science fiction, fantasy, and horror book reviews and news
From the category archives:
John Ottinger over at Grasping for the Wind has just posted part one of an ‘inside the blogosphere’ piece that asks book bloggers what world of fantasy or science fiction would they want to live in. An interesting assortment of answers that reveals each blogger’s personal take on various fictional realities. You’ve got a world [...]
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So, you’re feeling a bit down. Maybe things aren’t going the way you’d have imagined for yourself when, as a wee child, you had visions of your success as a star of stage and screen, or as an international playboy and jetsetter, celebrity look-a-like, ruthless cybernetic mankiller, or affable variety show host with secret knowledge [...]
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The list of participating online book review sites in Grasping For the Wind’s Linkup Meme has been posted, and it can certainly keep a person busy for a long, long time. Of course, last year one Crotchety Old Fan manged to visit every site and write a short review. Will anyone undertake such a journey [...]
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Over at The Cimmerian — a website devoted to pulp and heroic fantasy of both the new and time-tested varieties — Deuce Richardson has just posted a great review of Rage of the Behemoth.
Of my own contribution to the anthology, ‘The Wolf of Winter,’ he had this to say:
Bill Ward delivers the grim and gritty goods [...]
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Raven Electrick Ink’s latest anthology, Cinema Spec: Tales of Hollywood and Fantasy, is a slim volume packing a big punch. The theme is Hollywood and the movie culture we all share, but editor Karen A. Romanko has opened the playing field for all sorts of speculative fiction in exploring this one subject. Everything from the [...]
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Rogue Blades Entertainment has just released its second anthology, and it’s a doozy. Three hundred plus pages of secondary world fantasy with a pulse, featuring stories in the classic Heroic Fantasy and Sword & Sorcery vein — but with a modern twist. Rage of the Behemoth’s overarching theme of heroes battling colossal creatures is further [...]
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Seems I’m still playing catch up, having just now gotten around to reading my contributor’s copy of issue 4 of UK horrorzine Morpheus Tales, published way back in April. I’ve talked about previous issues of MT on here, and they continue to deliver a wide variety of horror and dark fiction — including science fiction [...]
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Just a quick note for those of you looking forward to Morrigan Books upcoming Dead Souls anthology — it is now available for preorder at the Morrigan Books site.
Here is the promo blurb:
Before God created light, there was darkness. Even after He illuminated the world, there were shadows — shadows that allowed the darkness to [...]
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