A Far Out Fantastic Site

Credit: Pixabay.com As much as I am a big fan of Neil Gaiman and as great as his novel American Gods has been said to be, I have not read it. That’s because I’m not a big fan of novels that go over 400 pages regardless of genre. Not that I’ll never read American Gods ; I’m just not ready to work my way through an extra long work any time soon. Anything more than the equivalent of a 400-page mass trade paperback novel I normally try to stay away from. I’m afraid that if I try reading it that I’ll put it aside to read other things and take a break from it--a permanent break. It’s happened to me twice with one book -- Don Quixote . So, as much as I’d like to read American Gods and probably will someday, I’ve turned to the “alternative” instead. Actually I’ve turned to two alternatives: two American Gods sequels (see the list below for titles) . However, you probably won’t find them on shelves at the bookstores, much less the library, yet. At least not as their own book...

Of course,  The Fool's Illusion  isn't the only speculative fiction book that centres around the theme of deceit. Author Beth Revis's Across the Universe  is set on a star ship that seems to run on lies and therefore illusions some of which are very literal. I recently finished reading this YA novel which was part of my summer reading . My review of it is below. Is it a book you would consider putting on your own reading list? Feel free to provide your answer in the box below.   Photo Credit: Razorbill/Penguin Book's Title:  Across the Universe Author: Beth Revis Series: Across the Universe Trilogy Volume: Book 1 (of 3) Year of Publication: 2011 Publisher: Razorbill/Penguin With young adult science fiction  rising in popularity, especially since The Hunger Games craze, Beth Revis’s Across the Universe carries on this trend. Part space opera, part murder mystery, it’s the first book of a trilogy. Even so, it holds up...