Blogcritics is over the moon about Von Neumann's War by John Ringo and Travis S. Taylor.

The LA Times looks at the recent spate of near-future right-wing thrillers.

Up Against the Wall reviews Dan Simmons's new novel The Terror. [via Locus Online]

BookFetish looks at The Frost-Haired Vixen by John Zakour.

Bookgasm loves Gene Wolfe's new novel Soldier of Sidon.

Niall Harrison (of Torque Control) is reading Salon Fantastique, edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, and intends to do a blog post for every story. He starts out with one on Jeffrey Ford's "The Night Whiskey."