Second Eden by Carlton W Austin
Have humans destroyed our earth to the point of an approaching Judgement Day? Are a group of aliens plotting to rid the world of…
Category: Book Reviews
PANDORA’S STAR by Peter F. Hamilton (Commonwealth Saga #1)
First Contact. Futuristic-Murder Mystery. Space Opera. Sociological SF. Hard SF. Science Fantasy These are just a few of the sub-genres of Speculative Fiction. Peter…
Counterspell: Guardian of the Ruins by Robert C.A. Goff
Ignorance is a blessing – and the innocent are always blessed. Love sometimes is the force that drives people to make things they never…
Babylon Babies by Maurice G. Dantec
This review refers to the translated trade paperback by Semiotext(e) 2005. Babylon Babies marks both the inauguration of Semiotext(e)’s new Native Agents imprint…
Devices and Desires by K J Parker
Book One of the Engineer Trilogy. Published January 2006 (UK), by Orbit UK. ISBN: 1841492760 706 pages One of the latest up-and-coming writers in…
Starship: Mutiny by Mike Resnick
Published by PyrISBN 1-59102-337-8December 2005286 Pages Mike Resnick is one of the most widely acclaimed writers in Speculative Fiction, with many awards and nominations…
Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader by James Luceno
Del Rey Books November 2005 ISBN: 0-345-47732-4 In Star Wars: Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader, James Luceno sets out to follow-up…
Already Dead by Charlie Huston
268 Pages/January 2006Del ReyISBN: 0-345-47824-XAuthor Web site: http://www.charliehuston.com Vampire sleuth battles zombies in Manhattan. That is the bare bones high concept of Charlie…
Tides by Scott Mackay
340ppISBN: 1-59102-334-3 Pyr Two races, two continents, two moons and one world, under the power of the 40-foot-plus tides of the great ocean…
Crystal Rain by Tobias Buckell
352 Pages/February 2006Tor Books/ISBN: 0-765-31227-1Tobias Buckell’s Web site: http://www.tobiasbuckell.comCrystal Rain Web site: http://www.crystal-rain.com Tobias Buckell’s Crystal Rain comes with a fair amount of buzz,…
Grave Peril by Jim Butcher
Grave Peril: Book Three of the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher Published October 2005 (UK), by Orbit UK, US 2001. ISBN: 1841494003 432 pages.…
Children of the Serpent Gate by Sarah Ash
From the outset, Sarah Ash’s work has had a distinctly Eastern European style that is both rare and welcome in a genre suffering from an…
Feral World by JR Dittbrenner
The world has gone “feral” and is controlled by a major corporation known as the NEWS. When NEWS officials learn of a new secret…
Port Nowhere by K.G. McAbee
“Port Nowhere” is absolutely a masterpiece in it’s own right, eight very talented authors (including SFFWorld.com’s already featured authors KG McAbee and Jim Johnson)…
Swarmthief’s Dance by Deborah J. Miller
Swarmthief’s Dance (Book One of the Swarmthief Trilogy) by Deborah J Miller. Published by TOR UK. ISBN: 1405050748. 314 pages. Insects. They are…
Silver Screen by Justina Robson
Published by Pyr384 pp ISBN: 1-59102-338-6 Should beings with Artificial Intelligence, or constructed people, be granted the same rights as humans? This is one…
Roads by Seabury Quinn
This review refers to the reprinted Hardcover version by Red Jacket Press 2005. As mentioned in my review of Children of the Atom, Red…
The Twisted Root of Jaarindor by Sean Wright
Crowswing Books – http://www.crowswingbooks.co.uk/ 150 pages2004ISBN 0954437446 Take a dash of Madeline L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time, a sprinkling of China Miéville’s Perdido Street…
Context by John Meaney
Published by PyrBook 2 of the Nulapeiron SequenceISBN 1-59102-335-1551 Pages Reviewing middle books in multi-volume sagas can pose several challenges, the least of which…
Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn
Published by WarnerAspectISBN: 0-446-61641-9259 Pages Werewolves are one of the classic monsters in horror/supernatural fantasy, yet there is no definitive version of the…
