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Here you will find a collection of Books from some of the all time greatest writers in the twentieth and twenty first century. From authors like Arthur C Clarke, Isaac Asimov and Alan Dean Foster to Terry Pratchett, Robert Jordan and David Eddings. Featuring books like Battleaxe, Inversions and The Eye of the World and science fiction and fantasy series including The Sword of Truth, The Wheel of Time and The Discworld.

We write Science fiction book reviews as well as fantasy book reviews and speculative fiction book reviews and are constantly evolving and expanding the web site. We always trying to make the site a richer experience for the visitor. If you have any suggestions, or constructive feedback we'd love to hear from you.

There is now have a section dedicated to the download of Free E Books,(Open Source) with some classic novels from some of the great authors like HG Wells, Jules Verne, Robert Silverberg and Philip K Dick. We also have a Doctor Who section featuring novels from all Eleven Doctors. As there are way over 200 plus Doctor Who Books in existence, with new books also being released on a regular occasion, it will take us time to add them all, so please be patient.

Take your time to browse the site and even write a science fiction book review or fantasy book review. We review a mixture of new books, used books or even old books, the only prerequisite is that they are worth reading. Any publishers or authors are free to submit their works for an unbiased and fair review but please remember that this site provides science fiction book reviews, fantasy book reviews or of course speculative fiction. Other genre's will only be considered under individual circumstances.

What's the difference between Science Fiction and Fantasy? Rod Sterling sums up the differences very succinctly:
"Fantasy is the impossible made probable. Science Fiction is the improbable made possible"

featured reviews

Transitor

by

David Sharrock

Transitor is a hard science fiction novel and the debut of David Sharrock.

The Human race have spread out across the Galaxy by the means of the iNet transportation network - a vast sprawling system that allows Galactic travel by means of a subethernet. Controlling this mindbendingly complicated system is the Terran biosphere known as Gestalt, almost godlike in power.

Special Agent Luth has managed to buy an illegal holiday on planet Earth and plans on taking a w...

Zoo City

by

Lauren Beukes

Zoo City is an Urban fantasy novel by the South African author Lauren Beukes.

Zinzi December is a woman with a gift, and perhaps a curse - over ten years ago a remarkable and disturbing event changed the lives of many, and the world in general. Those who have committed the crime of murder, or otherwise killed someone awoke one day to find themselves in the company of a familiar / spirit guide who is bound to them in spirit and soul. Their past transgression manifest as a physic...

The Crown of the Blood

by

Gav Thorpe

The Crown of the Blood is the first volume in the series of the same name, written by Gav Thorpe and published by Angry Robot Books.

Ullsaard is a warrior and General of the fierce and deadly Askhor troops. All have fallen beneath his mighty army, helping to create the greatest empire the land has ever known. At last the time comes to head back to the heart of the empire, his King and his wives, but when he returns to the capital life seems very different than he remembers.

Supernatural: War of the Sons

by

Rebecca Dessertine

Supernatural: War of the Sons is an original story based on the hit TV series Supernatural (naturally) featuring the brothers Sam and Dean. The novel has been written by Rebecca Dessertine and David Reed.

Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a demonic supernatural force 27 years ago and in the years following their loss, their father John taught them about a world that exists in the dark corners and hidden back roads of America, a secret world of the paranormal, he also...

The Riddler's Gift

by

Greg Hamerton

The Riddler's Gift is the first volume in the Lifesong series by Greg Hamerton.

There is a song that drifts on the breeze through all the world. Its rhythms are echoed in our breath, the music is caught in our laughter, hidden in our language, woven through our life...

Most of the old world has been ravaged by Chaos, led by the wizard Amethyst. Knowing they face defeat, the last 7 most powerful wizards create a strong shield of Magic around the only untouc...

The Seige of Scarn

by

Robert C Auty

The Siege of Scarn is the first volume in the fantasy series Trance Warriors, written by Robert C Auty.

It is a time of Chaos in the middle isle, Connor - an outlaw whose family was killed by the Kings own troops finds himself drawn into a fight between good and evil, a clash of Gods that will decide the fate of the Kingdoms. The power of the Evil God Scarl grows daily as he struggles to free himself from the prison created by His brother Scarn and before long Connor becomes Sc...

Alternate Reality Ain't what it used to be

by

Ira Nayman

Alternate Reality Ain't what it used to be by Ira Nayman is a collection of news stories from alternate realities, as told by the intrepid reporters from the Alternate Reality News Service.

The book is split into different sections for technology, relationships, games, politics etc. and each section contains news reports that range from a teaching robot that has been subversively schooling children in the art of anarchy and rebellion rather than maths and English, The million m...

Transformers Exodus

by

Alex Irvine

Transformers Exodus is the official history of the war for Cybertron, written by Alex Irvine.

Before Autobots and decepticons, before Optimus Prime and Megatron, Cybertron was a planet with a strict caste system, each bot assigned a role according to their own caste. Orion Pax is a data clerk, sorting, recording and storing data. Over time he becomes aware of a gladiator (fighting is illegal but accepted) known by the name of the legendary hero Megatronus.

Undef...

Stranger in a Strange land

by

Robert A Heinlein

Stranger in a Strange Land is one of the most famous and controversial science fiction novels, by the legendary author Robert A Heinlein.

