Sanctuary by V V James
Sanctuary is one of those books that reads like an American television drama. Set in small-town America, it suggests that below the seemingly idyll…
Year: 2020
SHOREFALL by Robert Jackson Bennett (The Founders Trilogy #2)
Picking up a few years after the events of Foundryside (the first installment of The Founders saga), the characters introduced in that volume –…
Article: Big Books and Series for Lockdown
As the lockdown continues, many readers are taking the time as an opportunity to get lost in a big book, or catch up with…
The Devil’s Blade by Mark Alder
So: The Devil’s Blade is a story that builds on traditional tropes – it’s a revenge story – but combines reality with decidedly fictional…
Interview with Matthew Ward
Today we’re very pleased to show you an interview we have done recently with Matthew Ward, author of the wonderful Legacy of Ash, which…
News: 1945 Retrospective Hugo Award Nominees Announced
From the Hugo Awards (http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2020-hugo-awards/) The finalists for the 1945 Retrospective Hugo Awards were announced by CoNZealand, the 78th World Science Fiction Convention, on…
News: Hugo Award 2020 Nominees Announced
From the Hugo Awards (http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2020-hugo-awards/) The finalists for the 2020 Hugo Awards, Lodestar Award For Best Young Adult Book, and Astounding Award for Best New Science…
Article: Chapter and ‘Verse by James Lovegrove
You may know James Lovegrove for his Cthulhu Files (his Sherlock Holmes and Cthulhu mash-up that we loved here at SFFWorld). Here’s what…
War of the Maps by Paul McAuley
At its most basic level the War of the Maps is a revenge tale, a story of a bad guy used by the good…
DEAL WITH THE DEVIL by Kit Rocha
Post-apocalyptic novels can be fun, but the subset of speculative fiction is a fairly popular setting. So when an interesting hook is thrown into…
Pandemic Plunderings*
So: you’re in lockdown, with little else to do but read for the foreseeable future? Here’s some related books that may help pass the…
Along the Razor’s Edge: An Interview with Rob J Hayes
Along the Razor’s Edge is Rob J. Hayes’ latest Fantasy novel, and the first book in The War Eternal series. For readers who like…
THE UNSPOKEN NAME by A.K. Larkwood
Some books surprise you, despite knowing of them, seeing publicity about them, or the title or writer continually being promoted. Then you open the…
Article: Antisocial Media? by Patrick Edwards
We asked author Patrick Edwards to cast his eye over ‘the state of things’ at the moment. Here’s what he sent us! It raises…
Cursed Edited by Marie O’Regan and Paul Kane
Curses – they’re a staple of Fantasy fiction, aren’t they? From Snow White’s cursed apple in the Brothers Grimm’s fairy tales (1812) to Guy…
SIXTEENTH WATCH by Myke Cole
Myke Cole is a writer whose work I’ve been enjoying for almost a decade now, most of what he’s published has fallen quite squarely…
HOUSE OF EARTH AND BLOOD by Sarah J. Maas (Crescent City #1)
Sarah J. Maas is a writer at the forefront of Young Adult fantasy; her novels are extremely popular and acclaimed. After about a dozen…
The Golden Age of Science Fiction by John Wade
‘For everyone who understands the true significance of the words ‘Klaatu barada nikto’. Subtitled ‘A Journey into Space with 1950’s Radio, TV, Films, Comics…
Soot by Dan Vyleta
Soot is set in a Dickensian world of darkness, grime and wretched brutality, with an additional Fantasy element. The magic part is that what…
News: 2019 Nebula Award Nominees Announced
From the SFWA website: https://nebulas.sfwa.org/2019-nebula-award-finalists-announced/ The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA, Inc.) is pleased to announce the finalists for the 55th…
