Sci-fi/Horror Book Club – August 2013: The Lives of Tao by Wesley Chu
Lisa Taylor
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…
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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
Leo Elijah Cristea
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…
Mom Doesn’t Get Dragons
Zachary A. Matzo
My mom doesn’t understand my reading habits. I believe the exact quote was, “I would think science fiction would be the last thing you’d be interested in.” The fact that…
Michael J. Martinez Interview
Dan Hanks
Last month I was fortunate enough to review the upcoming science-fiction/fantasy/alternate history adventure The Daedalus Incident. As always, I threw the author some questions, and in between dealing with publishing…
The Age Atomic by Adam Christopher
Phil Norris
The Empire State is dying. The Fissure connecting the pocket universe to New York has vanished, plunging the city into a deep freeze and the populace are demanding a return…
YA Science Fiction & Fantasy – Part Two: From Humble Origins to Lofty Heights
When addressing the origins of YA literature (we’re not talking SFF specific here for now, but bear with me) it all depends from which angle you decide to approach. I…
Gemsigns by Stephanie Saulter
Hierath
Gemsigns, Stephanie Saulter’s confident debut novel, is set in the world of the near-future. Humans have been forced to resort to universal genetic modification to overcome the effects of a…
You by Austin Grossman
Nicholas Schmiedicker
You is a fantastic novel written by Austin Grossman that gives an insider look into the world of video game development and design. Grossman is well known for his debut…