Hobbit’s 50 at 50 Redux
It is with great surprise that it is five years since my post of the 50 genre novels I have enjoyed most so far…
Year: 2019
Magefall by Stephen Aryan
Magefall is the second novel in Stephen Aryan’s Age of Dread trilogy, preceded by Mageborn and to be followed later this year by Magebane.…
MJ-12: ENDGAME by Michael J. Martinez
Michael Martinez begins the conclusion to Majestic 12, his Spies and Superpowers series with nothing less than the death of Joseph Stalin. This obviously…
The Black Hole: Enigma of Space and Cinema by Anthony Brum
Black holes: awe-inspiring phenomena of deep space. Capable of devouring planets, stars, entire galaxies, they wield such power even light cannot break free of…
News: BSFA Shortlist Announced
The British Science Fiction Association has announced the finalists for the BSFA Awards for works published in 2018. The Awards will be presented at Ytterbium, the 70th Eastercon, in…
The Stars, Like Dust by Isaac Asimov
As part of our ongoing commitment to reading older Science Fiction at SFFWorld, my latest read is one of Isaac Asimov’s earliest novels. In…
Interview with Tom Edwards
Tom Edwards is a freelance illustrator and concept designer. He has created concept art for racing and mobile games, but his true passion is…
THE GUTTER PRAYER by Gareth Hanrahan
An urban fantasy of a different flavor, Gareth Hanrahan’s The Gutter Prayer is set not in our world, but in a dark city where…
Methuselah’s Children by Robert A. Heinlein
Here’s the latest in my re-read of Heinlein’s Future History series. This one is slightly different, in that it is more of a novel…
Nemesis by Alex Lamb
Nemesis, the second novel in Alex Lamb’s Roboteer trilogy, is a novel I’ve been meaning to get to since its release in 2017. I…
THE IRON CODEX by David Mack
David Mack returns readers to a world of global tension and sorcery in The Iron Codex, the second installment of his Dark Arts series.…
Revolt in 2100 by Robert A Heinlein
This is the third collection of Robert A. Heinlein’s so-called Future History. The first was The Man Who Sold the Moon (reviewed here), the…
Doctor Who: Scratchman by Tom Baker with James Goss
So, here’s an unusual arrival for Doctor Who fans. Scratchman is a novel that, forty years ago, was the outline for a proposed movie…
THE LOST PUZZLER by Eyal Kless
Post-apocalyptic/dystopic stories are some of the most prevalent in the Science Fiction/Fantasy genre. Musician Eyal Kless puts down his violin in favor of a…
The Green Hills of Earth by Robert A Heinlein
The Green Hills of Earth is generally regarded as the second collection of Heinlein’s Future History stories, which showed us, in the Golden Age…
Interview with James Worrad
James Worrad is the author of the Feral Space series, which takes us on a chase across the galaxy to unravel the enigma of…
Shadow Captain by Alastair Reynolds
This time last year I was reviewing Alastair’s Elysium Fire, the sequel to The Prefect (aka Aurora Rising.) In 2019 I’m now looking at…
Interview with Mimi Yu
Here at SFFWorld we’re very pleased to introduce to you Mimi Yu, whose debut novel, The Girl King, is being published by Gollancz this…
Carnacki the Ghost Finder by William Hope Hodgson
These days, William Hope Hodgson (1877-1914) is perhaps best known for his The House on the Borderland (1908) novel. It is undoubtedly worth reading,…
