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…
Category: Book Reviews
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…
The Amber Crown by Jacey Bedford
In her latest Fantasy novel, Bedford delivers her usual high standard of character development and world building with a tale that feels traditional enough…
DEAD SILENCE by S.A. Barnes
Science Fiction & Horror, two genres that don’t mix often. It is impossible to discuss stories of this nature without mentioning the film Alien…
The Justice of Kings by Richard Swan
I am of a certain age to remember the old 1960’s and 70s Hammer Horror movies with some fondness. For some people reading that…
ENGINES OF EMPIRE by R.S. Ford (The Age of Uprising #1)
Industry runs the nation of Torwyn, with the Guilds who oversee each of these industries. Prominent among these guild families is the Hawkspur family,…
Sam Gunn Jr. by Ben Bova
We begin this one with a shocking revelation in the first sentence: Sam Gunn, that entrepreneurial maverick of many a Ben Bova story, the…
The Angel of the Crows by Katherine Addison
Stamford led me to the chemistry laboratories. It was deserted except for a man hunched over a lab bench in the back of the…
SERVANT MAGE by Kate Elliott
Kate Elliott has made her name on large-scale Epic Fantasies…not just large in the sense that each book is large (upwards of 400 or…
Chocky by John Wyndham
John Wyndham (actually John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris) is a British author who seems to be fairly unknown these days. Although The Day…
The Anomaly by Herve le Tellier
This book has been generating a lot of interest since its publication in France in 2020. Not only was it a bestseller there it…
THE STARLESS CROWN by James Rollins (Moon Fall Saga #1)
James Rollins is a Name Author, his Sigma Six military science fictional thrillers are immediate best sellers upon release. You might say he knows…
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…
