Vivisepulture
by Andy Remic
Vivisepulture is an ebook collection of weird tales from some seriously talented authors, edited by the singular Andy Remic. (According to the online dictionary Vivisepulture is the act of burying someone alive by the way and you get some odd articles looking that one up on Google I can tell you!).
It has been dedicated to the late author Colin Harvey who was tragically taken away before his time back in August 2011. The book features short stories from authors including Neal A...
Cat's Cradle
by Kurt Vonnegut
Cat's Cradle is my first foray into the world of Kurt Vonnegut, I have heard his name mentioned over the years but for one reason or another I have never actually picked up one of his novels. My youngest brother recommended his works (specifically siting Slaughterhouse five) and I have been picking up a few of his novels since. As Cat's Cradle is part of the SF Masterworks list (I have a sort of self imposed desire to read all the works in the list) I decided to start my Vonnegut journey ther...
Zombies: A Compendium
by Otto Penzler
Brains, Brains, BRAINS!, you just have to love those lurching, decaying animated corpses. The living dead make a great enemy and here we have wall-to-wall flesh eating monsters, ghouls and things that go bite in the night, brought to (un)life by some of the best horror and fantasy writers in the world.
A companion volume to the incredible collection of The weird, it's a book that is vast in scope and gargantuan in size - The Worlds ...
Floating Worlds
by Cecelia Holland
The only science fiction novel that the immensely talented Cecelia Holland has written, Floating Worlds is taking it's rightful place within the halls of Gollancz SF Masterworks collection.
The novel tells the story of humanity 2000 years in the future where capitalism has been overthrown and anarchy reins supreme as not only a legitimate political ideology but actually practiced throughout the world. Having Colonised some of the planets in the ...
In the Mouth of the Whale
by Paul J McAuley
I first read one of Paul J McAuley's novels over 20 years ago, picked up completely at random for reason's that are shrouded in the midst of time. The book was Secret Harmonies and it became one of the most memorable novel's I have read before or since, managing to evoke a powerful feeling of travel around a truly alien planet.
Since then I have picked up a few more of his books when I have seen them but restrictions on my time have meant that...
Storm Front
by Jim Butcher
Storm Front is the first novel introducing the wizard P.I. Harry Dresden to the world, a gritty urban fantasy that manages to captivate right from the start.
We join Harry as he's going through a bit of a slow patch and so when the Chicago PD asks for help with a double homicide he jumps at the chance to earn some cash. At the same time he's also asked to trace a missing person and finds himself having to investigate both cases at once.
I loved how the author has...
Out of Oz
by Gregory Maguire
I must admit that I missed the first 3 novels in this series although I have heard a lot about them (all good) and remember hearing about the (Tony winning) Broadway musical that was based on the first book "Wicked".
The books themselves are inspired by Frank Baum's childrens classic "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" but with a more adult interpretation and one which takes the characters in completely different directions than the original book or films. The series so far has been ...
Legends of Marithia: Darkness Rising
by Peter Koevari
Back in May last year I reviewed a novel by Peter Koevari, a promising new Indie author who has been creating an epic fantasy series known as Legends of Marithia.
This is the second novel in that series and follows straight on from the events of the previous book - Legends of Marithia: Prophecies Awakening.
After the climactic battle in the Elven Woods the two Marithian prophecies lie dangerously close to being swallowed by the darkness as Marithia suffers under ...
Gentle Reminders Serialisation
by Martin Perry
This year we have been given the exciting prospect of hosting a serialisation of Martin Perry's Gentle Reminders, the first novel in the Roswell Sequence, set within the Legacy Universe. Look out for a review in the near future.
In a universe where humans interact with hundreds of other species, the Jump Cannon stands as one of the most highly regarded mercenary ships of known space. However, when one of their crew is kidnapped, an old enemy and a new foe threaten not only the ...
Who Goes There
by John W Campbell
"Who Goes There?" is the novella by John W Campbell on which John Carpenter based the classic film "The Thing", its presented here with another 6 short stories by the same author, mostly published within Astounded magazine in the 1930's.
John W Campbell is widely regarded as being highly influential within the science fiction genre and was instrumental in awakening the "golden age" of scifi. Isaac Asimov himself was quoted as saying he was "the most powerful force in science fi...
