Revisited: City by Clifford Simak
Clifford/Cliff Simak is an author I first came to when I was a teenager in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s. At first…
Year: 2015
Tahmoh Penikett Interview
Based on the successful short fantasy film “The Portal”, Jonathan Williams’ eight part Canadian fantasy comedy web series “Riftworld Chronicles”, starring Tahmoh Penikett (“Battlestar Galactica”, “Continuum”,…
Film review: The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai
“The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across The Eighth Dimension Review of Blu ray by David Paul Hellings @HellingsOnFilm Synopsis via Arrow Video: “From the…
Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
With the imminent release of John Scalzi’s The End Of All Things, the latest book in his Old Man’s War series, and the upcoming…
Amanda Panitch Interview
A dark young adult psychological thriller. We have talked to Amanda Panitch about her debut release, Damage Done. First of all can you tell us a…
Interview with Max Gladstone: Craft Sequence, Pathfinder, Covers, and More
Last First Snow is sequentially first and publicationally fourth. Why are you trying to confuse you readers, Max with such a chronology? Because I…
THE AUTUMN REPUBLIC by Brian McClellan (Powder Mage Trilogy #3)
The final book in a trilogy or series, as I’ve remarked in previous reviews, can make or break the series itself. If a series…
Gaie Sebold Interview
We have talked to Gaie Sebold, author of the Steampunk novel Shanghai Sparrow. First of all can you tell us a bit about…
The Cremator (Spalovač mrtvol)
By David Paul Hellings. @HellingsOnFilm “Juraj Herz’s film The Cremator has been described in many ways – as surrealist-inspired horror, as expressionist fantasy, as…
Award Nomination!
Some news we’ve just received: Igor Ljubuncic published a short story in last year’s SFFWorld anthology, War to End All Wars, picked and edited…
The Rhesus Chart by Charles Stross
This is one of those “I wasn’t going to read….” reviews. Because I wasn’t. I wasn’t even going to review the book. Not because…
Elisabeth Waters Interview
Hello, Elisabeth: many thanks for giving us some time here. Welcome to SFFWorld. Open Road Media are now releasing the whole Saga of…
Interview with Erin Karpluk
Based on the successful short fantasy film “The Portal”, Jonathan Williams’ eight part Canadian fantasy comedy web series “Riftworld Chronicles”, starring Tahmoh Penikett (“Battlestar Galactica”, “Continuum”,…
Why Conventions Matter for Authors and Readers by Gail Z. Martin
Over the course of the average year, I attend more than a dozen conventions as a professional author. I travel up and down the…
Armada by Ernest Cline
Armada is Ernest Cline’s new – and if I may say so, very highly anticipated – novel. His previous novel, Ready Player One, hit…
David Hofmeyr Interview
We have talked to David Hofmeyr as his new book, Stone Rider has just been released. First of all can you tell us…
Ups and Downs of Being an Author by Marc Turner
My debut novel, When the Heavens Fall, has been published for a few weeks now, so I’m becoming well acquainted with some of the…
LAST FIRST SNOW by Max Gladstone (Craft Sequence #4)
Last First Snow is the fourth published book in Max Gladstone’s fantastic Craft Sequence, but it is the first chronologically. It features characters from…
Michael Aronovitz Interview
We have talked to Michael Aronovitz as he releases his new book, The Witch of the Wood. First of all can you tell us a…
Review of the Riftworld Chronicles
Webseries review by David Paul Hellings. @HellingsOnFilm A wizard finds himself in modern day Toronto, having clearly arrived in the wrong place and time.…
