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LitStack Review: Babylon’s Ashes by James S. A. Corey

Published on : 27 December, 201627 December, 2016 Published by : Sharon Browning

Babylon’s Ashes James S. A. Corey Orbit Books Release Date: December 6, 2016 ISBN 978-0-3163-3474-7 NOTE: Babylon’s Ashes is the sixth book of James S. A. Corey’s superlative The Expanse series (out of a planned nine volumes). Before reading any further, realize that it’s virtually impossible to review book #6 […]

LitStack Review: Nemesis Games by James S. A. Corey

Published on : 23 June, 201523 June, 2015 Published by : Sharon Browning

Nemesis Games James S. A. Corey Orbit Books Release Date: June 2, 2015 ISBN 978-0-316-21758-3 Warning: This review contains spoilers for the first four books in The Expanse series. If you are a novice to The Expanse experience – and wish to remain so – you may not want to […]

On this day, October 29, in 1954, James Dover Grant – known by the pen name Lee Child – was born in Coventry, Warwickshire, England. Best known for his Jack Reacher novel series, which follows the adventures of a former American military policeman who wanders the United States (25 books and counting!) he was honored as Author of the Year by the British Book Awards in 2019, for his lifetime achievement, as well as being appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for his services to literature. Pretty good for a fellow who started writing after being made redundant in his job due to corporate restructuring! Today, he turns 66.

On this day, December 3, in 1857, Joseph Conrad was born in Berdichev, Imperial Russia (modern
Ukraine, then a part of Poland). While he settled in England and wrote in English, he always considered himself a Pole. Heart of Darkness, one of the most famous of his 20 novels (which explores colonialism and the attitudes regarding what constitutes a barbarian versus civilized society) is considered one of the best English novels of the 20th century, as is his novel Lord Jim, which chronicles a crew’s abandonment of its disabled ship. Conrad died in England in 1924 at age 66.

LitStack Review: Babylon’s Ashes by James S. A. Corey

LitStack Review: Nemesis Games by James S. A. Corey

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