SFFWorld Review of the Year – 2022 (Part 2)
Here’s our now traditional Review of the Year, pointing out what we liked most. Part 2: Science Fiction Books (Part 1 looked at…
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SFFWorld Review of the Year – 2022 (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 (Part…
The Citadel of Forgotten Myths by Michael Moorcock
Here’s the much-anticipated return of a classic Fantasy character, albeit one that has been here for a while. In 1961 we saw the publication…
Dr. Who and the Daleks – The Official Story of the Films by John Walsh
It probably hasn’t passed you by that as I type this we are approaching the end of the year and are entering that time…
Celestial by M D Lachlan
Ziggy Da Luca is not an astronaut – she’s a Buddhist linguist. And yet she quickly finds herself as an additional extra on board…
The Actuality by Paul Braddon
The Actuality brings the favoured genre explorations of AI into our age. It questions what humanity is, with a frightening dose of climate impact.…
The Book of Mars Edited by Stewart Clark
If you are not a regular reader of reviews here at SFFWorld, you may not have realised that there is sometimes a pattern to…
News: 2022 World Fantasy Award Winners Announced
The winners of the 2022 World Fantasy Awards were announced this weekend at the World Fantasy Convention in New Orleans. Winners below are emboldened…
Doctor Who and the Daleks (Illustrated version) by David Whitaker
As I type this, we’re approaching the 59th anniversary of the first episode being shown on the BBC. The last episode starring the current…
SFFWorld Countdown to Hallowe’en 2022: KECKSIES AND OTHER TWILIGHT TALES by Marjorie Bowen
The house was built beside a river. In the evening the sun would lie reflected in the dark water, a stain of red in…
SFFWorld Countdown to Hallowe’en 2022: THE BOOK OF THE MOST PRECIOUS SUBSTANCE by Sara Gran
I reached for him and traced a circle on the back of his neck, where a nice fat drop of sweat dripped, and I…
SFFWorld Countdown to Hallowe’en 2022: THE SUPERNATURAL ENHANCEMENTS by Edgar Cantero
Yes, I blame the believers for my skepticism. Because they’re not up to it; they’re no challenge; they’re so easily proved fools, I hate…
SFFWorld Countdown to Hallowe’en 2022: The Fourth Corona Book of Horror Stories.
Corona Books returns to the bookshelves after a two year forced hiatus. Yes, Corona has been a horror for us all. This publisher has…
SFFWorld Countdown to Hallowe’en 2022: THE FINAL GIRLS SUPPORT GROUP by Grady Hendrix
The final girl is a trope in horror films (particularly slasher films). It refers to the last girl(s) or woman alive to confront the…
Rayguns and Rocketships by Rian Hughes
For many readers today, Science Fiction is of the now – or possibly the future! – using science fictional tropes to examine current themes…
SFFWorld Countdown to Hallowe’en 2022: THE WOMEN OF WEIRD TALES by Various Authors
“When the bell rings, Elena mia, I shall free your soul from its earthly shell, on which the hold is already so frail, and…
Beyond the Burn Line by Paul McAuley
Paul’s latest is another book (there’s been a few lately) that begins and makes the reader think they’re reading one type of novel before…
SFFWorld Countdown to Hallowe’en 2022: THE PATH OF THORNS by Angela Slatter
I feel like a ghost, like a thing made of mist, shreds of me taken away each time there is a fresh breeze, stripping…
SFFWorld Countdown to Hallowe’en 2022: Family Business by Jonathan Sims
I last reviewed Jonathan’s Thirteen Storeys for the Halloween read back in 2020 (LINK), so it seems somewhat appropriate that I read his latest…
SFFWorld Countdown to Hallowe’en 2022: MONSTER, SHE WROTE by Lisa Kroger and Melanie R. Anderson
Although it’s not quite October, here’s a review that we thought couldn’t wait as a precursor to our usual “Countdown to Hallowe’en.”, written by…
