Is Pirating Books OK if you buy it later?
Overlord
I’ve been pointed to a post on Reddit.com that asks whether pirating ebooks (i.e. downloading them FREE off the Internet using illegal file sharing sites) is OK so long as…
Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Trailer & Airing Time
“In 2013, something terrible is awakening in London’s National Gallery; in 1562, a murderous plot is afoot in Elizabethan England; and somewhere in space an ancient battle reaches its devastating…
Fantasy Relationship Building: From Real World to the Page
Amy Rose Davis
When I mentioned at the end of my last article that I was looking for some ideas for future columns, our esteemed Overlord suggested that I tackle romantic relationships in…
The Solider Son Trilogy for £0.49 on Kindle (UK)
The complete Soldier Son Trilogy by international bestselling author Robin Hobb is available on the Kindle for… £0.99!!! (UPDATE: NOW £0.49 for three books!!!). I’m not sure how long it…
Commas…To Avoid Confusion
Lady Rosalie Skinner
In an effort to educate myself, I am taking a deeper, longer and more exhaustive look at commas. The most basic use for commas is to indicate a pause where…
Telegraph Interview Terry Pratchett
The Telegraph have done a very good interview with an author we all know and love, Sir Terry Pratchett. With Raising Steam, a book about humans joining up with fantasy…
What SFF Editors think you should read
At New York Comic Con there was an awesome panel called “What should I read next?” that featured major editors from the big sci-fi and fantasy publishers listing the new…
Terry Brooks Reveals Favourite Books
Best selling Fantasy author, Terry Brooks, stopped by Barnes and Nobels (huge American bookseller) recently and spoke about his favourite books. Here’s the list he came up with. I really…
Surviving the NaNoWriMo Apocalypse: Tips For Becoming A Master Word-Slayer And Staying Alive Through November
Adrian Faulkner
NaNoWriMo tends to get painted as this quirky, fun activity during the month of November, but whether you’re currently taking part or have in the past, you know that it’s…
Robocop Trailer – Looks BADASS!
So far, not a huge amount has been said about the forthcoming Robocop film. There’s still a good few months until the movie hits cinemas, but you’d have thought we’d…
Movie Sales mean Card ‘could’ hang up pen…
Very interesting article on Suvudu that discusses the power of Hollywood over book sales: Read it here. As most of us would have expected, Ender’s Game rocketed up to the…
2 New Mistborn Novels coming from Sanderson
Most people in the SFF universe would have heard of Sanderson when he was announced as the man who would finish Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series. Before Sanderson was…