Articles by Rob H. Bedford

About Rob H. Bedford (36 Articles)

Rob H. Bedford writes The Completeist Column and curates Mind Melds here at SF Signal. Elsewhere, he is the Lead Book reviewer for SFFWorld, where he is also a Moderator in their discussion forums. In addition to over a decade’s worth of reviews at SFFWorld, his reviews and articles have also appeared at Tor.com and in the San Francisco/Sacramento Book.

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On My Radar: THE BORDER by Robert R. McCammon/THE SNOW QUEEN by Joan D. Vinge/ALIVE by Scott Sigler

Rob Bedford's got a few books on his radar...check 'em out! [Read more]

February 21, 2015 // 0 Comments

The Completist: The ACTS OF CAINE Series by Matthew Stover

Rob Bedford (aka The Completest) takes a very thorough look at the Acts of Caine series by Matthew Woodring Stover. [Read more]

February 17, 2015 // 5 Comments

MIND MELD: Name Your Favorite Apocalypse or Dystopia!

Aliens! Plague! Zombies! In this week's Mind Meld, contributors weigh in on post-apocalyptic and dystopian goodness. Warning: Lots of great book recs ahead! [Read more]

February 11, 2015 // 6 Comments

Eric Brown’s BENGAL STATION Trilogy

Eric Brown has written & published just about one novel per year since his first in 1992. Many of those novels have published through Solaris Books, including his Bengal [Read more]

January 15, 2015 // 3 Comments

MIND MELD: What 2015 Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Books Are You Looking Forward to Reading?

[Do you have an idea for a future Mind Meld? Let us know!] Q: What 2015 SFFH books are you looking forward to reading? (Probably the most straight-forward Mind Meld question [Read more]

January 7, 2015 // 23 Comments

Book Review: SPECIES IMPERATIVE by Julie Czerneda

Julie Czerneda has been churning out Hard Science Fiction novels for the better part of the last decade-and-a-half for DAW books. One thing I’ve always thought and said [Read more]

December 18, 2014 // 3 Comments

MIND MELD: What Are Your Annual Holiday Genre Traditions?

[Do you have an idea for a future Mind Meld? Let us know!] This week, we asked our esteemed panelists the following question: Q: What Genre Holiday traditions to you partake [Read more]

December 3, 2014 // 4 Comments

Joshua Palmatier’s THRONE OF AMENKOR Trilogy

I’m taking another short trip into the past for this installment of The Completist, only about ten years have passed since the publication of the first book in this series [Read more]

November 19, 2014 // 2 Comments

BOOK REVIEW: Frostborn by Lou Anders

REVIEW SUMMARY: Lou Anders’s debut novel for young readers is an engaging and fun fantasy adventure. Younger readers will enjoy the novel and find identifiable characters [Read more]

November 5, 2014 // 2 Comments

MIND MELD: Which Non-Horror Novel/Writer/Movie Spooked You the Most?

[Do you have an idea for a future Mind Meld? Let us know!] This is a double-edged question about a writer/book who/that evoked that emotion of fear in you. Not a horror [Read more]

October 29, 2014 // 3 Comments

The Completist Looks at THE SWAN’S WAR Series by Sean Russell

Sean Russell was a fairly prolific Canadian fantasy writer who, over the course of eight years (1991 through 1998) churned out unique fantasies which blended fantasy together [Read more]

October 16, 2014 // 2 Comments

On My Radar: THE INHERITANCE TRILOGY OMNIBUS by N.K. Jemisin, THE HELLSBLOOD BRIDE by Chuck Wendig, GEMINI CELL by Myke Cole

These three books publishing at the start of 2015 (among others) have piqued my interest. Right, because I don’t own enough books to read already. Related posts: ON MY [Read more]

October 3, 2014 // 5 Comments