SFFWorld Review of the Year – 2021 (part 3)
Part 3: Film and TV Film Mark Y: Despite the ongoing COVID restrictions, there’s been a lot to see and much that I have…
Year: 2021
SFFWorld Review of the Year – 2021 (part 2)
Part 2 of our now traditional End of Year posts. This time its about Science Fiction Books. —————— Mark Y: Like in the Fantasy /…
SWASHBUCKLERS by Dan Hanks
Video games, talking foxes, and a supernatural event very few people can remember. In Dan Hanks’s Swashbuckers, divorced father Cisco Collins’ returns to his…
SFFWorld Review of the Year – 2021 (part 1)
Here’s our now traditional Review of the Year, pointing out what we liked most. To begin with: Part 1: Fantasy & Horror Books…
ABSYNTHE by Brendan P. Bellecourt
The Roaring ‘20s, robots, a reshuffled geopolitical landscape, and people with extra-normal abilities. That’s a fairly interesting combination as the starting point or backdrop…
Hugo Awards, Astounding Award, Lodestar Award 2021 Announced
Winners for the Hugo Awards, the Astounding Award for Best New Writer, and the Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book were announced by DisCon III, the 79th…
Stephen Palmer Guest Blog: Are Black and White Moral Choices Always a Good Thing?
If we accept that novels are always about something, we could accept that in the main they are about choices – ethical, moral, social…
AN UNINTENDED VOYAGE by Marshall Ryan Maresca (Maradaine Sequence)
In a very short amount of time, Marshall Ryan Maresca has become one of the most prolific writers of fantasy. Since 2015, he’s published…
Beyond the Hallowed Sky by Ken McLeod
Beyond the Hallowed Sky begins with a mystery and a scientific discovery. Brilliant scientist Lakshmi Nayak receives in the post a letter from an…
FORTUNA by Kristyn Merbeth (The Nova Vita Protocol #1)
The Kaiser family of space “traders” (sumgglers) is waiting on the oldest brother, Corvus, to return from his tour of duty with the military…
FORGING a NIGHTMARE by Patricia A. Jackson
The Urban Fantasy subgenre is quite expansive, wizards in the phone book, private investigators who work in the court of Fae, vampires and were-creatures…
OF HONEY AND WILDFIRES by Sarah Chorn (The Songs of Sefate #1)
Disclaimer: Sarah and I have been online pals for quite a few years, exchanging several messages and even sharing time on a podcast or…
Galaxias by Stephen Baxter
I’m a big fan of Stephen Baxter’s stories. They do come in different types, though. It’s difficult to pin down exactly what I like.…
BLOOD OF THE CHOSEN by Django Wexler (Burningblade and Silvereye#2)
Ashes of the Sun by Django Wexler was my favorite fantasy novel published in 2020. Set in a world that is living in the…
SFFWorld Countdown to Halloween 2021: KILL CREEK by Scott Thomas
Crickets chirped the last few bars of their nightly song. But Kill Creek circled the house like a moat, and within this keep, this…
SFFWorld Countdown to Halloween 2021: THE DEAD HOURS OF NIGHT by Lisa Tuttle
“I have always been drawn to the weird, the strange and the supernatural in fiction. That is certainly my natural territory.” – Lisa Tuttle,…
SFFWorld Countdown to Halloween 2021: BENEATH by Kristi DeMeester
A reporter receives an assignment that could break the monotony of her recent stories … investigate a rumored snake cult in the Appalachian Mountains.…
LIEGE-KILLER by Christopher Hinz (Paratwa Saga #1)
Christopher Hinz’s Liege-Killer was originally published in 1988 and won the Compton Crook award for best first novel. In the intervening years, Hinz has…
SFFWorld Countdown to Halloween 2021: THE MAN FROM THE DIOGENES CLUB by Kim Newman
‘I represent the Diogenes Club,’ Jeperson drawled, voice rich and deep as a BBC announcer. ‘A branch of government you won’t have heard of.…
SFFWorld Countdown to Halloween 2021: THE GHOST TREE by Christina Henry
Christina Henry is a prolific writer, having produced well received and bestselling novels with dark themes across novels of horror, urban fantasy, and twisted…
