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Author: Jonathan Thornton

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Jonathan Thornton

Jonathan Thornton is from Scotland but grew up in Kenya, and now lives in Liverpool. He has a lifelong love of fantasy and science fiction, kicked off by reading The Lord Of The Rings and Dune at an impressionable age. Nowadays his favourite writers are Michael Moorcock, John Crowley, Gene Wolfe, Patricia McKillip and Ursula Le Guin. He has a day job working with mosquitoes, and one day wants to finish writing his own stories. You can find Jonathan on Twitter at @JonathanThornt2.

  • Book ReviewsFantasy
    By Jonathan Thornton
    January 18, 2021
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    BLACKTHORN WINTER by Liz Williams (BOOK REVIEW)

    ‘“What, you mean they aren’t human?” “No, I mean they aren’t people. Not like you and me. Well, not like me, anyway. They look like us, ...
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  • Blog
    By Jonathan Thornton
    January 16, 2021
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    STORM CONSTANTINE 1956-2021

    The Fantasy Hive is saddened to report the passing of Storm Constantine after a long illness. Storm Constantine was a writer of rare skill and passion, ...
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  • Book ReviewsHistoricalScience Fiction
    By Jonathan Thornton
    January 14, 2021
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    THE OLD DRIFT by Namwali Serpell (BOOK REVIEW)

    “Indeed, the workings of animal biology seemed to mirror the workings of human society. Joseph’s ecology lecturer introduced the students to three terms for how organisms ...
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  • Book ReviewsScience Fiction
    By Jonathan Thornton
    January 11, 2021
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    THE EVIDENCE by Christopher Priest (BOOK REVIEW)

    “Then it suddenly struck me that what I was doing to my novel draft was similar to what I knew of mutability. The original text, the ...
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  • Book ReviewsFantasy
    By Jonathan Thornton
    January 4, 2021
    146
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    Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner – Book Review

    As for her own share in the matter, she felt no shame at all. It had pleased Satan to come to her aid. Considering carefully, she ...
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  • Interviews
    By Jonathan Thornton
    December 23, 2020
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    Interview With Nicola Griffith (HILD)

    Nicola Griffith’s iconic debut novel Ammonite (1992) won the James Tiptree, Jr Award and the Lamda Literary Award on its initial release, and signified the emergence ...
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  • Book ReviewsClimate FictionFantasyWeird
    By Jonathan Thornton
    December 17, 2020
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    Borne by Jeff VanderMeer – Book Review

    Today, Mord had tried to kill us by crushing us under his tread. Today, he was several stories tall and a monster. Wick was grappling with ...
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  • Book ReviewsFantasyWeird
    By Jonathan Thornton
    December 4, 2020
    218
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    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 ...
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  • FeaturesLists
    By Jonathan Thornton
    December 1, 2020
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    Jonathan’s Most Anticipated Reissuess for 2021

    As we get excited about all the brand new books 2021 will bring us by exciting new authors, it’s also worth getting excited about works being ...
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  • Book ReviewsFantasy
    By Jonathan Thornton
    November 19, 2020
    279
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    WILD TIME by Rose Biggin & Keir Cooper (BOOK REVIEW)

    “Titania picked up her glass and drained it. ‘Bottom,’ she said. ‘Queen of the Fairies, remember? Do you think someone can put magic lube up my ...
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  • Interview with Steven Erikson posted on November 1, 2018
  • Book of the New Sun (Feature) The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe posted on November 13, 2017
  • Joe Abercrombie, author of A LITTLE HATRED Interview with Joe Abercrombie (A LITTLE HATRED) posted on October 24, 2019
  • 13 Minutes (Feature) 13 Minutes by Sarah Pinborough posted on December 6, 2017
  • Interview with Emma Newman posted on April 24, 2018
  • MORDEW by Alex Pheby (Book Review) posted on August 6, 2020
  • Paper Menagerie (Feature) The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu posted on December 6, 2017
  • Richard Morgan (Feature) Interview with Richard Morgan posted on February 8, 2018
  • Interview with Tade Thompson posted on November 26, 2018
  • Ellen Kushner, author of Swordspoint Interview with Ellen Kushner (SWORDSPOINT) posted on November 4, 2019

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