Polity Agent by Neal Asher
Polity Agent is the fourth book in the Agent Cormac series, a series I’ve been recently re-reading and thoroughly enjoying. The second and third…
Year: 2017
Interview with S.A. Chakraborty
S.A. Chakraborty is receiving a great deal of acclaim for her debut novel, City of Brass, which published a couple of weeks ago (November…
Sherlock Holmes and the Miskatonic Monstrosities by James Lovegrove
Last year I really enjoyed the first in this series (review HERE), which seemed to capture the essence of Sherlock Holmes’ Victorian London and…
Brass Man by Neal Asher
Brass Man continues my re-read of Neal Asher’s Cormac series, following on from Gridlinked (review) and The Line of Polity (review). I remember reading…
THE DRAGON LORDS: FOOL’S GOLD by Jon Hollins
Dragons are not creatures who would seem to make fair rulers, especially if their subjects are humans. But hold down any person, or group…
Heinlein Reread: Starship Troopers
So: here’s the juvenile novel that isn’t a juvenile. Which makes it my “additional addendum” to the juveniles series that I have been reviewing…
Andy Weir comes clean on how and why he writes
Felicity Harley has talked to Andy Weir about his new book “ARTEMIS” – published yesterday. I’ve just finished reading Andy Weir’s new book “Artemis”. This…
CITY OF BRASS by S.A. Chakraborty
When a street urchin/thief named Nahri accidentally summons a djinn when she’s trying to “heal” a patient, she is pulled on a journey out…
Guest post: What have the Daleks ever done for us by Anthony Brum
Change is in the air, or rather, in time and space. A new Doctor will soon be flinging the TARDIS around the cosmos, across…
Artemis by Andy Weir
So: this is the follow-up to the New York Times bestseller, the mega-selling, runaway-success debut novel and very profitable movie The Martian. The Martian was…
Cover reveal of Cyborg by JCH Rigby
A military science fiction thriller that portrays a dystopian future of corporation greed, exploitation and secrets worth dying for. With billions of dollars at…
Guest post: Mad Science and Modern Warfare by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Ironclads is set in the near future. There’s a lot in the geopolitics and social elements of the book that is a direct, albeit…
SPLIT FEATHER by Deborah A. Wolf (Audio Book review)
Siggy Aleksov is a young woman with few connections, she’s an orphan and has drifted through various foster homes. When we meet her, she’s…
Short Story Review: The Transmuted Child by Michael Reid
Our curiosity knows fathomless depths when exploring other worlds. Great stories can manifest with an Earth setting. But take the culture of that planet…
News: World Fantasy Awards 2017
Announced this evening (5th November) at the World Fantasy Awards Convention, this year held at the Wyndham Riverwalk, San Antonio, Texas. The winners are…
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
“It was a pleasure to burn.” Thus begins one of the most famous books in science fiction. These days, nearly 65 years after its…
Article: Exploring the Ecological Weird, Part 2
Click here for Part 1 It’s that time of the year in the West, with shorter days and gloomier weather, when our imaginations might…
Well Red: A Canon of Martian Fiction in English by Jack McDonald Burnett
So you want to read all the important fiction written about or set on the fourth planet from the sun? I suggest the following…
Fatemarked by David Estes
Birthmark Powers, Zombie-like Disease, and Inter-Family Killing. Fatemarked is fun epic fantasy that hits all the genre-expected points: Prophecy, bloody coups, war, magic, a…
Countdown to Hallowe’en 2017: The Land of Laughs by Jonathan Carroll
Our last review for Hallowe’en 2017, again by Randy M., is a classic that may not initially strike you as particularly ghostly. But stay…
