Interview with J.L. Doty author of The Thirteenth Man
Hello Jim, welcome back to SFFWorld. It’s a pleasure to have the chance to ask you a few questions again, this time related to…
Year: 2016
Night Without Stars by Peter F Hamilton
Night Without Stars is Peter F Hamilton’s conclusion to his Chronicle of the Fallers duology, itself effectively a conclusion – at least for the…
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
The Fifth Season, the first in a fantasy series titled The Broken Earth by N.K. Jemisin, has remarkable writing and intriguing characters. It is…
Epic Fantasy: Is there such a thing as “too” epic? Guest Post by Marc Turner.
Judging by the success of Game of Thrones, epic fantasy has never been more popular. As a writer in the genre myself, that can…
THE COPPER PROMISE by Jen Williams
Sword and Sorcery tales are some of the oldest published tales in fantasy, going back to the pulp era of C.L. Moore, Fritz Leiber,…
The Amazing Adventures of Dashing Prince Dietrich by Igor Ljubuncic
In Igor Ljubuncic’s latest fantasy tale, The Amazing Adventures of Dashing Prince Dietrich, we are treated (or maybe ‘tortured’ is more apt) to a…
Interview with Metaltown author Kristen Simmons
Metaltown, where factories rule, food is scarce, and hope is in short supply. We’ve talked to Kristen Simmons about her new book. Welcome to…
Guest post: Mental Shapeshifting by SC Flynn
We all love a good shape-shift. I certainly do; always have, ever since I first discovered them reading the Icelandic sagas. Like most good…
Mostly Void, Partially Stars – Welcome to Night Vale, Volume 1 by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor
Have you ever listened to a podcast? Depending on whether you have or not, you may (or may not) know that Welcome to Night…
Small but Mighty: The Sky Slayer by Joel Cornah
This week’s Small but Mighty attention turns to Kristell Ink whose publications are finding their way to award shortlists. The Sky Slayer is Joel Cornah’s…
Europe in Autumn – Dave Hutchinson
Europe in Autumn begins as it means to go on — a vivid scene filled with character, threat and intrigue, an authentically realised encounter…
The Write Stuff featuring David Farland and Jacob Cooper
What do you do when a legend makes an appearance? If you are a writer and a fan of works of wonder, let’s just…
Binary by Eric Brown
Binary is the latest work from Eric Brown, though I’m not entirely sure how to classify it. Releasing in ebook-only format it’s novella length…
Interview with Ellen Datlow
Multiple award winning editor and anthologist Ellen Datlow has just won her 6th Hugo award as Best Editor. Datlow has edited many science fiction,…
Marvelry’s Curiosity Shop by Brhel and Sullivan
Marvelry’s Curiosity Shop is, indeed, curious – an antique store specialising in the strange, occult and macabre. Dr Marvelry himself is a retired stage…
ALIGHT by Scott Sigler (Generations Trilogy #2)
How to approach a review of a book, the second in a trilogy, which by its nature will have some spoiler leakage for the…
Simon Kurt Unsworth Interview
Welcome to SFFWorld, many thanks for giving us some time here. In your own words, who is Simon Kurt Unsworth? Thanks for inviting me…
Interview with James Dashner
Best-selling author James Dashner returns to the popular Maze Runner series in September with a prequel book, The Fever Code. We talked to him…
Film review: Matinee
Review by David Paul Hellings @HellingsOnFilm “HALF MAN… HALF ANT… ALL TERROR! So says the advertising campaign for Mant!, the latest low-budget schlock-horror…
Chasing Embers by James Bennett
From the publisher: Behind every myth, there’s a spark of truth… There’s nothing special about Ben Garston. He’s just a guy with an attitude…
