Kim Stanley Robinson on The Fall & Rise of Utopias…
Overlord
Once a driving force of political change, utopian visions – a community or society possessing highly desirable or perfect qualities – are now out of fashion… In SFF these days…
Work Done For Hire by Joe Haldeman
For those who are unfamiliar with Joe Haldeman, let me start by telling you that the man is one of the most critically acclaimed authors in the genre of Science-Fiction.…
Patrick Rothfuss wants time travellers to get in touch
Fans rating a book wayyyyyyyyy before its release happens on Goodreads a lot, but authors rarely comment on it; especially when they are scoring primarily 5 stars such as Patrick…
Abercrombie finishes his YA; release date announced.
You may remember that a few months ago we reported on Joe Abercrombie’s latest project in his ‘I shall write a book in every genre known to man’ mission, a…
Godzilla Movie Trailer & Monster vs Monster?
I know a lot of you probably didn’t enjoy the last Godzilla film… it was cheesy and it lacked any real depth, but having been fascinated with dinosaurs and the…
The Daylight War by Peter V. Brett
Steff Humm
Never mind variety, anticipation is the true spice of life and is something Peter V. Brett really knows how to inspire. We waited with baited breath for the third instalment…
Sanderson shows Rothfuss a real wordcount…
When it was announced a few months back that the release date for Brandon Sanderson’s second book in his Stormlight Archive series, Words of Radiance, had been moved all the…
Brazilian Mistborn Cover… Rocks!
A few years ago I was really excited when the UK had their Brandon Sanderson books freshened up with some really nice abstract covers. Sanderson’s work has always been a…
A GOOD Game of Thrones game is coming!
Lets be honest… so far all of the Game of Thrones games have sucked. A Game of Thrones: Genesis, a strategy game, was uninspired and boring; whilst Game of Thrones,…
Hive Monkey by Gareth L. Powell
Hierath
The attack macaque is back! Fresh (well, ish) from saving the world from nuclear meltdown in Ack-Ack Macaque, our titular monkey is having a bit of a meltdown of his…
‘Shannara’ Pilot in Development
It seems logical that following the success of A Game of Thrones television studios would be jumping on the multi-book series of the fantasy genre, but none have been confirmed…
Government Open Consultation on PLR: My Idea
In an article I wrote yesterday I spoke about how British authors are entitled to just over 6 pence (10 cents) per book loaned from local authority run libraries through…