DRAGONSLAYER by Duncan Hamilton
Dragons…the creature that most exemplifies the fantasy genre. There are many takes on dragons in the fantasy genre, in Dragonslayer, the first installment in…
Year: 2019
SFFWorld Films and TV of the Year 2019
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…
SFFWorld Books of the Year 2019 – Part 2
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…
SFFWorld Books of the Year 2019 – Part 1
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…
Season’s Greetings!
And as it is Christmas Eve, it just leaves me on behalf of the owner to wish all of our readers, writers and Forumites…
DYING EARTHS – the 2019 SFFWorld anthology
Just when you thought that the world was about to end without delivering something good to read as it all comes crashing down, good…
STEEL CROW SAGA by Paul Krueger
Where to start with this one? Paul Kreuger has unleashed a powerful, imaginative novel into the world and it borrows from pop culture, fantastical…
Ten Genre Books That Changed My Life
You may have seen this as an ongoing meme on all the social media networks. So here’s my version! To reduce this list…
Future Histories: Suggestions for Further Reference
I’ll admit it – I like future histories. Sometimes just a quick glance at a list of dates, extending not into the past…
TRAIL OF LIGHTNING by Rebecca Roanhorse (Sixth World #1)
Urban Fantasy and Post-Apocalyptic fiction aren’t exactly the first two subgenres one might think to combine. Some writers have done it very successfully (Kim…
Giveaway – Sherlock Holmes and the Christmas Demon by James Lovegrove
It’s December! We mortals at SFFWorld realise that as the season of good-will and gift-giving approaches, we should also do our bit. So, with…
World Engines: Destroyer by Stephen Baxter
So: just after my recent reread of Moonseed (HERE), Stephen’s latest arrives. World Engines: Destroyer is the first in a new trilogy but involves…
THE TWISTED ONES by T. Kingfisher
Sometimes a book just grabs you and won’t let go. It sinks its hooks into you, draws blood, elicits uncontrollable chills, and simply infects…
Legacy of Ash by Matthew Ward
From the publisher: A shadow has fallen over the Tressian Republic. Ruling families – once protectors of justice and democracy – now plot against…
Sherlock Holmes and the Christmas Demon by James Lovegrove
After the last of the Cthulhu Casebooks, Sherlock Holmes and the Sussex Sea-Devils, was published last year, I thought I’d got to the…
Salvation Lost by Peter F Hamilton
Peter F Hamilton writes vast and intricately plotted space operas with a large cast of characters, mostly over many volumes, and while perhaps most…
SFFWorld Countdown to Halloween 2019: The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes
And so to the last of our reviews for Halloween 2019. He clenches the orange plastic pony in the pocket of his sports coat.…
SFFWorld Countdown to Halloween 2019: A Crown of Lights by Phil Rickman
I find these days that Autumn (which I love as a season) tends to make me yearn to read what is quaintly referred to…
SFFWorld Countdown to Halloween 2019: IN THE DARK by E. (Edith) Nesbit
Randy’s latest review for Halloween is a good old-fashioned collection of stories from an author who is better known for their non-genre fiction and…
SFFWorld Countdown to Halloween 2019: The House on Cold Hill by Peter James
From the publisher: “Moving from the heart of the city of Brighton and Hove to the Sussex countryside is a big undertaking for born…
