The Last Smile in Sunder City by Luke Arnold
This is a debut novel, but you may recognise the author’s name. For not only is Luke an author but you may have seen…
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Unnatural History by Jonathan Green
I was reminded recently that one of the joys of this genre we love is that there is such variety out there. Sometimes you…
A BLIGHT OF BLACKWINGS by Kevin Hearne (Seven Kennings #2)
New found magic in a fantasy world is essentially a new technology discovered, it can elevate one society above all others on a global…
Fallen Dragon by Peter F Hamilton
Fallen Dragon is a stand-alone novel from Peter F Hamilton, released in 2001 and shortlisted for the 2002 Arthur C Clarke Award. I’m a…
RIOT BABY by by Tochi Onyebuchi
The best and most poignant dystopian novels share so many details with the world that we know that it can be difficult to immediately…
Bone Silence by Alastair Reynolds
A year ago, I reviewed Shadow Captain, the second part of this trilogy of Space Pirates stories, which made my ‘Best of’ list for…
The Black Elfstone by Terry Brooks
After forty years or so of being published and having over thirty books published about Shannara, The Black Elfstone is the beginning of the…
The Hammer of God by Arthur C Clarke
Another end of a year, another re-reading of a Clarke novel. This time I’ve gone for one of his last. The Hammer of God…
Daemos Rising by David J Howe
Deamos Rising is a novellisation of the Dr Who spin off drama by the same name produced by Reeltime Pictures. As a tie in,…
DRAGONSLAYER by Duncan Hamilton
Dragons…the creature that most exemplifies the fantasy genre. There are many takes on dragons in the fantasy genre, in Dragonslayer, the first installment in…
TRAIL OF LIGHTNING by Rebecca Roanhorse (Sixth World #1)
Urban Fantasy and Post-Apocalyptic fiction aren’t exactly the first two subgenres one might think to combine. Some writers have done it very successfully (Kim…
World Engines: Destroyer by Stephen Baxter
So: just after my recent reread of Moonseed (HERE), Stephen’s latest arrives. World Engines: Destroyer is the first in a new trilogy but involves…
THE TWISTED ONES by T. Kingfisher
Sometimes a book just grabs you and won’t let go. It sinks its hooks into you, draws blood, elicits uncontrollable chills, and simply infects…
Legacy of Ash by Matthew Ward
From the publisher: A shadow has fallen over the Tressian Republic. Ruling families – once protectors of justice and democracy – now plot against…
Sherlock Holmes and the Christmas Demon by James Lovegrove
After the last of the Cthulhu Casebooks, Sherlock Holmes and the Sussex Sea-Devils, was published last year, I thought I’d got to the…
Salvation Lost by Peter F Hamilton
Peter F Hamilton writes vast and intricately plotted space operas with a large cast of characters, mostly over many volumes, and while perhaps most…
SFFWorld Countdown to Halloween 2019: The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes
And so to the last of our reviews for Halloween 2019. He clenches the orange plastic pony in the pocket of his sports coat.…
SFFWorld Countdown to Halloween 2019: A Crown of Lights by Phil Rickman
I find these days that Autumn (which I love as a season) tends to make me yearn to read what is quaintly referred to…
SFFWorld Countdown to Halloween 2019: IN THE DARK by E. (Edith) Nesbit
Randy’s latest review for Halloween is a good old-fashioned collection of stories from an author who is better known for their non-genre fiction and…
SFFWorld Countdown to Halloween 2019: The House on Cold Hill by Peter James
From the publisher: “Moving from the heart of the city of Brighton and Hove to the Sussex countryside is a big undertaking for born…
