science fiction, fantasy, and horror book reviews and news
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Welcome to the web home of genre writer Bill Ward! If you’re a fan of Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Horror — whether reading it, watching it, or writing it — then you’ve come to the right place. Go ahead and subscribe to my RSS feed so you don’t miss a thing. Go on and click [...]
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Over at the big BG today I posted a brief write-up that looks at a relatively new line of chapbook novellas from small press Blackwyrm. Focusing on stories that skew genre conventions, the Blackwyrm line has a lot of personality, and it’s great to see a publisher — whether big or small — taking the [...]
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Over at Black Gate I’ve put up a post that provides links to many of my reading related posts from the last year, including the recent ‘Ramp Up Your Reading’ three-parter over at Grasping For the Wind, and some of my old favorites from BG itself, such as my posts on book lists, bookmarks, and [...]
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Just when I thought 2009 had said all it was going to say I see the announcement over at Black Gate that the fourth book in the Imaro saga — that’s right, the never-before-read-or-seen-by-human-eyes fourth book — has just been released from Sword & Soul. With less than twelve hours left in the year, this [...]
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A decade or so ago, when I first discovered Gene Wolfe’s opus The Book of the New Sun, I looked hungrily around for more. More books by the same author, of course, but also books about the New Sun itself; books of criticism, and of reference. Wolfe himself has written some excellent and fascinating essays [...]
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. . . Not even a bibliophile. Since my Black Gate blog day falls on Friday I have the heavy responsibility of coming up with something for Christmas. So, go scan ye merry gentlemen ‘Books at Christmas,’ a simple post I’m offering for kids from one to ninety-two. In it I talk about how books [...]
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This week I’ve had the honor of guest posting over at John Ottinger’s science fiction and fantasy review blog, Grasping For the Wind. My posts appeared Monday, Tuesday, and today, and take the form of a three-part article entitled ‘Ramp Up Your Reading.’ Those of you who have read my posts at Black Gate will [...]
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Lately I’ve been listening to — and loving — a science fiction oriented podcast called the Sofanauts. Sadly, just as I got to the point where I had listened to all of the thirty plus episodes and was eagerly awaiting more, the man behind the ‘cast, Tony C. Smith, announced he was putting the project [...]
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