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April 4, 2014
Mark Alder reads from the highly anticipated ‘Son of Morning’
I first heard about Son of Morning at a convention back in 2012… It was, as so often the case, one of those moments where your instant reaction is ‘Argh! Why didn’t I think of that!?’ The author explained the premise to me as a historical fantasy novel set during the Hundred Years War between […]
Tad Williams deal sees him return to Osten Ard!
DAW Books have finally talked New York Times bestselling author Tad Williams into returning to Osten Ard in a sequel trilogy currently labeled The Last King of Osten Ard. The series that will continue on from the Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn trilogy will begin with The Witchwood Crown, continue with Empire of Grass, and conclude […]
April 3, 2014
Newcastle Film & Comic Con 2014
It began with a conversation, one of those out of the blue remarks: “Did you know there’s going to be a comic convention in Newcastle at the beginning of March?” As it was, finger on the pulse and all, I had no idea. I logged on, checked out the site and – in what was, […]
Rothfuss’s Auri Novella Gets a Release Date!
Finally! We have a date for Patrick Rothfuss’s next book set in the world of the Kingkiller Chronicle!!! Oh, hang on, you thought we meant ‘that one’? Sorry, no, we meant the Novella he spoke about in Reddit’s Ask Me Anything a few months ago. It will be published by DAW Books on November 4, 2014 […]
April 2, 2014
Writing your way through the blues
We are teaming up with Anne & her publishers to give away not only 3 signed copies of her latest book (The Prince of Lies), but one lucky reader will also win the whole trilogy: The Alchemist of Souls, The Merchant of Dreams and The Prince of Lies! Details on how after Anne’s article! Before […]
April 1, 2014
Hang Wire by Adam Christopher
Hang Wire is Adam Christopher’s fourth book and it is his best so far. That’s not saying the three that went before – Empire State, Seven Wonders and The Age Atomic – were not good, they were very good in fact, what I am saying is over the course of the previous books I have […]
The Art of Forgetting: Nomad – Cover Reveal
A lot of you from the United Kingdom will know of Joanne Hall – she is one of the main organisers of BristolCon and the Bristol Science Fiction & Fantasy Society, so plays quite an important role in promoting the genre down the Southern end of the country. Well, in addition to being an avid […]
Winner of the November 2013 Writing Contest
We’ve been getting such good feedback for the short stories our members have submitted in our Monthly Short Story Competition that we have decided to post them on the main sit at a rate of about one a fortnight. Today we will be looking at the winner from our November 2013 contest. Doors are portals […]
Short Story Markets and Why They Are Important
There seems to be an opinion that, other than a few yearly anthologies, the SFF Short Story market died out in the 1960′s. However, although it is not as prevalent or as well-paid as it once was, there are still plenty of magazines/websites that want your work and are willing to pay for it, publish it […]
March 31, 2014
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 love the narrative trope of nature reclaiming that which man thought they had dominated long ago. I like it especially when mixed with science fiction-ish […]
