Article: Big Books and Series for Lockdown
As the lockdown continues, many readers are taking the time as an opportunity to get lost in a big book, or catch up with…
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The Devil’s Blade by Mark Alder
So: The Devil’s Blade is a story that builds on traditional tropes – it’s a revenge story – but combines reality with decidedly fictional…
Interview with Matthew Ward
Today we’re very pleased to show you an interview we have done recently with Matthew Ward, author of the wonderful Legacy of Ash, which…
News: 1945 Retrospective Hugo Award Nominees Announced
From the Hugo Awards (http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2020-hugo-awards/) The finalists for the 1945 Retrospective Hugo Awards were announced by CoNZealand, the 78th World Science Fiction Convention, on…
News: Hugo Award 2020 Nominees Announced
From the Hugo Awards (http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2020-hugo-awards/) The finalists for the 2020 Hugo Awards, Lodestar Award For Best Young Adult Book, and Astounding Award for Best New Science…
Article: Chapter and ‘Verse by James Lovegrove
You may know James Lovegrove for his Cthulhu Files (his Sherlock Holmes and Cthulhu mash-up that we loved here at SFFWorld). Here’s what…
War of the Maps by Paul McAuley
At its most basic level the War of the Maps is a revenge tale, a story of a bad guy used by the good…
Pandemic Plunderings*
So: you’re in lockdown, with little else to do but read for the foreseeable future? Here’s some related books that may help pass the…
Along the Razor’s Edge: An Interview with Rob J Hayes
Along the Razor’s Edge is Rob J. Hayes’ latest Fantasy novel, and the first book in The War Eternal series. For readers who like…
Article: Antisocial Media? by Patrick Edwards
We asked author Patrick Edwards to cast his eye over ‘the state of things’ at the moment. Here’s what he sent us! It raises…
Cursed Edited by Marie O’Regan and Paul Kane
Curses – they’re a staple of Fantasy fiction, aren’t they? From Snow White’s cursed apple in the Brothers Grimm’s fairy tales (1812) to Guy…
The Golden Age of Science Fiction by John Wade
‘For everyone who understands the true significance of the words ‘Klaatu barada nikto’. Subtitled ‘A Journey into Space with 1950’s Radio, TV, Films, Comics…
Soot by Dan Vyleta
Soot is set in a Dickensian world of darkness, grime and wretched brutality, with an additional Fantasy element. The magic part is that what…
The Last Smile in Sunder City by Luke Arnold
This is a debut novel, but you may recognise the author’s name. For not only is Luke an author but you may have seen…
News: 2020 BSFA Nominees Announced
The British Science Fiction Association has announced the shortlist for the BSFA Awards for works published in 2019. The awards will be presented at the…
Unnatural History by Jonathan Green
I was reminded recently that one of the joys of this genre we love is that there is such variety out there. Sometimes you…
Fallen Dragon by Peter F Hamilton
Fallen Dragon is a stand-alone novel from Peter F Hamilton, released in 2001 and shortlisted for the 2002 Arthur C Clarke Award. I’m a…
Bone Silence by Alastair Reynolds
A year ago, I reviewed Shadow Captain, the second part of this trilogy of Space Pirates stories, which made my ‘Best of’ list for…
The Black Elfstone by Terry Brooks
After forty years or so of being published and having over thirty books published about Shannara, The Black Elfstone is the beginning of the…
The Hammer of God by Arthur C Clarke
Another end of a year, another re-reading of a Clarke novel. This time I’ve gone for one of his last. The Hammer of God…
