 978-0-446-69921-1. pap. $12.99. The four Gabaldon sisters were named by their mother Bette Davis, Loretta Young, Rita Hayworth,...

McNally, Brendan. Germania.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... McNally, Brendan. Germania. S. & S. Sept. 2008. c.384p. ISBN 978-1-4165-5882-8. $26. F Set in the closing days of the Third Reich, this is the story of quadruplets, the Flying Magical Loerber Brothers. Twelve years earlier, the brothers...

O'Connell, Carol. Bone By Bone.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... * O'Connell, Carol. Bone By Bone. Putnam. Jan. 2009. c.352p. ISBN 978-0-399-155147. $24.95. F Twenty years after the disappearance of his younger brother, Josh, Oren Hobbs quits his career as an Army CID investigator and comes home...

Paasilinna, Arto. The Howling Miller.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Paasilinna, Arto. The Howling Miller. Canongate, dist. by Grove/Atlantic. Oct. 2008. c.284p, tr. from Finnish by Will Hobson. ISBN 978-1-84767-181-3. pap. $14. F Gunnar Huttunen buys an abandoned flour mill in a small village in northern...

Penman, Sharon Kay. Devil's Brood.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... * Penman, Sharon Kay. Devil's Brood. Putnam. Oct. 2008. c.752p. ISBN 978-0399-15526-0. $27.95. F In Penman's final volume of her trilogy based on the lives of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine (When Christ and His Saints Slept; Time and...

Pitkeathley, Jill (text) & Ellen G. Hill & Hugh Thomson (illus.). Cassandra & Jane: A Jane Austen Novel.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Pitkeathley, Jill (text) & Ellen G. Hill & Hugh Thomson (illus.). Cassandra & Jane: A Jane Austen Novel. Harper: HarperCollins. Sept. 2008. c.272p, illus. ISBN 978-0-06144639-9. pap. $13.95. F While Jane Austen is recognized the world...

Reese, James. The Dracula Dossier.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Reese, James. The Dracula Dossier. HarperCollins. Oct. 2008. c.368p. ISBN 9780-06-123354-8. $24.95. F A package arrives at the desk of a young editor at a New York publishing house, purporting to be a collection of letters and journal...

Scotch, Allison Winn. Time of My Life.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Scotch, Allison Winn. Time of My Life. Shaye Areheart: Harmony. Oct. 2008. c.283p. ISBN 978-0-307-40857-0. $23. F Jillian has what seems to be a perfect life--a beautiful house in the suburbs, a loving husband, and an adorable baby girl....

Timpanelli, Gioia. What Makes a Child Lucky.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Timpanelli, Gioia. What Makes a Child Lucky. Norton. Oct. 2008. c.128p. ISBN 9780-393-06702-6. $21.95. F Based on a Sicilian folktale, this story investigates what makes someone lucky. Joseph, the youngest son in a poor, rural Sicilian...

Toussaint, Jean-Philippe. Camera.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Toussaint, Jean-Philippe. Camera. Dalkey Archive. Nov. 2008. c.125p, tr. from French by Matthew B. Smith. ISBN 978-1-56478522-0. pap. $12.95. F Does the American reader's desire for plot indicate a lack of sophistication? Considering...

Weitz, Patricia. College Girl.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Weitz, Patricia. College Girl. Riverhead: Penguin Group (USA). Jan. 2009. c.336p. ISBN 978-1-59448-853-5. $24.95. F Natalie Bloom, the first girl in her family of six older brothers to attend (or even want to attend) college, has finally...

Baker, Kage. The House of the Stag.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... * Baker, Kage. The House of the Stag. Tor. Sept. 2008. c.352p. ISBN 978-0-7653-1745-2. $24.95. FANTASY The peaceful, primitive Yendri tribe is no match for the Riders who conquered and enslaved them. Only Gard, a half-demon foundling,...

Czerneda, Julie E. Riders of the Storm.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Czerneda, Julie E. Riders of the Storm. DAW, dist. by Penguin. (Stratification, Bk. 2). Sept. 2008. c.464p. ISBN 978-0-7564-0518-2. $24.95. SF Exiled from her people, the Om'ray, for her use of her forbidden talent, the ability to...

Farland, David. The Wyrmling Horde: The Seventh Book of the Runelords.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Farland, David. The Wyrmling Horde: The Seventh Book of the Runelords. Tor. Sept. 2008. c.320p. ISBN 978-0-7653-1666-0. $25.95. FANTASY Fallion Orden, the son of the hero Gabon, discovered a way to unite two alternate realities into one...

Fawcette, Steven L. Archangels II: The Grigori.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Fawcette, Steven L. Archangels II: The Grigori. Archangel Group. 2008. c.329p. ISBN 978-0-615-20021-7. pap. $13.95. SF The fugitive Hart family possesses frightening secrets about the Roswell incident that have long been hidden from the...

Herbert, Brian & Kevin J. Anderson. Paul of Dune.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... * Herbert, Brian & Kevin J. Anderson. Paul of Dune. Tor. Sept. 2008. c.512p. ISBN 978-0-7653-1294-5. $27.95. SF Paul Muad'Dib and his army of Fremen desert warriors have succeeded in their overthrow of the Emperor Shaddam IV, but holding...

Hilburn, Lynda. Dark Harvest.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Hilburn, Lynda. Dark Harvest. Medallion. (Kismet Knight, Ph.D., Vampire Psychologist, Bk. 2). Oct. 2008. c.362p. ISBN 978-1-933836-61-4. pap. $15.95. FANTASY Psychologist Kismet Knight has a most unusual clientele; she counsels vampires,...

Levy, Roger. Icarus.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Levy, Roger. Icarus. Gollancz, dist. by Trafalgar Square. Sept. 2008. c.423p. ISBN 978-0-57507-981-6. pap. $14.95. SF Earth lies uninhabited. The planets Haze and Haven are its legacy. On Haven, humans live underground, restricted in...

Martinez, A. Lee. Too Many Curses.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Martinez, A. Lee. Too Many Curses. Tor. Sept. 2008. c.320p. ISBN 978-0-7653-1835-0. pap. $14.95. FANTASY Nessy the kobold works incessantly for Margle the Horrendous, a formidable wizard known for transforming his enemies into cursed...

McKiernan, Dennis L. City of Jade: A Novel of Mithgar.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... McKiernan, Dennis L. City of Jade: A Novel of Mithgar. ROC: NAL. Oct. 2008. ISBN 978-0-451-46231-2. $23.95. FANTASY A prophecy and a dream about a lost city made of jade draw Aravan, the captain of the Elvenship Eroean, and his life mate,...

McKillip, Patricia A. The Bell at Sealey Head.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... McKillip, Patricia A. The Bell at Sealey Head. Ace: Berkley, dist. by Penguin Group (USA). Sept. 2008. c.288p. ISBN 978-0-441-016303. $23.95. FANTASY The small seaside town of Sealey Head is home to a few families, an inn, and Aislinn...

Murphy, C.E. Hands of Flame.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Murphy, C.E. Hands of Flame. Luna: Harlequin. (The Negotiator, Bk. 3). Sept. 2008. c.416p. ISBN 978-0-373-80270-8. pap. $14.95. FANTASY Lawyer Margrit Knight is one of the few humans aware of New York City's other-worldy denizens; known...