News: Arthur C Clarke Award 2020 Nominees Announced
From the Arthur C Clarke Award Website: THE SHORTLIST FOR THE 34TH ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD IS: THE CITY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE…
The Hollow Tree by James Brogden
Now, it might not have escaped your notice that as Horror goes I quite like a bit of what is loosely termed ‘Folk Horror’…
News: 2019 Nebula Award Winners Announced
This year’s Nebula Awards® were announced in a virtual presentation last night, Saturday 30th May 2020 at 5pm PDT. The 2020 Awards are given…
Stormblood by Jeremy Szal
Now, I know that the idea of humans being adapted to a particular purpose is not a new one in SF – I’m thinking…
Press Release & Cover: WIZARD OF THE PIGEONS by Megan Lindholm (a.k.a. Robin Hobb)
GRIM OAK PRESS PUBLISHING NEW EDITIONS OF WIZARD OF THE PIGEONS The 35th Anniversary Editions Will Publish December 1, 2020, To Aid Veterans SEATTLE,…
THE BOOK OF KOLI by M.R. Carey (Rampart Trilogy #1)
Post-Apocalyptic novels come in many forms, with many themes, and many reasons for the world being broken. Some of those novels don’t get too…
Imperial Earth by Arthur C Clarke
This is the latest in an occasional series where I reread old books from an old favourite, Arthur C Clarke (1917 – 2008). In…
News: BSFA Award Winners Announced
The BSFA Awards for works published in 2019 were announced online on Sunday 17th May 2020. Traditionally the Awards are announced at the UK…
The City of a Thousand Faces by Walker Dryden
If I said to you the words ‘Arabian Nights’ what images does that conjure up to you? If, like me, you are thinking desert…
A Wrinkle in the Skin by John Christopher
So, this was one that came up in a discussion of post-apocalyptic novels in the Forums. Although it is not one based on viral…
A QUEEN IN HIDING by Sarah Kozloff (Nine Realms #1)
When a publisher releases an author’s debut and then over the next subsequent months the next books in the series, then that publisher (Tor,…
The Kingdom of Liars by Nick Martell
Michael is the son of David Kingman, a man who killed the young son of the King. However, we begin the book not with…
Article: Alternate Worlds and Influences by Darren Shan
We recently asked Darren Shan (author of over 50 books to date, including the world-famous Cirque Du Freak and Zom-B series) to tell us…
Sanctuary by V V James
Sanctuary is one of those books that reads like an American television drama. Set in small-town America, it suggests that below the seemingly idyll…
SHOREFALL by Robert Jackson Bennett (The Founders Trilogy #2)
Picking up a few years after the events of Foundryside (the first installment of The Founders saga), the characters introduced in that volume –…
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…
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…
DEAL WITH THE DEVIL by Kit Rocha
Post-apocalyptic novels can be fun, but the subset of speculative fiction is a fairly popular setting. So when an interesting hook is thrown into…
