SFFWorld Countdown to Halloween 2025: THE TWISTED ONES by T. Kingfisher
I am going to try to start at the beginning, even though I know you won’t believe me. It’s okay. I wouldn’t…
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SFFWorld Exclusive Extract: DAEDALUS IS DEAD by Seamus Sullivan
We are pleased to offer you an exclusive extract from Seamus Sullivan’s Daedalus is Dead, which is out today! This is a debut work…
CROSSROADS OF RAVENS by Andrzej Sapkowski
One of the phenomena in Fantasy of recent years has been the popularity of The Witcher series of novels. No doubt in part because…
SFFWorld Exclusive Extract: CINDER HOUSE by Freya Marske
We are pleased to offer you an early exclusive extract from Freya Marske’s Cinder House, due out next month! Freya is the author of A…
SALTCROP by Yume Kitasei
How often have you heard that sometimes it is not the destination, but the journey that matters? I was reminded of this on reading…
EXTREMITY by Nicholas Binge
I don’t know about you, but I’ve recently noticed a resurgence in police procedurals with a genre element to them. There’s Rose/House by Arkady…
THE SECOND DEATH OF LOCKE by V. L. Bovalino
One of my biggest moans about books in recent years has been about how often the cover of a book rarely reflects its contents,…
THE SHATTERING PEACE by John Scalzi
John Scalzi can write: adventure tales (The Kaiju Preservation Society), stories with humour (Redshirts, Agent to the Stars) and non-fiction (Your Hate Mail Will…
SPIDERLIGHT by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Allies will become enemies. Enemies will become allies. And the Dark Lord is waiting. Although Adrian has been writing for decades, it may perhaps…
THESE DREAMING SPIRES Edited by Marie O Regan and Paul Kane
Last year I reviewed In These Hallowed Halls, an anthology that delved into the world of Dark Academia. (“Think Harry Potter, but for grown-ups”,…
NEWS: Aldiss Award Nominees Announced.
The Aldiss Award is a new annual award to “acknowledge endeavours in literature and gaming, specifically around world building, in the science fiction & fantasy…
NEWS: Hugo Award 2025 Winners Announced
The winners of the 2025 Hugo Awards, Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book, and Astounding Award for Best New Writer were announced at…
WHERE THE AXE IS BURIED by Ray Nayler
Ray’s book, The Mountain in the Sea, was one of my favourite reads of 2023; an ecological story that combined science fiction with fiercely…
LUCID by Oraine Johnson
What are dreams? Alternate realities, glimpses into ‘another place’, where our minds go free, or our brains trying to make sense of the previous…
SFFWorld Exclusive: Extract from The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World by J R Dawson
Later this week we have the publication of The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World by J R Dawson. Its publishers tell us that…
NEWS: BFS Award 2025 Nominees Announced
The British Fantasy Society (BFS) has announced the shortlist for the 2025 British Fantasy Awards: Best Fantasy Novel (the Robert Holdstock Award) Long Live Evil,…
NEWS: 2025 Locus Award Winners announced
The 2025 Locus Award winners have been announced on June 21, 2025, during the Locus Awards Weekend. They are as follows: SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL WINNER:…
NEWS: 2025 Arthur C Clarke Award Winner announced
The winner of the 39th Arthur C. Clarke Award Science Fiction Book of the Year has been announced. The list of nominees is as…
STAR WARS: DEATH STAR by Michael Reeves and Steve Perry
Star Wars: it’s a simple tale of Good versus Evil, isn’t it? Well, yes. At its basic level, it’s a space opera about the…
SFFWORLD INTERVIEW with PETER F HAMILTON
We are very pleased to have Peter F. Hamilton return to SFFWorld. We reviewed his latest novel, EXODUS: The Archimedes Engine, when it came…
