RT Book Reviews
03/14/2017
REVIEW: A Closed and Common Orbit
Review of A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers
Regina Small
Writer/Editor
United States
Writer and editor since 2007, with a focus on book reviews.
United States
Writer and editor since 2007, with a focus on book reviews.
Review of A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers
Interview with author Chuck Wendig about cybersecurity and his novel Zer0es
Piece on Lev Grossman's fears about aesthetic relativism in crowd-sourced reviewing of books (Goodreads, Amazon)
Report on the launch of Saga, Simon & Schuster's science fiction/fantasy imprint
Feature reporting on the competition between Twitter and Facebook in 2009 (written as Regina Nigro)
Interview with author John Scalzi about Lock In, his 2014 novel
Review of Daughters of the Storm by Kim Wilkins
Review of Disturbing His Peace by Tessa Bailey
Review of Blue Light Yokohama by Nicolas Obregon
Review of Miranda and Caliban by Jacqueline Carey
Review of Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant
Review of Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire
Review of The Dispatcher by John Scalzi
Review of Raging at the Stars by Lesley Davis
Review of All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders
Review of A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab
Review of The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
Review of Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
Review of Conspiracy of Ravens by Lila Bowen
Review of Roman Crazy by Alice Clayton and Nina Bocci
Review of The Language of Dying by Sarah Pinborough
Review of Today Will Be Different by Maria Semple
Review of A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
Review of Of Noble Family by Mary Robinette Kowal
Review of The Severed Streets by Paul Cornell
Review of Valour and Vanity by Mary Robinette Kowal
Review of A Study in Ashes by Emma Jane Holloway
Review of The Ophelia Prophecy by Sharon Lynn Fisher
Review of Without a Summer by Mary Robinette Kowal
Review of A Study in Silks by Emma Jane Holloway
Review of The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination ed. John Joseph Adams
Review of Queen Victoria's Book of Spells ed. Ellen Datlow
Review of Only Superhuman by Christoper L. Bennett
Interview with author Charlaine Harris about the end of the Sookie Stackhouse series
Interview with author Christine Feehan about her Sea Haven/Sisters of the Heart series
Interview with Victoria Dahl about Flirting with Disaster
Genre spotlight interview with author Delilah S. Dawson
Interview with author Kerrelyn Sparks about the end of the Love at Stake series
Interview with author Anne Bishop about her urban fantasy series, The Others
Interview with author Jill Shalvis about her Cedar Ridge series
Interview with co-authors Alice Clayton & Nina Bocci about their book Roman Crazy
Interview with author Jennifer Estep about The Spider
Interview with author Jennifer Ashley about Wild Wolf
Interview with author Charlaine Harris about Midnight Crossroad
Interview with author Laurell K. Hamilton about A Shiver of Light
Interview with author Ann Leckie about Ancillary Sword
Interview with author Maya Banks about Keep Me Safe
Report on the launch of Masque, a science fiction & fantasy imprint from Prime Books
Interview with author Delphine Dryden about Gossamer Wing
A feature on steampunk authors doing steampunk cosplay
A roundup of books for Valentine's Day (plus some anti-Valentine's picks)
Reviews of The White King by György Dragomán & The Suicide Index by Joan Wickersham
Feature reporting on the endurance of high fashion during the 2008-09 recession (written as Regina Nigro)
Interview with writing team Christina Lauren about Dark Wild Night
Reviews of Against Happiness by Eric G. Wilson & The Book of Other People edited by Zadie Smith
Feature article examining the existential themes of the television show LOST (written as Regina Nigro)
Feature article on the importance of family and "being a bro" in How I Met Your Mother
Examining the theme of female ambition through The Good Wife and Damages
Critique of Nancy Franklin's New Yorker piece on Jersey Shore (written as Regina Nigro)