Ack-Ack Macaque by Gareth L. Powell
Alister Davison
Let’s start with the blurb. In 1944, Britain’s best hopes for victory lie with a Spitfire pilot codenamed ‘Ack-Ack Macaque’. The trouble is, Ack-Ack is a cynical, one-eyed, cigar-chomping monkey,…
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Tuf Voyaging by George R. R. Martin
Ryan Howse
George R. R. Martin is best known for his high fantasy epic, A Song of Ice and Fire. Yet he is an endlessly inventive writer, and long before ASOIAF, he…
The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde
Liz Fellshot Ambrose
I’ve had people tell me that I shouldn’t judge a book by its cover. While I understand (and agree with) the metaphor as it applies to people, I think that…
Dreams and Shadows by C. Robert Cargill
Idlewilder
Think you know fairy tales? Think again. Dreams and Shadows by C. Robert Cargill is initially the story of Jared and Tiffany Thatcher and their life together, from high school…
Sci-Fi Book Club – March 2013: Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
Lisa Taylor
The Sci-Fi Book will be reading John Scalzi’s Old Man’s War in March. It was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2006. “John Perry did two things…
Fantasy Book Club – March 2013: Retribution Falls by Chris Wooding
Our theme for nominations and voting for March was set to Pirates, and Retribution Falls (Tales of the Ketty Jay #1) had a decisive win. I have already read this…
The Last City by Nina D’Aleo
Dan Hanks
The Last City by debut author Nina D’Aleo is marketed as Blade Runner meets Perdido Street Station. Two undoubted classics. Told by two critically acclaimed storytellers. It’s quite the set-up…
The Woman Who Thought She Was A Planet And Other Stories by Vandana Singh
Robbie Cameron
Less traditional fantasy and more subtle speculative fiction, Vandana Singh’s collection of short stories The Woman Who Thought She Was A Planet ranges far and wide over the fertile ground…
The Red Knight by Miles Cameron
Nicholas Schmiedicker
I had the fortunate pleasure to receive an early copy of Miles Cameron’s debut novel, The Red Knight. Never have I been more pleasantly surprised and impressed with a writer’s…
Talyn: A Novel of Korre by Holly Lisle
Faith M. Boughan
Talyn is a novel about aftermath. It’s a story of two nations who have been at war for three hundred years, forced into an unwanted peace by a third party.…
Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed
Steff Humm
While fantasy is clearly a genre of startling variation, it rarely gets as exotic as Throne of the Crescent Moon. Moving away from the familiar medieval lands of most of…
London Falling by Paul Cornell
Hierath
London Falling, the first venture into dark fantasy for acclaimed Doctor Who and Demon Knights writer Paul Cornell, certainly lives up to the dark promise on display in “The Family…