The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Samit Basu's Turbulence -- a fantasy novel from India that's now also available in the US.
On the US edition they have a three-word blurb from the Publishers Weekly review -- "Snappy and clever" -- but I'm surprised they didn't have the guts to go with the whole sentence (which I think might cause more potential readers to linger over a copy if they come across it in a bookstore):
On the US edition they have a three-word blurb from the Publishers Weekly review -- "Snappy and clever" -- but I'm surprised they didn't have the guts to go with the whole sentence (which I think might cause more potential readers to linger over a copy if they come across it in a bookstore):
Snappy and clever but unfocused and lazy, this may inadvertently be the first hipster superhero story.In any case, I found it a pleasant surprise.