Reviews by Don D'Ammassa

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My Books

• Blood Beast
• Twisted Images
• Servants of Chaos
• Scarab
• Haven
• Murder in Silverplate
• Dead of Winter
• Narcissus
• Wings Over Manhattan
• The Gargoyle
• Translation Station
• Death at the Art Gallery
• The Sinking Island
• The Kaleidoscope
• That Way Madness Lies
• Complete Bibliography

What's New

Jan 27 Reviews: 3 Doctor Who novels by Terrance Dicks in SF. Pursuit of a Parcel by Patricia Wentworth in Mysteries.

The Sinking Island, a lost world novel, is now available on Amazon, as is The Kaleidoscope, a dark fantasy. That Way Madness Lies is a collection of short horror fiction.

Click on the covers to be taken to Amazon.

Jan 26 Reviews: Witch of the Wood by Michael Aronovitz in Horror. World Set Free by H.G. Wells in SF.

Jan 25 Reviews: Sherlock Holmes & Hapsburg Tiara by Alan Vanneman in Mysteries. Tropes of Fantasy Fiction by Gabrielle Lissauer in Nonfiction. Forever Is Too Long by Chester Geier in SF.

Jan 24 Reviews: Inside a Silver Box by Walter Mosley and Day of Daleks by Terrance Dicks in SF. Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold by Evelyn Waugh in Other Fiction. Disaster Wars in Movies.

Jan 23 Reviews: Face of the Earth by Algernon Blackwood in Horror. Literary Haunted House by Rebecca Janicker in Nonfiction. Devil's Tower in Movies.

Jan 22 Reviews: Righteous Fury by Markus Heitz in Fantasy. Weekend with Death by Patricia Wentworth in Mysteries. Red Dwarf series VIII in Movies.

Jan 21 Reviews: Harbor by John Ajvide Lindqvist in Horror. Curse of Peladon by Brian Hayles in SF. Battle of Five Armies soundtrack in Movies.

Jan 20 Reviews: Crawling Terror by Mike Tucker and Locked Worlds by Edmond Hamilton in SF. In the Balance by Patricia Wentworth in Mysteries.

Jan 19 Reviews: Sea Devils by Malcolm Hulke in SF. Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes by Larry Millett in Mysteries. Mighty Lobo by Max Brand in Other Fiction.

Jan 18 Reviews: Conquerors by David Keller, Claws of Axos by Terrance Dicks, and Ten to the Stars by Raymond Z. Gallun in SF.

Jan 17 Reviews: Wide World's End by James Enge in Fantasy. Crystal Planetoids by Stanton Coblentz in SF.

Jan 16 Reviews: Covenant's End by Ari Marmell in Fantasy. Korean War by Brian Catchpole in Nonfiction. Rearranged this page somewhat.

Jan 15 Reviews: Whispering Swarm by Michael Moorcock in Fantasy. Computerworld by A.E. van Vogt in SF. Primeval Volume 3 in Movies.

Jan 14 Reviews: Necropolis Railway by Andrew Martin in Mysteries. Ambush at Torture Canyon by Max Brand in Other Fiction.

Jan 13 Reviews: Blue Labyrinth by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child in Mysteries. Daemons by Barry Letts in SF.

Jan 12 Reviews: Cosmic Encounter by A.E. van Vogt, Cosmic Junkman by Rog Phillips, and Ultimate Weapon by John W. Campbell Jr. in SF.

Jan 11 Reviews: Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu in SF. Case of Sabina Hall by L.B. Greenwood in Mysteries.

Jan 10 Reviews: The Deep by Nick Cutter in SF. Lucky Larribee by Max Brand in Other Fiction. Loved One in Movies.

Jan 9 Reviews: Rolling Stone by Patricia Wentworth in Mysteries. Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh in Other Fiction.

Jan 8 Reviews: Waking That Kills by Stephen Gregory in Horror. Thing from Underneath by Milton Lesser in SF. Emperor of America by Sax Rohmer in Mysteries.

Jan 7 Reviews: Wolves of London by Mark Morris in Horror. Opened Grave by L. Frank James in Fantasy. Doomsday Weapon by Malcolm Hulke in SF.

Jan 6 Reviews: Null A Three by A.E. van Vogt, Mind of Evil by Terrance Dicks, & Operation Interstellar by George O. Smith in SF.

Jan 5 Reviews: On the Steel Breeze by Alastair Reynolds and Terror of the Autons by Terrance Dicks in SF.

Jan 4 Reviews: War in the Air by H.G. Wells in SF. Raspberry Jam by Carolyn Wells in Mysteries.

Jan 3 Reviews: Blind Side by Patricia Wentworth in Mysteries. Mr. Wilson's War by John Dos Passos in Nonfiction.

Jan 2 Reviews: Ninth Nightmare by Graham Masterton in Horror. Men at Arms and Officers and Gentleman by Evelyn Waugh in Other Fiction. Maleficent in Movies.

Jan 1 Reviews: Blood Will Follow by Snorri Kristjansson in Fantasy. Secret of the Martians by Paul Fairman in SF. Handling the Undead by John Ajvide Lindquist in Horror.

Dec 31 Reviews: Sherlock Holmes & Case of Raleigh Legacy by L.B. Greenfield in Mysteries. Golden Lightning by Max Brand in Other Fiction. The World Until Yesterday by Jared Diamond in Nonfiction.

Dec 30 Reviews: Renaissance by A.E. van Vogt, Inferno by Terrance Dicks, and Moon of Battle by J.J. Allerton in SF. Lonesome Road by Patricia Wentworth in Mysteries.

Dec 29 Reviews: Voyage of the Asteroid by Laurence Manning and Revolt of the Outworlds by Milton Lesser in SF. Devil's Promise by David Stuart Davies in Horror.

Dec 28 Reviews: Just City by Jo Walton in Fantasy. Tangled Skein by David Stuart Davies in Horror. Androcles and the Lion by George Bernard Shaw in Other Fiction.