Miles Cameron, author of the Traitor Son Cycle, is a pen name!
Overlord
Well, those tricksey publishers, Gollancz, have been in touch to let us know they’ve been telling us pokeys for the past year or so… What they’ve told us is that…
Overlord
Ghost In The Shell Live Action Remake Not Far Off…
In news that is likely to excite some and terrify many, DreamWorks have just announced that they’ve signed a director up to their live-action remake of Ghost In The Shell;…
Thunderbirds Creator’s Novel Series Finds Publisher
Following a successful Kickstarter campaign, GERRY ANDERSON’S GEMINI FORCE ONE is to be published by Gollancz in 2014 and Orion Children’s Books in 2015. The publication will mark and celebrate…
Sarah Pinborough Interview
Last month I reviewed The Language of Dying by Sarah Pinborough. Today we have the privilege of talking to the author herself about the book, its inspiration, and what other…
Dungeons & Dragons Turns 40
In January 1974 Dungeons & Dragons hit shelves for the first time. It was a game that would change the history of boardgames and war-games forever… “Those war gamers who…
The Grim Company – 59p on Amazon!
Many people had The Grim Company by Luke Scull on their top books of 2013 lists. It’s no surprise, the book having earned reviews such as: ‘If you like your…
Richard A. Knaak Interview
Richard A. Knaak is an author who has achieved just about everything you could hope for as a writer of Fantasy. Over the course of his career – that extends…
Scientists find secret to writing a bestseller
Imagine if publishers had the ability to tell whether a manuscript had the potential to become a bestseller within minutes of receiving it… without even reading it. It sounds ridiculous,…
Why I love The Kitschies
I have to say that The Kitschies, presented by Kraken Rum, have become the awards list that I most look forward to. When it comes to the Gemmell Awards, Locus…
Clarke Awards release list of 33 female authors submitted for prize
For those unfamiliar, The Clarke Award is given to the best science fiction novel of the year, pulled from a shortlist of novels whose UK first editions came out in…
Woman Sculpts Smaug the Dragon Out of ‘The Hobbit’ Pages
Within ‘The Hobbit’, J.R.R. Tolkien used words to craft one of the most memorable fantastical beasts all time; the massive, fire-breathing Dragon, Smaug. One reader wasn’t content to use just…
Women Kick Arse in WotF (Again!)
In a genre that often sparks debate over fairness to each sex – whether it is the representation within stories, the amount that get published or the amount of that…