SFFWorld Countdown to Halloween 2019: Ghoster by Jason Arnopp
Jason’s last novel, The Last Days of Jack Sparks (reviewed here) was a best-seller here in the UK. I liked it a lot –…
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SFFWorld Countdown to Halloween 2019: THE STRANGE CASE OF THE ALCHEMIST’S DAUGHTER by Theodora Goss
Randy’s latest this month is a modern take on Gothic classics. A thick layer of ivy grew up the walls to the third floor,…
Doing Time by Jodi Taylor
In the beginning, in the future, the discovery of time travel became known to all. As a result, chaos reigned, history was written and…
The Rowankind Series By Jacey Bedford
Rowankind is a three book historical fantasy series published in the US by DAW. The trilogy falls right into my ‘guilty pleasures’ reading. Set…
SFFWorld Countdown to Halloween 2019: AVAILABLE DARK by Elizabeth Hand
Here we begin with Randy’s first review of the month. Outside [the car] stretched an expanse of rock flensed of any vegetation, even moss…
SFFWorld Countdown to Halloween 2019: Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky
To begin our traditional SFFWorld rundown to Halloween, we begin with an exclusive – the Prologue to a new book by Stephen Chbosky, the…
Getting to Know Leonard Nimoy from His Poetry – “These Words Are for You”
For decades, whether he was entertaining America on a weekday TV show or up on the silver screen in theatres, Leonard Nimoy made his…
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
Even in these hyper-enhanced times, it’s not every day that a book arrives for review with glowing recommendations from a broad range of authors.…
Moonseed by Stephen Baxter
Just over twenty years ago, Stephen published a trilogy of books (The NASA Trilogy) set in an alternate near-future where human space exploration had…
A Little Hatred by Joe Abercrombie
It’s a bit of a shock to realise that it’s nearly fifteen years since I first read Joe Abercrombie’s The Blade Itself, Book One…
The Grip of it by Jac Jemc
When a book arrives with a blurb recommending it from Jeff Vandermeer, you sort’ve know what to expect – expect weird. This creepy tale…
The Song of the Sycamore by Edward Cox
Ed’s previous trilogy of novels (collectively known as The Guild Trilogy) have built up a reputation for stylistic grimness, a Grimdark sensibility but one…
Edward Cox Blog Post: The Song of 1986
We’re very pleased to welcome Edward Cox to SFFWorld today. Ed has already had three acclaimed novels published to date, known as The Relic…
Awards: Hugo Award Winners 2019
The winners of the 2019 Hugo Awards have been announced. The awards were presented at Dublin 2019 – An Irish Worldcon, the 77th World Science Fiction Convention. Members…
Crossing Over: Into the Archipelago
Way back in the misty past of 2016, a conversation in the writers corner of the SFFWorld.com forums gave rise to a collaborative fiction…
A Symphony of Echoes by Jodi Taylor
A return to a series that I was unexpectedly pleased with reading earlier this year. This is the second book in the series involving…
News: British Fantasy Award 2019 nominees announced
From the British Fantasy website: Following two rounds of nomination and voting from the members of the British Fantasy Society and FantasyCon, The British…
Gunpowder Empire by Harry Turtledove
If science fiction can be considered to be a physical landscape as well as a literary type, then in the realm of “what if?”…
News: World Fantasy Award Nominees 2019
From the World Fantasy Award website: http://www.worldfantasy.org The winners will be announced at the World Fantasy Convention℠ 2019 in Los Angeles, CA on October 31 –…
The Spider Dance by Nick Setchfield Blog Tour
With The Spider Dance, Book 2 of Nick Setchfield’s occult-spy series just published, we’re very pleased to welcome him back to SFFWorld as…
