Gaie Sebold is latest SFF author to go East
Overlord
For many decades the vast majority of fantasy in the English speaking world has been set either in the Western world or in locations that are reminiscent of its medieval/Arthurian…
Jennifer Williams Interview
Victoria Hooper
Today we have the pleasure of speaking with Jennifer Williams, author of the debut novel The Copper Promise. Jennifer originally self-published the first part of her story as a novella…
Kill or Cure: Medicine and Healing in SFF
Steff Humm
Humans are fragile creatures. Flesh breaks easily and even the most healthy, brawny and athletic of us fall prey to sickness from time to time. Depending on the severity of…
Gollancz Announces that all 2014 debuts will debut as £1.99 eBooks
We’ve got some pretty exciting news for anyone who likes to stand at the forefront of the genre, reading the latest releases and discovering the newest talented authors: Gollancz are…
Northern Lights by Philip Pullman
KJ Braxton
I’ve always found that the best examples of children’s literature are those that don’t try to be for children, they don’t pander to a younger reader, but rather just aim…
10 Ways To Up Your Word Count
Adrian Faulkner
Writing takes time, and in the case of novels, a lot of time. I don’t think there’s a writer out there who doesn’t wish they could write quicker. If you’ve…
Toastmaster for Nebula Awards Named…
Whilst we wait to see who replaces Jonathon Ross as the host of the Hugo awards, the SFWA – who have also struggled with their own bout of controversy lately…
Shift Omnibus by Hugh Howey
Jeff Seymour
This review contains spoilers for Wool. If you haven’t read Hugh Howey’s Wool, stop here and go do so immediately. You should do this first because Wool is one of…
A Monster Calls Movie: 2016 Release.
A few years ago I reviewed and raved about a remarkable book, A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness. Well, having been ‘optioned’ by Hollywood quite some time ago, it seems…
Fantasy-Faction & Gollancz team up to bring you Chapters 1-7 of Words of Radiance
With just one more sleep until the publication of Words of Radiance, Fantasy-Faction have teamed up with Gollancz Books to bring you a special treat to celebrate this week’s edition…
Introduction to Visual Novels
Dori
Interactive fiction games have been around for some while now: the original grandparents being the old-fashioned, non-linear game books and their more recent, upbeat offspring called text adventures. Whilst the…
Swords of Haven by Simon R. Green
Alister Davison
Swords of Haven introduces us to Hawk and Fisher; they’re husband and wife, the only truly honourable cops in Haven, a violent and corrupt city filled with monsters, wizards, thieves…