Category: Books

  • Tome of Geek: The Frontier by Kenneth Tam

    A while back I got my hands a wonderful alternate history book called The Grassland.  Today I look at the books sequel – and the latest book in the His…


  • Tome of Geek: I’m an Author

    Well I guess there’s no avoiding it now. I’ve grown up with the lesson that if it’s too good to be true, it probably is. It was one of those…


  • Tome of Geek: Godborn by Paul S. Kemp

    I love the writings of Paul S. Kemp.  It started with Erevis Cale, it was renewed with Jaden Korr, reinvigorated with Egil and Nix and but most recently it’s been…


  • Tome of Geek: Kitty and the MIdnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn

    I’ve always enjoyed Urban Fantasy ever since I read a certain book.  I don’t want to name names or pass blame – but it’s Jim Butcher’s fault.  My only problem…


  • Tome of Geek: The Companions by RA Salvatore

    I HATED The Last Threshold. I love Drizzt books but I HATED The Last Threshold. It wasn’t that it was a bad book, far from it, but it was a…


  • Panic View: Jay Posey

    In the past year or so I have been able to interview several authors for 42 Webs.  Thanks to Angry Robot Books and to the generous authors who gave up…


  • Panic View: Madeline Ashby

    In the years since I’ve started 42webs the blog has changed beyond what I could have expected.  I have done things with it that I would have never thought possible. …


  • Tome of Geek: Trickster by Jeff Somers

    Today I am talking about Trickster by Jeff Somers. Trickster is an Urban Fantasy novel about magic in today’s society but unlike the rose coloured world of Harry Potter or…


  • Tome of Geek: Hell to Pay by Matthew Hughes

    There is something sad inside you when a series comes to end.  Some, like Wheel of Time or The Dresden Files, are long series that you’ve followed for many, many,…


  • Tome of Geek: The Grasslands by Kenneth Tam

    In today’s world there are lots of movies, like at least four, and thousands upon thousands of books and comics.  So this brings up a big issue – what do…