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Originally Posted by Liviu_5
I look constantly for and buy new authors and so I have several review sites I use that I know are reliable from experience in time with them, and then excerpts are all important - usually a page or two of the book makes it clear for me if it's a must, a check it more, a later when in the mood, or a complete avoid.
In sff at least there is a large network of very good reviewers and review sites, with different interests for that matter so you can find reviews of the latest vampire yarn, as well as of the hard sf space opera or the latest hardcore mil-sf, so it's easy to check books out. What is hard is to get people to review lesser known books since reading time is limited and every month there are lots of major sff releases and those tend to get the most attention, with lesser known novels appearing here and there based on reviewer's taste.
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Would you mind providing a few links to review sites? I'm looking for more "philosophical" sff (for lack of a better term). I prefer a strong science underpinning to my stories, i.e. if it's supposed to be sf, I don't want to see terms like "tesseract" or "mutant" thrown around just for flavor with no connection to their contemporary scientific meanings, but the interactions between the characters and how they solve problems are usually the most interesting part of the story for me. If fantasy, I prefer a strongly developed, original mythos, preferably without elves and orcs (I've already read Tolkien), again with an emphasis on characters solving problems, preferably by working together (eventually, at least). Any suggestions?