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The Armageddon Rag

by George RR Martin

Way before be became a household name with his Songs of Ice and Fire series, George RR Martin wrote a number of stand-out novels and Armageddon Rag is often seen as one the most off-the-wall if not his finest early works.

Nominated for the Locus and World Fantasy awards it failed to gain any notable sales when first released in 1983 and has been described by the author as both his most ambitious and experimental novel but commercially a "total disaster" and one which almost des...

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reviewed on Wednesday 23 May 2012

Unmarked Graves

by Shaun Hutson

Review by Arron Clegg. Shaun Hutson. For fans of horror he is the master of all that is gory in the world of horror novels and has been for some time now. His roots however give more than a passing nod to a compatriot of his Mr. Herbert. Unmarked Graves shows exactly what Shaun does well. He takes you on a roller coaster ride from the dark continent of Africa to the shores of England. He straps you into the cabin, spins you around, tips you upside down, hurtles you through a visceral tunnel a...

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reviewed on Tuesday 22 May 2012

Wonder

by Robert J Sawyer

In the very near future the Internet has given birth to a sentient, artificial being. "Webmind" could be seen as a post-human event that could benefit the whole of humanity but some of the World's governments don't share that optimism and see this new digital life as an enemy of mankind, fearing that which they don't understand.

I love how this series is so closely linked with current technology, set in the now and describing today's technology that many people use on a daily b...

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reviewed on Monday 21 May 2012

Butchers Nails

by Aaron Dembski-Bowden

Written by Aaron Dembski-Bowden and voiced by Seán Barrett, Butchers Nails is a new and original Audio Drama set within the time of the Horus Heresy and focused on Angron, Primarch of the World Eaters legion - uber-violent, unpredictable and somewhat unhinged (he eventually went on to become a Daemon Prince of Khorne).

The Heresy event provides the perfect opportunity for Horus's "lunatic attack dog" to indulge himself in his favourite pastime of brutal warfare and the slaughter of ...

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reviewed on Friday 18 May 2012

Empire of the Saviours

by AJ Dalton

Empire of the Saviours is a very, very clever novel than manages to offer something different over the traditional fantasy fare, using tried and tested fantasy tropes - young boy from humble beginnings find he has incredible power - but then creating something quite different, fresh and unique that stands out from those around it.

Within this standard fantasy world that mixes a medieval level of technology with banned magic, civilized people live in fortified towns with walls g...

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reviewed on Wednesday 16 May 2012

Luna for the Lunies

by Ira Nayman

Review by Luis Villazon. Ira Nayman bills himself as the proprietor of the “Alternate Reality News Service”, a sort of Reuters for the multiverse. This collection of short stories is structured like a newspaper, with technology stories, crime reports, obituaries and advice columns supplied by ARNS correspondents from across time, space and various parallel dimensions. The pace is breakneck, with 73 different news stories packed into this book, along with a slightly longer narrative, broken in...

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reviewed on Monday 14 May 2012

Eye of Vengeance

by Graham McNeill

This is a first for SFBook, in it's 13 year history not once has an Audio book been reviewed, it's long before time this changed and I hope to review at least a few novels in this format over the coming months. Honour of the first goes to a specially created audio only book by the Black Library.

Eye of Vengeance has been written by Graham McNeill specifically as an audiobook and features the Warhammer 40k space marine chapter; the Ultramarines. Narrated by the experienced actor and ...

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reviewed on Friday 11 May 2012

The Spear

by James Herbert

Review by Arron Clegg. James Herbert has long been regarded by many people as Britain’s finest horror writer of the 20th century and with his 5th novel The Spear it is hard to argue against such claims. It is a horror novel that has it all, ghosts, the occult and Nazis.

The writing in this book is quintessentially British. The style and grammar so English, if it wasn’t for the dark content, it could sit quite easily on the syllabus up and down the country. However whether it was my ...

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reviewed on Thursday 10 May 2012

Asbury Park

by Robb Scott

Ten weeks ago Homicide Detective Sailor Doyle worked on his first ever solo case, a horrific double murder in a remote area of Virginia that almost finished him for good.

Now he's recuperating from the physical wounds and mental trauma, the near death experience acting as a focus to overcome his other issues and exercise his personal demons - an increasing dependency on prescription drugs and the re-building of a broken marriage after his extra marital affair - events that have...

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reviewed on Wednesday 09 May 2012

Dead Winter

by CL Werner

Dead Winter is the first novel in a new series that's set within the "Time of Legends" collection, itself set within Warhammer Fantasy with the aim to tell the stories of some of the greatest heroes of the Warhammer world.

A thousand years have passed since the Age of Sigmar and the Empire he created rests on the very edge of destruction, brought to that brink by the greedy and incompetent Emperor Boris Goldgather who has bled the Empire dry with his insatiable lust for money and po...

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reviewed on Monday 07 May 2012

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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.

We write Science fiction book reviews as well as fantasy book reviews, horror book reviews and speculative fiction. We are constantly evolving and expanding the web site and strive 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 provide an online review of a mixture of the latest new books and old classics, 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, horror 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"

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