Sam Sykes Finally Gets an Awesome Cover
Overlord
I’ve been saying for years that Sam Sykes’s books need some awesome covers. Don’t get me wrong, Sam’s covers for his original series weren’t ‘terrible’, but I did feel that…
February 2014
David Gemmell Awards – 2014 Longlist Revealed & Voting Open
The Longlists for the David Gemmell Awards has been revealed and voting has opened!!! For those unfamiliar with how The David Gemmell Awards work, the first stage (that has resulted…
I Don’t Need No Women In My Fantasy
Stephen Deas
My Twitter stream regularly expresses a variety of opinion on the treatment of women, or of people of colour or unconventional sexuality, in genre fiction. This is, I presume to…
Ginjer Buchanan retiring from Ace/Roc
Just picked this up from Myke Cole: Ginjer Buchanan, editor-in-chief of Ace and Roc Books, is set to retire in March 2014, exactly 30 years after she was hired by…
Bookshops’ SFF Prejudice Problem?
There has been a recent highlighting of the fact by three well-known female authors that UK Booksellers are selling them and their contemporaries short. My aim today is to take…
The Boy With the Porcelain Blade by Den Patrick – Review
I always find it weird… reading a book by someone I’ve met. I first met Den Patrick in 2012 at Fantasy-Faction’s Q & A Session with Peter V. Brett, Myke…
SLEEK New Covers for Robin Hobb’s Farseer Series
So, last week we posted up the news that George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice & Fire series was to undergo a cover redesign here in the UK. The…
Daniel Polansky Interview
Zachary A. Matzo
With the publication of She Who Waits in 2013, Daniel Polansky completed one of the most captivating debut trilogies to come along in years. Equal parts fantasy, noir and revenge,…
Another Godzilla Movie Trailer Released!
A few months ago I blogged about how excited I was that they are working on a new Godzilla movie. Yes, I know the most recent remake/reboot was pretty poor…
Brian McClellan reveals The Powder Mage book 3 Cover
Last month we were excited to see one of 2013’s most popular debutantes, Brian McClellan, release a Novella, Forsworn, to keep us occupied whilst we waited for the follow up…
Love in SFF – From True Love to BFFs
Leo Elijah Cristea
Romance in SFF is one of those things that people either love, hate, or are frankly indifferent about. I’m not one of those; I will eagerly admit that I love…
Fantasy Book Club – March 2014: Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
Lisa Taylor
For March, we were looking for books with a female protagonist. Our book club selected Seraphina by Rachel Hartman. I’ve seen some great reviews for this one, including on here…