SFFWorld Countdown to Hallowe’en 2020 – Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Randy’s latest for our Countdown to Hallowe’en is a recently published novel with a Gothic style. —————————– “You’ll be a good girl, won’t you?”…
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Heaven’s River by Dennis E Taylor
Heaven’s River is the latest entry in Dennis E Taylor’s highly enjoyable Bobiverse series, a series I rate very highly for its ideas, characters,…
SFFWorld Countdown to Hallowe’en 2020 – THE GOOD HOUSE by Tananarive Due
Today’s Countdown to Hallowe’en review is of a fairly recent novel from someone whose short stories Randy has really liked in the past. ——————————…
Countdown to Hallowe’en 2020 – Perchance to Dream by Charles Beaumont
Today’s Countdown to Hallowe’en is a review of a story collection from an underrated author better known for his screenwriting. ————————————— “I knew how…
The Left-Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix
It’s been less than a year since Garth’s last book (Angel Mage) appeared, a book which was advertised as an adult novel. His latest,…
SFFWorld Countdown to Hallowe’en 2020 – THE SINISTER MYSTERY OF THE MESMERIZING GIRL by Theodora Goss
In today’s Countdown to Hallowe’en review, Randy M returns to a series he’s previously read in 2019… ——————————- Princess Ayesha stared down into the…
Countdown to Hallowe’en 2020 – Dark Matter by Michelle Paver
Today’s Countdown to Hallowe’en review is a creepy ghost story based around an expedition to the North Pole – you have been warned! Over…
Attack Surface by Cory Doctorow
Attack Surface: “The sum of the different points where an unauthorized user (the “attacker”) can try to enter data to or extract…
SFFWorld Countdown to Hallowe’en 2020 – Fury from the Tomb by S A Sidor
And so it begins… our now traditional list of Hallowe’en-y stuff that we humbly bring to your attention throughout October. Our very own Hoarder…
The Nobody People by Bob Proehl
What do you do if you’re ‘an outsider’ in life? Science fiction has always had an element of that in its nature. Often SF…
Article: Hogwarts Was My Safety School by Robert Proehl
With Robert (Bob) Proehl’s new book just published in the UK, we asked him about why schools for gifted students is such a draw…
Dead Man in a Ditch by Luke Arnold
Earlier this year I reviewed the promising debut of Luke Arnold, The Last Smile in Sunder City. I liked it a lot – a…
The Trouble With Peace by Joe Abercrombie
The book begins with an ironic comment about the weight of a crown and a joke about old men’s bladders… and so we can…
World Engines: Creator by Stephen Baxter
Last year I reviewed the first book in this series, World Engines: Destroyer, with mixed results. It was interesting, unmistakably Baxter, but used Reid…
Orfeia by Joanne M. Harris
In the last few years Joanne (author of the best-selling book Chocolat) has quietly been cutting herself a genre niche by writing reimagined traditional…
Archive Review: Bradbury Centenary – Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury, born August 22nd 1920, would have been 100 years old today. With this in mind, here’s an SFFWorld review from the archives…
The Living Dead by George A Romero and Daniel Kraus
Ah – zombies. They just won’t lie down and die, will they? Since the adaptation of The Walking Dead into a TV series (currently…
The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez
This is a Space Opera with ambitions – a big sprawling universe with loads of great ideas, likable characters and great pace. The setup…
News: 2020 Hugo Award Winners Announced
The winners of the Hugo Awards and for the Astounding Award for Best New Writer have been announced by CoNZealand, the 78th Worldcon. The Awards were…
News: The 2020 Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award Announced
The 2020 Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award is presented to: Rick Raphael (1917-1994) According to File 770, the jury particularly cites: Raphael’s 1966 fixup novel Code…
