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Political Thrills in a Cataclysmic World

City of Stairs (The Divine Cities Book 1) by Robert Jackson Bennett

City of Blades (The Divine Cities Book 2) by Robert Jackson Bennett

City of Miracles (The Divine Cities Book 3) by Robert Jackson Bennett

October 13, 2019 by LittlePlat 1 Comment

In my review of Red Rising, I asked about what it is that makes you decide whether or not to embark on a new series. Once again, I would like to build off this to ask a slightly different question – what makes you decide to back to a series that you left by the wayside? I hadn’t meant to abandon reading Robert Jackson Bennett’s Divine Cities Trilogy. But unfortunately, life got in the way. I got introduced to the series via the Hugo Awards […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: And So It Begins, cbr11bingo, City of Blades City of Miracles, City of Stairs, fantasty, political thriller, Robert Jackson Bennett, The Divine Cities

LittlePlat's CBR11 Review No:17 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: And So It Begins, cbr11bingo, City of Blades City of Miracles, City of Stairs, fantasty, political thriller, Robert Jackson Bennett, The Divine Cities ·
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Weirdness in Wink

American Elsewhere by Robert Jackson Bennett

June 28, 2019 by TheShitWizard Leave a Comment

American Elsewhere only popped onto my radar thanks to a Cannonball review, so thank you for putting a new (to me) writer on my horizon. A slow burn, it put me very much in mind of HP Lovecraft (minus the racism) living in a Stephen King town. I happen to love that kind of setting, so American Elsewhere turned out to be my kind of catnip. Mona Bright has been having a difficult few years. An ex-cop, currently unemployed and drifting following the death of […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror Tagged With: Fiction, horror, Robert Jackson Bennett

TheShitWizard's CBR11 Review No:23 · Genres: Fiction, Horror · Tags: Fiction, horror, Robert Jackson Bennett ·
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Episode 1-11: Time After Damned Time

March 23, 2018 by prisco Leave a Comment

https://killingmykindle.com/2018/03/19/episode-1-11-time-after-damned-time/ Wherein I Review: 35. Mr. Shivers by Robert Jackson Bennett 36. The Stainless Steel Rat for President (Stainless Steel Rat #8) by Harry Harrison 37. Blood and Lemonade by Joe R. Lansdale 38. Just One Damned Thing After Another (St. Mary’s Chronicles #1) by Jodi Taylor Hap and Leonard do a very special clip show, still following the exploits of the inexplicable rat, I ponder what it’d be like if Johnny Appleseed or Paul Bunyan went serial killer, and I finally find time travel […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction, Short Stories Tagged With: blood and lemonade, Chronicles of St. Mary's, hap and leonard, Harry Harrison, Jodi Taylor, joe lansdale, just one damned thing after another, killing my kindle, mr shivers, podcast, Robert Jackson Bennett, stainless steel rat, stainless steel rat for president

prisco's CBR10 Review No:38 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction, Short Stories · Tags: blood and lemonade, Chronicles of St. Mary's, hap and leonard, Harry Harrison, Jodi Taylor, joe lansdale, just one damned thing after another, killing my kindle, mr shivers, podcast, Robert Jackson Bennett, stainless steel rat, stainless steel rat for president ·
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Pan-dimensional Pandemonium

December 5, 2017 by Jenny S 2 Comments

Thanks to the newly revived Powell’s Daily Dose, a huge grower of my “to-read” list, this novel came to my attention and I’m glad I took the time to “Interlibrary Loan” it (since I couldn’t find it at either of my local libraries).  Don’t let its 662 pages intimidate you.  American Elsewhere is a fun combination of noir, horror, and science fiction with a bit of the Truman Show thrown in for good measure (only there are no TV cameras).  Robert Jackson Bennett not only […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: American Elsewhere, Robert Jackson Bennett

Jenny S's CBR9 Review No:28 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: American Elsewhere, Robert Jackson Bennett ·
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cover of City of Blades

Never, ever, never could this fight be worth what it asks of us.

July 3, 2017 by J Leave a Comment

Before I get started, City of Blades is the second book in Robert Jackson Bennett’s Divine Cities trilogy. I am a terrible judge of whether you will need the earlier book to understand this one, and I apologize for that. I don’t think I need to spoil anything about the first to talk about the second, but everyone has their own tolerance level. Non-spoilery, but necessary background about the world of the Divine Cities. One hundred years ago, the gods were real. The Continent was […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: Robert Jackson Bennett

J's CBR9 Review No:26 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: Robert Jackson Bennett ·
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