Nalo Hopkinson is an author I have wanted to read for a long time. I have seen her novels over the years but had not gotten around to reading one until now. Hopkinson tends to get overlooked in the current trend of black authors writing science fiction or fantasy. I...
Marion’s Favorites: Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin Documentary
by MHill | Nov 19, 2020 | Marion's Favorites, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
I just finished watching a documentary on Ursula K. Le Guin, the great writer of Imaginative and speculative fiction. I know that Le Guin has categorized and championed herself as a science fiction and fantasy writer. After watching this documentary, I get why she...
Wisdom From Kammbia Story Review 2: Timeskip by Charles de Lint
by MHill | Sep 1, 2019 | Charles De Lint, Marion's All-Time Favorite Short Stories, Marion's Favorites, Marion's Reading Life Blog, Short Story Review, Wisdom From Kammbia Column, Wisdom of Kammbia Story Review
Charles de Lint is one of the few authors I have read for over twenty-five years. His novels and stories set in the fictional city of Newford have been delightful to read for a long time. Timeskip is one of de Lint's best and well-known stories about a ghost...
Wisdom from Kammbia Book Review 12: A Brightness Long Ago by Guy Gavriel Kay
by MHill | May 27, 2019 | 2019 Book Reviews, Guy Gavriel Kay, Marion's Favorite Books, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
You know when an author has become one of your favorites when you put down what you were currently reading and buy a new book to read it. Guy Gavriel Kay has become one of those "must read" authors for me. A...
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 11: The Knight by Gene Wolfe
by MHill | May 5, 2019 | 2019 Book Reviews, Gene Wolfe, Marion's Favorite Duologies, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
Legendary author science-fiction and fantasy author Gene Wolfe died on April 14th at the age 87. Wolfe created a body of work over five decades that placed him at the top of the genre and considered by many to be...
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 7: Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb
by MHill | Mar 23, 2019 | 2019 Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books
Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb is a novel I have seen for years at bookstores. I always thought it was a typical epic fantasy novel for some time and never picked it up. Until now. What changed? I was looking on Instagram a few weeks ago and came across Robin...
Journey and Discovery: A Kammbia Omnibus Edition
by MHill | Feb 12, 2019 | Kammbian Characters, Kammbian Culture, Kammbian History, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
The courage to face the truth. Diondray Azur had it. He took a gamble and looked hard into his roots. What he discovered changed him forever. A son of privilege in the land of Kammbia, Diondray learned one day that everything he believed to be true was in fact, a lie....
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 1: The Ivory and the Horn by Charles de Lint
by MHill | Jan 14, 2019 | 2019 Book Reviews, Charles De Lint, Marion's Favorite Books, Marion's Favorites, Newford, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
I ended my 2018 reading year with a short story collection by Charles de Lint. I enjoyed Dreams Underfoot and began my 2019 reading year with the second de Lint short story collection set in Newford. The Ivory and the Horn is a fifteen tale collection that continues...
Cassandra’s Revelation: A Kammbia Short Story
by MHill | Jan 12, 2019 | Wisdom From Kammbia Column
“Cassandra’s Revelation,” is about a chance meeting between Cassandra Applebaum, a sultry-voiced singer who hadn’t sung in years, and an old friend—one who saw Diondray stop a rainstorm. Inspired by her friend's account, Cassandra penned a new song, “The One Who Made...
Book Review 150: Kissing The Beehive by Jonathan Carroll
by MHill | Dec 28, 2018 | 2018 Book Reviews, Jonathan Carroll, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
Jonathan Carroll has become an author on my must read list that includes Charles de Lint, Guy Gavriel Kay, & Jorge Amado. Carroll's brand of contemporary fantasy and surrealism is unique to the fantasy genre. I have read and reviewed four other Carroll novels:...