Interview with Mimi Yu
Here at SFFWorld we’re very pleased to introduce to you Mimi Yu, whose debut novel, The Girl King, is being published by Gollancz this…
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Carnacki the Ghost Finder by William Hope Hodgson
These days, William Hope Hodgson (1877-1914) is perhaps best known for his The House on the Borderland (1908) novel. It is undoubtedly worth reading,…
SFFWorld Review of the Year 2018: Part 3 – TV & Film
It’s that time of year when, as we have done for the last decade or so, we have dragged ourselves from the revelries here…
The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C Clarke
Another year, another reread. Although it will have passed by the time you read this, as I approached the one-hundred-and-first anniversary of Sir Arthur’s…
SFFWorld Review of the Year 2018: Part 2 – Science Fiction Books
It’s that time of year when, as we have done for the last decade or so, we have dragged ourselves from the revelries here…
SFFWorld Review of the Year 2018 Part 1: Fantasy & Horror
It’s that time of year when, as we have done for the last decade or so, we have dragged ourselves from the revelries here…
For Love of Mother-Not by Alan Dean Foster
Here’s one that I thought I’d read thirty-odd years ago. But having picked it up again, I can’t remember anything about it*. So, with…
Sherlock Holmes and the Sussex Sea Devils by James Lovegrove
Is it really three years since I started to read this series? With Sherlock Holmes and the Sussex Sea-Devils we get to the third,…
Skyward by Brandon Sanderson
The arrival of a new Brandon Sanderson novel will be heralded with great joy by his many fans, so much so that the author’s…
Astounding by Alec Nevala-Lee
It’s a well-known adage that you should never meet your heroes/heroines, presumably because you will be disappointed. I’m pleased to say, based on my…
Elevation by Stephen King
And so, a mere two months after Stephen’s last novel (The Outsider), we have this novella. This one is part-homage. Thinking of Richard Matheson…
THE BONES OF THE EARTH by Rachel Dunne
The Bones of the Earth is the second book in Rachel Dunne’s Bound Gods trilogy, picking up hot on the heels of where she…
The Blue Salt Road by Joanne M. Harris
You may have noticed a recent trend of books of myths and legends retold for a modern audience. For example, there’s Neil Gaiman’s Norse…
Interview with Rio Youers
At SFFWorld we’re pleased to interview Rio Youers. Rio is the British Fantasy Award–nominated author of Old Man Scratch and Point Hollow. His short fiction has been…
The Man Who Sold the Moon by Robert A Heinlein
Following my reread of Heinlein’s juveniles over the last few years at SFFWorld, I thought I would read more from where he started –…
SFFWorld Countdown to Halloween 2018: The Haunting of Hill House (novel) by Shirley Jackson
With the arrival of a new Netflix series, I thought that it was time to return to this classic Horror novel. Shirley Jackson (1916-65)…
SFFWorld Countdown to Hallowe’en 2018: The Hour of the Oxrun Dead by Charles L. Grant
It was Grady Hendrix that made me do it.* Inspired by his Paperbacks From Hell (review HERE) summary of the 1970’s and 80’s Horror…
SFFWorld Countdown to Hallowe’en 2018: Final Girls by Riley Sager
To quote Randy, our ‘Curator of Horror’ at SFFWorld, “This is another novel that alludes to horror without exactly being a horror novel. ”…
News: British Fantasy Awards 2018
The winners of the 2018 British Fantasy Awards were announced during a ceremony at FantasyCon 2018 in Chester, UK. Complete shortlist below, with winners in…
SFFWorld Countdown to Hallowe’en 2018: Phantoms edited by Marie O’Regan
As I type this it is October, and, as a result, the post-person to Hobbit Towers is usually kept busy with tomes pertaining to…
