MJ-12: ENDGAME by Michael J. Martinez
Michael Martinez begins the conclusion to Majestic 12, his Spies and Superpowers series with nothing less than the death of Joseph Stalin. This obviously…
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The Stars, Like Dust by Isaac Asimov
As part of our ongoing commitment to reading older Science Fiction at SFFWorld, my latest read is one of Isaac Asimov’s earliest novels. In…
THE GUTTER PRAYER by Gareth Hanrahan
An urban fantasy of a different flavor, Gareth Hanrahan’s The Gutter Prayer is set not in our world, but in a dark city where…
Methuselah’s Children by Robert A. Heinlein
Here’s the latest in my re-read of Heinlein’s Future History series. This one is slightly different, in that it is more of a novel…
Nemesis by Alex Lamb
Nemesis, the second novel in Alex Lamb’s Roboteer trilogy, is a novel I’ve been meaning to get to since its release in 2017. I…
THE IRON CODEX by David Mack
David Mack returns readers to a world of global tension and sorcery in The Iron Codex, the second installment of his Dark Arts series.…
Revolt in 2100 by Robert A Heinlein
This is the third collection of Robert A. Heinlein’s so-called Future History. The first was The Man Who Sold the Moon (reviewed here), the…
Doctor Who: Scratchman by Tom Baker with James Goss
So, here’s an unusual arrival for Doctor Who fans. Scratchman is a novel that, forty years ago, was the outline for a proposed movie…
THE LOST PUZZLER by Eyal Kless
Post-apocalyptic/dystopic stories are some of the most prevalent in the Science Fiction/Fantasy genre. Musician Eyal Kless puts down his violin in favor of a…
The Green Hills of Earth by Robert A Heinlein
The Green Hills of Earth is generally regarded as the second collection of Heinlein’s Future History stories, which showed us, in the Golden Age…
Shadow Captain by Alastair Reynolds
This time last year I was reviewing Alastair’s Elysium Fire, the sequel to The Prefect (aka Aurora Rising.) In 2019 I’m now looking at…
Carnacki the Ghost Finder by William Hope Hodgson
These days, William Hope Hodgson (1877-1914) is perhaps best known for his The House on the Borderland (1908) novel. It is undoubtedly worth reading,…
BLOOD OF TEN KINGS by Edward Lazellari (Guardians of Aandor Volume 3)
With only hints of our world in the narrative, Edward Lazellari goes full-bore into Epic Fantasy with Blood of Ten Kings, the finale to…
THE CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA Season 1
The character of Sabrina the Teenage Witch has been part of popular culture for quite a few years; a popular TV show in the…
The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C Clarke
Another year, another reread. Although it will have passed by the time you read this, as I approached the one-hundred-and-first anniversary of Sir Arthur’s…
DRAGON LORDS: BAD FAITH by Jon Hollins
Say this for Jon Hollins, he knows how to construct a world only to destroy it. He also knows how to build fascinating characters…
For Love of Mother-Not by Alan Dean Foster
Here’s one that I thought I’d read thirty-odd years ago. But having picked it up again, I can’t remember anything about it*. So, with…
MJ-12: SHADOWS by Michael J. Martinez
A few years have passed since “Variants,” people exhibiting abilities similar to comic book superheroes, became an integral part of the world of espionage…
Sherlock Holmes and the Sussex Sea Devils by James Lovegrove
Is it really three years since I started to read this series? With Sherlock Holmes and the Sussex Sea-Devils we get to the third,…
THE SHATTERED SUN by Rachel Dunne
Rachel Dunne brings her Bound Gods trilogy to an epic conclusion in The Shattered Sun. The novel picks up where she left readers in…
