The Truth by Terry Pratchett
Alister Davison
After being convincingly won over by Pratchett’s latest, Snuff, I just had to get my hands on another. Rather than go back to the very beginning and the books I’d…
Bitter Seeds by Ian Tregillis
Paul Wiseall
What is the greatest evil in modern history? Because it might not be the Nazis… We all know that the Nazis were monsters (and I did a history degree so…
Hidden Things by Doyce Testerman
Liz Fellshot Ambrose
I have a certain wariness of some subgenres in fantasy. There’s urban fantasy, whose settings I find really interesting but I tend to want all the protagonists to fall off…
Everyone’s A Critic
Sandra Norval
I stopped off at a quiet little hamlet tucked into a false summit on Mount Publication. To earn my supper I decided to entertain the revelers at the small inn…
Witch World by Andre Norton
Nyki Blatchley
In a recent article, I observed that, although there isn’t complete gender equality in fantasy today, female fantasy authors are too usual to need any comment. Similarly, it’s hardly unusual…
Joanne Anderton Interview
Ryan Howse
Joanne Anderton is the author of The Veiled Worlds Trilogy, a series that mixes fantasy, science fiction and anime. The first book, Debris, was published by Angry Robot Books in…
A List of Egregious Omissions
Zachary A. Matzo
I consider myself to be a well-read human being. Sure, I’ve read a lot of books. More books than the average reader, I’d dare say. I’ve read most of The…
Low Town by Daniel Polansky
Mike Shackle
One thing is for certain. Low Town is not your typical fantasy book. Sure, it’s got wizards, magic and demons but this book owes more to Raymond Chandler than Tolkien.…
What Makes A Fantasy Fan?
Ben Galley
I wrote a blog a long time ago about trying to spot fantasy authors while doing book signings. For anyone who might have read that old dusty post (it’s been…
Dredd 3D Review
Outside the city walls is the Cursed Earth, the irradiated desert world, and inside is an equally unwelcoming urban rash of slum and decay, where concrete rules and kilometre tall…
Diablo III Review
Jesse Flohrs
Here it is. After 10 long years of waiting, Diablo III was unleashed upon the gaming world on May 15, 2012. Millions of players signed on to battle the legions…
Historically Accurate
Laura Graham
Writers who set their stories in the future? Those guys have got it easy; they can see everything happening in the world around us, and use that to inform their…