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SF Book Releases This Week: September 23, 2014

Thanks for stopping by another SF Book Releases This Week. If you are an indie or small press author and would like your book included in this list, email us at adventuresinscifipublishing [at] gmail [dot] com. The Seventh Sigil (Dragon Brigade Series) by Margaret Weis and Robert Krammes Margaret Weis and co-author Robert Krammes bring […]

Book Review: Shield and Crocus by Michael R Underwood

I’m not going to lie. This was an interesting one. A good interesting but on a scale from 1 to 10, 1 being ‘Generic Fantasy Land, next exit’, 10 being ‘Whoa, wait a minute, where the hell am I…and… did my exit just get eaten by a cavernous black pit?’. Well, this scores a 10. […]

SF Book Releases This Week: September 16, 2014

Thanks for stopping by another SF Book Releases This Week. If you are an indie or small press author and would like your book included in this list, email us at adventuresinscifipublishing [at] gmail [dot] com. Stars & Empire: 10 Galactic Tales Humanity wasn’t built for peace. Not on Earth. Not in space. Not on […]

AISFP 275 – Patrick Swenson

Patrick Swenson joins us to discuss his first novel, The Ultra Tin Man, published by Tor Books. Patrick is the publisher of Fairwood Press and previously edited Talebones Magazine for 14 years. This episode is brought to you by the new middle grade novel THRONES AND BONES: FROSTBORN, by Lou Anders. Smelly trolls, the walking […]

Book Review: Southern Reach Trilogy by Jeff Vandermeer

Jeff Vandermeer’s work is often connected with the New Weird. This genre is difficult to define, but it typically refers to works that relyon a plot and setting that blend a disproportional amount of the unfamiliar with the familiar.Even though the Southern Reach Trilogy is grounded in the real world (taking place on the gulf […]

Book Review: Resistance by Samit Basu

It’s2020, eleven years after the passengers of flight BA142 from London to Delhi developed extraordinary abilities corresponding to their innermost desires. The result is a world overrun with supers. Some use their powers for good, others for evil, and some just want to pulverize iconic monuments and star in their own reality show. See giant […]

SF Book Releases This Week: September 9, 2014

Looking for something to read this week? New books hitting bookshelves today include a new foray into the world of JUMPER, by Award-winning author Steven Gould. Also this weeks, titles from Jonathan Wood, Robert Jackson Bennett, Karen Miller and Christopher A. Gray.

Book Review: 100 Sideways Miles by Andrew Smith

Andrew Smith is one of my favorite authors. I don’t otherwise pursue fiction written in the POV of teenage boys, but if they are as entertaining and humorous as his I surely will. If you are offended by the kind of language and thoughts teenage boys have about sex and girls, this probably won’t be […]

AISFP 274 – S. Ron Mars, EAT FISH AND DIE

Today’s interview is a combination of sorts. First, S. Ron Mars (a.k.a. Saul Garnell) talks about his comedic scifi short story, “Eat Fish and Die,” which we have a five minute sample of (12 minute to 17 minute mark). After that, we have a thirty minute conversation with Timothy C. Ward interviewing Saul and David […]

SF Book Releases This Week: September 2, 2014

This weeks' new release columns features the first Star Wars collaboration with the Lucasfilm Story Group. Star Wars: A New Dawn is set during the legendary “Dark Times” between Episodes III and IV and tells the story of how two of the lead characters from the animated series Star Wars Rebels first came to cross paths. . Also, new books from Tad Williams, Jeff Vandermeer, Julie E. Czerneda and more!