Yearly Archives: 2020
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NEW YORK 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson THE UNSEEN ACADEMIC
This is the second in an occasional series of posts drawing on my excursion into the academic side of creative writing. Having taken a career break ... -
CRUISING THE COSMERE Oathbringer (BOOK REVIEW)
Given the immensity of Oathbringer, this is probably one of the hardest books I’ve reviewed this year, and therefore I’m going to largely be concentrating on ... -
Author Spotlight – Tej Turner (BLOODSWORN)
Tej Turner is a writer of fantasy and science fiction. His debut novel The Janus Cycle was published by Elsewhen Press in 2015 and its sequel ... -
THE TALES OF CATT & FISHER: THE ART OF THE STEAL edited by Justina Robson (BOOK REVIEW)
As soon as I saw this ARC available I jumped at the chance to revisit Solaris’s “After the War” setting, and in particular the two central ... -
The Burning God by R. F. Kuang—Book Review
Published by: Harper Voyager Genre: Military Fantasy Pages: 617 Format: Paperback Purchased Copy: At my local bookstore. Support your bookstores, folks! The Burning God is a ... -
THE BOOKS OF EARTHSEA by Ursula K. Le Guin (BOOK REVIEW)
With a new illustrated edition of all Ursula Le Guin’s Earthsea writings just published, there has never been a better time to immerse oneself in works ... -
HOPE ISLAND by Tim Major (BOOK REVIEW)
Nina Scaife is a workaholic TV producer, taking her first holiday in years. She has just arrived on Hope Island with her teenage daughter, Laurie, to ... -
Author Spotlight – A. F. E. Smith (DAWN RISING)
A.F.E. Smith’s first published book, Darkhaven, was one of 15 chosen from more than 5000 fantasy and sci-fi novels that were submitted to Harper Voyager during a ... -
The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow—Book Review
Published by: Orbit. Genres: Historical Fantasy. Pages: 528. Format: Paperback. Copy: Purchased at my local sci-fi bookstore. Support local, folks! With Alix E. Harrow’s new novel, ... -
FANTASTIC TALES by Iginio Ugo Tarchetti, translated by Lawrence Venuti (BOOK REVIEW)
“We cannot fail to recognize that in the spiritual world as in its physical counterpart, everything that happens, happens and changes through certain laws of influence ...
