SFFWorld Best of 2017 Part 2 – Science Fiction
It’s that time of year when, as we have done for the last decade or so, we have dragged ourselves from the revelries here…
Month: December 2017
Excerpt from Beneath the Haunting Sea by Joanna Ruth Meyer
We’re happy to bring you an excerpt from Beneath the Haunting Sea by Joanna Ruth Meyer which is being released on January 9th. Sixteen-year-old…
PERSEPOLIS RISING by James S.A. Corey (The Expanse #7)
What can an author team do seven books into an extremely successful book series that is both a New York Times bestseller and the…
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas! Wishing you all the compliments of the season. Thank you for your support, comments and discussion this year. The staff of SFFWorld.
Rendezvous With Rama by Sir Arthur C. Clarke
Rendezvous with Rama caused a bit of a stir with its publication in 1973. It was the much-heralded return to novel-writing by Arthur C.…
Mythology’s Influence on Modern Science Fiction and Fantasy
In a post I wrote on my own blog I noted that several prominent Biblical figures may have been the inspiration for characters in…
SFFWorld Best of 2017 Part 1 – Fantasy
Best of 2017 – Part 1 It’s that time of year when, as we have done for the last decade or so, we have…
Guest post: To Boldly Go by Anthony Brum
Space: The Final Frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out…
Prelude to Space by Sir Arthur C Clarke
It is perhaps fitting that, on the centenary birthday of Sir Arthur, I re-read and review Sir Arthur’s first published novel, Prelude to Space.*…
Interview with John Crowley A Great Novelist and Master of Fantastika
Felicity Harley has talked to John Crowley about his latest book, Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr. John Crowley is an American author…
Djinn City by Saad Z Hossain
Indelbed is a lonely kid living in a crumbling mansion in the super dense, super chaotic third world capital Of Bangladesh. His father, Dr.…
The Man in the Picture by Susan Hill
As we count down to Christmas, those of us in the Northern Hemisphere like to curl up with a good ghost story. Here’s one…
The Will to Battle by Ada Palmer
Here’s a Guest Review from one of our regular Forumites. Elias is a blogger and has been a Forumite at SFFWorld for over fifteen years.…
A Fall of Moondust by Arthur C. Clarke
With the centenary of Sir Arthur’s birth being on 16th December 2017, I thought that it was an appropriate time (not that I…
Line War by Neal Asher
Finally I’ve come to the last Agent Cormac book, Line War, and up to now it’s been a ride of ups and downs. The…
The Girl From Avignon (The Arameus Chronicle)
By Praveen Arla and Bradley Compton. The financial collapse gave us the men who could fulfill the promise of rebuilding. Now the Arameus Empire…
THE DRAGON LORDS: FALSE IDOLS by Jon Hollins
Life could be good. You’ve helped to drive the dragons lording over the people of your land out, settled down with the woman you’ve…
Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
You wake up and it’s a lovely Sunday. The sun is shining and you decide to pack up the family, some food, balls, games,…
A Lot Like Christmas by Connie Willis
“Oh, Christmas isn’t just a day… it’s a state of mind…. and that’s what’s been changing. That’s why I’m glad I’m here, maybe I…
Interview transcript subject zero-one alpha-Z9 – a guest post by Colin Sinclair
Invaders From Beyond was released from Abaddon last month. Here we find three unlikely invasion stories from authors Colin Sinclair, Tim Major and Julian…
