What SFF Editors think you should read
Overlord
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…
When YOU Were The Hero – An Adventure In Gamebooks
Steff Humm
Gamebooks aren’t something you see much of these days but back in the 80s and 90s they were doing a roaring trade all over the world as readers embraced the…
Some Desperado – Story by Joe Abercrombie
Well, we’re all excited for the Dangerous Women Anthology that is soon to be released to the genre community, but whilst we wait those publishing champions, Tor have decided to…
The Hobbit 2. Three Minute Trailer.
A new three minute trailer for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug has been released and… it… looks… awesome:
The End of Mr. Y by Scarlett Thomas
KJ Braxton
“We make reason, and only dream of creators.” There’s something about this line that I found both profound and disturbing, I also feel it pretty much sums up the central…
NaNoWriMo Type Along with Stephen Deas – Week One
Stephen Deas
Follow along as Stephen Daes shares his week by week experience doing NaNoWriMo. If you missed Stephen’s intro article, you can read it here. November 1st Wordcount Target: 0 Words…
Do Award Nominations Pay?
Mark Lawrence proves they do with an incredibly revealing behind the scenes glimpse on the effect being nominated for the ‘Goodsread Choice’ Award had on the number of people adding…