Universe at Play: Two Must-Read Novels of the Fantastic

SF SITE UPDATE: This week over at SF.DRB site: Two Must-Read Recent Novels of the Fantastic -> Avi Abrams reviews "The Yiddish Policemen's Union" by Michael Chabon and "Cloud Atlas" by David Mitchell - "Just when you thought science fiction had safely settled into predictability and conventional form - along come two books that turn all those conventions upside-down, by writers who create their own impossible-to-classify sub-genres and do it with such ridiculous aplomb that the world immediately recognizes this as a SF "History in the Making"... and indeed, these books are as immensely entertaining as they are esoteric and complex." Click Here to Read the Rest -> (image credit: 0encrypted0) ------------ Also, on SF.DRB this week: Frank Herbert's "Dune", Plus Other Often Overlooked Gems -> M. Christian reviews "Dune", "The Santaroga Barrier" and "The Green Brain" by Frank Herbert - "Everyone knows Herbert for his Dune books but what a lot of people, unfortunately, don’t know about this Grand Master of science fiction is that he’s written, in my mind at least, even better novels – and the Santaroga Barrier is one of them." Click Here to Read the Rest -> ("Heretics of Dune", art by Jim Burns) ------------ Don't miss our "Ultimate Guide to SF&F writers, 1990-2009"! -> More SF reviews forthcoming on a regular basis. Subscribe to DRB SF by rss or email. Send your review of SF book or story listed on the site.