Of Gods and Men by Stephen Aryan
We already have four novels in Stephen Aryan’s fantasy setting – the complete Age of Darkness trilogy, and the currently in-progress Age of Dread…
Category: Book Reviews
THE MIDNIGHT FRONT by David Mack
World War II and magic, two ingredients of speculative fiction that work well separately, but when combined smartly as they are in David Mack’s…
Dreams Must Explain Themselves by Ursula K. LeGuin
You might have noticed that after a pretty quiet time, there’s been a resurgence in the availability of Ursula Krober LeGuin’s writing in the…
Evil Is a Matter of Perspective: An Anthology of Antagonists
When I heard an anthology featuring a villain’s perspective was being Kickstarted I had to back it. The contributor list alone is enough to…
Terminal Alliance by Jim C Hines
Terminal Alliance, the first book in Jim C Hines’ new Janitors of the Post-Apocalypse series, can be summed up in one word: fun. It’s…
THE SKY IS YOURS by Chandler Klang Smith
Dragons flying in the sky, an arranged marriage between two upper class youths, a broken city… one might be forgiven for thinking The Sky…
The Music of Ghosts by Paul Jessup, a short story review
Clockwork ghosts and the patterns of departed souls comprise a techno-synergetic society. A microcosm of human habitation flies across the vast loneliness of space.…
Age of Assassins by RJ Barker
This is one that passed me by last year when it was first released. I’m pleased I caught up with it, though. It’s…
Invaders From Beyond by Colin Sinclair, Tim Major, & Julian Benson
Invaders From Beyond caught me with its tagline, and I do rather like Attack The Block and The World’s End. What we have here…
The Lost Plot by Genevieve Cogman
The Lost Plot is full of life and wit from the start. The reader is thrown into the thick of things with the trials…
The Toymakers by Robert Dinsdale
Ah: Christmas. By the time you read this, Christmas will have just gone for another year, although as I type this it is…
The Fisherman by John Langan
Don’t call me Abraham; call me Abe. Though it’s what my ma named me, I’ve never liked Abraham. It’s a name that sounds so…
Luna: Wolf Moon by Ian McDonald
A guest review from writer and Forumite Jo Zebedee: It had been a full year since I read Luna: New Moon by Ian McDonald before…
THE INFERNAL BATTALION by Django Wexler (The Shadow Campaigns #5)
Five books planned, five books finished at the rate of about one per year. That alone is an impressive accomplishment for a fantasy writer.…
Elysium Fire by Alastair Reynolds
After our recent revisit to the re-released first book in this series, here’s the latest release in this future detective story. This one’s…
SFFWorld Archive: The Prefect/Aurora Rising by Alastair Reynolds
Alastair Reynolds’ new novel Elysium Fire is due out in a couple of weeks. It is a sequel to the first book in this…
Under the Pendulum Sun by Jeannette Ng
Let’s just keep this short and sweet. Read this book. … I suspect, however, as you’re here for a review that statement isn’t enough.…
One Cog Turning
Anthony Laken brings a fresh voice to Steampunk by taking the reader away from nineteenth Century England in his debut novel from Luna Press…
PERSEPOLIS RISING by James S.A. Corey (The Expanse #7)
What can an author team do seven books into an extremely successful book series that is both a New York Times bestseller and the…
Rendezvous With Rama by Sir Arthur C. Clarke
Rendezvous with Rama caused a bit of a stir with its publication in 1973. It was the much-heralded return to novel-writing by Arthur C.…