A best seller and Hugo award winner - having never been out of print, Stranger in a Strange Land was written in 1961, almost 50 years ago.

The original published novel was cut down from 220,000 words to 160,067 with much of the content removed considered too shocking for the audience at the time. This novel was however created ...

Evolution

by

Stephen Baxter

Evolution is a monumental tale of the very evolution of mankind, from the age of the dinosaurs to way into the distant future. Created by the multiple award winning author Stephen Baxter.

Evolution begins it's story in the Cretaceous period over 65 million years ago (the age of the Dinosaurs), and just before the K–T extinction event where it is believed that an asteroid of 6 miles diameter or greater hit the earth causing a catastrophic event that led to the mass extinction...

What were once Miracles are now...

by

Ira Nayman

What were once Miracles are now Children's Toys by Ira Nayman is a collection of news stories from alternate realities, as told by the intrepid reporters from the Alternate Reality News Service and is the second volume in the collection. The Author Ira Nayman is the recent winner of the "2010 Swift Satire Competition".

These Alternate reality news reporters strive to bring the most interesting, informative and just plain crazy news stories that exist out there in the vast unend...

Connors Folly

by

Robert C Auty

Connors Folly is the second volume in the Trance Warriors fantasy series by Robert C Auty, following on from the Siege of Scarn.

The epic siege is finally at an end the new Grynn King is tasked with taking the fight to the enemy, to do so he must first find the white palace and finish his training as a Trance Warrior. And so Connor leaves his love, his kingdom and his friends in search of the palace, a journey that will take him across the ocean and far from the lands of the Mi...

Joshua and Aaron

by

David Gelber

Joshua and Aaron is the second volume in the ITP series, following on from the events of Future Hope, written by David Gelber.

It is the the year 2163 and 7 years have passed since David Sanders fated voyage through the ITP to another world. Joshua Smith shuns society and instead spends his time watching the horse races, carefully picking the winners and generally trying to forget his past. However he tries though he cannot completely forget the shocking events that surround hi...

Shadow of the Demon

by

David Burrows

Shadow of the Demon is the third and final novel in the Prophecy of the Kings trilogy by David Burrows.

Kaplyn, Lars, Lomar and the brave defenders of Thrace have earned a respite from the horrors of the war they find thrust upon them. The Seige was only the start though and they must now find out just what lies in store for the kingdom, and if the evil sorceror Drachar has indeed returned. It isn't long before news arrives of an army massing at Trosgarth, which means the enemy...

Flow my tears, the policeman said

by

Philip K Dick

Flow my tears, the policeman said is a science fiction novel by the legendary award winning author Philip K Dick, has been nominated for the Nebula and Hugo awards and won the 1975 John W Campbell Award for the best science fiction novel of the year.

Jason Taverner is a TV idol, singer and host and is adored by over 30 million fans world-wide. He is also the result of a top secret government genetic engineering project to create unnaturally bright and beautiful people, 40 years...

Fahrenheit 451

by

Ray Bradbury

Fahrenheit 451 is a science fiction novel by Ray Bradbury which depicts a dystopian future society where books that have any intellectual value are banned and destroyed where-ever they are found. With a Hedonistic and lawless society, the highest achievement for any individual is happiness and the masses are banned from any form of free thought, knowledge or the emergence of intelligence as the ultimate method of control. The populous has even been encouraged to abandon any form of self contr...

The Road to Bedlam

by

Mike Shevdon

The Road to Bedlam is the second volume in the The Courts of the Feyre series, which started with the incredible debut novel Sixty One Nails by Angry Robot Author Mike Shevdon.

The novel begins shortly after the events in Sixty One Nails with Blackbird expecting the birth of their child any time soon and Niall training for his new role as Warder to the seven courts of the fey. Being part fey and having angered the seventh court means that nothing ever runs smoothly and before l...

Renewal

by

Hylton H Smith

Renewal is a stand alone novel set after the events of the Darwinian Extension series by by the science fiction author Hylton H Smith.

Phoenix is a colossal space vessel, built in the Mars Docks by three races (The Axis, Symbiants and Sapients), it's the size of a city and is currently in it's 43rd year of the journey to the 55 Cancri system. The three different species are living aboard the ship on their way to the Axis original home planet Nexus. On arrival the Axis are shock...

The Old Republic: Fatal Alliance

by

Sean Williams

The Old Republic: Fatal Alliance, written by Sean Williams. A novel in The Star Wars series, the story is set 3650 years before A New Hope. It is a novelisation based on the new Bioware and LucasArts massively multiplayer online role-playing game.

I must confess that I am a big fan of Star Wars, and have been ever since I was a small child. One of the first films I saw at the cinema was Empire Strikes Back (undoubtedly the finest of the 6 films) and ever since that moment I hav...

The Gathering Storm

by

Robert Jordan

The Gathering Storm (formally under the working title A Memory of Light) is the 12th novel in the outstanding fantasy epic, the Wheel of Time by the late Robert Jordan, originally started in 1990 with "The Eye of the World".

As Jordan passed away before completing what was thought to be the last volume in the series (but admitted by Jordan to be a massive volume) it was chosen by Jordans wife and his estate that "A memory of Light" will be completed by the author (and big Whee...