Slaine: The Horned God by Pat Mills and Simon Bisley
Alister Davison
Slaine Mac Roth, Celtic warrior and berserker, first appeared in the pages of the comic 2000AD way back in the early 1980’s. I still remember that first episode, where Slaine…
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Lost Worlds by Clark Ashton Smith
Nyki Blatchley
The golden age of pulp fantasy is often considered to be the years when the American magazine Weird Tales was being published (1923-1954) and particularly the decade when it was…
Fortress Frontier by Myke Cole
Mike Shackle
The first book in the Shadow Ops series, Control Point, was the debut of 2012 for many, myself included. It was an intense, action-packed, military-sci-fi thriller that left me eager…
The Inexplicables by Cherie Priest
Liz Fellshot Ambrose
Set in the Clockwork Century universe where there are zombies, diesel and steam powered war machines, and mad scientists aplenty running around through the United States, Rector has gotten old…
Sci-Fi Book Club – January 2013: Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan
Lisa Taylor
The Sci-Fi Book club will kick off 2013 by reading Richard K. Morgan’s Altered Carbon, winner of the Philip K. Dick Award. “In the twenty-fifth century, humankind has spread throughout…
Between Two Thorns by Emma Newman
Victoria Hooper
Magic is closer than any of us could imagine; hidden but powerful, existing parallel to our own world. Perhaps even in your own living room, only a thin veil away.…
Fantasy Book Club – Jan 2013: Fevre Dream by George R. R. Martin
We’re kicking of the new year with vampires! Our first Fantasy Book Club read of 2013 will be Fevre Dream by George R. R. Martin. “A THRILLING REINVENTION OF THE…
Light Boxes by Shane Jones
Robbie Cameron
In Shane Jones’ compact, experimental fairy tale, the month of February has lasted for hundreds of days. Winter persists, unshakeable. The skies over a small, nameless town have grown cold…
Magic: An Anthology of the Esoteric and Arcane Edited by Jonathan Oliver
Steff Humm
Magic can take so many forms and shapes that the possibilities for stories on the subject are seemingly endless. Everyone has different ideas of magic; from rabbit toting magicians and…
Sci-Fi Book Club – December 2012: Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Jennie Ivins
Happy December sci-fi fans! For our next science fiction book club we will be reading Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. “In order to develop a secure defense against a…
The Stealer of Souls by Michael Moorcock
Sword and Sorcery had its first heyday in the 1930s, with Robert E. Howard’s Conan stories and their successors – most more or less Conan clones, although C. L. Moore…
Stone of Farewell by Tad Williams
After being overwhelmingly impressed with The Dragonbone Chair, I was a little reluctant to pick up its sequel, Stone of Farewell. Sequels can often fall into the trap of the…