The Long Mars by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter
Sonia Grace
This review contains spoilers for the previous books. Read with caution if you have yet to finish The Long Earth and The Long War. The Long Mars is a worthy…
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The Changing Face(s) of Fantasy – Guest Blog by Adam Dalton
Adam Dalton
It’s obviously blasphemy to criticise Tolkien, even indirectly, but for me his work is more important in historico-cultural terms than modern literary terms. Before you send me a load of…
The Martian by Andy Weir
Liz Fellshot Ambrose
Book recommendations and I have a torrid relationship. Most of the time it doesn’t work out for me due to a great deal of impatience with many traditional tropes, inability…
Fantasy Book Club – July 2014: Red Rising by Pierce Brown
Jennie Ivins
For July, our members voted to read Red Rising by Pierce Brown. The war begins… Darrow is a Helldiver, one of a thousand men and women who live in the…
Authority by Jeff VanderMeer
So after reading through Annihilation, I immediately looked up when Authority was coming out in order to present myself at my favorite bookstore and acquire it as soon as it…
Science Fiction and Fantasy Author Jay Lake Has Passed Away
Author Jay Lake passed away this morning surrounded by family and friends. He was diagnosed with colon cancer in April 2008 and went through multiple treatments to try and beat…
Sword & Laser Anthology edited by Veronica Belmont and Tom Merritt
A. E. Marling
If you listen to the Sword & Laser podcast, you should support the empire of Veronica Belmont and Tom Merritt by reading their anthology. You’ll enjoy the swirling vortex of…
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Kit
The year is 2044. Planet Earth is entering the third decade of a colossal energy and employment crisis. Cities are going up in superheated mushroom clouds, and people are packed…
The Curious Case of Game of Thrones
Zachary A. Matzo
Show of hands: how many people believed, back in 1997, that George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire would become a full-blown cultural phenomenon? Anybody? I didn’t think…
Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer
So in my latest attempt to further break Goodread’s recommendation algorithm, I decided to read Annihilation, partially because it doesn’t fit particularly neatly into any category, but also because I…
Recap: “The State of Short Fiction” Roundtable
Eric Christensen
Recently, the Baltimore Science Fiction Society (BSFS) hosted “The State of Short Fiction” Roundtable featuring editors Neil Clarke (Clarkesworld), Scott H. Andrews (Beneath Ceaseless Skies), Jonathan Laden (Daily Science Fiction),…
The Girl With All The Gifts by M. R. Carey
If you’ve always wanted your zombie hordes flavored with fungus, then The Girl With All The Gifts by M.R. Carey was written for you. Those who devour science articles will…