Yseult by Ruth Nestvold – SPFBO Review: And Then There Were Five
Laura M. Hughes
The SPFBO team are making steady progress in our search for a finalist. To avoid cruelly stretching things out, we’ll be posting individual reviews for those who don’t make it…
August 2016
Gilded Cage by Vic James
Lucy Hounsom
Gilded Cage began life as a Wattpad success and it’s easy to see why. Sitting halfway between the YA and adult markets, James’ story has a wide appeal and deals…
A Cast of Roles
Aaron Miles
Through the course of a novel, the author will create and introduce a wide array of different characters to the reader. Often they might do it on automatic, smoothly introducing…
Star Trek Beyond – Movie Review
Stephen Rhodes
The summer film season is always a mixed bag of emotions for me. There’s the thrill of all the blockbuster films as the studios roll out their big guns to…
Terminus by Ryan Howse – SPFBO Review: And Then There Were Six
The SPFBO team are making steady progress in our search for a finalist. To avoid cruelly stretching things out, we’ll be posting individual reviews for those who don’t make it…
Kojiki by Keith Yatsuhashi
Jonathan Thornton
“Power is more than strength. It’s the ability to save or destroy.” Keith Yatsuhashi’s debut novel Kojiki (2016) is a wide-screen epic fantasy, a coming of age story that draws…
Hope And Red by Jon Skovron
Overlord
The short version: Hope And Red is the most fun book I’ve read in 2016 and one of the first I will recommend to people, from now on, who ask…
Ghost Talkers by Mary Robinette Kowal
Eric Christensen
Ghost Talkers by Mary Robinette Kowal presents an alternate World War I where a soldier’s duty doesn’t end when the shell falls or the bullet finds a target. Spiritualism is…
2016 Hugo Award Winners
Jennie Ivins
Tonight the winners of the 2016 Hugo Awards were announced, along with the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. Congratulations to all the winners! And if you are…
Confirmation The Thorn Of Emberlain is delayed
Over the past few weeks, we’d been hearing a few whispers from our friends in publishing that Scott Lynch’s The Thorn Of Emberlain probably wouldn’t make the September 2016 release…
Bloodbound by F. Wesley Schneider – Spoiler Free Review
Zachary A. Matzo
Tie-in fiction isn’t known for its broad appeal. By its very nature, tie-in novels are appealing to fans of a very specific thing, be it a show, movie, game or…
Forest of Memory by Mary Robinette Kowal
This review contains spoilers. Please read with caution if you have yet to finish the story. Tor’s novella series was started in 2015, with the aim of promoting this shorter…