A New Birth of Freedom: The Visitor, by Robert Pielke
Reviewed by Paul Weiss

Publisher:Altered Dimensions Press
Year Published: 2010

The eternal paradox of time travel!

Is it possible to change the past without altering or de-constructing the present and its relevant future beyond recognition? ...

The Dresden Files: Welcome to the Jungle, by Jim Butcher and Adrian Syaf
Reviewed by Paul Weiss

Publisher:Del Rey
Year Published: 2008

A welcome addition to the Dresden Files universe!

Harry Dresden is a hapless, down on his luck wizard. In fact, he's the only licensed wizard in the Chicago phone book. Business isn't exactly brisk so from time to time he acts as a consultant with the Chicago Police Department when the cases drift out of the mundane and into the realm of the paranormal. When Karrin Murphy, one of Chicago's finest, is called upon to investigate a brutal mauling at the Lincoln Park Zoo that left way too many weird questions from left field unanswered, she knew it was time to call on Harry's unique skills. One look at the crime scene was all that Dresden needed to realize that powerful black magic was at work. ...

Touched by an Alien, by Gini Koch
Reviewed by Joshua Palmatier

Publisher:DAW
Year Published: 2010

Touched by an Alien is the debut novel from Gini Koch and is the first book in the Katherine "Kitty" Katt series. I believe there's a second book already scheduled for release this December. ...

The Blue-Haired Bombshell, by John Zakour
Reviewed by Joshua Palmatier

Publisher:DAW
Year Published: 2009

The Blue-Haired Bombshell is the fifth book in the Zachary Nixon Johnson series from John Zakour. I really like the main character in this series, and I like the humorous and over-the-top riff on detective noir fiction with all of the SF elements mixed in.
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Horizons, by Mary Rosenblum
Reviewed by SJ Higbee

Publisher:TOR Science Fiction
Year Published: 2007

Suffering from a lack of sparkling, solidly good science fiction? Enjoy Lois McMaster Bujold, Elizabeth Moon and C.J. Cherryh at their very best? Fear not, I’ve found you another candidate. ...