The Importance of Multiple Structures
Tim Ellison
For the last few months I’ve been serving as an advisory editor for short fiction at Strangelet, a new speculative fiction journal based in Boston (first issue September 2014!). Submissions…
SLF Diverse Writers and Diverse Worlds Grants
Overlord
The Speculative Literature Foundation (SLF) is to offer two new diversity-centered grants: Diverse Writers and Diverse Worlds, both intended to foster the creation of speculative fiction work rich in diversity.…
4 Top Locus Nominated Titles below £4.00 on Kindle
The 2014 Locus Awards were announced yesterday and there were some very excellent books on the list. As I said in the article I wrote up, some categories were harder…
Traitor’s Blade (The Greatcoats) by Sebastien de Castell just £1.39 on Kindle!
You may remember a few months back I was raving about Sebastien de Castell’s debut fantasy novel, Traitor’s Blade (Book one in The Greatcoats series). Well, I was checking out…
Fable Anniversary Edition – Video Game Review
Victoria Hooper
In 2004 I was a university student looking for a great new game to play. I bought Fable, and within minutes of playing I had fallen in love with the…
2014 Locus Awards Finalists Announced
Awards season has been full of great books (and a few controversial ones) so far, and I have to say that I’m pretty impressed with the Locus Awards list that…
Cover Revealed for ‘The World of Ice & Fire’ by George R. R. Martin
It’s not the George R.R. Martin book we’ve all been waiting for, but nonetheless there will be a lot of fans excited for the release of The World of Ice…
Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson
John Cowell
Now, before you accuse me of gushing over the story in Part One, I gave Words of Radiance 9 (8.5 rounded up) for a reason. I did not like everything.…
Children’s Fantasy: Eight of the Best – Part Two
Lucy Hounsom
This is Part Two of our look at Children’s Fantasy series. If you missed it, you can read Part One here. The Earthsea Quartet by Ursula Le Guin Farther west…
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
KJ Braxton
This review contains spoilers. Read with caution if you have yet to finish the book. That great first love, think Romeo and Juliet, Jack and Rose, a beautiful notion but…
Gollancz Update fans on Pratchett Collector’s Library
You may remember that a few months back we brought you the news of Gollancz’s Discworld Collector’s Library. Well, at the time they’d released covers for 12 books, through to…
Convention Survival Guide
Liz Fellshot Ambrose
At about this time of year, at least in my little section of the world, the season of genre conventions begins in full force. As such, it seems like a…