News: 2019 Nebula Award Winners Announced
This year’s Nebula Awards® were announced in a virtual presentation last night, Saturday 30th May 2020 at 5pm PDT. The 2020 Awards are given…
Month: May 2020
Stormblood by Jeremy Szal
Now, I know that the idea of humans being adapted to a particular purpose is not a new one in SF – I’m thinking…
Press Release & Cover: WIZARD OF THE PIGEONS by Megan Lindholm (a.k.a. Robin Hobb)
GRIM OAK PRESS PUBLISHING NEW EDITIONS OF WIZARD OF THE PIGEONS The 35th Anniversary Editions Will Publish December 1, 2020, To Aid Veterans SEATTLE,…
THE BOOK OF KOLI by M.R. Carey (Rampart Trilogy #1)
Post-Apocalyptic novels come in many forms, with many themes, and many reasons for the world being broken. Some of those novels don’t get too…
Imperial Earth by Arthur C Clarke
This is the latest in an occasional series where I reread old books from an old favourite, Arthur C Clarke (1917 – 2008). In…
News: BSFA Award Winners Announced
The BSFA Awards for works published in 2019 were announced online on Sunday 17th May 2020. Traditionally the Awards are announced at the UK…
The City of a Thousand Faces by Walker Dryden
If I said to you the words ‘Arabian Nights’ what images does that conjure up to you? If, like me, you are thinking desert…
A Wrinkle in the Skin by John Christopher
So, this was one that came up in a discussion of post-apocalyptic novels in the Forums. Although it is not one based on viral…
A QUEEN IN HIDING by Sarah Kozloff (Nine Realms #1)
When a publisher releases an author’s debut and then over the next subsequent months the next books in the series, then that publisher (Tor,…
The Kingdom of Liars by Nick Martell
Michael is the son of David Kingman, a man who killed the young son of the King. However, we begin the book not with…
Article: Alternate Worlds and Influences by Darren Shan
We recently asked Darren Shan (author of over 50 books to date, including the world-famous Cirque Du Freak and Zom-B series) to tell us…
