The New Podler Review of Books

Hi all! Briefly coming out of hibernation to post a review of the sequel to Richard Abbott's Far from the Spaceports . When quick wits ...

Image courtesy of Futurama Wiki Back in March of 2010, I submitted my novel Armistice Day to this blog in hopes of scoring a revie...

Each year, the reviewers here at the New Podler Review of Books pick the book (or books) which we feel are the very best independently publi...

The gods are dead, killed two hundred years ago. With their destruction the moon split apart, the sun dwindled and the land was devastated. ...

Sarah Buhrman’s Too Wyrd offers a welcome twist on the conventional fantasy protagonist who embarks on a quest.  As the story begins, Ni...

A dark speck slips from dormancy, where it has been trapped for millennia. It is utterly alien, singularly enthralling, and devastatingly le...

In a city racked by poverty and discontent, twelve people arrive for an interview with the all powerful Frontline Corporation. The successfu...

Cover: A Sickness in Time THE MOST DANGEROUS OPERATION In 2038, the human race is in a death spiral, and most people do not even know ...

Indio, a wise blind mole rat , has led a prosperous colony of sighted rats in the ruins of an old, abandoned movie theater for most of his t...

Cover image - Quest for Kriya (Goodreads) Haunted by tragic loss in the 1993 India earthquake, a broken Shakti with a tenuous hold on li...