Mitch Wyle's Web Log

Neal Stephenson's dialog and some plotting shine in this fantasy story Radio Play . I don't like swords and sorcery fantasy but this...

This high fantasy book, second in a series, deserves all the prizes it won (Hugo, Nebula, Locus). I enjoyed the story, the characters, and t...

I think David Brin pointed me to this book as an illustration of other authors who picked up David's idea of uplift .  Uplift is when an...

Nebula award winner 2023, well-written, clever fantasy. I don't like fantasy, though. 3/5 Stars.

I did not like this story or the interesting surreal setting. The writing is good but the plot, characters, magic system, etc. were terrible...

I usually don't like swords & sorcery (high) fantasy because the magic systems are usually arbitrary.  This book is unbelievably bru...

Not good, 2/5 Stars.

The characters, settings, and writing craft are fantastic but I am disappointed by the plot, character arcs, and story.  3/5 Stars.

The Nebula Award nominees for 2022 were recently announced ; Babel  looked intriguing; my ranking algorithm pushed it high up on my queue.  ...

Slow start but fun story, with great one-liners and dialog, 4/5 Stars.

Lots of 1947 swashbuckling adventures along with Indios dream mythology.  Well-crafted and fun, I did not like any of the characters, though...