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SPFBO 6: Fifth Semi-Finalist Announcement
On Wednesday, we announced our fifth set of three eliminations and revealed that our next quarter-finalists are LAST OF THE EXALTED by Derek Prior ... -
Women’s Weird 2: More Strange Stories by Women, 1891-1937 – Edited by Melissa Edmundson (BOOK REVIEW)
“I knew all the time that for a man who had gone to bed in a commonplace hall bedroom in a very commonplace little ... -
THE TROUBLE WITH PEACE by Joe Abercrombie (BOOK REVIEW)
‘What some called madness he recognised as diamond-edged clarity. The time for arguments in the teahouse, for pretty words and fancy theories, was over. ... -
Knight’s Shadow by Sebastian De Castell — Book Review
Series: Greatcoats (#2) Published by: Jo Fletcher Books. Genre: Epic fantasy, grimdark, low magic(-ish?). Length: 20 hrs and 6 minutes, or 606 pages on ... -
SPFBO 6: Eliminations Part 5
Every week, we’ll be announcing a batch of five books. Three will be eliminated on the Wednesday, carrying two forward to the Friday, when ... -
NOTES FROM SMALL PLANETS by Nate Crowley (BOOK REVIEW)
Sci-fi and fantasy love to be epic. There’s nothing like an existential threat to the world or galaxy whose resolution inevitably comes down to ... -
Julia’s Favourite Self Published Fantasy Books – Part 2
So here we go with part 2 of my List of favourite Self Published Fantasy books – this time the focus is on Epic ... -
A MEMORY CALLED EMPIRE by Arkady Martine (BOOK REVIEW)
High-grade sci-fi performs a tricky balancing act: inventing a world that is different to ours in important respects but at the same time providing ... -
Women in SFF Author Spotlight – Amanda Bridgeman (THE SUBJUGATE)
Amanda is a Tin Duck Award winner, an Aurealis and Ditmar Awards finalist and author of several science fiction novels. Her works include the ... -
ONE LOVE CHIGUSA by Soji Shimada (BOOK REVIEW)
“He felt cold. There was an unpleasant metallic noise, a ringing coming from somewhere. He saw everything in a flash. The cliff behind him ...