Sci-Fi Book Club – October 2013: Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Lisa Taylor
In October, our Science Fiction Book Club will finally be reading Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. This book has been nominated and come in a close second a number of…
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The Doors Are Open – SFF Goes Mainstream
Leo Elijah Cristea
Sometimes it’s difficult to imagine that, sitting here in this cafe, I am likely the only person in the building who knows who Peter V. Brett is. Because surely that’s…
Shaman by Kim Stanley Robinson
CptNemo
Kim Stanley Robinson’s latest novel is a foray into the scarcely read world of prehistoric fantasy. It is a raw story, stripped of knights and kingdoms, cities and armies. Instead…
Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
Hierath
Please be aware that this review contains spoilers. Doomsday Book is widely regarded as an SF classic, the first book in the acclaimed Oxford Time Travel series. First published in…
Sci-Fi/Horror Book Club – September 2013: I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
Our Sci-Fi Book Club honors the memory Richard Matheson, a true legend of the genre, with our September book Club read. Matheson received the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement…
YA Science Fiction and Fantasy – Part Four: The Spotlight
There is such a wealth of YA SFF that sometimes navigating the shelves can be difficult. At the moment, YA is somewhat fashionable, and that’s good, because when something is…
Sci-fi/Horror Book Club – August 2013: The Lives of Tao by Wesley Chu
Our Sci-Fi/Horror Book Club returns to Science Fiction this month with a read of The Lives of Tao by Wesley Chu. I read this book earlier this year and found…
Monthly Short Story Winner: Time Travel
Jennie Ivins
It’s time again to reveal the winner of our monthly short story contest. Each month we pick a theme and ask our members to write a story based on that…
The Lives of Tao by Wesley Chu
Alex Shepherd
When out-of-shape IT technician Roen Tan woke up and started hearing voices in his head, he naturally assumed he was losing it. He wasn’t. He now has a passenger in…
YA Science Fiction and Fantasy – Part Three: Why YA Is Important
Instead of looking at the themes and aspects of YA and what makes it what it is (as suggested in the previous article), it felt somewhat redundant to too closely…
Doctor Who: Shada by Gareth Roberts and Douglas Adams
Alister Davison
If you’re wondering how a book published less than two years ago qualifies for Classics Corner, let me explain. Shada was originally a script written in the late 1970s by…
Sci-Fi Book Club – June 2013: Feersum Endjinn by Iain M. Banks
In June, our Science Fiction book club will be reading Feersum Endjinn by Iain M. Banks, which won the British Science Fiction Association Award for Novel (1995). In a world…