SFFWorld Countdown to Hallowe’en 2018: The Shadow Year by Jeffrey Ford
In his latest review, Randy picks up on something that seems appropriate for this time of year: Mary decided she would be the jockey…
Category: Book Reviews
Wychwood:Hallodene by George Mann
So, after recently romping through the folk-horror of Wychwood, (review here) I was very pleased to return to the fictional sleepy British village of…
TIME’S CHILDREN by D.B. Jackson (The Islevale Cycle #1)
Time travel as a conceit in speculative fiction is often aligns with the Science Fiction branch of Speculative Fiction. D.B. Jackson has made a…
Wychwood by George Mann
As I type this, it has just turned to September. The bright, warm and sunny days of August are slowly changing to the darker,…
IN THE SHADOW OF THE GODS by Rachel Dunne
You know how it goes, the world is crapsack, some gods have fallen, and a few strangers are drawn together to set things on…
The Ember Blade by Chris Wooding
We’ve been fans of Chris’s previous work at SFFWorld for a long while – from The Fade (2007) to his steampunk/bucklepunk series of the…
GIFT OF GRIFFINS by V.M. Escalada (Faraman Prophecy #2)
The Halls of Law have been destroyed, Kerida Nast has fled and found refuge in a community of cavern dwellers, and oh yeah, she…
Cold Iron by Miles Cameron
For lots of different reasons, authors often feel the need to change their name when writing different stories. For Stephen King it was Richard…
War Cry by Brian McClellan
Another month, another Tor.com novella… One of the great things about these novellas is that authors can try new ideas and stories, often different…
Salvation by Peter F Hamilton
Salvation is Peter F Hamilton’s latest novel, the first book in his Salvation Sequence, and a series set in a brand-new universe. After some…
BLOODY ROSE by Nicholas Eames
How do you top a great headining band going on a reunion tour? Simple, you don’t. You try something a little different. You tell…
The Stars Now Unclaimed by Drew Williams
This debut novel reminded me of older Space Opera, but it is a lot of fun. Our teller of the tale is space pilot…
THE FATED SKY by Mary Robinette Kowal
Having helped to establish the importance of the then nascent space program, Elma York has been spending time on the moon, completing several round…
We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix
In 1975 Black Sabbath, the band that many believe originated ‘heavy metal’, had released what we would probably call a ‘greatest hits album’ these…
Daughters of Forgotten Light by Sean Grigsby
Move over Imperator Furiosa, there’s a new gal in town. Daughters of Forgotten Light does not pander, it runs away with you. You accept…
FOUNDRYSIDE by Robert Jackson Bennett
The publication of a new Robert Jackson Bennett has become something of an event, at least for me. I’ve read the majority of his…
An American Story by Christopher Priest
Christopher Priest’s last few novels have settled into a disconcerting pattern of late. Always well-written, his books are known for a preciseness of prose…
THE CALCULATING STARS by Mary Robinette Kowal
In 1952, the space race is in its infancy and the world is changed, one may say shattered, when a meteor crashes into the…
Paperbacks from Hell by Grady Hendrix
For those who don’t know (or don’t care to remember), the 1970’s and 1980’s were a seminal moment in Horror fiction. This book celebrates…
Dogs of War by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Dogs of War packs all you could want from your Science Fiction, along with everything you didn’t realise you wanted for good measure. It’s…
