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6d ago
As I write this, we are approaching Christmas, a time for some of traditions – presents, pantomimes and ballet performances, for example. The latest novel by Erika Johansen reminds us of such things, but is a much darker take on many of those traditional tales. To start with though, the story begins with many of ..read more
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2w ago
Christina Henry has plied her storytelling trade in multiple genres from urban fantasy, to story re-imaginings to horror. Whereas her previous novels largely fell into a singular genre, Good Girls Don’t Die is a genre mash-up, it is a novel from the point of view of three female protagonists, one in a cozy mystery, one ..read more
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2w ago
Like Robert Jordan (Conan) or David Gemmell (White Knight, Black Swan), writers are often writing for other authors or for other genres they are less known for – after all, they have a living to make. Whilst not producing quantities at the levels of the old pulp writers, admittedly, when writing a book a day ..read more
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3w ago
I had the chance to interview Jim Butcher at New York Comic Con earlier this year, wherein he teases this book a bit. Go have a look: https://www.sffworld.com/2023/10/new-york-comic-con-2023-jim-butcher-interview/ When Jim Butcher launched his Epic Fantasy/Steampunk Saga The Cinder Spires in 2015, it was met with much excitement. We at SFFWorld loved it, as did many ..read more
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3w ago
As someone who has recently semi-retired from a career in education, I must admit that the first term of the school year, from September to Christmas, holds a certain degree of nostalgic charm for me. As the nights begin to get darker earlier and the Summer turns to Winter, my own thoughts remind me of ..read more
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1M ago
What could be more appropriate for Halloween than a Horror book set on Halloween night? Bram Stoker award-winning author Christopher Golden uses his considerable skills to write an accessible read, filled with iconic Halloween imagery and rituals. Set in Coventry, Massachusetts, in 1984, we’re definitely in Stranger Things territory, with all of the iconic Stephen ..read more
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1M ago
Randy reviews his second Silvia Moreno-Garcia novel this month. What did he think of it? Collecting garbage sharpens the senses. It allows us to notice what others do not see. Where most people would spy a pile of junk, the rag-and-bone man sees treasure; empty bottles that might be dragged to the recycling center ..read more
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1M ago
From the publisher: Jun Ironway, hacker, con artist, and only occasional thief, has got her hands on a piece of contraband that could set her up for life: evidence that implicates the powerful Nightfoot family in a planet-wide genocide seventy-five years ago. The Nightfoots control the precious sevite that fuels interplanetary travel through three star ..read more
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1M ago
Benedict is perhaps best known for his Alex Verus series of urban fantasy books. Here though he starts a new series. An Inheritance of Magic focusses on Stephen Oakwood. Told in the first person, Stephen is a young adult struggling to make a living in a modern London. He’s pretty much an outsider – his ..read more
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1M ago
To quote The New York Times no less, Randy’s latest review is of a novel that is “Part horror novel, part detective story and part speculative fiction” which seems appropriate for our Countdown to Halloween. Hilton was seven when his grandmother died, and it was a bad time. But it was worse when she died ..read more