The Emperor’s Railroad by Guy Haley
Jonathan Thornton
Tor’s novella series was started in 2015, with the aim of promoting this shorter medium. The line includes both established authors and those just making their debut, and has included…
post-apocalyptic
The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps by Kai Ashante Wilson
Tor’s novella series was started in 2015, with the aim of promoting this shorter medium. The line includes both established authors and those just making their debut, and has included…
The Diversity of Today’s Cutting Edge Sci-Fi
Sonia Grace
When we talk about science fiction we divide it up. It’s too big for a single shelf, we have to break it into subgenres and swallow it in pieces. There’s…
Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard
Lucy Hounsom
This review contains spoilers for Red Queen. Read with caution if you have yet to finish the first book. I’m new to this series and tore through the first book,…
Fallout 4: Of Dogs and Desk Fans
Geoff Matthews
It’s been a few a days since I left…since I escaped the vault. The world has changed and I’m saying that as the reigning master of understatement. It’s been destroyed,…
Radiant by Karina Sumner-Smith
Nicole Singer
Karina Sumner-Smith’s debut novel is an edgy tale of friendship and the dark economies of magic. She twists traditional fantasy elements in utterly unique ways and creates an overall enjoyable…
Exile by James Cormier – SPFBO Review
I read this book as part of Mark Lawrence’s Self Published Challenge. James Cormier’s Exile pleasantly surprised me. I’ve never had any luck with reading self-published work, although I know…
Swan Song by Robert McCammon
Alister Davison
Back in the 1980s, when the Cold War was at its height, the spectre of nuclear war loomed large, and this was reflected in the fiction of the time. Some…
Mad Max: Fury Road – Movie Review
Charlie Hopkins
George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road is an absolute cinematic tour de force and the only ones in disagreement are a small group of men who found the women in…
The Drowned World by J. G. Ballard
Nick Clark
Long before ‘cli-fi’ was a thing, long before the issue of climate change had really impacted on popular consciousness, there was J G Ballard’s The Drowned World. Ballard’s 1962 debut…
What the Stale Air Tastes Like: An Apocalyptic Overview
Nathan T. Dean
The stars are going out. The nuclear fallout bunkers were built in a rush. Your cat seems to be mutating into some sort of slug monster. We have reached end…
The 100 – TV Series Review
Kit
I feel that I should start this review by stating that I have never been a super huge fan of sci-fi, in either print or visual media forms. It wasn’t…