Sci-Fi Book Club – Oct/Nov 12 – Hyperion by Dan Simmons
Idlewilder
The voting for this month’s book has closed. For this month’s Sci-Fi Book Club, we have chosen… Hyperion by Dan Simmons On the world called Hyperion, beyond the law of…
Reviews
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Kit
I imagine that at one point in your schooling, you probably had to read The Giver for an English class. If you didn’t, I highly recommend that you run out…
Shadow Castle by Marian Cockrell
Faith M. Boughan
Shadow Castle may be one of the best books of classic children’s fantasy that you’ve never heard of, but here’s a tip: If your mother reads fantasy, and has loved…
The Truth by Terry Pratchett
Alister Davison
After being convincingly won over by Pratchett’s latest, Snuff, I just had to get my hands on another. Rather than go back to the very beginning and the books I’d…
Bitter Seeds by Ian Tregillis
Paul Wiseall
What is the greatest evil in modern history? Because it might not be the Nazis… We all know that the Nazis were monsters (and I did a history degree so…
Hidden Things by Doyce Testerman
Liz Fellshot Ambrose
I have a certain wariness of some subgenres in fantasy. There’s urban fantasy, whose settings I find really interesting but I tend to want all the protagonists to fall off…
Witch World by Andre Norton
Nyki Blatchley
In a recent article, I observed that, although there isn’t complete gender equality in fantasy today, female fantasy authors are too usual to need any comment. Similarly, it’s hardly unusual…
Low Town by Daniel Polansky
Mike Shackle
One thing is for certain. Low Town is not your typical fantasy book. Sure, it’s got wizards, magic and demons but this book owes more to Raymond Chandler than Tolkien.…
Dredd 3D Review
Outside the city walls is the Cursed Earth, the irradiated desert world, and inside is an equally unwelcoming urban rash of slum and decay, where concrete rules and kilometre tall…
Diablo III Review
Jesse Flohrs
Here it is. After 10 long years of waiting, Diablo III was unleashed upon the gaming world on May 15, 2012. Millions of players signed on to battle the legions…
The Wounded Guardian by Duncan Lay
Dan Hanks
Under the bright blue skies and Antarctic winds of an Australian winter, I happened across local fantasy author Duncan Lay enthusiastically undertaking a signing outside a bookstore. Sleeves rolled up…
Dreamsongs: A Retrospective – Book One by George R. R. Martin
Dominic Stevens
George R. R. Martin is not just one of the most popular writers in fantasy right now, but in fiction full stop. Game of Thrones has been one of the…