Interview with ALEXANDER DAN VILHJÁLMSSON
Let’s start with an introduction: Who is Alexander Dan Vilhjálmsson? I am an Icelandic fantasy author, who currently lives in Reykjavík. I write in both Icelandic and English and translate my own work...
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Let’s start with an introduction: Who is Mike Shackle? I’m a Brit who’s lived and worked all over the world but has settled in the wonderful city of Vancouver with my family. In my time, I’ve sold...
View ArticleVery Quick Review: THE BOYS (Amazon Studios)
A fantastic adaptation of a comic series I couldn’t finish… THE BOYS is an irreverent take on what happens when superheroes, who are as popular as celebrities, as influential as politicians and as...
View ArticleQuick Review: TO BE TAUGHT, IF FORTUNATE by Becky Chambers (Voyager/Hodder)
A stand-alone novella from the award-winning author of the Wayfarers series At the turn of the twenty-second century, scientists make a breakthrough in human spaceflight. Through a revolutionary method...
View ArticleVery Quick Review: MADE THINGS by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Tor.com)
An interesting new fantasy novella from one of the most versatile, talent (and consistent) authors writing today Making friends has never been so important. Welcome to Fountains Parish — a cesspit of...
View ArticleVery Quick Review: SISTERS OF THE VAST BLACK by Lina Rather (Tor.com)
An intriguing sci-fi story of secrets and survival The sisters of the Order of Saint Rita captain their living ship into the reaches of space… Years ago, Old Earth sent forth sisters and brothers into...
View ArticleAnnotated Excerpt: THE BONE SHIPS by RJ Barker (Orbit)
Today, we have the honour of sharing an annotated excerpt from RJ Barker‘s highly-anticipated novel, The Bone Ships! The novel is due to be published by Orbit Books this week in both the UK and North...
View ArticleQuick Review: CHANCES ARE… by Richard Russo (Knopf/Allen & Unwin)
Friends for decades, three men reunite for a summer and a mystery from their past resurfaces… One beautiful September day, three men convene on Martha’s Vineyard, friends ever since meeting in college...
View ArticleInterview with DAVID WRAGG
Let’s start with an introduction: Who is David Wragg? Hi! I’m a middle-aged white British man of impractical height, and the author of the Articles of Faith series, the first of which is The Black...
View ArticleQuick Review: WE ARE THE DEAD by Mike Shackle (Gollancz)
One of the best fantasy debuts in years The war is over. The enemy won. Jia’s people learned the hard way that there are no second chances. The Egril, their ancient enemy, struck with magic so...
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Quick Review: THE LOST AND THE DAMNED by Guy Haley (Black Library)
The Siege of Terra begins in earnest… The Solar War is over. The Siege of Terra has begun. As the Traitors unleash their deadliest weapons, the defenders of the Throneworld face nightmare and plague –...
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Quick Review: ORMESHADOW by Priya Sharma (Tor.com)
A moving novella about family, story, and overcoming hardship Burning with resentment and intrigue, this fantastical family drama invites readers to dig up the secrets of the Belman family, and wonder...
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Quick Review: MY BEAUTIFUL LIFE by K.J. Parker (Subterranean Press)
An excellent new novella from a master of the form The story of an individual life that takes extraordinary turns. As the story begins, the nameless, dying narrator takes us back to his childhood home...
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Quick Review: THE GURKHA AND THE LORD OF TUESDAY by Saad Z. Hossain (Tor.com)
An amusing, interesting and thought-provoking sci-fi novella When the djinn king Melek Ahmar wakes up after millennia of imprisoned slumber, he finds a world vastly different from what he remembers....
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Quick Review: NINTH HOUSE by Leigh Bardugo (Flatiron/Gollancz)
An intriguing first novel, in an intricately realized setting Alex Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class. A dropout and the sole survivor of a horrific, unsolved crime — the last...
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Quick Review: GHOULSLAYER by Darius Hinks (Black Library)
Gotrek continues his journey in the unfamiliar Age of Sigmar In the bleak, haunted underworld of Shyish, a vengeful Slayer seeks the Lord of Undeath. Gotrek Gurnisson returns, his oaths now ashes...
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Quick Review: YOUR HOUSE WILL PAY by Steph Cha (Ecco/Faber)
Two families, connected by a decades-old tragedy A powerful and taut novel about racial tensions in Los Angeles, following two families — one Korean-American, one African-American — grappling with the...
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Quick Review: CHILDREN OF RUIN by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Orbit/Tor UK)
The Children of Time are going on an adventure… Thousands of years ago, Earth’s terraforming program took to the stars. On the world they called Nod, scientists discovered alien life – but it was their...
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Quick Review: LETHAL AGENT by Kyle Mills (Atria/Emily Bestler, Simon &...
Mitch Rapp faces off against a dangerous modern terrorist with a vendetta… An unprecedented and terrifying bioterrorism plot threatens to kill millions in the midst of a divisive presidential election…...
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Quick Review: THE GREAT WORK by Guy Haley (Black Library)
A glimpse into the mind of Belisarius Cawl… In the wake of the Great Rift, Belisarius Cawl turns his attention to the abandoned world of Sotha. Once home to the Scythes of the Emperor, it also hides a...
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