Guest Post: Technology Choices in Worldbuilding by Jason LaPier
Jason LaPier is the author of Unexpected Rain and Unclear Skies (Books 1 and 2 of The Dome Trilogy). In his guest post he…
Year: 2016
Rhett C. Bruno Interview
Rhett C. Bruno is a rising star in the speculative fiction world, with sci-fi books that have been compared to everything from Star Wars,…
Film review: The Mutilator
Review by David Paul Hellings @HellingsOnFilm “Although the slasher film was in decline by the mid-1980s, there were still some grisly delights to be…
2015 Nebula Award Nominees
2015 Nebula Awards (presented 2016), nominees for the Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation, and nominees for the Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction…
Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen by Lois McMaster Bujold
“Three years after her famous husband’s death, Cordelia Vorkosigan, widowed Vicereine of Sergyar, spins her life in a new direction. Caught up in…
The High King’s Vengeance Cover Reveal with Steven Poore
When Steven Poore’s first book, Heir to the North, was published by Kristell Ink I have to confess I did an evil thing. What?…
The Complete Aliens Omnibus Volume 1 by Steve Perry
With Titan Books recently publishing new books in the Alien and Predator universe, it was great news to hear that they’re also releasing omnibuses…
The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut
First published in 1959, The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut was nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1960 (and lost…
The X-Files (S10E05): “Babylon”
Reviewed by David Paul Hellings @HellingsOnFilm “I saw things, though, Scully. Powerful things” – Mulder A young Muslim man prays at home in Texas,…
Dealing with Time by Paul Towson
Time travel is one of the earliest and most appealing themes in Science Fiction writing. The dramatic potential being able to interact with people…
Call for Submissions – SFFWorld 2016 Anthology
You Are Here Tales of Cartographic Wonders Maps, or graphical representations of spatial information, have shaped our world ever since people have put pen…
Interview with Pippa Jay
There are some ladies in this world who simply refuse to accept the confining box in which people insist on trying to place them.…
Ecotones Giveaway
We’re giving away 5 copies of the Ecotones anthology. The giveaway is open worldwide. ENTER HERE Featuring fourteen tales from best-sellers, award-winners and nominees, established…
13 Minutes by Sarah Pinborough
13 Minutes by Sarah Pinborough is a mystery thriller about teenage girls, reminiscent of works by Gillian Flynn and Megan Abbott. The latest novel…
The X-Files (S10E04) “Home Again”
Review by David Paul Hellings @HellingsOnFilm “If you don’t see a problem, there’s no problem, right?” – The Trash Man. An obnoxious government…
BSFA Awards 2015 Shortlist announced
The British Science Fiction Association has announced the shortlist for the BSFA Awards 2015. The shortlisted nominees are:
All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders
Life is often hard and yet sometimes good things prevail. Charlie Jane Anders, editor-in-chief of io9.com, tells all in this story of love,…
“Phantom Effect” and Modern Music by Michael Aronovitz
In terms of plot, “Phantom Effect” is a serial killer tale that moves to the supernatural as murderer Jonathan Martin Delaware Deseronto winds up…
Sundiver by David Brin
Sundiver is the first novel in David Brin’s well-regarded Uplift Saga, though not in itself considered the strongest in this series. I picked this…
Marc Turner Interview by Shellie Horst
Despite his best attempts to hide in a corner at a recent BFA and BSFA Pubmeet, Marc Turner’s When the Heavens Fall is far…
