Eversion by Alastair Reynolds
Although best known for his Space Opera books, in recent years Alastair has been producing material that is deliberately different. There’s his well-known Revelation…
Year: 2022
THE HACIENDA by Isabel Cañas
A marriage of convenience, a distant husband, a large estate where the owner knows less about its history than those who maintain the estate…those…
2022 Mythopoeic Awards Finalists Announced
From the Mythopoeic Society website: The Mythopoeic Society has announced the finalists for the 2022 Mythopoeic Awards. The winners of this year’s awards will…
2021 Nebula Awards Announced
The 2021 Nebula Awards were given last night (Saturday 21st May 2022).
Equinox by David Towsey
This is not the first story we’ve had lately that takes a Fantasy setting and set a murder-mystery within it – see also Richard…
DARK STARS: New Tales of Darkest Horror edited by John F.D. Taff
John F.D. Taff is a well-respected purveyor of horror fiction, his short stories have received numerous nominations over the past handful of decades. Tor…
BOOK OF NIGHT by Holly Black
Holly Black is a superstar/bestselling/award-winning writer of young adult fantasy novels, she’s something of a brand name. With Book of Night, Mrs. Black makes…
NETTLE & BONE by T. Kingfisher
Kingfisher has been taking up space in my “must read list” for a few years thanks to her horror novels. Nettle & Bone is…
THE HUNGER OF THE GODS by John Gwynne (The Bloodsworn #2)
John Gwynne’s Norse-inspired epic, The Bloodsworn, continues in The Hunger of the Gods, the second installment of the saga (The Shadow of the Gods,…
A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Recent comments in the SFFWorld Forums coincidentally led to this omnibus tome arriving on my desk. I approached it with some caution, admittedly. Whilst…
Until the Last of Me by Sylvain Neuvel
I last reviewed the first book in this series back in 2021. A History of What Comes Next told us of the covert actions…
THE SHADOW OF THE GODS by John Gwynne (The Bloodsworn #1)
Norse Mythology is one of the most fertile ground for fantasy stories and novels – gods, warriors, monsters, demi-humans, and grand scale events. John…
Mickey7 by Edward Ashton
Mickey Barnes is an Expendible – the person on a colony spaceship who is used for those activities when a human is necessary, but…
Review: Mythaxis.co.uk
The idea that ‘free’ fiction equals a substandard quality is once again debunked. This time by the U.K. site, Mythaxis.co.uk, which has been home…
THE KAIJU PRESERVATION SOCIETY by John Scalzi
John Scalzi is one of the more popular, prolific, accessible, and intelligent Science Fiction writers plying his trade these days. I’m a big fan…
Age of Ash by Daniel Abraham
It seems a long time ago now that both Rob Bedford and I were first singing the praises of Daniel Abraham*. Although he has…
The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd
In my other life (away from SFFWorld) I have spent a fair bit of time with maps (although perhaps not as much as some…
The Captain’s Daughter by Peter F Hamilton
The Captain’s Daughter is the second instalment in Peter F Hamilton’s Arkship Trilogy, currently released as audio exclusives, and following on directly from A…
THE VIOLENCE by Delilah S. Dawson
Sometimes when you are reading a book, you know you’re getting into something special. This feeling usually happens in the early chapters, a growing…
Ghost: 100 Stories to read with the Lights On Edited by Louise Welsh
For a few years now, around Christmas time, it has become a bit of a tradition for publisher Head of Zeus to release a…
