SFFWorld Countdown to Hallowe’en 2022: The Fourth Corona Book of Horror Stories.
Corona Books returns to the bookshelves after a two year forced hiatus. Yes, Corona has been a horror for us all. This publisher has…
Category: Book Reviews
SFFWorld Countdown to Hallowe’en 2022: THE FINAL GIRLS SUPPORT GROUP by Grady Hendrix
The final girl is a trope in horror films (particularly slasher films). It refers to the last girl(s) or woman alive to confront the…
Rayguns and Rocketships by Rian Hughes
For many readers today, Science Fiction is of the now – or possibly the future! – using science fictional tropes to examine current themes…
SFFWorld Countdown to Hallowe’en 2022: THE WOMEN OF WEIRD TALES by Various Authors
“When the bell rings, Elena mia, I shall free your soul from its earthly shell, on which the hold is already so frail, and…
SFFWorld Countdown to Hallowe’en 2022: LITTLE EVE by Catriona Ward
Catriona Ward’s Little Eve is her most recently published novel in the United States, but was published in the UK in 2018 where it…
Beyond the Burn Line by Paul McAuley
Paul’s latest is another book (there’s been a few lately) that begins and makes the reader think they’re reading one type of novel before…
SFFWorld Countdown to Hallowe’en 2022: THE PATH OF THORNS by Angela Slatter
I feel like a ghost, like a thing made of mist, shreds of me taken away each time there is a fresh breeze, stripping…
SFFWorld Countdown to Hallowe’en 2022: IT RIDES A PALE HORSE by Andy Marino
Art… creating something from nothing, creating something from disparate materials can enliven a person’s passion or it can drive a person down a dark…
SFFWorld Countdown to Hallowe’en 2022: Family Business by Jonathan Sims
I last reviewed Jonathan’s Thirteen Storeys for the Halloween read back in 2020 (LINK), so it seems somewhat appropriate that I read his latest…
SFFWorld Countdown to Hallowe’en 2022: MONSTER, SHE WROTE by Lisa Kroger and Melanie R. Anderson
Although it’s not quite October, here’s a review that we thought couldn’t wait as a precursor to our usual “Countdown to Hallowe’en.”, written by…
The Thousand Earths by Stephen Baxter
Never let it be said that Stephen Baxter does stories on a minor scale. His last novel Galaxias (reviewed HERE) dealt with the dimming…
Classic Review: The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester
Thought I’d go back to basics with this one. The Stars My Destination (also known as Tiger! Tiger! In the UK, where it was…
FULL IMMERSION by Gemma Amor
Gemma Amor has been crafting horror short stories for quite a while and published some of her longer works independently, including the creepy, excellent…
Expect Me Tomorrow by Christopher Priest
The latest Christopher Priest novel is a science fiction novel that combines crimes of the past with a cli-fi setting of the future. It…
Ruination by Anthony Reynolds
In the world of Fantasy books and publishing, this book is being seen as “an event”. With such a big occasion (and the fact…
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
For those who don’t know The Last Unicorn is a much-loved Fantasy story first published in 1968. For lots of legal reasons, it has…
The Garden of Empire by JT Greathouse
The empire, like a garden, must be watered. With aid to the people in their time of need. With redress to their grievances in…
A Second Chance by Jodi Taylor
It’s been a while since I tackled the last of these. (Book One was reviewed HERE and Book Two was reviewed HERE back in…
The Calculations of Rational Men by Daniel Godfrey
The reveal in a novel can make or break an excellent premise, especially in thrillers. The Calculations of Rational Men doesn’t disappoint. As established…
THE BOOK EATERS by Sunyi Dean
Biblioholics, voracious readers, that’s what some of us who read upwards of fifty or even one hundred books per year call ourselves. But the…
